by Katy Farber | Sep 9, 2025 | Behind the Book, Features
I was scrolling on Facebook when I saw a post from a parent of a former student of mine. Her high school friend, now an author and Director of Media, TV & Film for Blackstone Publishing, was looking for an author with K-12 educational experience to write a...
by Peter Handel | Sep 8, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books, Features, Reviews
Over the course of three Jake Jackson novels, English writer, editor, podcaster and Radio Times morning co-host, Stig Abell has carved out a crime fiction niche that continues the lineage of the English country mystery, while bringing the literary chops that always...
by Erin Mitchell | Sep 8, 2025 | Home Entertainment, TV
Chief Inspector Maigret will be at your service starting October 5th, only on MASTERPIECE Mystery! on PBS. We can’t...
by Elise Cooper | Sep 8, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Dead Line Arliss Cutter Book 7 Marc Cameron Kensington Pub July 29th, 2025 Dead Line by Marc Cameron, a former US Marshal, is very realistic. This is no surprise considering he draws upon his past experiences to create riveting storylines. This story has Deputy...
by Sarah Reida | Sep 6, 2025 | Features
A Killer Wedding by Joan O’LearyWilliam Morrow/September 23, 2025 Joan O’Leary’s solid debut, A Killer Wedding, is a fun whodunnit as light as the champagne guzzled by its (many) narrators. Christine Taylor has clawed her way to senior...
by Ken Jaworowski | Sep 2, 2025 | Features
Early in my new thriller, “What About the Bodies,” Liz, a failing songwriter, looks back on her life, sneers, then launches into a spiteful tirade over the music world, her audiences, her fellow musicians and more. I imagine that her fury felt good to her. It sure...
by Alexandra Sirowy | Aug 29, 2025 | Author Workspaces, Features
My dark thrillers are often described as eerie and atmospheric. Setting is no mere passenger to my plot. Often, place—as well as the protagonist’s voice—inspires much of the story arc before I’ve even started writing. A summer spent swimming in the lakes of Minnesota...
by Elise Cooper | Aug 29, 2025 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Murder at Arleigh A Gilded Newport Mystery Book 13 Alyssa Maxwell Kensington Pub August 2025 Murder at Arleigh by Alyssa Maxwell highlights high society drama. This suspenseful plot brings back reporter-sleuth Emma Cross Andrews who must decide if the whispered...
by Erin Mitchell | Aug 28, 2025 | Home Entertainment, TV
“Nothing is black and white in his [writer Chris Lang’s] scripts and his characters are never black and white – we all live in brilliant shades of grey.”-Sinéad Keenan With this, Sinéad Keenan encapsulates why UNFORGOTTEN remains the best series on television. But...
by Dan Buzzetta | Aug 27, 2025 | Features, Five Things
Setting in a story is as important as ingredients in a recipe. It provides texture, flavor and color and brings the prose to life. A carefully chosen setting can influence characters, paint a picture, set the mood, heighten suspense, and add layers of complexity. If a...
