This week’s guest columnist is Gotham City’s Dark Knight Detective, Batman. This time of year his shadowy city is illuminated with bright, holiday lights. Those lights are meant to usher in a happy season of peace and joy. He knows though that they can cast a metaphorical shadow on people who are missing a dearly…
Like a Norman Rockwell painting hanging prominently inside our heads, many of us cherish memories of Thanksgiving gatherings with loved ones complemented by honey-glazed turkey and succulent desserts. A heartwarming tradition believed to have originated in 1621 by the Pilgrims, now celebrated every fourth Thursday of November since Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving Day a national…
In anticipation of the 2nd Scottish Bookshop Mystery by Paige Shelton, Of Books and Bagpipes (Available April 4, 2017), and, of course, in celebration of the upcoming holiday season, we're thrilled to offer you a sneak peek of “A Christmas Tartan,” where an old, weathered copy of A Christmas Carol leads Delaney on the search for a…
July 4, 1776—the day the United States of America declared its independence. Now, 240 years later, it's still one of America's favorite holidays. We all come together, light up the grill, have a few drinks, blow some shit up, and celebrate the beginning of one of the greatest countries in the world! So, while you're…
Cold Snap by Allison Brennan is the 7th Lucy Kincaid Novel where the Kincaid Family Christmas Reunion is threatened by a murder. ALL ROADS HOME On his way home to San Diego, P.I. Patrick Kincaid takes a detour through San Francisco to check on the wellbeing of a family friend who's mysteriously been unreachable. What…
A Spider on the Stairs by Cassandra Chan is a contemporary reimagining of the classic English mystery following best friends Phillip Bethancourt and Scotland Yard Detective Sergeant Jack Gibbons and their investigation of a serial killer in Yorkshire over the holidays. Best friends Phillip Bethancourt, a wealthy man-about-town, and Scotland Yard Detective Sergeant Jack Gibbons…
Death, Taxes, and Mistletoe Mayhem by Diane Kelly is a special holiday novella in the Tara Holloway series following IRS Special Agent Tara on a Christmas crime investigation. Christmas is fast approaching when IRS Special Agent Tara is assigned a new case involving a jewelry wholesaler who's repeatedly claimed large theft losses on her tax…
Merry Christmas readers! I want to thank you all for a great year, and I wish you all a happy holidays and a safe and prosperous New Year. The video below, first aired on Fox2Now, explains a local Christmas mystery that had previously gone unsolved for over 15 years. Enjoy!
Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich is a Stephanie Plum Holiday Novel featuring Fugitive Apprehension Agent Stephanie Plum, a sexy stranger named Diesel, and a world full of holiday problems. It's five days before Christmas and things are not looking merry for Fugitive Apprehension Agent Stephanie Plum. She hasn't got a tree. She hasn't…
The Nightingale Before Christmas by Donna Andrews is the 18th Meg Langslow Mystery and a Christmas murder mystery for the ages. 'Tis the season for tree trimming, mistletoe-dangling, and a cut-throat competition that has everyone in Caerphilly on edge. Whatever happened to the simple joys and magical spirits of Christmas? Meg Langslow's own mother is…
