The Story Behind The Story: “The Mysterious Case of the Missing Motive”

January 21, 2025

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 […]

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Excerpt: “The Mysterious Case of the Missing Motive”

January 17, 2025

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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An Interview with Charlie Kingsley: “A Room For Murder”

January 14, 2025

Take it away Charlie. Let me start by saying that I am thrilled this case is finally being told. It always felt…unfinished to me that this story wasn’t out there. This was my first case, and it happened completely by accident. I wasn’t looking to become a sleuth. Mostly I was just trying to survive.

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Excerpt: “A Room For Murder”

January 13, 2025

Chapter 1 “Excuse me … do you know where I might find books on local ghost stories?” I looked up from the murder mystery I was contemplating buying to discover a Robert Redford lookalike smiling at me. In fact, he looked so much like Redford, I had to blink several times to make sure the

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The Story Behind The Story: “A Room for Murder”

January 10, 2025

A few years ago, one of my author friends reached out to ask me if I’d like to be in an anthology that was geared around female sleuths. At the time, I was writing a standalone psychological thriller (The Third Nanny), and I wasn’t sure where I was going to with my Secrets of Redemption

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Audiobook Cover Reveal: “What Wasn’t Forgotten”

October 10, 2024

It’s here! The audio version of What Wasn’t Forgotten is now available for preorder for an November 5, 2024 release! The amazing January LaVoy is back to bring What Wasn’t Forgotten 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

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“A Room For Murder” Cover Reveal & Puzzles

October 3, 2024

Woot! I’m so excited to finally share a new cover from the Charlie Kingsley Mysteries with you. It’s A Room For Murder and we go back in time to Charlie’s first case! She has to help out Nancy, owner of the Redemption Inn, who has run into some issues with Darla, the resident ghost. And

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Redemption and Riverview Reading Tracker

August 1, 2024

The struggle is real. It’s not easy keeping track of all the books in your TBR list. (Ask me how I know.) That’s why I decided the least I could do is create a Reading Tracker to help you keep track of my books. It’s a downloadable PDF, and you can download it right here:

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