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…

Sometimes finding the right book to read while lounging under an umbrella on miles of white sand can be a chore, or at least the hardest decision to make while taking a break with a little bit of sun and waves. Search no more! I have the perfect list to choose from, or select them all—it’s your choice—I mean it is your vacation from everyone and their brother telling you what to do. Especially those pesky rug-rats throwing sand at each other and trying to tell you their sibling should be the one in trouble. It’s dad’s turn to be a child (it’s not like that’s is a strange concept for him) and entertain the kiddos while you just breathe in the salty air and read. If they get bored, he can pull out all those goodies you packed while you relax and escape into a fabulous mystery world. Take a look at the treats I have for you, you’ll wish you could devour them as fast as the kids!   Legally Burned Paranormal Justice for All (Book 2) By Jane Biteme 5/7/23 AFTER NAILING THE BIGGEST CASE OF HER CAREER, SLOAN REYNOLDS. SHOULD RE SIPPING SOME WELL-DESERVED SMOKED BOURBON…

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match” where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Jennifer J. Chow! Writes: Cozy mysteries filled with hope and heritage. HOT POT MURDER features Yale and Celine Yee, cousins with opposite personalities who run a food stall at a night market. When their hot pot dinner with local restaurant owners results in a – literally – shocking end, the two are ready to help serve justice. About: A SoCal gal who loves matcha hot – or on the rocks – I enjoy dolphin watching on the beach and taking copious photos of flowers. When not reading or writing, I can be found checking out new boba shops. I’m looking for readers who delight in: Fun whodunit plots Cultural tidbits and factoids Close-knit family ties Quirky sidekicks and characters Numerous foodie descriptions What to expect if we’re compatible: Punny jokes and titles Free recipes in my culinary cozies Explorations of a lesser-known Los Angeles Characters who gain much-needed insight A sweet dash of romance HOT POT MURDER by Jennifer J. Chow L.A. Night Market #2 Trouble…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE VANISHING HOUR 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Grace Holloway keeps to herself. Since narrowly escaping death at the hands of the man who kidnapped her, she’s thrown herself into the small inn she runs in Rock Harbor, Maine. It’s quiet, quaint and, in the off-season, completely isolated—the perfect place for Grace to keep her own secrets. But Grace isn’t the only one with something to hide, and Rock Harbor isn’t just a sleepy vacation town. Someone is taking young women—girls who look an awful lot like Grace did when she was kidnapped so many years ago. When a surge of disappearances brings the investigation to her door, Grace finds herself unwillingly at the center of it all and doing everything she can to keep her distance. Because Grace knows something…something that could change everything. And when the truth comes to light, getting justice for the vanished might be more than Grace can handle alone… 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I thought it needed to be a lonely, coastal town—someplace cold and woodsy, not beachy, and then I settled in Maine because…

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE BODY IN THE WEB 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? The Body in the Web is the 26th in my Faith Fairchild series (they don’t have to be read in order) and finds my amateur sleuth/wife/mother/caterer faced with the difficulty of solving a crime during the pandemic when the death of a friend is declared a suicide by the police, but Faith knows better—it’s murder. The title refers to both a spider web and the worldwide one, both traps! With her college-aged son and high school senior daughter at home studying remotely and her husband tending his flock in much the same manner, Faith finds her days overflowing with ways to keep her “Pod” nourished in body and mind. A subplot involves a young woman who has had to postpone her elaborate June wedding and her plans to have a honeymoon baby. 2022 saw 2.5 million weddings, the most in forty years, due to the pandemic backlog. Another ripple effect I write about is the way older people had to cope with Covid, describing how a character in other books, Millicent Revere McKinley, faces severe food and fuel insecurity…

Book Title: TELL-TALE BONES Character Name: Sarah Booth Delaney   How would you describe your family or your childhood? Growing up in the Mississippi Delta, I had the best childhood ever. My parents loved me to distraction, and I was encouraged to have adventures and to explore. During early childhood I was coddled and carefree. After my parents died in a car accident, I had Aunt Loulane. There was great sadness in my childhood, but also much love and joy.   What was your greatest talent? It is also my greatest weakness – total hardheadedness coupled with the idea that I can tackle anything and win. It can get me into a lot of trouble, but it also makes me a good private detective.   Significant other? I’m in a relationship with a childhood friend, Sheriff Coleman Peters. It took us a while to realize we were destined to be more than friends, but I believe I’ve found the man I was meant to love. Integrity and honesty are important to me, and Coleman has plenty of both.   Biggest challenge in relationships? Trusting another has been hard. My parents abrupt and tragic deaths left me unwilling to trust others,…

Therapists are taught that when a new client shares their “presenting problem,” it’s not the real reason they are there. It’s not that they are withholding the truth, but that “the conscious mind is the last to know.” We all think we know why we do the things we do, but do we really? Freud thought our personality was in place by the time we were five. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have a lot of clear memories from back then and have little clue how they are related to my day-to-day activities. Now it is totally possible that the reason you ate that bag of potato chips had nothing to do with how you were raised. Maybe you were just hungry. But why did you eat more than you needed to be satisfied, why did you allow yourself to get so hungry, why those particular chips? There are the obvious surface answers and then there are those deeper hidden reasons that may reside outside your awareness. No one wants a therapist bothering them about their junk food habits unless they want to curtail them and need some help. But what if you wanted someone to help…

P is for punny. My title is a fun play on words. R is for rehab. In this book, carpenter Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck rehab on old houseboat. I is for imagination. Whitney and Buck have to use their imaginations to visualize the decrepit boat as it could be once it’s fixed up. M is for marriage. Buck is engaged to Whitney’s best friend Colette, and their nuptials are planned to take place right after the boat rehab is complete. E is for exciting. Lots of exciting stuff happens in this story! R is for reconnoitering. In this story, there’s someone who seems to be keeping a watchful eye on the area.   A is for anticipation. You’ll be dying to know who killed Grant Hardisty and why! N is for nautical. This book has a nautical theme. D is for design. Whitney enjoys coming up with the design elements for their flip projects.   P is for purrs. Sawdust, Whitney’s sweet buff-colored cat, provides lots of purring! U is for underwater. That’s where the victim and his boat end up! N is for nighttime. That’s when some suspicious things happen in this story. I is for insufficient….

H is for our heroine, Tessa Treslow, mechanic and retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel. O is for New Oslo, Idaho, Tessa’s hometown. M is for murder. Tessa finds a murdered stranger, the scene (and her finger) pointing firmly at Tessa’s best friend, sheriff’s deputy Freddie Frederickson. E is for Edna. Tessa lives and works with her feisty Aunt Edna.   I is for investigating. Tessa has to help Freddie prove her innocence. S is for She-canics. Aunt Edna and Tessa have started a new car renovation business: Band of Sisters Services (BOSS) “Call the She-canics!”   W is for who is the real grandchild? The murder victim claims to be Freddie’s illegitimate cousin. H is for Nick Hunt, the handsome new flame who has been romancing Tessa. E is for Sheriff Joe Eriksson, Tessa’s high school ex-boyfriend. R is for Rosie the Riveter. Tessa’s grandmother (Aunt Edna’s mother) was a Rosie and they have a ceremony to celebrate her, which is interrupted by the soon-to-be murder victim. E is for Nick, being evasive…   T is for truth. What is the truth about Freddie’s grandfather? H is for Historical society mavens, Olive and Ginny Prunn, who try to assist with…

Detective Sergeant Jessica Niemi watches a squirrel scamper across the road in its self-grown winter coat, then climb a fat tree trunk with surprising speed. Nature’s little miracles, like the agility of the gravity-defying rodent, have never ceased to amaze her. With the passing years, she seems to yearn for nature more and more, perhaps to create distance between herself and the tragedies and horrific fates she encounters on the job. However, her love of nature isn’t the reason Jessica has ventured into Helsinki’s Central Park on this gloomy January evening. The squirrel disappears, but Jessica can hear its tiny claws scrabble against the bark and see branches sway high up in the tree. The path running through the dense forest is dark, and the icy drizzle has kept all but a few fitness enthusiasts inside. Jessica brought a flashlight, but so far she has managed with the lamps spaced sparsely at intervals along the path. She zips up her windbreaker with the fingers of her left hand. Her right arm still dangles in a sling—not because it’s necessary in terms of recovery, but because her arm muscles throb every time the wrist she injured in mid-December isn’t supported. A…