The Faux Gothic Castle that Started It All
Today, April 17th, is the publication day for my eighth historical thriller, The Versailles Formula. Seeing my novel out in[…]
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Today, April 17th, is the publication day for my eighth historical thriller, The Versailles Formula. Seeing my novel out in[…]
Read moreAmong the high points of 2012, my first year as a published novelist, was the Debut Authors breakfast held in[…]
Read morePlease welcome Rob Osler, here to tell us about designing the protagonist of his new historical series, and its first[…]
Read moreI’m honored to join the fabulously talented and hard-working authors who are the Miss Demeanors, and I’m especially looking forward[…]
Read moreI decided this year to challenge myself as a writer, and am attempting a stand alone historical between my Nora[…]
Read moreA few years ago, Laura Jensen Walker and I discovered that we both have roots in Racine, Wisconsin’s Danish community. In fact, we were born in the same hospital, St. Luke’s–but not at the same time! Our friendship was sealed when we discovered a common passion for Danish Kringle and the British Isles. What more could one ask for?
Laura and I finally met in person last year at Left Coast Crime, and I had the privilege of reading an ARC of her latest novel, Death of a Flying Nightingale. The novel is a departure for her. Welcome to Miss Demeanors, Laura!
Read more“Sexual repression, dark alleys, great detectives, ornate prose,” says author James McCreet (“Why we all love a Victorian Murder,” The Guardian, 15 May 2011). “No wonder the 19th century is our template for crime fiction. A murder is somehow more quintessentially English when committed on the cobbles of a foggy East End alley. If there’s a silhouetted top hat, a rustle of crinoline and a scream cut short with straight razor, all the better.”
I couldn’t agree more. Here are my Top Ten Reasons why Victorian England is the perfect setting for murder:
For a Happy New Years gift, the wonderful and prolific Martin Edwards, crime novelist, savior of vintage crime, and one[…]
Read moreI’ve been gathering research for a stand alone mystery set in 1926, for writing next year, while at the same[…]
Read moreI’ve invited Nev March, an award winning author of crime fiction, to share her thoughts on an author’s responsibility to[…]
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