Moriah Dru’s weekend off with her lover, Lieutenant Richard Lake, is interrupted when Atlanta juvenile court judge Portia Devon hires Dru to find two sisters who’ve gone missing after their foster parents’ house burns down. The latest winner of the Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery Novel Competition, The End Game features a strong new […]
I started to write about different kinds of friends, but then I realized I’d gotten too specific about a certain type of friend who is kind of a downer to be around and realized she just might read this blog post. I would never ever want to hurt her feelings, so I’m going to try […]
I would like to offer up an amendment to the constitution of the United States. It would tweak the 1st Amendment to abridge the freedom of speech in the following ways and circumstances: 1. No individual or group, especially those claiming to have God on their side, are allowed to protest, disrupt, or interfere with […]
by Susan McBride Yes, I know I’m one day late for April Fool’s (aka the unofficial birthday of Blue the Kitty); but I think the topic of fools is so timeless it needs no official date. I’m not talking about pranksters or the fools who nearly run you off the road while drinking Starbucks and […]
Kris Neri’s published books include HIGH CRIMES ON THE MAGICAL PLANE, a Lefty Award-nominee, NEVER SAY DIE, THE ROSE IN THE SNOW, and the Tracy Eaton mysteries. With her husband, she owns The Well Red Coyote bookstore in Sedona, Arizona._________ By Kris Neri When the Stiletto Gang offered me several guest blog dates, I knew […]
This is the garden at the bookstore where I did a signing this weekend–thought it looked appropriate for Spring. Not being Jewish, I don’t celebrate Passover, though I certainly know the Passover story. As a Christian, and a Sunday School teacher, I’ve read the Bible and heard about and taught what happened the night the […]
Tonight is the first seder. I’ve been cooking and cleaning for weeks. Even the recent Noreaster that tore through my town and left me without power for five days couldn’t put a dent in my holiday spirit. I confess I was momentarily panicked when the lights first went out. I had gallons of chicken soup […]
Rachel Brady Lee Child made what I thought was an interesting remark at Left Coast Crime earlier this month. Paraphrasing, it was that the fun part of writing is the daydreaming, and that the hard part is getting the words onto the page. Ain’t that the blazing truth. I’ve been thinking about that remark for […]
I saw this video last week and loved it. I posted it on The Naked Hero and I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to share it with The Stiletto Gang, too! It’s by a band called Hold Your Horses, and the song is called 70 Million (lyrics are below). What I love about this […]
This past weekend, hubby and I were in Oxnard, CA–our old stomping ground. Yes, back in the day we did do quite a bit of stomping. Hubby was in the Seabees, stationed at Port Hueneme Navy Base for many years. We lived about two blocks from the main gate for over twenty years in the […]