Oh, dear. Are there any more depressing words in the English language? I’m actually about to be on holiday (vacation) after turning in Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries #4, but even so, contemplating the end of summer is still like fingernails on… well, you know. And for the second year in a row, kids are facing schoolyears… Read more »
August 2021
#MyrtleMondays: Seeing Stars
Well, friends, this has been quite a week in Myrtle’s world! I just wrapped a wild weekend of signing books for fans old and new at Planet Comicon Kansas City, but before that, we had some great news… Jinkies! Check out those cosplayers! This week, Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries Book 3, Cold-Blooded Myrtle, got its first… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Planet Comicon this weekend!
It’s (finally) convention season in Kansas City! I’m delighted to share the news (or maybe just remind you) that I will be a featured guest at Planet Comicon this weekend, August 20-22. Kansas City’s convention scene has always been my home venue, and after a rather scary year+ of delays and cancellations and uncertainty, Planet… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Stansberry Pie
Oh, the last gasp of summer. Actually, we have been gasping here lately with the crazy heat and the air quality and the rising COVID numbers (and, thank goodness, a local return of mask mandates!). As I wind up revisions on Myrtle Hardcastle #4 while prepping for Kansas City’s Planet Comicon (come see me at… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Forensic History & Bertillonage
If you (like your Learned Author) are an ardent fan of “Forensic Files,” there’s one technique you’ve likely never heard Peter Thomas discuss. Yet in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, bertillonage was at the cutting edge of criminal science. Let’s take a look at the fascinating rise and fall of this groundbreaking method… Read more »