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Up this morning in Kings River Life Magazine a review & giveaway of Carolyn Hart's latest Death On Demand Mystery "Dead, White and Blue" and a fun interview with Carolyn about the series http://kingsriverlife.com/06/22/dead-white-and-blue-a-death-on-demand-mystery-by-carolyn-hart/

Also this morning a review and giveaway of "Gray Dawn", the latest mystery from Clea…

Penguin Books is once again doing Read Humane which is a way for them and some of their authors to support animal rescue. Learn more about this and the authors involved from this guest post in Kings River Life Magazine this morning by mystery author Leann Sweeney http://kingsriverlife.com/05/04/read-humane-mysteries-with-heart/



Also this week we are featuring several Oak Tree Press mystery authors. First…

This morning in Kings River Life Magazine we have another big group of fun mystery book reviews & giveaways from Penguin: We have "The Christie Curse: A Book Collector Mystery" By Victoria Abbott, "Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death: A Devereaux’s Dime Store Mystery" By Denise Swanson, "Peach Pies and Alibis" by Ellery Adams, Trouble in the Tarot by Kari Lee Townsend, and Wave Good-Bye: A Southern Beauty Shop Mystery By Lila Dare…

Up in Kings River Life Magazine this weekend we have a review of Lesley Diehl's latest mystery novel, "Grilled, Chilled, and Killed" & a chance to win a copy of the book http://kingsriverlife.com/03/23/grilled-chilled-and-killed-by-lesley-a-diehl/

We also have a review of Kris Neri's latest Tracy Eaton mystery, "Revenge On Route 66", a guest post by Kris about Route 66 as a setting…

In Kings River Life Magazine this morning we have a great mystery short story by Andrew MacRae http://kingsriverlife.com/02/23/strangers-well-met-an-original-mystery-short-story/

We also have another mystery TV Flashback from Deborah Harter Williams. This one is one of my personal favorites-"Spenser For Hire"…

Up in Kings River Life Magazine the final installment of a 3 part series on the queen of crime Agatha Christie http://kingsriverlife.com/01/26/agatha-christie-a-life-in-three-acts-part-3/

Also up in KRL this morning we have a review of the latest Pot Thief mystery by Mike Orenduff, a guest post from Mike on the value of a book & you can enter for a chance to win a copy of "The Pot…

Up today in Kings River Life a review of Andrew MacRae's first mystery novel "Murder Misdirected", an interview with Andrew & a chance to win a copy of the book http://kingsriverlife.com/01/19/murder-misdirected-by-andrew-macrae/

Also up today we have an article on the great old mystery TV show "Remington Steele"-a personal favorite of mine…

Up today in Kings River Life we are once again mystery packed! We have a fun mystery short story by Lew Stowe called "Stalkers" http://kingsriverlife.com/01/05/stalkers-an-original-mystery-short-story/



A lot of new shows are premiering this month and many are mystery/suspense related. Check out our article on some of those in the current issue…

In the new issue of Kings River Life today we have the last of our Christmas mystery short stories, this one by Gail Farrelly http://kingsriverlife.com/12/22/silver-bells-a-christmas-mystery-short-story/ (there will be a Christmas fantasy story on Christmas Eve)



In case you missed it-we had some other ones go up during the week so be sure and check them out in our Terrific Tales section…

Well our first of the Christmas mystery short stories is up this morning in Kings River Life. We have a story by Gail Farrelly http://kingsriverlife.com/12/01/santa-and-the-poor-box/

Watch for many more between now and December! Also while over at KRL check out our review of Elaine Macko's latest mystery novel "Poisoned" and enter to win a copy…

Dennis Palumbo shares another Smart Guys mystery short story with Kings River Life Magazine this week http://kingsriverlife.com/11/24/mayhem-in-mayberry-a-smart-guys-mystery-short-story/



If you're looking for another mystery TV show to try--check out Kings River Life Magazine's review of the BBC One show "New Tricks" also shown on PBS…

Up in Kings River Life this week we have a review of Janet Dawson's latest book, "What You Wish For", an interview with Janet & a chance to win a copy of the book http://kingsriverlife.com/11/17/what-you-wish-for-by-janet-dawson/



We also have a review of "Elementary" by one of our young writers. It was interesting to get a younger take on the show since for old die hard Sherlock…

Check out our review of mystery author Sue Ann Jaffarian's new novel "Hide & Snoop", an interview with Sue, & a chance to win a copy of the book in the new issue of Kings River Life http://kingsriverlife.com/11/03/hide-snoop-by-sue-ann-jaffarian/

Also up this week Part 2 of our series about Agatha Christie…

New issue of Kings River Life is up and filled with mystery fun! We have some Sherlock Holmes trivia from Kathleen Kaska & a chance to win a copy of her Sherlock Holmes Trivia book http://kingsriverlife.com/10/27/rat-tales-spottys-retirement/



We also have a review of Marja McGraw's mystery novel "Bogey's Ace In The Hole", a guest post by Marja on how she came up with this character who resembles Humphrey…

This is KRL's Halloween issue! We have a review of a book about a ghost by mystery writer Lorna Collins called "Ghost Writer", a guest post by Lorna about where she gets her ideas & you can enter for a chance to win a copy of the book http://kingsriverlife.com/10/20/ghost-writer-by-lorna-collins

With the new Alex Cross movie coming out this weekend, seemed a…

The new issue of Kings River Life has a mystery short story by Kaye George http://kingsriverlife.com/09/15/color-me-baby-blue-an-original-mystery-short-story/

A review of J.R. Lindermuth's book "The Limping Dog", a chance to win a copy of the book and a guest post by J.R. on setting in books…

New issue of Kings River Life is up and we have a fun article on "The Thin Man" from Dashiell Hammett's book to the fun movie series starring William Powell http://kingsriverlife.com/09/01/the-thin-man/

We also have a review of B.A. Neal's mystery novel "Lone Star Death" & a chance to win a copy of the book…

In the new issue of Kings River Life mystery author/lawyer Leslie Budewitz shares about writing law in fiction http://kingsriverlife.com/08/18/law-and-fiction/

Also we have a review of Leslie Budewitz's non-fiction, Agatha winning book, "Books, Crooks & Counselors", on writing law in mystery novels & you have a chance to win a copy of the book…

The new issue of Kings River Life is up and we have a review of one my new favorite shows "Perception" on TNT starring Eric McCormack  http://kingsriverlife.com/08/11/perception-tv-review/



We also have a review of R.P. Dahlke's latest crop dusting mystery "A Dead Oleander", an interview with R.P. & a chance to win a copy of the book…