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Scene of the Crime

07/30/2011

This is Rocky Valley, where the first victim is found in my third Cornish mystery.

Just thought you might like to see it. And below is the treacherous coast to the north:

Missing Daisies

07/25/2011

Today my UK publisher fills in the last gap in the Daisy series with GUNPOWDER PLOT and THE BLOODY TOWER.

Available at all bookshops in the UK, and in the US at Seattle Mystery Bookshop or online at TheBookDepository

Missing Daisies now available in UK

07/18/2011

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Or should it be missing Daisys, as it's a proper name?

Be that as it may, today Die Laughing, A Mourning Wedding, and Fall of a Philanderer came out in the UK.

Daisy goes to the dentist--but he's not going to be filling any teeth today!

Daisy's friend Lucy is getting married--or is she?

Murder can ruin your seaside holiday...

Next week it's Gunpowder Plot and The Bloody Tower:

A fireworks show is the perfect time to shoot someone!

Adding to the list of unnatural deaths at the Tower of London...

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The German translation of Snowflake Kittens is still earning royalties! Dribs and drabs, but amazing considering my novella was written in 1999 and translated in 2003. Must be my only Regency still in print.

All the Regencies are available as ebooks--and all my novellas, originally packaged with other authors' stories, are now in their own collections. This one has gone back to my original title, Wooing Mariana, which Zebra changed to A Kiss and a Kitten--ugh! When asked to write a story about a kitten, I said couldn't I do a puppy instead, and was told no, kittens sell.

I guess they were right, at least in Germany (But I sneaked a puppy in too). The German title of my story is Wie Hund und Katze, which I take it means like cat and dog--a neat pun describing the relationship between my hero and heroine. There were 3 German editions, 2 pb, one hc, all with different artwork.

Love comes on soft paws

#4--this may be the ebook??

For more information about my Regencies, click on "More" then on Regencies

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Full up!

07/14/2011

Requiem for a Mezzo, the third Daisy Dalrymple mystery, is now out in large print hardcover in the UK.

As a result, my Daisy bookcase is overflowing:

Daisy on right, Regencies on left

and Anthem for Doomed Youth--US hardcover, UK paperback, and large print editions--have had to move to the Cornish mystery bookcase.

Thoughts for a rainy day

07/12/2011

Let the rain come and wash away
the ancient grudges, the bitter hatreds
held and nurtured over generations.
Let the rain wash away the memory
of the hurt, the neglect.
Then let the sun come out and
fill the sky with rainbows.
Let the warmth of the sun heal us
wherever we are broken.
Let it burn away the fog so that
we can see each other clearly.
So that we can see beyond labels,
beyond accents, gender or skin color.
Let the warmth and brightness
of the sun melt our selfishness.
So that we can share the joys and
feel the sorrows of our neighbors.
And let the light of the sun
be so strong that we will see all
people as our neighbors.
Let the earth, nourished by rain,
bring forth flowers
to surround us with beauty.
And let the mountains teach our hearts
to reach upward...

Rabbi Harold Kushner

Back to the beginning...

07/09/2011

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Nice review of Death at Wentwater Court, the first Daisy mystery, written by a fan of the Golden Age detective story writers:

http://at-scene-of-crime.blogspot.com/2011/07/killed-on-ice.html

I can't find an image of the original hardcover artwork, but it wasn't very inspiring. Let's have another Which do you like best? with the other editions: