Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
EASTER MYSTERIES // EASTER CRIME FICTION
EASTER CRIME FICTION/
EASTER MYSTERIES
The Easter Evader by Mathiya Adams
Ship of Danger by Mabel Esther Allan
Aunt Dimity: Detective by Nancy Atherton
Bunny Donuts and a Body by Cindy Bell
Show Me the Bunny by Laurien Berenson
Death and the Easter Bunny by Linda Berry
In a Gilded Cage by Rhys Bowen
Easter Weekend by David Bottoms
The Last Enemy by Grace Brophy
Wycliffe and the Last Rites by W.J. Burley
The Chocolate Bunny Brouhaha by JoAnna Carl
Papa la-Bas by John Dickson Carr
Do You Promise Not To Tell? by Mary Jane Clark
Easter Hair Hunt by Nancy J. Cohen
Easter Buried Eggs by Lyndsey Cole
Little Easter by Reed Farrel Coleman
A Holiday Sampler by Christine E. Collier
Last Easter by Caroline Conklin
Absolute Certainty by Rose Connors
Murder on Good Friday by Sara Conway
Holy Terrors by Mary R. Daheim
Big Bunny Bump Off, Easter Escapade, Hippity Hoppity Homicide by Kathi Daley
Death of a Harlequin by Mary-Jane Deeb
The House of Death by Paul Doherty
Cue the Easter Bunny by Liz Evans
Root of All Evil by E.X. Ferrars
The Chocolate Kiss by Laura Florand
Lord James Harrington and the Easter Mystery by Lynn Florkiewicz
Toxic Toffee; Criminally Cocoa by Amanda Flower
Eula May and the Easter Kandy Killer by Amy Mull Fremgen
Deadly Sin by P.J. Grady
Hop 'Til You Drop by J. M. Griffin
Precious Blood by Jane Haddam
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
The Good Friday Murder by Lee Harris
Server Down by J.M. Hayes
Semana Santa by David Hewson
Eggsecutive Orders by Julie Hyzy
Easter Murders by Bryant Jackson & Edward Meadows
Death of a Dumb Bunny by Melanie Jackson
Easter Eggs and Shotgun Shells by Madison Johns
On the Lamb by Tina Kashian
Beauty Expos are Murder by Libby Klein
Bunny Drop by Linda Kozar
Chef Maurice and the Bunny-Boiler Bake Off by J.A. Lang
Forest of Souls by J. G. Lewis
Dyeing Season: Basket Case by Karen MacInerney
Shot Cross Buns by Tegan Maher
Pagan Spring by G. M. Malliet
Some Like It Lethal by Nancy Martin
Alibis & Angels by Olivia Matthews
Easter Bunny Murder; Easter Bonnet Murder by Leslie Meier
The Chocolate Easter Baking Challenge by M'Lissa Moorecroft
The Easter Mystery by Joan Lowery Nixon
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
The Easter Sunday Slaughter by Imogen Plimp
The Wolf and the Lamb by Frederick Ramsey
Chicory is Trickery by Sheri Richey
Easter's Lily by Judy Serrano
Prey on Patmos by Jeffrey Siger
Tourist Trap by Julie Smith
Wicked Egg to Crack by Lotta Smith
Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming
And Four To Go includes "The Easter Parade" aka The Easter Parade Murder" by Rex Stout
Easter Breakfast by John Stuart
Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death by Denise Swanson
The Quarry by Johan Theorin
Midnight at the Camposanto by Mari Ulmer
The Lord is My Shepherd by Debbie Viguie
Of Crocuses and Confessions; On Borrowed Time; Baa'd to the Bone by Sarah Jane Weldon
Easter Egg Murder by Patricia Smith Wood
Easter Egg Hunt Murder by Rachel Woods
Short Story:
"The Rabbit Died" by Sue Ann Jaffarian.
Looking for Easter Chocolate to eat while reading? Stop by my other Blog, DyingforChocolate.com for some great Chocolate Easter Recipes and the History and Culture of the Chocolate Easter Bunny.
Look Magazine, April 16, 1957 |
Monday, March 25, 2024
A MODERN TUDOR MYSTERY: Guest Post by Karen E. Olson
By the time I was done, I had transformed the narrative into a domestic suspense homage to the Tudors.
Karen E. Olson is the winner of the Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award and a Shamus Award finalist. She is the author of the Annie Seymour mysteries, the Tattoo Shop mysteries, and the Black Hat thrillers. Karen was a longtime editor, both in newspapers and at Yale University Press. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
Karen E. Olson's latest mystery, An Inconvenient Wife: A Modern Tudor Mystery (Pegasus Crime – April 2nd, 2024), is the first in a new crime series inspired by the Tudor era. This story takes the reader into the world of Kate Parker, who has just married billionaire Hank Tudor when a headless body is discovered near their summer home . . .
Friday, March 22, 2024
MYSTERY READERS JOURNAL: Southern California Mysteries (40:1)
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Mystery Readers Journal: Southern California (40:1) is now available as a PDF and Hardcopy.Southern California Mysteries
Volume 40, No. 1, Spring 2024
- Vintage Hollywood Crime by Aubrey Ney Hamilton
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
- Why I Love Writing About L.A. by Anne Louise Bannon
- The Mysteries of True Crime by James T. Bartlett
- California, the Origins of Reckoning, and the Ty Dawson Series by Baron Birtcher
- The Lighter Side of SoCal Mysteries by Sally Carpenter
- Where Rick Cahill Lives by Matt Coyle
- Technology, AI and Murder Collide in L.A. by Art Chester
- A Mystery in More Ways than One: A Fascination with Southern California by Elizabeth Crowens
- Los Angeles Ninja Lily Wong by Tori Eldridge
- San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter—Come for the History, Stay for the Mystery by Sara Driscoll
- California in Black and White by Terence Faherty
- A Different Perspective on Southern California by Earlene Fowler
- Los Angeles: City of Dreams by Lee Goldberg
- Kesey & Me by Chuck Greaves
- The Monkey in Venice by Russell Hill
- Wendy Stays Home by Wendy Hornsby
- L.A.’s Mr. Goodbar by Georgia Jeffries
- San Diego: Where Paradise and Crime Meet by Curtis Ippolito
- Sand, Surf, Murder by Sybil Johnson
- Changing Coast Changed My Life by John Lansing
- The OC, Baby by D. P. Lyle
- Like So Many Before Me by Larry Maness
- Mysteries of Southern California by T. Jefferson Parker
- You’re Right— That’s Exactly What Southern California is Like by Thomas Perry
- Finding Your Place When You’re Writing About Place by Eugenia Parrish
- Through a Lens Brightly by Gary Phillips
- Beach Noir by James Preston
- Beached by D. R. Ransdell
- Don’t Give Up the Day Job by Clive Rosengren
- That Screwy, Ballyhooey SoCal by Robert Rotstein
- Los Angeles: Boundless, Disturbing, Inspiring by Elizabeth Sims
- After-Hours by Lida Sideris
- If At First You Don’t Succeed… by Jennifer Slee
- Limitless Los Angeles by Patricia Smiley
- Location, Location, Location by Elena E. Smith
- Dwelling in the Southern Region of the Soul by David Unger
- Hollywood, My Exuberant Muse by Halley Sutton
- The Lair of the Bear by Duane Swierczynski
- Making a Reader Feel the Character of a Setting by Carl Vonderau
- What Do You Know? by Pamela Samuels Young
- Safe, Hope, and Always by Mark Zubro
COLUMNS
- Mystery in Retrospect: Reviews by Jay Gertzman, Aubrey Hamilton, Lesa Holstine, Dru Ann Love, Lucinda Surber, and Kristopher Zgorski
- Children’s Hour: Southern California Mysteries by Gay Toltl Kinman
- The Trunk Murderess by Cathy Pickens
- Crime Seen: Southern California Noir by Kate Derie
- From the Editor’s Desk by Janet A. Rudolph
- Vintage Hollywood Crime by Aubrey Ney Hamilton
AUTHOR! AUTHOR!
- Why I Love Writing About L.A. by Anne Louise Bannon
- The Mysteries of True Crime by James T. Bartlett
- California, the Origins of Reckoning, and the Ty Dawson Series by Baron Birtcher
- The Lighter Side of SoCal Mysteries by Sally Carpenter
- Where Rick Cahill Lives by Matt Coyle
- Technology, AI and Murder Collide in L.A. by Art Chester
- A Mystery in More Ways than One: A Fascination with Southern California by Elizabeth Crowens
- Los Angeles Ninja Lily Wong by Tori Eldridge
- San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter—Come for the History, Stay for the Mystery by Sara Driscoll
- California in Black and White by Terence Faherty
- A Different Perspective on Southern California by Earlene Fowler
- Los Angeles: City of Dreams by Lee Goldberg
- Kesey & Me by Chuck Greaves
- The Monkey in Venice by Russell Hill
- Wendy Stays Home by Wendy Hornsby
- L.A.’s Mr. Goodbar by Georgia Jeffries
- San Diego: Where Paradise and Crime Meet by Curtis Ippolito
- Sand, Surf, Murder by Sybil Johnson
- Changing Coast Changed My Life by John Lansing
- The OC, Baby by D. P. Lyle
- Like So Many Before Me by Larry Maness
- Mysteries of Southern California by T. Jefferson Parker
- You’re Right— That’s Exactly What Southern California is Like by Thomas Perry
- Finding Your Place When You’re Writing About Place by Eugenia Parrish
- Through a Lens Brightly by Gary Phillips
- Beach Noir by James Preston
- Beached by D. R. Ransdell
- Don’t Give Up the Day Job by Clive Rosengren
- That Screwy, Ballyhooey SoCal by Robert Rotstein
- Los Angeles: Boundless, Disturbing, Inspiring by Elizabeth Sims
- After-Hours by Lida Sideris
- If At First You Don’t Succeed… by Jennifer Slee
- Limitless Los Angeles by Patricia Smiley
- Location, Location, Location by Elena E. Smith
- Dwelling in the Southern Region of the Soul by David Unger
- Hollywood, My Exuberant Muse by Halley Sutton
- The Lair of the Bear by Duane Swierczynski
- Making a Reader Feel the Character of a Setting by Carl Vonderau
- What Do You Know? by Pamela Samuels Young
- Safe, Hope, and Always by Mark Zubro
COLUMNS
- Mystery in Retrospect: Reviews by Jay Gertzman, Aubrey Hamilton, Lesa Holstine, Dru Ann Love, Lucinda Surber, and Kristopher Zgorski
- Children’s Hour: Southern California Mysteries by Gay Toltl Kinman
- The Trunk Murderess by Cathy Pickens
- Crime Seen: Southern California Noir by Kate Derie
- From the Editor’s Desk by Janet A. Rudolph
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Open for Submissions: DEADLY YELLOWSTONE: A COLLECTION OF MYSTERY SHORTS
Thalia Press announces an opportunity for your mystery short story to be included in our next anthology, Deadly Yellowstone: A Collection of Mystery Shorts.
As a global tourist magnet, Yellowstone National Park attracts not only nature enthusiasts but also those with sinister intentions. Unravel the mysteries within the park's boundaries as ten gripping short stories delve into baffling events amidst the beauty and danger of Yellowstone.
· For the subject line of your submission: please start with the title of your story, followed by a dash and your full name.