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Dear Readers, I have a tale to spin for you today. It is a tale of woe, and redemption, and triumph! It is a tale of books, and boxed sets, and it is a tale with a Very Happy Ending Indeed! One year when I was little, my older brother got a spectacular Christmas gift:… Read more »

Dear friends, I have two pieces of lovely news to share with you this week! First… I have a new piece debuting at CrimeReads this week! Just in time for the season of romance, I offer my advice to the lovelorn in “So You Want to Marry a Mystery Writer.” Second, I am thrilled and… Read more »

  All across America this week, college students are heading back to class, and high school seniors are anxiously completing their college applications and waiting for early admissions results. Just like today, a college education was a rite of passage for 19th century students, but a sharp debate raged about just how much education was… Read more »

All across America this week, college students are heading back to class, and high school seniors are anxiously completing their college applications and waiting for early admissions results. Just like today, a college education was a rite of passage for 19th century students, but a sharp debate raged about just how much education was appropriate,… Read more »

Did you know that wealthy homeowners in the 1800s could stock their home libraries by ordering books by the foot? Well, make room on your shelf, because there will soon be almost seven full inches of *Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries*! That’s right, in addition to Books 1-3, *Premeditated Myrtle, How to Get Away with Myrtle*, and… Read more »

Have you started your holiday shopping yet? We’re only a week into November, but commercials, holiday movies, and news about supply chain issues might have you already feeling behind! It’s been more than fifty years since Charlie Brown bemoaned the commercialism of Christmas, but his complaint was old even then. Let’s take a look at… Read more »

Dear Reader: this has been a week of absolute madness in the Bunce household! Drama, trauma, and news of all kinds (including the very best kind—which is not quite ready to share). I am behind on everything, and so it seems the perfect time for a Cat Break. Somehow I’m reminded of my parents telling me “Every… Read more »

Cold-Blooded Myrtle has been out in the world for just under a fortnight, and the mysterious fun isn’t slowing down yet! Here’s where Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries Book 3 has been recently, and where you might spot it (and, well, me) coming up! On the Indie Next List! IndieBound’s bimonthly list of top picks for independent… Read more »

Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya, tomorrow, you’re only a day awaaaaaaay! Yes, that’s right, Dear Readers, we are less than twenty-four hours from the big release of Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries Book 3, Cold-Blooded Myrtle!  There’s still plenty of time to get in on all the release week fun! Comic strip heroine Little Orphan Annie (1924-2010)… Read more »

Huzzah! It’s almost here! We are just EIGHT DAYS away from the release of Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries Book 3, Cold-Blooded Myrtle!! This is your last chance to pre-order a copy from your favorite bookseller… or one of the fine bookstores hosting Cold-Blooded tour events! Check out my full fall schedule below. I have both in-person… Read more »