The two winners for last week’s giveaway of the Dreaming Spies ARC – – are Laura R. and Ray Riethmeier, which means that two copies are on their way to Georgia and Minnesota, respectively. Congratulations, Laura and Ray, and I hope you love love love the book, and also that you don’t gloat too loudly but…
Read MoreOn a sheet of stationery pinned to the pages of Mary Russell’s journal: 27 October 1914 Mary, because you seem worried that your brain has sustained an injury in the accident, as evidenced by your occasional lapses in memory, I am adding a page here as an aide memoire, that you may read it and reinforce…
Read MoreIn the Company of Sherlock Holmes brings together a mix of people you never thought you’d see writing Sherlock Holmes stories. Such as… Laurie R. King and Michael Connelly: Introduction by Laurie R. King Variations on the theme of Holmes have been played ever since the man first saw print. Some have been whimsical, others…
Read More[This giveaway is now closed, sorry, but stay tuned for more of the same!] Four months from today, Dreaming Spies appears on shelves! And so not all of you are forced to wait, I have two copies of the bound galleys (the book’s ARC) to give away here on Mutterings. All you need to do is…
Read MoreToday’s TBT is the picture of a young writer…’s work: English descriptive paragraph Laurie Richardson Nov. 21, 1967 San Francisco, as I last saw it, was enough to stir the heart of any native Californian. The scene was movingly beautiful. I can remember it as if I saw it just yesterday. It was from the…
Read MoreIn the Company of Sherlock Holmes brings together a mix of people you never thought you’d see writing Sherlock Holmes stories. Such as… Les Klinger and Sara Paretsky: The Closing by Les Klinger Rachel finished the last few documents, put down her pen, and looked at McParland. His heart thumped, as it always did. “How…
Read MoreFrom Mary Russell’s WWI diary: 20 October 1914 Dr Ginzberg has been tormenting me to write in this journal. I have considered having one of the nurses carry it to the hospital incinerator, but suspect that if I do so, a fresh volume will appear. The woman is relentless. I have now proven to the…
Read MoreI love doing book events with Les Klinger. Conversations about Sherlock Holmes, from our two very different points of view, are a whole lot of fun. And now Les has a new book on H.P.Lovecraft, and he’s coming to Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park to talk to me about it, and to sign it–plus, there…
Read MoreThis Throwback Thursday concerns twenty-five years ago tomorrow, when the Loma Prieta earthquake killed 63 people and rewrote the face of northern California. At 5:04 that afternoon, I was sitting with my writing pad in my lap with soccer practice going on in front of me. The roar of an approaching train grew as windows shattered and walls…
Read More13 October 1914 [In the hand of Dr Leah Ginzberg.] I write this entry in the journal of Miss Mary Russell, who is currently in no condition to do so herself. A journal records a life, and it should be kept. It is not ten days since the terrible accident that robbed Mary of her…
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