I just found out about a new review of Glitter of Diamonds on The Suspense Zone. I love the last paragraph, because it sums up what my goal in writing the Manziuk and Ryan books is - to mimic, in a good way, and in today's world, the style of my favorite author, Georgette Heyer.



"Glitter of Diamonds, second in the Manziuk and Ryan mystery series by award-winning Canadian journalist, author and speaker, N. J. Lindquist, continues with a finely drawn police procedural… Continue

Next Tuesday, I’m thrilled to be reading in the library of Casa Loma in Toronto with Peter Robinson as part of Casa Loma and Crime Writers of Canada’s reading program. I'll be taking my copies of Peter's books along for him to sign. :)

Besides giving a short reading from Glitter of Diamonds,…

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Last night, I joined roughly 65 other people in the library of Toronto's castle, Casa Loma, for an evening of readings and questions with two very successful Canadian mystery authors, Giles Blunt and Louise Penny. It was a very interesting and informative evening.

But what really struck me was how settings…

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As a wife, the homeschooling mother of three young sons, and an active member of a small church, holiday days were one of my breaks from a very busy life. And an opportunity for me to read undisturbed!

This particular Boxing Day, I was sitting in the family room of our Mississauga home, reading a mystery novel I’d picked up at the library. My husband was also in the room, reading the

newspaper. Our three sons, ages three to seven, were in…

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This seems to be my month

for having interviews on the internet. May have something to do with my

having the trade paperback edition of Glitter of Diamonds out this

month.



I'm the featured author for Mystery Lovers' Corner. If you go there, you can enter a contest to win signed copies of both Glitter of Diamonds and Shaded Light.



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Is there anything nicer for a writer than being told you're responsible for keeping someone up all night to finish your book? I don't think so. I just found out about a great advance review of Glitter of Diamonds on Armchair Interviews.



That reminds me. When my first mystery, Shaded Light, came out, my daughter-in-law had a six-week old baby. She ended up reading SL far into… Continue