#MidweekMystery: Gore in the Garden (a new Washington Whodunit) and The Subject of Malice (A Lila MacLean Academic Mystery)
This week in #MidweekMystery: Academia and Politics. or Pettiness, Protocol, and Murder.
#MidweekMystery: Leg Up by Annabelle Hunter
A severed leg with no body? Check.
A disturbing lack of coffee? Check.
A murderer bent on revenge and a hot cop using her as bait? Double check.
#MidweekMystery with Guest Post and #Giveaway: Peach Clobbered, a Georgia B&B Mystery
What’s black and white and dead all over? Georgia bed and breakfast proprietor Nina Fleet finds out when she comes across a corpse in a penguin costume.
#MidweekMystery: Better than Nun (A Giulia Driscoll Mystery) by Alice Loweecey
Ghosts for Mardi Gras! Giulia Driscoll used to say running a detective agency was the busiest job she’d ever had. Then the ghosts showed up, and she figured now she’s the busiest ever. This of course challenged the Universe to say, “Hold my beer.” Today she’s running the agency, sleuthing on behalf of the …
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It's a man's, man's world. By L.A. Chandlar, author of The Gold Pawn (An Art Deco Mystery)
November 1936. Mayor La Guardia’s political future buckles under a missing persons case in New York City. Simultaneously, Lane unravels devastating secrets in the outskirts of Detroit. As two crimes converge, judging friends from enemies can be a dangerous game . . .
Finally summoning the courage to face the past, Lane Sanders breaks away from her busy job at City Hall to confront childhood nightmares in Rochester, Michigan. An unknown assailant left Lane with scattered memories after viciously murdering her parents. However, one memory of a dazzling solid gold pawn piece remains—and with it lies a startling connection between the midwestern tragedy and a current mystery haunting the Big Apple.
Judging a book by its cover: What does your face reveal about your personality?
Go ahead and judge a book by its cover. You'll probably be right.
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A new Washington Whodunit and Giveaway: K Street Killing by Colleen J. Shogan
Another Washington Whodunit from Colleen Shogan, author of the wonderful Calamity at the Continental Club! It’s the height of campaign season, and instead of relishing newlywed bliss with her husband Doug Hollingsworth, Capitol Hill staffer Kit Marshall is busy with a tough reelection fight for her boss, member of Congress Maeve Dixon. Before Maeve and her …
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Let's talk about campus murder mysteries
Let’s talk about campus murder mysteries. I love reading them and writing them. What is it about academia that sparks thoughts of murder? Of course there's the old saying that "campus politics are so nasty because the stakes are so small." But that's more of an observation than an explanation. I have some ideas: Clashing …
Paddletics
In The Cursed Canoe, Professor Molly Barda’s best friend Emma Nakamura is the captain of a paddling crew. With seven women on the crew and only six seats in the canoe, things get a little competitive. In fact, there’s a word for this kind of infighting: Paddletics. “We call it paddletics,” Yoshi said. “When paddlers get …
Truth is Boring
One question that I get is, “Am I in your book?” I can see why people might ask this. The setting is a public university in Hawaii, similar in some ways to my own workplace. The main character is Molly Barda, who teaches in the Mahina State University College of Commerce. I teach at a …
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