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Cathi Stoler

Cathi Stoler is an award-winning author. Her new Urban Thriller, Bar None, A Murder on the Rocks Mystery, featuring The Corner Lounge bar owner, Jude Dillane, will be published this October by Clay Stafford Books. A new series with Blackjack player Nick Donahue includes the novel Out of Time and the novella Nick of Time. Both will be published next year by Black Opal Books. She is also the author of the three-volume Laurel & Helen New York Mystery series, which includes Telling Lies, Keeping Secrets and The Hard Way, and a three-time finalist and winner of the 2015 Derringer for Best Short Story, “The Kaluki Kings of Queens.” Very involved in the crime writing world,  Cathi serves as Co-Vice President of Sisters in Crime New York/Tri-State and is a member of Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers.  Find out more about Cathi at: www.cathistoler.com.

Picture This: 6 Crime Fiction Novels Meant for the Movies

By Cathi Stoler

October 17, 2018

If you’re like me, reading good crime fiction conjures up all sorts of images. The sound and feel of a bullet spiraling out of the gun and hitting its mark can make you wince. The sight of the detective discovering the one clue that solves the case draws you right into the “ah ha” moment.…

Summer TV: A Digital Tour of Europe

By Cathi Stoler

July 2, 2015

I hate watching reruns of mystery and crime TV shows I’ve already seen—it’s not much fun to tune in when you already know who did it. And, while the networks offer plenty of summer replacements, this season, none captured my attention as much as the shows I enjoy the most. So, while I’ve been longing…

The Hard Way: New Excerpt

By Cathi Stoler

April 10, 2014

The Hard Way by Cathi Stoler is the 3rd novel in the Laurel and Helen New York Mystery Series about a murder in a Las Vegas casino where the duo's friend is the prime suspect (available April 15, 2014). PI Helen McCorkendale’s childhood friend, Jimmy Scanlan, has just opened January, the most lavish casino and…

Good Times, Bad Times by James Kirkwood

My Fan Letter to Jim Kirkwood

By Cathi Stoler

October 18, 2011

When I was in my early twenties and working at my first job as a copywriter, I read James Kirkwood Jr.’s book Good Times Bad Times. This story of friendship between two young boys at a New England boarding school and the murder of their sadistic head master resonated with me more than any book…

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