Holly Menino

A Distance to Death: New Excerpt

By Holly Menino

August 12, 2014

A Distance to Death by Holly Menino is the second mystery in the Tink Elledge series about an elite equestrian turned sleuth (available August 12, 2014). Tink Elledge is a woman who doesn’t take well to sitting still—not when it comes to husbands, not when it comes to looking after her stepson Stephen, and certainly…

On Red Herrings, Or Must Chekhov’s Gun Go Off?

By Holly Menino

August 21, 2013

Anton Chekhov is famously said to have decreed that “One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it.” This edict has been reported by a number of his contemporaries, and it is found in one of his letters. Admirably, Chekov adhered to his own rule when…