Weekly Reading Round-Up
Happy Friday, all! This week I started out with Melissa Albert’s The Children, which cleverly isn’t quite what you think it’s going to be. The story involves the children of the author of a beloved series of children’s books (the author tragically dead young, the books unfinished) in which they played the starring roles. So……
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Happy Friday, all! Having started the series the wrong way round, I went back and read the first in M.J. Robotham’s engaging Cold War spy series, Mrs. Spy, and it was just as good as the second book. With a wardrobe full of disguises, forty-five year old Maggie Flynn is one of MI 5’s donkeys:…
Read MoreTonight! Join me for Library Love Fest!
Join me tonight at 7pm ET on Facebook live for a very special event on Library Love Fest’s Writers to Watch program! B.K. Borison, Lisa Kleypas, Becky Chambers, and I will be talking about our upcoming autumn books– so head over to Library Love Fest tonight to get the inside scoop!
Read More“Gloriously gothic” NIGHTFALL!
The second major review of What Happens at Nightfall is in– and it’s a “gloriously gothic” *starred* review! The marvelous John Charles of Booklist writes: “Wielding a delectably sharp sense of wit in the Noel Coward Blithe Spirit mode and crafting a gloriously gothic, ardently autumnal plot that rivals the supernatural novels of Elizabeth Peters and Barbara…
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Happy Friday, all! When someone sends you an advance copy of Maureen Johnson’s latest Truly Devious mystery, what is one to do but drop everything and read it immediately? In The Velvet Knife, Stevie, broken-hearted after the end of the last book (no, if you haven’t read it, I’m not telling you), heads to my…
Read MoreNIGHTFALL “an undeniably fun ride”!
So many thanks to Publishers Weekly for this gorgeous review of What Happens at Nightfall! After so many years writing historical fiction of various varieties, it was a little (read, very) terrifying to launch myself into a new genre: contemporary and paranormal. So it was such a relief when the first of the big reviews…
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Happy Friday, all! The win of this week for me was Clare Mackintosh’s The Butler, which I picked up partly because I loved her Ffion Morgan series and partly because Library Journal described it as an homage to Christie and Poirot. The Christie comparison was spot on. Even though the book was set in Cannes…
Read MoreAugust Newsletter
Check your inbox for my August newsletter! This month, we’ve got lots of info about upcoming events– including special events at homes linked to both Elma Sands and Levi Weeks!– outtakes from Two Wars and a Wedding, a nod to one of my favorite books, pictures of the house that plays a large role in…
Read MoreSee you in Columbia PA October 9th!
Join me for a special event in Lancaster, Pennsylvania hosted by Columbia Public Library and Book Bar! I’ll be in conversation with the always entertaining Lindsay Hameroff discussing romance, ghosts, demons (both literal and personal), and What Happens at Nightfall! When: 6:30 Friday October 9th (doors open 5:30) Where: St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Columbia…
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Happy Friday, all! This week started out with a whimper for me when I bounced hard off two recent, high buzz thrillers (no, I’m not naming either– that’s between me and my local librarians who see my summer reading log). There went this week’s reading plan…. But then I landed on B.K. Borison’s Lovelight Farms,…
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