Work the Clues!

The Devil Can Wait



Another Sam Harper Crime Mystery

by

Marta Stephens





Nine bodies, a cursed relic linked to a Christmas Eve prophecy, and no suspects. While homicide detective Sam Harper hunts down the guilty, YOU can track the clues in “The Devil Can Wait” for a chance to win an autographed copy of “Silenced Cry,” the book that launched the Sam Harper Crime Mystery series and received honorable mention at the 2008 New York Book… Continue

I’m pleased to announce that I survived the hour-long interview with Naomi Giroux on "Coffee with an Author" yesterday. I didn't know what questions she was going to ask, but I think it went well. If you have an hour to kill and are up to it, please give it a listen.



http://www.blogtalkradio.com/I-just-finished/2008/11/10/Marta-Stephens-on-Coffee-with-an-Author. I had a… Continue

It’s snowing again. Big wet flakes plunge from the evening sky to the streets below. From my fourth floor window the scenery looks as peaceful as the pictures on the Christmas cards Emma keeps on her desk. But the new layer of snow reminds me of the bodies piling up in the morgue. I close my eyes—each victim’s face flashes before them.



I curse under my breath and try to make sense of the killings.



Superstitions and biblical prophesies—old wives’ tales told to scare the… Continue