Posts by Laurie King
The Feisty Old Ladies
(This blog post was originally written for my friends at Jungle Red. They were interested in how, in Riviera Gold, housekeeper Mrs. Hudson is living amidst the millionaires and retired party girls in 1920s Monte Carlo.) I once knew a pair of aged anthropologists, man and wife, known for their detailed and subtle reports…
Read MoreThe Case of Laurie and the Monegasque Prince
The Case of Laurie and the Monegasque Prince One morning, the following email greeted my insufficiently caffeinated eyes, arriving as a message through my web site: On Jul 11, 2020, at 6:48 AM, {Name (First):1.3} {Name (Last):1.6} <noreply@authorbyteshosting.com> wrote: Name Stefano Casiraghi Email 24hoursred2@gmail.com Message I am Stefano Casiraghi Jr, and I…
Read MoreYes: Black Lives Matter (5)
What do I do? I began this week of Black Lives Matter thoughts by saying that the music industry’s #TheShowMustBePaused mission had prompted my (as their statement had requested) honest, reflective and productive inner conversation—with myself, on my own responsibilities when it came to the Black lives in my country. Race in this country is…
Read MoreYes: Black Lives Matter (4)
Defund the police? White people now know what this country’s Black citizens have known for a very long time: if you’re Black, you don’t phone the police if you need help. The scenes that are playing out on our tv screens night after night reflect a tragic irony: if you ask a cop why they…
Read MoreLaurie’s all over the place!
Tonight (Wednesday) I’ll be having a Facebook Live conversation with my good friend Les Klinger (in LA), for Murder by the Book (in Houston)—here. And I’ve dropped in on TWO blog sites for guest posts: I’m playing with my friends on Jungle Reds (Maine, Texas, CA, Key West–you name it), a bunch of women talking…
Read MoreYes: Black Lives Matter (3)
#SayTheirNames Black lives lost are swept up in the busy-ness of life: a sad shake of the head, a purse of the lips (“He should have known better than to pull out his phone/ run at night/ hit a cop/ drive there/ live…”) before the name fades. But the entire planet now knows the name…
Read MoreYes: Black Lives Matter (2)
“The actions we need to collectively take to support the Black community.” I live in the publishing community. My publisher is the biggest gorilla on the street, and I am actively involved in Mystery Writers of America, both of whom have come out with public statement on the #BLM movement (here and here.) And…
Read MoreYes: Black Lives Matter (1)
Black Lives: a marker of progress for white lives? I haven’t said much about the state of our world since the May 25 death of George Floyd (other than the introductory remarks in my last newsletter, here.) In part, I felt that #BlackoutTuesday and its basis, #TheShowMustBePaused, were meant to focus the world’s attention on…
Read MorePublication Day!
HAPPY PUB DAY! May Riviera Gold bring you some simple pleasures in a complicated world. Today I’m over with the Murder is Everywhere crowd, talking about using beautiful little Monaco as a place for murders. And The Dark and Stormy Book Club has me chatting about all sorts of mysterious things. (the Apple link is…
Read MoreRiviera Gold events
Well, this has been a week. Ten days ago, I wrote a post here about pouring bronze (a key element in Riviera Gold) but when I went to do a follow-up, marking a week before the publication date, well… I wrote about it on my newsletter this week (here, if you didn’t see it) so…
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