Before World War II plunged countless American women into factory jobs and vacancies left by men who had gone to fight, the two careers most open to women were teaching and nursing. They required professional training, and women who underwent it were looked up to in their communities. Today, author Anna Castle shares the story of her […]
Continue readingOccasionally – perhaps once in 150 reviews – a reader expresses doubt that a woman PI like Maggie Sullivan could have existed in the late 1930s or 40s. Admittedly they were a rare breed, but women private detectives and policewomen were around in that era and well before. The best known among them is without […]
Continue readingLeon, a green-blooded all-American leprechaun, knows you can’t beat a good PI novel for fun, even on St. Paddy’s Day. Well, maybe on St. Paddy’s Day. You can probably tell by his manly physique that he’s a former cover model for racy romance novels. He said if I put his photo up, he was sure […]
Continue readingAt 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, I’ll give a short talk called “Mime and Dialog” at Bouchercon in Long Beach, CA. The session will be in Harbor A of the Convention Center, with plenty of time for questions. Don’t worry, I won’t show up with my face painted white. The gist of the presentation is how […]
Continue readingNow through 11/2, Don’t Dare a Dame is 99c for Kindle users in the US & UK. It’s the third book in the Maggie Sullivan mysteries series. Let’s give the gritty woman P.I. a nice sendoff as she heads for Long Beach and the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Awards bash in two weeks. (She’s […]
Continue reading‘Tis the night before Christmas and on KDP, Not a new free book’s listed for browsers to see. The trolls, eschewing their favorite food, lemons, Are skulking in caves, eating unripe persimmons. And authors have turned their computers to OFF With loved ones to greet and libations to quaff. So to all of you on […]
Continue readingDid anyone watch King and Maxwell last night? Would love to hear some opinions on the female-male private eye team. (Click the speech icon to the right of the title to comment.) M. Ruth Myers is the author of the Maggie Sullivan mysteries and other novels.
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