Louise Penny
The Sûreté du Québec takes a beating in Ms. Penny's novels as the kindly but formidable Chief Inspector Armand Gamache battles corruption as well as murderers. A seemingly idyllic village…
The Sûreté du Québec takes a beating in Ms. Penny's novels as the kindly but formidable Chief Inspector Armand Gamache battles corruption as well as murderers. A seemingly idyllic village…
The genre that encompasses crime is vast and varied, from the mystery brain-teasers that keep you looking for clues and guessing whodunit (or guessing how the detective will prove the…
This woman is amazing! Seven standalone novels. Four collections of short stories. And no less than twenty series of novels, some of them comprising dozens of tales. Even her website…
Warnings to authors to keep their politics quiet proliferate, these days. I suppose some fear that other authors and followers will shun them on social and agents and publishers may…
Murder was once an odd topic for women to discuss much less to write about, but with the help of pioneers like Agatha Christie, the murder mystery has become a…
I have noticed an interesting trend: Knowing I am an author, people have divulged their own reading habits and a surprising number have confessed they prefer very short reads. "Not…
In 1963, H. Beam Piper won the Hugo Award for best novel for his book Little Fuzzy, which was the first installment of a series that enthralled me with its…
"Ugh!" is the first reaction of many people to the concept of grammar. So many have so little knowledge of it that software meant to catch mistakes has been selling…
Not precisely Cosy Mysteries, these tales of Brother Cadfael, a Benedictine monk of the 12th century, lack the feverish intensity of modern crime thrillers while managing to be page turners.…
Whether a Cosy Mystery, a Classic Mystery, a Paranormal Mystery, or what-have-you, this genre is popular in the extreme, both on the page and on the screen. The Cosy variety…