Now Available in Paperback

POISONED PAGES, the 12th Booktown Mystery, is now available on

Tricia Miles, mystery bookstore owner and amateur sleuth, throws a housewarming cocktail party in her new apartment and has cooked all the food by herself--quite a feat for someone who previously couldn't boil water. Then one of her guests is poisoned and dies. Tricia's left to wonder if her cooking is to blame or if there's something much more sinister at play. Either way, Tricia's once again in hot water with her ex-lover, Chief Baker.

Meanwhile the charming town of Stoneham is being disrupted by a vandalism crime wave. It's the hot topic in the race for Chamber of Commerce president which sees Tricia pitted against two bitter rivals. With all that's going on can she find the killer before she's the next item on the menu?

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Ready for Pre-Order! A Fatal Chapter

I'm tickled pink that the next Booktown Mystery, A FATAL CHAPTER, is now available for pre-order.

How about this cover?  Don't you love it? I think it's the prettiest so far.  I love Miss Marple in the picnic basket (although, to tell you the truth, Tricia left her at home).

Here's the official back cover copy.

While out walking Sarge, Tricia is led by the agitated dog to a man lying in a gazebo. She’s startled when she recognizes Pete Renquist, the president of  the Stoneham Historical Society, who appears to be suffering from cardiac arrest. When Pete later dies in the hospital, the discovery of a suspicious
bruise and a puncture mark on his arm suggests he may have been murdered.

Haunted by Pete’s enigmatic last words to her, Tricia begins to consider who had a motive to kill her friend. Did Pete take his flirting too far, only to have a jealous husband teach him a lesson? Or did he discover something in the town’s historical records that his killer wanted kept secret? Tricia is
determined to get to the bottom of things before someone else becomes history…

It's good, but misses my favorite part of the plot.  So here's a short version that I wrote.

The Stoneham Historical Society plans to give nighttime tours--ghost walks--of the Stoneham Rural Cemetery, but someone wants to prevent that--taking extreme measures. Can Tricia figure out who is behind the attacks before someone else becomes the cemetery's newest resident?

A Fatal Chapter will be released on June 2nd. It is now ready for preorder from the following places:

Amazon  |  Kindle  |  Barnes & Noble  |  Nook  |  iBooks  |  Kobo
Chapters | Book Depository | Books A Million

Audio Bonanza!

Wow--it was terrific to hear that the Booktown Mysteries were going to continue on audio.  Yesterday Murder on the Half Shelf was released.  What I like best about this new contract is that they're not only selling them as MP3 downloads (did you know you can listen to them on your Kindle?), but also as CDs.

I have to admit, while I do have a couple of MP3 players, I've never downloaded a book to either of them. I still prefer to listen to a CD and maybe that's because I used to listen to a LOT of loud music with earphones, and now I want to protect my hearing as much as possible. (I rarely listen to my MP3 player with earbuds.  I have tiny speakers that sound surprisingly good.  Great for when you travel.)

I hope many libraries will buy the new edition and that a lot of people will get enjoyment out of the rest of the series. (Sadly, there are no plans to put the first five books on CD.)
It's available from:

Audible | Amazon | iTunes| and discounted from the publisher, Tantor Media

Next Up:  Not The Killing Type.  It'll be released on April 14th. They did a nice job with the cover.

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