*Premeditated Myrtle* is coming your way, along with Cook’s famous Stansberry Pie, October 6, but you can get a head start with this authentic original recipe, below! *Cook’s Christian name was Harriet Stansberry, although I’d never heard her called anything but Cook. I was six years old before I even realized she had another name…. Read more »
June 2020
#MyrtleMondays: Another Star for Myrtle!
Huzzah! I’m so excited to share that Premeditated Myrtle has received another starred review, this time from BookPage (you’ll recall that they hosted Myrtle on her Book 2 cover reveal blog tour a few weeks ago). ★ Premeditated Myrtle When Myrtle Hardcastle’s elderly neighbor dies, she suspects foul play, but her concerns are dismissed. Still, you can’t… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Unboxing Video for…?? –
This week, I have an all-new video to share with you (plus new portrait of Peony the Cat!)! No spoilers; you’ll just have to take a look to see what all the buzz is about… But first, a big huzzah to Michele Helsel, who won the recent Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery Series Giveaway at From the… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Talking to Victorian Britain about Racial Violence in America
Americans are talking about lynching, while overseas, people are protesting in solidarity for what’s happening in the United States. We’re seeing this today, in 2020—but this was also the case in the late 19th century, when anti-lynching activist Ida Wells went on her lecture tour of England and Ireland. Announcement of a 1892 lecture given… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Demonstrating Against Injustice in the Victorian Age
I generally keep things light over here, but as an author of murder mysteries for kids, I try never to forget that the reality of murder is always an ugly, dirty, painful business. And while we want our police to be the heroes in the pursuit of justice, that’s not always the case. Protests against injustice… Read more »