1–What is the title of your latest release? A QUESTIONABLE CHARACTER 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? The murder of a local contractor may be the final nail in the coffin for Tricia Miles. Can she find the killer before he or she has the chance to bring the hammer down? 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? As it’s the 17th book in the series, it was a no-brainer. Stoneham, NH where all but one of the Booktown Mysteries takes place. (#10 takes place on a cruise ship–but Tricia brought half the village along with her, so all my favorite characters got to go on a vacation, too!) 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Definitely. Especially at happy hour. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Strong, capable, curious. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? That I can meet a deadline under EXTREME pressure. 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I always edit the previous day’s work before I start my writing day. 8–What’s your favorite foodie indulgence? Sausage Egg McMuffin. I make a pretty good version at…

They were always there for you, books, like a small pet dog that doesn’t die. – Ian Sansom, THE CASE OF THE MISSING BOOKS Books are my life. In addition to spending time either reading or writing about books, I have worked in various libraries for years, and even met my husband while we were both working at our local library. Books about books – specifically stories about librarians, and people who collect books, or work in bookstores – are a favorite sub-genre of mine. Then there are books that take characters from classic works of literature and put them in the role of amateur sleuth. As I’m a huge fan of mysteries, I love combining these types of characters and themes with the quirkiness of a cozy mystery. The results can be delicious. He was sick of the excuses and the lies. He was tired of the evasions and the untruths, of people refusing to stand up and speak the truth and take responsibility for their own actions. It seemed to him like yet another symptom of the decline of Western civilization; of chaos; and climate change; and environmental disaster; and war; disease; famine; oppression; the eternal slow slide…