I love a good “impossible” mystery setup. Whether it’s a locked-door mystery (i.e., the mystery takes place in a locked room or house), a framing of an innocent person, or some other setup that seems impossible to overcome, they’re some of my favorite types of mysteries. In the case of Red Hot Murder, it’s the …
Red Hot Murder Chapter 1 A Charlie Kingsley Mystery Book “Charlie, you are a lifesaver,” Cherry gushed as I handed her a bag of tea. “I don’t even want to think about what I would have done if I had run out.” “I’m glad I didn’t let you down,” I said, trying to keep my …
The amazing January LaVoy is back to bring The Third Nanny to life! January has narrated all of my Secrets of Redemption books, and has even won a 2020 Voice Arts Awards Best Mystery Audiobook Narration for her work on It Began With a Lie! Check out the new audiobook cover! While I love my …
I’ve got another beautiful new cover for you! It’s for Red Hot Murder, Book 6 in The Charlie Kingsley Mysteries, and we’re doing it with a puzzle! And, if you really want to challenge yourself, try solving the puzzle without checking out the cover first. (No peeking!) To move the pieces, all you have to do …
It’s the Red Hot Murder Sliding Puzzle! See if you can solve the puzzle without peeking at the cover. To move the pieces, all you have to do is click on a square, you don’t have to try and drag it over or move it. It will move itself when you click it. And if …
Hands down, the Secrets of Redemption series has been the most challenging of all my writing. It has also provided me with the most breakthroughs. (Isn’t that the way it always goes? We learn more from our challenges and failures than from our successes or what’s easy.) In March 2015, roughly six months after the …
The Story Behind the Story: “The Girl Who Wasn’t There” Read More »
Chapter 1 “I can’t believe it.” Mia dropped her phone on the butcher block kitchen table with a clatter, a stunned look on her face. “Penny Schroeder is dead.” “Oh, that’s too bad,” I said. Admittedly, I was only half-listening as I stood behind the counter, measuring dried lavender for the custom tea blends I …
I’m often asked “What is a cozy?” Let’s start with the technical definition. The term describes a subgenre of mystery novels that are characterized by a lack of graphic violence, sex, drug use or foul language. They emphasize the puzzle aspects of a crime, rather than the darker elements. In addition, cozy mysteries typically take …
