The Interrogation Room: A Q&A with Diane Kelly, author of the House-Flipper Mysteries
By Crime HQ
March 24, 2023 Watch on YouTube More: Watch Other Author Interviews
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In Conversation With Olivia Blacke & Olivia Matthews
By Crime HQ
December 20, 2022Olivia Blacke’s Record Shop Mysteries follows Juni Jessup and her sisters as they run a record shop in Cedar River, Texas. The first book in the series, Vinyl Resting Place, releases Dec. 27, 2022. Olivia Matthews’s Spice Isle Bakery Mysteries features a West Indian-American family who’ve opened a bakery in the Little Caribbean neighborhood in…
Kensington CozyClub Mini-Con October 2022
By Doreen Sheridan
November 29, 2022After a delay of three years, I finally got a chance to attend a Kensington CozyClub Mini-Con! In 2019, the pandemic put paid to Kensington Publishing’s usual slate of CozyClub mini-conventions, aimed at lovers of cozy mysteries and held regionally on a regular basis. Now that it’s 2022 however, things have gotten safe enough to…
Chop n’ Bop Playlist: Girl Power Anthems for Cooking
By Crime HQ
September 15, 2022Before a big race, swimmer Michael Phelps listened to a playlist to amp up his energy, increase his focus, and get in the zone. Maybe you can picture him, headphones on, bopping his chin to a beat that was audible only to him. I’m exactly the same. You heard it here first. Michael Phelps and…
Mint Chocolate Murder by Meri Allen: Featured Excerpt
By Crime HQ
July 26, 2022Chapter 1 After spending ten hours on my feet at the ice cream shop, I longed for a hot bath and a few hours curled up with an Agatha Christie paperback, a glass of pinot noir, and a cuddle with my cat, Rocky. But as the old New England saying goes, there’s no rest for…
Must-Read Culinary Cozies
By Jennifer J. Chow
July 19, 2022A cozy mystery offers a comfort read that allows you to tap into your inner sleuth. It also includes a close (and usually quirky) community. Is there anything better than a pleasant whodunit? Yes, a cozy with a food theme. Culinary cozies, as they’re known, have mouthwatering descriptions and sometimes include tantalizing recipes in the…
Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews: Cover Reveal
By Crime HQ
June 6, 2022A Note from Author Olivia Matthews A Taste of the Caribbean: Inspiration for Against the Currant My family immigrated to the United States from Grenada, West Indies, when I was very young. I have a vivid memory of walking with my father in my childhood neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, in the late 1970s.…
Book Review: Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto
By Doreen Sheridan
March 25, 2022In this second book of the Aunties series, Meddelin “Meddy” Chan is finally marrying the man of her dreams. She and Nathan had been college sweethearts once but broke up and subsequently lost touch. Happily, they were reunited during the events of the first book, and are now set to be married in his hometown…
Locked-Room Mysteries: Modern Interest in the Classic Mystery Subgenre
By Gigi Pandian
March 15, 2022A locked-room mystery is the ultimate puzzle. Not only is the mystery plot fairly clued, so the reader can match wits with the detective, but the crime itself appears to be truly impossible. This style of mystery had its heyday in what’s known as the Golden Age of detective fiction, a period loosely defined as…
Six Feet Deep Dish by Mindy Quigley: Cover Reveal & Excerpt
By Crime HQ
February 7, 2022A Note from Author Mindy Quigley I am not known for my cooking. Or maybe I am, but not in a good way. When my girlfriends and I used to have regular potlucks, I got put in charge of bringing the salad. Then I was demoted to buying the bread. Finally, I was told that…