Just a reminder: the four Russell short e-stories will be unavailable starting next Monday. If you were thinking about putting Russell’s War, Mary’s Christmas, Mrs Hudson’s Case, or Beekeeping for Beginners on your e-reader any time soon, this is your last chance until the stories appear in an e-collection next September. The e-stories going out of, er,…
Read MoreSo here’s me, from April 5 until April 15:The Murder of Mary Russell will launch at the amazing and wonderfully warm Anderson’s Books (yay!) in Naperville (near Chicago.) They hosted an event for me a year ago—and made a great video interview. So when I learned that I’d be passing through Chicago, I brought forward my bowl to…
Read MoreTwo weeks from today, on Feb 1, a number of my e-short stories will be coming down, vanishing, going underground (except, of course, if they’re already on your reader.) These stories won’t be for sale again until Random House publishes my collection of Russell & Holmes tales in October (as an ebook, though possibly, eventually,…
Read MoreA book’s first review is always cause for nerves. Do they like it? Did they understand what I was trying to do–which means, did I do it right? The first one for The Murder of Mary Russell is gorgeous, thank you very much. And because Kirkus reviewers tend to give a lot of the plot away, I’ve…
Read MoreEchoes of Sherlock Holmes will be out in September–just in time for BoucherCon! We have a remarkable set of contributors for this, the third collection of “stories inspired by the Holmes canon” that Les Klinger and I have put together. Gorgeous cover, too–and just drool over those names: I’ll let you know when the book…
Read MoreI had one of those little pop-up notices on my screen yesterday to remind me that today was Mary Russell’s birthday. However, there’s a certain…discrepancy between that fact (along with the undeniable fact that someone continues to Tweet as Mary Russell) and the problematic title of the next Memoir: Now, I’m sure we can come up with solutions to this…
Read MoreMystery Scene is a favorite of the crime community, edited by longtime friend Kate Stine. They often run crossword puzzles, and this month’s, by Verna Suit, is “Sherlock Holmes: A Case of Identity” so I thought, hey, let’s see how many holes I have in my knowledge. Can you see which one I got wrong? 5 Down–”The Reigate…
Read MoreThe Book Club folk have asked me to post here on Mutterings to see if anyone else might be interested in joining their order for a Mary Russell Infinity Scarf, from an Etsy seller. Here’s the Sherlock Holmes one, with a page of Hound of the Baskervilles running along it: This wouldn’t be until after the first…
Read MoreBarnes & Noble asked me to share my holiday giving list with them. Not that you’re getting one of these books from me, if you’re one of my friends-and-relations. You probably already have one, since I’ve been shoving these at everyone I know all year. But for those of you who want to know what…
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