Guest Author Denise Swanson

Romance and Mystery – by Denise Swanson

As a reader, I always felt there were two components to a great plot—mystery and romance. And as a writer, I find it darn near impossible not to include both of those elements in my stories. It’s a little like that old Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup commercial, I get either mystery mixed up into my romances or romances mixed up into my mysteries.

I blame this on my favorite pre-teen series Trixie Belden. There was always a hint of romance running through those books. Would Trixie and Jim Frayne end up together? Hint. In my Scumble River series, I answer that question how I wanted it to be answered. […]

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Maddie Day Guest Post

I’m getting excited for my next Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery to release. Murder at Cape Costumers is the eighth in the series, and it will be out on August 26th. The books take place in fictional Westham on Cape Cod in the general area of Falmouth. If you don’t know the Cape, Falmouth is at the other end of the peninsula from the curved scorpion’s tail that ends in Provincetown. This series started back in 2019 with Murder on Cape Cod, the title of which was my editor’s idea. What does a title have to do with building a town? Well, my editor then suggested that each book be a murder in or at a Main Street business in Westham. In the same way I often respond to his suggestions, I said, “I can do that.” (John S. has excellent suggestions.) […]

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