Let’s celebrate the luck of the Irish with a giveaway! Enter to win your choice of a $15 gift card to my store OR a $10 gift card to the retailer of your choice (Amazon/Barnes and Noble/Apple/Kobo/Google Play). Good luck!
March Monthly Giveaway Read More »
As an author, one of the questions I often get asked is if any of my characters are based on people I know in real life. Honestly, the answer is sort of and not really. Not really because no, I don’t consciously base any characters on anyone I know in real life. And sort of
The Story Behind The Story: “A Wedding to Murder For” Read More »
Back in June, 2024, my 13-year old dog was diagnosed with kidney disease. Normally, when you have a pet diagnosed with kidney disease, you start feeding them a prescription food. The problem with my dog is she’s allergic to chicken, turkey and other fowl, and the main ingredient in pretty much every single prescription dog
Recipe: Homemade Dog Food for Dogs with Kidney Disease Read More »
When Charlie Kingsley first introduced herself to me, she didn’t even have a name—she was simply the dead aunt who left Becca her house in her will in the beginning of It Began With a Lie (Book 1 of the Secrets of Redemption series). Eventually, I gave her a name, Lottie, which wasn’t right (she
An Interview with Charlie Kingsley: “Red Hot Murder” Read More »
Love is in the air, and since I know all of you love a giveaway, let’s do one! Enter to win your choice of a $15 gift card to my store OR a $10 gift card to the retailer of your choice (Amazon/Barnes and Noble/Apple/Kobo/Google Play). Good luck!
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Author’s note: When the idea of a spin-off to the Charlie Kingsley Mysteries first came to me, I struggled with who should tell the story. I immediately knew Tilde Tillerson (first introduced in Red Hot Murder) and Mildred Schmidt (first introduced in Murder Next Door) were going to be two of the detectives in the
Meet Emily Hildebrandt: The Star of The Redemption Detective Agency Read More »
Alternative title: The Mysterious Origin of The Redemption Detective Agency Well, okay, it’s not THAT mysterious (even though the titles of the books are all “The Mysterious Case of …”). The Redemption Detective Agency is a spin-off from the Charlie Kingsley Mysteries (cozy mysteries) which is a spin-off from the Secrets of Redemption series (psychological
The Story Behind The Story: “The Mysterious Case of the Missing Motive” Read More »
Chapter 1 This couldn’t possibly be my life. There was no possible way that I, Emily Hildebrandt, who graduated with honors from high school and then from the University of Wisconsin-Riverview with a 3.8 GPA … who, as of ten days ago, had a solid job with a good paycheck, a lovely apartment, new car,
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