Argghhh!! Oh, sorry, that just slipped out. Apologies ... But, hey, I've done my Easter mother visit, so I can be Good Daughter for a while. It wasn't so bad actually, bearing in mind that she seemed unable to stop talking even when I was virtually asleep on the sofa and she was promising to be quiet for five minutes. Which gave Lord H the giggles, I must say. Still, I suppose my stepfather is not big on conversation, so I imagine Mother probably has to get all the words out at once.…

Hi Folks,

You may want to check out Rob Walker's blog today about breaking writing rules successfully It's located at our group blog at:

acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com

Morgan Mandel

The A-Z Killing Spree



A is for Alfie, whose life was Abridged,

When pickled in Aspic and stuffed in the fridge.

Slain by the Accountant at his old…

The Blue Zone by Andrew Gross

The Blue Zone

Andrew Gross

Fiction $25.95 ($32.95 Canada)

ISBN 13: 978-0-06-114340-3

ISBN 10: 0-06-114340-5

William Morrow an Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers

www.harpercollins.com

www.andrewgrossbooks.com

Also available on CD from Harper Audio

Family secrets, skeletons in the closet, would you…

I was in a store today and I looked at the book selection. There were some romances, some self-help, business/reference books, etc. I even saw some westerns. What I did not see were any mysteries or thrillers.

So I asked why. It's a fair question. The response I got was more than a little amusing. They said it's because they don't want "those" kind of people coming in and hanging around. You know that I aske "what" kind of people. They said, "you know, violent people...people…

On the Murder and Mayhem Yahoo Group, they asked the question "what was your favorite month and why", and "what is your best month for reading". Not being willing to follow the simplest of instructions, and recognizing that it's National Poetry Month, I found my own unique way to answer the questions. I am not a poet, I just don't know it (well, really I do).

A Perfect Time for Reading



January provides winter's calm and post-holiday

relaxation, a fine time for…

Today the postman delivered the first copy of A Treasury of Regrets from St. Martin's. Woo hoo! It's officially out in 12 days. I couldn't resist sitting down and dipping into some of my favorite scenes for an hour. Sheesh.

OK, since nobody else is going to promote my books for me, I'll say it: Go and read my book! Right now! You'll love it! :-) http://www.susannealleyn.com/work1.htm

http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/oz_mystery_readers/ is a group I created just over 4 years ago, to fill what I perceived as a gap in the online discussion world. We share opinions and information about crime/mystery fiction available in Australia in paperback (at least that is the theory). We welcome members from all over the globe and we hold at least one book discussion each month.

Some of the features are ones that…

The Redback Spider - Latrodectus hasselti

Redbacks are Australia's best-known spider. They appear in songs and even have a beer named after them. Redbacks live all over Australia but are less common in…

Edgar Allan Poe, of course, as in the books chosen to receive the Edgar Award, seen here: So here we go again.

In less than a month: Judgment Day. The Edgar Awards are about to be given by twelve judge/members of The Mystery Writers of America. (drum roll, please...) Not that it actually matters to ME (since my name is not on the list and chances are you're name's not either), but it's a way of screening the fourteen hundred or so mysteries printed every…

Recently the name of the late British author Dorothy Dunnett appeared on two of the lists where I hang out. I had never heard of her (and thought Dunnett a great pseudonym as in "the butler done it," but that is her real name) and choose her final book as my introduction. I selected it because it was about Johnson Johnson, a portrait painter, as was Dunnett, and because it was set in Morocco. I have never been there but I did live two years in another part of the Middle East.

I…

Rather cold-ridden today, I'm afraid, so have been lolling on the sofa with smelling salts pressed to my nose and a wet flannel clutched to my forehead. How charming. I like to think I'm a modern-day Lydia Languish, but fear the true image is more prosaic than that. Ah well. Never put your daughter on the stage.



I was going to do lots of writing, and leap into Godalming to stock up on essential oils and the Surrey Advertiser, not to mention visiting Gladys, but I have done none of…

Ladykiller

By Lawrence Light and Meredith Anthony

ISBN: 1-933515-05-8 $23.95

Suspense/Thriller 240 pages…