The Poisoned Pen Bookstore
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Ask twenty different authors what they think about the relative importance of research for a novel, and you’ll get twenty different opinions. On one side of the scale, some will say it’s irrelevant and that people read for good writing, not good research, and that water-tight fact-finding will never overcome bad prose. I’m on [...]
It’s hard to tell the plot of Erin Kelly’s debut novel The Poison Tree (signed $26.95) without giving everything away. We first meet the protagonist, Karen, in the 1990s. She’s just started college with great academic success at little effort, but has yet to find any passion in her personal life, or her studies. She’s [...]
Last year when I was discussing my latest work in progress (which is the current release MERCY KILL) with another writer and I detailed some of the external conflicts, which are unique to this part of the country and to the people who live here. This author cautioned me about not getting too in [...]
Atherton, Nancy. Aunt Dimity Down Under ($27) The original supernatural sleuth is back in the latest cozy Aunt Dimity mystery A shock wave rocks Lori Shepherd’s world when she hears that her beloved neighbors, Ruth and Louise Pym, may be dying. Bracing herself for a final farewell, Lori instead receives a request from the eccentric [...]