Weekly Reading Round-Up
Better late than never, I finally read Anthony Horowitz’s Magpie Murders and loved the whodunnit within the whodunnit (especially the internal whodunnit, which was 1950s, small English village, so, basically, Father Brown without Father Brown). Then I treated myself to Lynda Loigman‘s upcoming The Wartime Sisters, set at Springfield Armory during World War II, tracing…
Read MorePinkorama 2018: Last Call!
It’s the last chance to enter this year’s Pink Carnation Peep Diorama Contest! (aka Pinkorama.) For the full contest rules, just click here. If you’re looking for some Peep inspiration, check out 2017’s and 2016’s peeptastic entries or the Pinkorama Gallery! The official deadline is tomorrow– but I’m willing to extend it over the weekend…
Read MoreTHE GLASS OCEAN– coming September 4!
I’m thrilled to officially announce the title of the next WWW collaboration! The book formerly known as the Lusitania Book is, in fact… The Glass Ocean! You can find an exclusive cover reveal and give away today on Great Thoughts, Great Readers. Here’s the official blurb: From the New York Times bestselling authors of The…
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I’ve been chugging away on the new book (well, a slow chug, but still a chug), so there hasn’t been terribly much reading time this week. But, when I can, I’ve been sneaking away to steal a chapter or two of Anthony Horowitz’s murder mystery, The Word is Murder, in which the author inserts himself…
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Where on earth has this week gone? Between the Barbados book and final proofs (!!) for the next Three Ws’ book (more on that soon!), I’ve been reading the second DI Manon Bradshaw novel, Persons Unknown, in fits and starts. But I have a lovely, large care package of books that was just sent to…
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Happy Friday, everyone! This week, Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and I were hard at work plotting the third Three Ws novel (and maybe a bit of outlet shopping). But I did have a couple of lovely, long flights for reading time. This week, I discovered a new to me author, Susie Steiner, and her Manon…
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With a Nor’easter howling outside the window, it would be a perfect day to hunker down with a book or two (if only there weren’t, well, life to attend to– hello, umbrella and boots!). This week, I finally read Kate Moretti’s The Blackbird Season, set in a dying Pennsylvania mill town and the scandal that…
Read MoreReady… Set… Peep!
It’s March today, which means… it’s Pinkorama time! Yes, that’s right: it’s the 8th Annual Pinkorama (aka Pink Carnation Peep Diorama) Contest. The rules are simple: using those sugary, marshmallowy goodies (Peeps), recreate your favorite scene from any one of my books, novellas, or short stories. There are the Pink books, for Napoleonic Peeps; The…
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It’s been a multi-book work week for me: bouncing into book clubs to talk about The English Wife, copyedits for the next Three Ws book (title and cover reveal coming soon!), and, of course, working on the Barbados Book. What with all that, there wasn’t nearly as much time to read as I would have…
Read MoreChicago– Today!
It’s the very last stop on the English Wife tour and my one and only Midwestern appearance! Come join me and Charles Finch (author of the Charles Lennox mysteries) today at 57th Street Books in Hyde Park. Can’t wait to see you there! When: TODAY!! 3:00 What: Talk & Signing with Charles Finch Where: 57th…
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