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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.
Crime Wave Podcast
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 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 Iris Yamashita
This week on Crime Wave: I had the pleasure of speaking with Iris Yamashita, author of the super 2023 debut, CITY UNDER ONE ROOF, which dropped readers into an isolated Alaskan village where all 205 residents live in a single high-rise building. Iris’ upcoming (Feb 2024) release, VILLAGE IN THE Read more…
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Interview with Matthew Blake
This week on Crime Wave: Listen to author Matthew Blake talk about his stunning debut, Anna O, a shocking mystery about a young woman who commits a double murder while sleepwalking, and never opens her eyes again. Dr. Benedict Prince is tasked with waking Anna so she can stand trial Read more…
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Interview with James L’Etoile
This week on Crime Wave: James L’Etoile and Face of Greed, the first book in his wonderful new series introducing Sacramento police Detective Emily Hunter.In a plot drawn from one of the first cases L’Etoile worked as a probation officer, Emily and her partner investigate the murder of a wealthy Read more…
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Interview with Carol Pouliot
This week on Crime Wave: Could anything be more Christmassy than an RSVP to Murder? Carol Pouliot’s latest release combines all the elements of a great locked-room mystery: a blizzard, closed roads, dead phone lines, roaring fires, and lots of suspects and motives – set in a luxurious Adirondack Great Read more…
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Who Wants to Kill the Podcasters?
This week on Crime Wave: Who wants to kill the podcasters? NO, you won’t get the answer—that would give away the (very twisted) ending of Sarah Archer and Landis Wade’s rollicking new mystery, Death by Podcasting. When Sarah and Landis joined me in the Crime Wave studio, we talked about Read more…
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Interview with Daniella Bernett
Q: What do you get when your amateur sleuthing duo is a journalist and her semi-reformed jewel thief husband?A: Diamonds, a priceless Faberge egg, murder, MI6, romance, and surprises!This week on Crime Wave: Daniella Bernett, author of the Emmeline Kirby/Gregory Longdon mystery series visits to talk about Betrayed by the Read more…
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Interview with Kit Frick
This week on Crime Wave: Acclaimed YA author Kit Frick talks about THE SPLIT, her upcoming adult sliding-door mystery that explores how little we sometimes know about the people we love—and how one small choice can change everything.Yes, we did share our own momentous ‘small choices.’ And readers get two Read more…