Tough Cookie, second book in the Maggie Sullivan mysteries by M. Ruth Myers, is discounted to 99c in the US & UK today through 9/29 in a Kindle Countdown. It’s garnered more than 400 reviews and a 4.4 star Amazon rating. The novel finds the tough Depression-era private eye hunting the killer behind a high-stakes […]
Continue readingMax Everhart, author of the fine hard-boiled novel Go Go Gato, tagged me to go next on the “Meet My Character” blog tour. The detective from the three books currently in my series insisted she should answer. 1) What is the name of your character? Is he/she fictional or a historic person? The way I […]
Continue readingFrom now through Aug. 26 you can get a FREE copy of my brand-new Maggie Sullivan short story, “The Barefoot Stiff” ahead of its official release. It features characters from my three-novel Maggie Sullivan mystery series. To get your free copy, click the link below and enter coupon code AM64N when you check out. If […]
Continue readingI was hanging out on a seedy street corner — well, okay, in my easy chair — when I got a chance to follow a woman private eye I’d seen solve other cases as she tackled the one which started it all. That went okay, so I decided to strike up acquaintance with two other […]
Continue readingDon’t Dare a Dame, third book in my series featuring private eye Maggie Sullivan, is a finalist for a 2014 Shamus Award. Needless to say, I’m thrilled. In 1982 the Private Eye Writers of America established the awards to recognize excellence in private eye fiction writing. You can see all finalists and categories here. My […]
Continue readingRecently I moved from one house to another. It wasn’t the first time. As I ran the mouse maze of trying to get my office set up so I could return to the business of writing, I was struck by challenges invariably faced by writers who relocate: The wall with the grounded outlets needed to […]
Continue readingOnly a little bit late for Mardi Gras, I’ve discovered a great series with a woman P.I. in New Orleans. After one book, I’m looking forward to further evenings of criminal bliss with her. Talba Wallis is the creation of Edgar winner Julie Smith. She’s savvy, competent, and comfortable in her own skin. The skin […]
Continue readingBack in October, I reviewed Broken, the debut novel of author Matthew Storm. It features a compelling, albeit self-destructive, woman private eye named Nevada James. Mr. Storm, who’s publicity shy, agreed to an interview. Here are the results. GG: Your bio suggests that you didn’t immediately set out to be a writer. Have you always […]
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