Today’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…
Read MoreLike podcasts? Like a bunch of LRK podcasts? Conversations with Marcia Muller or Ruth Dudley Edwards, a panel on Higher Mysteries, a chat with a Baker Street Babe, and a whole lot more. Podcasts on the LRK site, here.
Read MoreHappy TBT! Now coming to you from 1977, it’s Laurie, Noel, and A Large Friend, on Easter Island.Hmm, what would you think about a story set on Easter Island…?
Read More[On two pieces of lined paper, pinned to the pages of Mary Russell’s wartime journal.] October 7, 1914 Late Saturday night I received a telephone call from Mrs Long, housekeeper to my friend Judith Russell, to say that there had been an accident. I could not understand her at first, but clearly it was something…
Read MoreThe new paperback is out tomorrow, from your local Indie bookseller, Barnes & Noble, or Amazon. Enjoy!
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