Mary Lawrence, Alchemist of Lost Souls

Mary Lawrence The Bianca Goddard series Mary Lawrence lives and farms in Maine and worked in the medical field for over twenty-five years before publishing her debut mystery, The Alchemist’s Daughter (Kensington, 2015). The book was named by Suspense Magazine as a...

Dialogue Techniques, One Dead, Two to Go

Elena Hartwell One Dead, Two to Go I love meeting fellow playwrights and chatting about stage vs. books. Today Elena Hartwell, author of One Dead, Two to Go is my guest, and I brewed a new selection of black tea. I also had some fresh coffee on hand just in case....

Julie Christine Johnson, Musicality, and Crows of Beara

Julie Christine Johnson Story and Musicality Julie’s short stories and essays have appeared in several journals, including Emerge Literary Journal; Mud Season Review; Cirque: A Literary Journal of the North Pacific Rim; Cobalt; River Poets Journal, in the print...

Highland Peril, Scottish Toys, and Amy Reade

Amy Reade Highland Peril Amy M. Reade is a cook, chauffeur, household CEO, doctor, laundress, maid, psychiatrist, warden, seer, teacher, and pet whisperer. In other words, a wife, mother, and recovering attorney. But she also writes (how could she not write with that...

Red Herrings and Poison by Laura Childs

Laura Childs Enjoy my interview with this delightful author, then read on for a few book reviews. Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, Scrapbook Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries. In her previous life she was...