What if I told you one of the most exciting thrillers I ever read was about the passage of the 19th Amendment that finally gave women the vote in 1920? It’s true! That book is The Woman’s Hour by Elaine F. Weiss. Even though I knew the amendment passed –women have had the vote since 1920—I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, wondering how on earth it managed to pass when so many people were determined it would not. When the US congress finally passed the amendment in June of 1919, it seemed an easy task to get 36 of the then-48 states to ratify it so it would become the law of the land. If it was not ratified, the amendment would die, and the Suffragists would have to start their 80-year fight all over again.  But passing it wasn’t easy. A year later, only 35 states had ratified.  Twelve states had either voted not to ratify or their governors had refused to call a legislative session to even consider ratification. That left only one state, Tennessee, to turn the tide, but could they do it? Every other Southern state had already refused to ratify….

1–What is the title of your latest release? MURDER ON BEDFORD STREET, a Gaslight Mystery 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? When midwife Sarah Malloy and her private investigator husband, Frank, try to help a woman whose husband has wrongly locked her away in an asylum, they discover nothing is what it seems in the Longly family, and they must stop a killer before more lives are lost. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Finding a location for the Gaslight Mysteries is so important because that is the title as well. I was looking for what was a nice residential neighborhood in 1901 and Bedford Street was and still is. Recently, a producer expressed interest in turning the Gaslight Mysteries into a TV series and she has been shopping it around.  She dearly loves the series, and she happens to live on Bedford Street, so I gave her a little nod for all her hard work. 4–Would you hang out with your sleuth in real life? I would love to hang out with Frank and Sarah in real life. I created them to be people I would like and gave them characteristics…

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 Victoria Thompson! Writes: Victoria Thompson writes historical mystery, notably the Gaslight Mystery Series, which has been nominated for an Edgar Award and 6 times for an Agatha Award.  The 25th book in that series is MURDER ON MADISON SQUARE! If you enjoy complicated mysteries with a lot of human interest and a really slow-burn romance, this series is for you! About: Victoria spends long hours at her computer thinking of creative ways to murder people at the turn of the last century in New York City. In her spare time, she watches true crime shows on TV and matches wits with her scary-smart grandchildren. What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match: My ideal reader for MURDER ON MADISON SQUARE would: Love being misled Enjoy witty dialogue Revel in watching characters develop over the long haul Crave learning obscure historical facts Be determined to guess the killer but not mind if they are fooled! What to expect if we’re compatible: Falling in love…

Everyone is more than ready for the trees to bloom and the flowers to sprout. The temperatures are finally rising and hopefully *fingers crossed* we’ve all experience the last snowfall of winter! Sitting in the sun soaking up some vitamin D is finally a possibility, and what better way to celebrate the return of nice weather than to do it with a blanket in the park and a book in your hands? Here are four new mysteries for you to enjoy this spring season. And as a tease for next week, one of these authors will be joining me for a short story right here on the Cozy Corner! It’s your turn to dig into the clues, and figure out the mystery! But, you’ll only be able to do that, by going to each author’s social media sites! QUEEN ANNE’S LACE by Susan Wittig Albert China Bayles #26 A present day ghost leads China Bayles to a secret from Pecan Springs’s past in this haunting mystery from New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert. While helping Ruby Wilcox clean up the loft above their shops, China comes upon a box of antique handcrafted lace and old photographs. Following the…

Well, summer is well and truly upon us and what better way to pass these glorious, sun-filled days than with a lively and fun cozy mystery! June features a bumper-crop of our favorite genre, with more great titles due out in July and August. Fill up your beach bag or your suitcase with your favorite author and take their stories along with you on vacation this summer! Dive in with me to explore these new titles! Paddling around at the swallow end of the pool are three new series debuting this month. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEED: A Haunted Guesthouse Mystery by E.J. Copperman features Alison Kerby and her smart, sassy 9-year old daughter Melissa. After moving into a huge old Victoria house in her hometown of Harbor Haven, New Jersey (on the Jersey Shore) that she plans to convert into a guesthouse, Alison discovers that she and her daughter aren’t the only residents of the house – two feisty ghosts, named Paul and Maxey, are in residence and they want Alison to find out who murdered them. This promises to be a delightful series! (Copperman also writes the Double Feature Mysteries and Aaron Tucker Mysteries as Jeffrey Cohen.) Another…