Welcome to Part Three of my first Malice Domestic experience. After these past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, what a joy to travel and meet people face-to-face again. Of course, as you may have read in Part Two, I headed into the party already flying high after talking with a literary agent and being asked to send my partial manuscript. So, let's get social!
Welcome to Part Two of my first Malice Domestic experience. Get a glimpse into the excitement of just a portion of my Friday at the conference. And find out about my super cute pitch swag idea!
In 2021, I won the Dorothy Cannell Scholarship Award presented by Sisters in Crime (read more here). One of the fantastic benefits of winning was the opportunity to attend my first Malice Domestic Conference.
Monica Albertson moves to charming Cranberry Cove on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan to help her stepbrother, Jeff, with his farm. But when the cranberry harvest turns deadly, Jeff is ripe for the picking as a prime suspect.
In the third Domestic Diva Mystery, set in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, Sophie Winston must fulfill a bequest for her reclusive neighbor, Professor Mordecai Artemus, whom she neglected to befriend—oh, the guilt—and who left his house to his Pomeranian. The sprawling home is also slated for the statewide Spring Home and Garden Tour. Several designers are competing by decorating a room within the house, including Sophie's nemesis, Natasha.
In this 4th book of the Book Retreat Mysteries series, set in Storyton Hall, Virginia, Jane Steward is ready to focus on work again as her twin boys return to school. She is the manager of Storyton Hall, a resort where book lovers regularly gather in the Agatha Christie Tea Room to discuss the merits, deadly or otherwise, of their favorite authors.
What a journey! October 10, 2020, I finally typed the words "The End" for my cozy mystery novel TIME'S UP FOR FATHER TIME. The book began as my first-ever NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) project.
What I'm Reading - Catherine Lloyd's DEATH COMES TO THE VILLAGE, book one - Kurland St. Mary Mysteries. #cozymystery #traditionalmystery #reading #englishvillage #CatherineLloyd #DeathComesToTheVillage photo linked from Goodreads DEATH COMES…
Just when Bailey King, the assistant chocolatier in a world-famous New York City chocolate shop is up for a life-changing promotion, her grandfather ends up in the hospital. Bailey rushes to Harvest, Ohio, to help her grandparents and the Amish candy shop they own.
The setting for my Lilia Loverly cozy mystery series is Vermont. So, when I ran across the ScotShop Mystery series by Fran Stewart, also set in the Green Mountain State, and coupled with a Scottish theme, it was a definite must-read for me.
Featuring forensic genealogy pioneer Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick.
Colleen is the founder of Identifinders International, which is widely recognized as the founder of modern forensic genealogy. She has worked dozens of cold case homicides for law enforcement using genetic genealogy analysis. She is also Co-Executive Director of the DNA Doe Project (DDP), applying autosomal SNP analysis to the identification of John and Jane Does sometimes decades old.
Lit Up Orange County! A conversation with Orange County Readers and Writers.
Featured Authors: Gayle Carline, Greta Boris, and Matthew Stern