Moms Make Great Detectives

“Good morning mommy and daddy,” I remember the doctor saying. “So, are we fussy? Crying? What’s going on?” “He’s lost weight. I don’t think he’s getting enough breast milk,” I said. I was sure of myself – definitive. Not like when I go to the doctor about an issue I’m...

INTERVIEW WITH DARCI HANNAH

Murder At the Campfire Cookout Beacon Bakeshop Mystery Book 7 Darci Hannah Kensington Pub June 2026 Murder At the Campfire Cookout by Darci Hannah will be the last in this series, kind of, because there will be a spinoff. This series is ending, but the characters...

INTERVIEW WITH MARC CAMERON

Backtrack Arliss Cutter Book 8 Marc Cameron Kensington Pub July 2026 Backtrack by Marc Cameron has dual timelines.  One is set in Texas during 1977, featuring D. Wayne Cutter, a Parker County sheriff’s investigator and Deputy Lawrence Johnson. The other is set in...

BOOK REVIEW: TIME TO BURN

Time to Burn/Ellery Lloyd August 4, 2026/Harper It would have been easy for Ellery Lloyd–a pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team–to get stuck in a quagmire considering the intricate plot of Time to Burn, which is told from two different perspectives crossing...

Stark House Press

Tucked away in the northern coastal California town of Eureka, a small, family-run publishing endeavor called Stark House Press is quietly republishing some America’s most treasured pulp and general crime fiction

INTERVIEW WITH BRYAN GRULEY

Bitterfrost: Book 1 River Deep Book 2 Bryan Gruley Severn House Publisher Bitterfrost and River Deep blends crime fiction, a mystery, and legal thriller all wrapped up in a biting midwestern noir atmosphere. The small town has secrets that run deep and cold and ice...