Dear friends and Readers, as the Victorian Christmas of 2021 draws nearer, I want to take this moment to send my thanks for the goodwill and holiday cheer we here in Myrtle’s world have felt from all corners of the globe this year. This has been a year beyond what I could have imagined when… Read more »
December 2021
#MyrtleMondays: Victorian Christmas on Film
*Christmas is the summer of the soul in December —The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)* Charles Dickens might not have written those splendid words that songwriter Paul Williams put in his characters’ mouths almost 150 years later. But Dickens would undoubtedly have appreciated the sentiment in this and the more than 100 other versions of his… Read more »
#MyrtleMondays: Year-End Honors for Cold-Blooded Myrtle
Huzzah! Dear Readers, I am so excited to share some good news that’s come our way. *Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries Book 3, **Cold-Blooded Myrtle, *has been named to two (2!) Very Exciting Lists! First up, the *Wall Street Journal* featured *Cold-Blooded Myrtle* in their *annual holiday gift guide*: *“Younger Holmes fans (and older ones too) should… Read more »