Ghost Hero(ine)

Siisters in Crime was founded twenty-five years ago, to support and promote the under-reviewed work of women crime writers.  To celebrate the anniversary, SinC has asked bloggers to post review of books by women authors.  This is the first of my reviews. I’ll start the Blogging Challenge with the fabulous new Ghost Hero by S.…

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While I pondered, weak and weary…

My ‘hood Santa Cruz is reading Poe, during October!  I’ve been asked to speak at the opening of the community read on Saturday, but there’s a number of quaint and curious events going on during the month–here.  And just take a look at these posters–or rather, Poesters:    

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Pirate…Queens?

Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day! For fear of giving away a spoiler to Pirate King, I will not go into details of where in the story talk turns to Pirate Queen.  (Which is not to be confused with the Broadway musical of that name.)  However, it is a tantalizing mention, and I thought…

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St Louis, Denver, & New York (Times)

Since Thursday, I’ve been in St Louis for BoucherCon, the World Mystery Conference, along with 1600 or so other writers, editors, publicists, future writers, and just plain fans.  BoucherCon is a mixed conference, as much for fans as for people looking to learn something about the craft and the industry, and it’s often the only…

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Lucky Number Seven

Thank you for everyone who bought a copy of Pirate King this week, and put it at #8 on the 9/15 IndieBound bestseller list and #7 on the 9/25 New York Times bestseller list.  I am walking on clouds.

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Rhys Bowen, guest post

My friend Rhys Bowen has a new book!  Rhys has been a buddy since, well, for a long time now, and since we’re both in the Northern California area, we see each other occasionally.  Although how Rhys has time to do anything but bend over her keyboard, I can’t think—she publishes at least fifteen books…

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Parrot King Winners

We had so many gorgeous submissions for the Parrot King contest that I couldn’t possibly choose just one. So without further ado, the co-winners are: Jenny Parks and… Shirley Bomgaars. Both will get a signed copy of Pirate King as their prize, and the two designs will be found on merchandise in the LRK Cafepress…

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Pirate King: the illustrated edition

 Excerpts from Pirate King, with illustrations: Arabic architecture turns its back on the world, to create a cool and cloistered universe inside each set of walls.  I was standing in a tiled garden. The house rose on three sides, layers of galleried passages that gave both a sense of intimacy and a plenitude of fresh…

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