Some fabulous things have been happening for me lately! The 2nd book in the Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries, A Wedding to Die For, is one of the three finalist in EPIC’s mystery book of the year. This is so exciting. then I was asked to do a reading at Litquake last week with such mystery heavy weights as Cara Black and Jacqueline Winspear! I mean, really! They are so incredible. The wonderful Meg Waite Clayton was there, as well, do a reading from her book, The Four Ms. Bradwells. Meg is a fine, fine writer, as was everyone else at the Murder, Mayhem, and Moxie readings. Tomorrow I’m off to a writing retreat in Healdsberg. Hubby Norman will be taking care of the cats and holding down the homestead. What a guy! Then November 3rd, I’m off to the MuseItUp Conference in Montreal where I will finally meet my publisher, Lea Shizaz, and our marketing expert, Litsa, and many other fellow Muse authors in person. Life is good, friends, life is good!
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Forthcoming Books and Appearances
Christmas Trifle, a delicious holiday mystery, debuts September 1st
Book 1 of the Snow Lake romantic suspense novels.
The snow always looks like its dancing on the thermal lake bordering this tiny ski resort in the Sierra Mountains. Two chefs, madly in love but seeking divorce, must put aside their feud and work together in the first book of this cozy mystery series.Christmas Trifle will be available for pre-order in June.
Love Can Be Murder
Playful Mysteries for Lovers of Playful Banter
My latest books are a spin-off of the Alvarez books focusing on the romance between Lee Alvarez and Gurn Hanson. These two love birds are still solving mysteries, but these books are lighter in tone, with less emphasis on the bang of a gun and more emphasis on the bang chemistry you get when two firecrackers make spark after spark.
In the first book, Honeymoons Can Be Murder Lee Alvarez goes to Hawaii, and mystery awaits. In the second book, Marriage Can Be Murder, our newlyweds take on noir detective tropes when they have to find who's trying to kill a fading movie star.