Monday
 Mysti Berry |
 Michael Black |
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 Priscilla Royal |
 Susan Shea |
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 Penny Warner First Wed |
 Carole Price Third Wed |
Second and Fourth Wed
Terry Shames
Thursday
 Staci McLaughlin |
 Hannah Jayne |
Friday
 Rita Lakin First Friday |
 Sharan Newman Third Friday |
Second and Fourth Fridays
Margaret Lucke
Saturday
 Ann Parker |
 Patricia L. Morin |
Recent Posts
- THE FINE ART OF NAMING - Honored Guest Jeanne Matthews
- Dani O'Rourke - What a Character
- Character Depth By Michael A. Black
- NEWS and Character Depth
- No Escape: The Sweetwater Tragedy by Honored Guest, Jean Henry Mead
- What's So Funny?
- Humor and Murder
- What Are You Laughing At?
- Humor and Murder
- What's Funny About Dying?
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- Mary Anna Evans blog: It's Like Making Sausage
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- Rhys Bowen (founder) website
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Mercury's Rise Wins Prize
- We're so proud of Ann Parker and her fabulous Inez--they've won the 2012 Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery award at Left Coast Crime. Well deserved, Ann!
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Penny Warner Wins Agatha!
- Penny Warner's THE HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSE: The Code Busters Club #2 wins the 2012 Agatha Award for the Best Children's/Young Adult Mystery. Way to go, Penny!!
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Our Favorite Links
- Detectives Beyond Borders: A Forum for International Crime Fiction
- Eric Mayer
- Femmes Fatales: A group of lethally witty female mystery writers
- It is purely my opinion
- Killer Hobbies blog
- Leaping and Posturing with mystery author Meg Chittenden
- Martin Edwards's blog
- Murderati
- Mystery-Cozy.com
- Poe's Deadly Daughters
- The Blood Red Pencil: Sharp and pointed observations about good writing
- The Graveyard Shift
- The Lipstick Chronicles
- The Outfit: A group of gritty Chicago crime writers
- The Rap Sheet
- The Stiletto Gang
- Type M for Murder
