From now through Aug. 10, you can win one of four signed copies of TOUGH COOKIE on this Goodreads giveaway. Don’t mistake this for a culinary cozy. Maggie Sullivan, the 1930s gal P.I. hired to unravel a high-stakes swindle, will use her Smith & Wesson or break a thug’s fingers to get the information she […]
Continue readingThe audiobook version of No Game for a Dame, which introduced 1930s private eye Maggie Sullivan to mystery fans, is now available at: Audible Amazon iTunes To kick things off, I’m offering three free downloads of the audiobook — two in the US, one in the UK — with the hope recipients will post a review […]
Continue readingPrivate Eye Writers of America have announced finalists for the 2015 Shamus Awards. Winners will be announced at the PWA Banquet on Oct. 9 during Bouchercon in Raleigh, North Carolina. All entries were published in 2014. Finalists in each category are listed alphabetically by author. BEST HARDCOVER P.I. NOVEL The Hollow Girl by Reed Farrel Coleman The Silkworm by […]
Continue readingIt’s a strange experience hearing a perfect stranger give a voice to the P.I. you’ve created. I’m smack in the middle of that experience as I listen to tracks of the audiobook of No Game for a Dame, which is now in production. It’s the first book in my Maggie Sullivan mysteries series, so it […]
Continue readingHere’s a chance to enjoy two detective novels set 9 centuries and half a world apart without paying a cent. First head to 11th c. Japan and enjoy RASHOMON GATE, first book in an extensive series featuring the detective from author I.J. Parker‘s Shamus-winning short story. Sugawara Akitada, a clerk in the Ministry of Justice, is sent […]
Continue readingAdmit it. Amid all the hearts and ruffles surrounding Valentine’s Day, aren’t there moments when you’d like to sneak off and enjoy a good mystery? Don’t Dare a Dame, third book in the Maggie Sullivan mysteries, is just 99c in the US and UK today through 2/15/15. It received a 2014 Shamus Award from Private Eye […]
Continue readingPrivate Eye Writers of America announced this year’s Shamus Award winners at their Nov. 14 dinner in Long Beach, CA. The event took place at Gladstone’s Long Beach during the 2014 Bouchercon world mystery convention. Here’s a photo of the recipients. L. to R. are Grant Bywaters (St. Martin’s/PWA contest), Sue Grafton, Brad Parks, Lachlan Smith, […]
Continue readingFive days and a cross-country plane trip later, I’m still somewhat dazed from winning a Shamus Award at Bouchercon 2014 in Long Beach. The Private Eye Writers of America named Don’t Dare a Dame the Best Indie P.I. Novel of 2013. I feel humbled and very, very happy to receive this sort […]
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