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Naomi Hirahara

Sayonara Slam: New Excerpt

By Naomi Hirahara

May 2, 2016

Sayonara Slam by Naomi Hirahara is the 6th Mas Arai Mystery featuring the most unlikely of sleuths (Available Now!) At Dodger Stadium, it’s Japan vs. Korea in the World Baseball Classic, but before the first pitch is thrown, Mas Arai finds himself in the middle of a murder. Who is that unusual woman throwing knuckleball…

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: April, 2015

By Crime HQ

March 17, 2015

We want to help you discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with this brand-new, delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Our first installment lists the titles, by week and series, coming out in April (we also sneaked in March 31st…shh!). Let us know in the comments how you like it and…

Strawberry Yellow by Naomi Hirahara

Strawberry Yellow: New Excerpt

By Naomi Hirahara

March 1, 2013

Strawberry Yellow by Naomi Hirahara is the fifth book in the Mas Arai traditional mystery series (available March 5, 2013). Japanese-American Hiroshima survivor, Los Angeles gardener, widower, gambler, grandfather, and solver of crimes, Mas Arai is back in his fifth book. In Strawberry Yellow, he returns to the strawberry farms of his youth and…

Murder to Mil-Spec

Crime for a Cause: Crime Fiction Anthologies for Charity

By Laura K. Curtis

August 30, 2012

For several years, Wolfmont Press produced an annual holiday crime fiction anthology that benefited Toys for Tots.  2009 marked the last of these, with the 2010 charity anthology—called Murder to Mil-Spec—benefiting Homes for Our Troops, instead. These were fabulous anthologies, and if you can find a copy you should grab one; they were limited in…

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