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I’ve Won the 2024 Derringer!
In the Long Story category, “Good Deed for the Day” has won this year’s Derringer, an award from the Short Mystery Fiction Society. Here is the set of finalists and winners in each category:
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Interview with Elly Griffiths
This week on Crime Wave: USA Today bestselling author Elly Griffiths gives a delightful preview of her latest novel, THE LAST WORD. It’s a stand-alone mystery, brimming with comedy and compassion, that takes us into the world of writing retreats, book clubs, authors, and obituary writing. But then the writers Read more…
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Interview with Mary Kubica
This week on Crime Wave: Mary Kubica and I talk about SHE’S NOT SORRY, her instant New York Times bestseller!!!Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom and working full time as an ICU nurse when a patient named Caitlin arrives in her ward with a Read more…
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Interview with Seraphina Nova Glass
This week on Crime Wave: Seraphina Nova Glass kept me up late late late as I devoured her newest release, THE VACANCY IN ROOM 10! Anna, a new widow, comes to stay in the run-down motel room her husband had rented as an art studio—where she meets an eclectic mix Read more…
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Interview with Betty Webb
This week on Crime Wave: Betty Webb and I talk about her new mystery, THE CLOCK STRUCK MURDER, set in Paris during the summer of the 1924 Olympics. American expat, Zoe Barlow is thriving in her artist’s life among the Lost Generation. When she sets off for the flea market Read more…
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Nominated for the Derringer Award
I’m thrilled – and amazed! – to be included on this list! Good Deed for the Day, the story that won me the Al Blanchard Award, is here under the Long Story category.
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Interview with Arthur Coburn
This week on Crime Wave: Arthur Coburn talks about his engrossing debut novel, MURDER IN CONCRETE. It’s a fast-paced, spellbinding mystery. Charlie, a teenage girl who finds her mother murdered—and then her father flees—embarks on a quest to learn the truth and get answers about her parents while coping with Read more…
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Interview with Parker Adams
This week on Crime Wave: Parker Adams’ new series gets off to a heart-pounding start with THE LOCK BOX. When safe-cracking specialist Monna Locke is kidnapped—along with her young son—and forced to participate in a dangerous heist by opening the most impenetrable safe ever designed, she’ll need all her skills Read more…
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Interview with Elizabeth Crowens
This week on Crime Wave: Elizabeth Crowens and I have fun talking about her new historical cozy mystery series. In this inaugural outing, Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles, Asta, the dog from the popular Thin Man series, has vanished, and production for his next film is pending. MGM Studios offers Read more…
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Interview with Tim Maleeny
This week on Crime Wave: Hey, you guys—listen to Tim Maleeny’s keen insight into how he crafts a top-notch thriller. Tim’s latest book in the PI Cape Weathers series, HANGING THE DEVIL, has it all: an art heist in San Francisco’s Chinatown that goes sideways—filled with comedy, crime, adrenaline, heart Read more…