Weekly Reading Round-Up
There’s something about summer and brand new books that just goes together. In between gnashing my teeth over revisions (revisions always entail tearing of hair and gnashing of teeth– or, at least, lots of wine and chocolate), I’ve been indulging in some new to me books. This week’s haul: — Laurie King’s The Bones of…
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I’ve finally gotten around to reading some new (and new-ish) releases that I’ve had on my pile for a while. At the top of the pile? Eleanor Brown’s The Light of Paris, a lovely book about a grandmother and a granddaughter, one in the 1920s, the other in the 1990s, trying to find their true…
Read MoreIf You Like….
Today we have a special treat– a guest If You Like from Sheila! As Sheila points out below, when we dip our toes into the past, we tend to focus on the propertied and privileged– because, let’s face it, they had better clothes. (Although not necessarily better teeth. But I digress.) But what about the…
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Now that the draft of the next stand alone is in the hands of my editor, I’ve been catching up on reading the large pile of ARCs (advance review copies) that accumulated next to my desk over the past few months. It’s been an eclectic and fascinating mix of reads, including: —The Fire by Night…
Read MoreHappy (paperback) birthday, OTHER DAUGHTER!
The Other Daughter is out in trade paperback today! Booklist called The Other Daughter “vibrant and thrilling”. RT Book Reviews writes, “… the complexity of the story-line and the characters draws readers deeply into the story until they are completely invested and hooked until the end. Readers will find themselves looking into their hearts and…
Read MoreTHE OTHER DAUGHTER– in paperback on Tuesday!
If you’re like me and tend to wait for the paperback… the paperback of The Other Daughter is heading your way! My author’s copies arrived on the doorstep last week: Don’t they look snazzy? Here’s the official blurb: Raised by her widowed mother in genteel poverty in an isolated English village, for the past six…
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Happy July! I’ve mostly been researching the next book– about which I’m staying mum for the moment– so much of what I’ve been reading won’t appear here just yet. On the fiction front, though, I’ve stumbled upon a few new to me books and authors, including: — Chris Cleave, Everyone Brave is Forgiven, a novel…
Read MoreEMERALD RING en Français
On 21 Juillet, The Deception of the Emerald Ring will be making its debut en français! You can find it under the title L’Imposture de l’Alliance Émeraude. When I got the news, I did some counting on my fingers and it dawned on me that, as of a few months from now, it will be…
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In the middle of a mystery bundle give away post on Facebook the other day, I included a side comment about books for libraries or other charities. The response was overwhelming. (Thanks, all!) So I’m making this post the Official Library Donation Spot. I would be delighted to see all my author copies flutter away…
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When I’m working on the end of a book, I need books like a diver needs his oxygen tank. And not just any books. Series work best. Series entirely unrelated to what I’m currently writing work best of all. I got through the end of That Summer with Laurie King’s Kate Martinelli mysteries, The Other…
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