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Maia Chance

5 Intriguing Things I Learned While Researching Naughty on Ice

By Maia Chance

November 29, 2018

How to Make a Negroni When my 1920s-set mystery novel required an apéritif that was both sinister and festive, I thought: Negroni. The only trouble was I had never actually drunk one. I’m not a fan of Campari. Not only does it remind me unpleasantly of an ex-boyfriend’s judgy, country-club type father, but it originally…

Holiday Mysteries Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

November 19, 2018

  ‘Tis the season for a blazing hearth, a warming cup of cocoa, and a merry dose of murder! Get in the holiday spirit and enter for a chance to win our holiday basket, complete with a festive foursome of our favorite winter mysteries and snacks to enjoy by the fire. The books included are:…

Naughty on Ice: New Excerpt

By Maia Chance

Naughty on Ice is the latest in Maia Chance’s Prohibition-era caper series, Discreet Retrieval Agency Mystery, featuring society matron Lola Woodby and her stalwart Swedish cook, Berta. The Discreet Retrieval Agency is doing a brisk holiday business of retrieving lost parcels, grandmas, and stolen wreaths. But with their main squeezes Ralph and Jimmy once…

Naughty on Ice by Maia Chance: A Visual Guide

By Adam Wagner

October 17, 2018

Naughty on Ice is the latest in Maia Chance’s dazzlingly fun Prohibition-era caper series featuring society matron Lola Woodby and her stalwart Swedish cook, Berta—take a visual tour with GIFnotes! The Discreet Retrieval Agency is doing a brisk holiday business of retrieving lost parcels… Grandmas… And stolen wreaths. But with their main squeezes Ralph and Jimmy…

Trick or Treating with Minotaur Books

By Crime HQ

October 31, 2017

5 New Books to Read this Week: October 24, 2017

By Crime HQ

October 25, 2017

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, a new John Grisham combines with Iris Johansen's 22nd Eve Duncan novel to highlight a great week of books! See what…

Maia Chance Excerpt: Gin and Panic

By Maia Chance

October 20, 2017

Gin and Panic by Maia Chance is the third book in the Discreet Retrieval Agency Mysteries series (available October 24, 2017). Take a visual tour of Gin and Panic with GIFnotes! Former socialite Lola Woodby is now struggling to make ends meet as a not-so-discreet private eye in Prohibition-era New York City, along with her…

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: October 2017

By Crime HQ

September 15, 2017

Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we ended summer with some great cozies; this month, get your tricks and treats with awesome October reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to read…

Gin and Panic by Maia Chance: A Visual Guide

By Adam Wagner

September 13, 2017

GIFnotes: Giving you the basic plot summary of an upcoming book with the help of the Graphics Interchange Format. This week, head back to Prohibition-era New York with a visual tour of Maia Chance's third Discreet Retrieval Agency Mystery, Gin and Panic!

Teetotaled by Maia Chance

Review: Teetotaled by Maia Chance

By Janet Webb

October 7, 2016

Teetotaled by Maia Chance is a sparkling new mystery that will delight readers with its clever plotting, larger-than-life characters, and rich 1920s atmosphere. Ah, the Roaring Twenties! Forget the crime, the mystery, even the alluring setting—come for the flippant and fabulous vocabulary. Maia Chance is back, hard on the heels of her first Discreet Retrieval Agency…

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