Elena Taylor

A New Academic Cozy Mystery: Shakespeare and Murder!

A Brand New Academic Cozy Mystery! I love to read about crime on campus! There’s nothing better than a good academic cozy mystery. Whether you are already a fan of the Professor Prather Mystery Series or this is your first introduction, you’re going to love hanging out with Professor Emmeline Prather and travel along with […]

Holiday Murder Mystery Recommendations

Holiday Murder Mystery! It’s that time of year! Salted caramel mochas (move over pumpkin spice!), Christmas lights, Thanksgiving turkey, and Menorahs in the window. No matter what kind of celebrations you participate in or what your family relationships might be, there’s just something special about the final months of any year. And what says happy […]

A New Culinary Mystery from a Best Selling Author!

What’s a Culinary Mystery? A Culinary Mystery combines food, usually recipes, and murder. How can you not love food and murder all in one place? This week I’m thrilled to have my friend, the fabulous USA Today Best Selling Author Catherine Bruns on to chat about her latest culinary mystery and writing in general. (Do […]

New Mystery and Thriller Books for 2019

So many exciting books coming out in 2019. Here’s just a few mystery and thriller titles guaranteed to tantalize your reading taste buds! The Titles January The Rigel Affair by LM Hedrick Abandoned by his part-Cherokee Ma, Charlie Kincaid escapes servitude with his uncle. He jumps a boxcar, accompanied by his schoolmate Roxy, who is […]

Holiday Book Giveaway!

Nothing says Happy Holidays like new books. And nothing says it better than free books! Even more exciting, there’s something for every mystery reader. Cozy, Thriller, LGBTQ … you name it, we’ve got it! Authors Kim Alexander, Mary Angela, Tracee de Hahn, Dianne Freeman, Elena Hartwell, Carol Potenza, Saralyn Richard, Tristan Drue Rogers, S.A. Stovall, and […]

A New Holiday Cozy From Mary Angela

I love the holidays. It’s such a beautiful time of year. I love leaves changing color, the first snowfall, and cozy holiday novels! I feel very merry hosting author Mary Angela on the launch of A Very Merry Murder (Oct 1). The  third book in her Professor Prather Mystery Series. The Author Mary is a […]

Ellen Byron Talks Dogs, Writing, and Cajun

One of my favorite cozy authors dropped by for a visit today – introducing Ellen Byron! The Author … Ellen writes the award-winning Cajun Country Mystery series. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called her most recent book, A Cajun Christmas Killing, “superb.” It  won the Left Coast Crime Lefty Award for Best Humorous Mystery, as did Body on the Bayou, […]

Elaine Viets: Thirty-Two Novels and Counting

I’m thrilled to have the prolific Elaine Viets visit with me today. Her wildly popular Dead-End Job series are being re-released as e-books. Hi Elaine! Thanks for visiting! The Author The versatile Elaine Viets has written 32 mysteries in four series. Her bestselling Dead-End Job series features PI Helen Hawthorne, the queen of the Dead-End […]

Award Winning Author Cynthia Kuhn on Writing the Perfect Cozy

So happy to have fellow mystery author, Cynthia Kuhn visit with us this week! Cynthia and I both launched our first mystery novels in April, 2016. Welcome Cynthia! The Author Cynthia Kuhn writes the Lila Maclean Academic Mystery series, which includes The Semester of Our Discontent, an Agatha Award recipient (Best First Novel), and The […]

Based on True Crime, One Cozy, One Thriller: Debuts for Every Reader

Three new ITW Debut Authors with their fabulous  novels. It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to Cheryl L. Reed, Debra Sennefelder, and Tom Hunt. If you’d like to discover additional debut authors, check out one of my recent posts here. CHERYL L. REED Cheryl L Reed is an author and a journalist. Currently, […]