# Booklover's Bench

> Where Readers Are Winners


## Posts

- [Holiday Word Search](https://bookloversbench.com/holiday-word-search/): This is a special holiday word search puzzle from the members of Booklovers Bench.  Have finding the words in this week’s group post. [...]Read More
- [Happy Holidays from Booklovers Bench](https://bookloversbench.com/happy-holidays-from-booklovers-bench/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for the members of Booklovers Bench.  Have fun piecing together the puzzle for this week’s group post. [...]Read More
- [Happy Thanksgiving Everyone](https://bookloversbench.com/happy-thanksgiving-everyone/): From all of us to all of you, wishing you a delightful time sharing a meal with family and friends. There’s nothing like the flavors of roasted meat, gravy, all the trimmings, and several types of desserts. We all agree it’s a sensory delight, a gastronomical extravaganza.  With the advent of Thanksgiving, the holiday season starts in [...]Read More
- [Flamed Out Word Search](https://bookloversbench.com/flamed-out-word-search/): This is a word search for In the Flamed Out by Valona Jones. Whether you’ve read the book or not, we’re sure you’ll have fun with this word search puzzle based on the story! [...]Read More
- [Flamed Out Jigsaw Puzzle](https://bookloversbench.com/flamed-out-jigsaw-puzzle/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for Flamed Out by Valona Jones (Maggie Toussaint).  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Word Search for With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying by Debra H. Goldstein](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search-for-with-our-bellies-full-and-the-fire-dying-by-debra-h-goldstein/): This is a word search post for With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying by Debra H. Goldstein.  Have fun finding the words for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Jigsaw Puzzle for With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying by Debra H. Goldstein](https://bookloversbench.com/jigsaw-puzzle-for-with-our-bellies-full-and-the-fire-dying-by-debra-h-goldstein/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying by Debra H. Goldstein.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Guest Author Denise Swanson](https://bookloversbench.com/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. [...]Read More
- [Cheryl Hollon's September Word Search](https://bookloversbench.com/cheryl-hollons-september-word-search/): This is a word search puzzle for Cheryl Hollon's Death A Sketch. We hope you have fun piecing together the clues! [...]Read More
- [Jigsaw Puzzle for Webb's Glass Shop Mysteries by Cheryl Hollon](https://bookloversbench.com/jigsaw/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for the Webb’s Glass Shop Mysteries by Cheryl Hollon.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Murder Pays a Call Word Search](https://bookloversbench.com/murder-pays-a-call-word-search/): This is a word search puzzle for Murder Pays a Call by Nancy J. Cohen. We hope you enjoy the puzzle and learn about the book at the same time! [...]Read More
- [Murder Pays a Call Jigsaw Puzzle](https://bookloversbench.com/murder-pays-a-call-jigsaw-puzzle/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for Murder Pays a Call by Nancy J. Cohen.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author.  [...]Read More
- [Word Search for The Case of the Beguiling Brooch](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search-for-the-case-of-the-beguiling-brooch/): This is a word search puzzle for The Case of the Beguiling Brooch by Terry Ambrose.  Have fun finding the words and solving the puzzle for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [A Treasure to Die For Jigsaw Puzzle](https://bookloversbench.com/a-treasure-to-die-for-jigsaw-puzzle/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for A Treasure to Die For by Terry Ambrose.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Maddie Day Guest Post](https://bookloversbench.com/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.) [...]Read More
- [Word Search Candle with Care by Valona Jones](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search-candle-with-care-by-valona-jones/): This is a word search puzzle post based on Candle with Care by Valona Jones.  Learn about the book while you play! [...]Read More
- [Candle with Care Jigsaw Puzzle](https://bookloversbench.com/candle-with-care-jigsaw-puzzle/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for Candle with Care by Valona Jones.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Word Search for Seams Like the Perfect Crime](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search-for-seams-like-the-perfect-crime/): This is a word search puzzle post based on Seams Like the Perfect Crime by Lois Winston.  Learn about the book while you play! [...]Read More
- [Jigsaw puzzle for Seams Like the Perfect Crime by Lois Winston](https://bookloversbench.com/jigsaw-puzzle-for-seams-like-the-perfect-crime-by-lois-winston/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for Seams Like the Perfect Crime by Lois Winston.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Word Search puzzle for The Queen's Gambit by Diane A.S. Stuckart](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search-puzzle-for-the-queens-gambit-by-diane-a-s-stuckart/): Welcome to our second puzzle entry for the month of April! This is a word search for The Queen’s Gambit by Diane A.S. Stuckart. Whether you’ve read the book or not, we’re sure you’ll have fun with this word search puzzle based on the story! [...]Read More
- [Jigsaw puzzle for The Queen's Gambit](https://bookloversbench.com/jigsaw-puzzle-diane/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for The Queen’s Gambit by Diane A.S. Stuckart.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Fifth Monday Guest Author Judy Penz Sheluk](https://bookloversbench.com/fifth-monday-guest-author-judy-penz-shulek/): Anthologies & Lemon Meringue Pie As the editor and publisher of four (soon to be five) multi-author anthologies of mystery and suspense, I’m often asked how I select the stories that appear in the collections. It’s a fair question. Over the course of those five anthologies, I’ve read close to 400 submissions. Of those, I’ve selected about 100 stories. And whether I know the author, or don’t, the acceptance (or rejection) is never personal. A good story, you see, is a bit like a lemon meringue pie. The beginning (meringue) needs to make me want more, the crust (end) needs [...]Read More
- [Word Search for Debra H. Goldstein](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search-for-debra/): This is a word search puzzle post based on With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying by Debra H. Goldstein.  Learn about the book while you play! [...]Read More
- [Jigsaw puzzle for With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying](https://bookloversbench.com/jigsaw-puzzle-for-with-our-bellies-full-and-the-fire-dying/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying by Debra H. Goldstein.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Word Search Puzzle for Death A Sketch by Cheryl Hollon](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search-puzzle-for-death-a-sketch-by-cheryl-hollon/): This is a word search puzzle post based on Death A Sketch by Cheryl Hollon.  Learn about the book while you play! [...]Read More
- [Jigsaw Puzzle for Death a Sketch by Cheryl Hollon](https://bookloversbench.com/jigsaw-puzzle-for-death-a-sketch-by-cheryl-hollon/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for Death a Sketch by Cheryl Hollon.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Word Search for The Case of the Amorous Assailant](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search-for-the-case-of-the-amorous-assailant/): This is a word search puzzle post based on The Case of the Amorous Assailant by Terry Ambrose.  Learn about the book while you play! [...]Read More
- [Can you solve The Case of the Beguiling Brooch jigsaw puzzle?](https://bookloversbench.com/can-you-solve-the-case-of-the-beguiling-brooch-jigsaw-puzzle/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for The Case of the Beguiling Brooch by Terry Ambrose.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Guest Author Alyssa Maxwell Muses on the Holidays](https://bookloversbench.com/guest-author-alyssa-maxwell/): The holidays are almost over and I’ll be sad to see them go. Because I love it all: the music, the lights, the food, people being a little nicer to each other . . . But there’s a good chance I’ll soon be getting a lot more writing done than I have in the past few weeks. Between shopping, preparing, wrapping, socializing, etc., it’s been hard to be productive. Whether you’re a writer or you devote your time to anything else on a regular basis, I’m sure you know exactly what I mean. But sometimes I wonder if the distraction...  [...]Read More
- [Holiday Word Search from All of Us](https://bookloversbench.com/holiday-word-search-from-all-of-us/): This is a word search puzzle for your holiday enjoyment from all of us at Booklovers Bench.  Happy Holidays to everyone! [...]Read More
- [Happy Holidays Jigsaw Puzzle!](https://bookloversbench.com/happy-holidays-jigsaw-puzzle/): Our December jigsaw puzzle post features all of our recent books.  We hope you have fun piecing together the covers for this month’s puzzle! [...]Read More
- [Jigsaw puzzle time! Hair Raiser by Nancy J. Cohen](https://bookloversbench.com/jigsaw-puzzle-time-hair-raiser-by-nancy-j-cohen/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for Hair Raiser by Nancy J. Cohen.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Word search for Sorry, Knot Sorry](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search-for-sorry-knot-sorry/): This is a word search puzzle post based on Sorry, Knot Sorry by Lois Winston.  Learn about the book while you play! [...]Read More
- [Lois Winston's Sorry, Knot Sorry is this month's jigsaw puzzle!](https://bookloversbench.com/lois-winstons-sorry-knot-sorry-is-this-months-jigsaw-puzzle/): his is a jigsaw puzzle post for Sorry, Knot Sorry by Lois Winston.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Hit Replay, Read that Book Again … or not](https://bookloversbench.com/hit-replay-read-that-book-again-or-not/): M.E. Proctor visits Booklovers Bench with a special, fifth Monday guest post. [...]Read More
- [Word Search for Tallowed Ground by Valona Jones](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search-for-tallowed-ground-by-valona-jones/): This is a word search puzzle post based on Tallowed Ground by Valona Jones (Maggie Toussaint).  Learn about the book while you play! [...]Read More
- [Puzzle post](https://bookloversbench.com/puzzle-post/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for Tallowed Ground by Valona Jones.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Word Search Puzzle for Fool's Moon](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search/): Welcome to our second puzzle entry for the month of August! This is a word search for In the Fool's Moon by Diane A.S. Stuckart. Whether you’ve read the book or not, we’re sure you’ll have fun with this word search puzzle based on the story!  [...]Read More
- [Solve this jigsaw puzzle for Fool's Moon by Diane A.S. Stuckart!](https://bookloversbench.com/fools-moon-by-diane-a-s-stuckart-puzzle-post/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for Fool’s Moon by Diane A.S. Stuckart.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Five Things You Should Never Say To A Writer](https://bookloversbench.com/five-things-you-should-never-say-to-a-writer/): 1. “So you’re a writer. Anything I might have read?” Unless you just handed me a list, how would I possibly know what’s in your personal library? People’s tastes are vast, varied and unpredictable. Some subsist on a focused diet of romances, or history, or celebrity memoirs. Some wouldn’t touch a book with pink in its cover art and others will go from Proust to Janet Evanovich and back again without a hiccup. [...]Read More
- [Paint and Shine Mysteries Word Search Puzzle by Cheryl Hollon](https://bookloversbench.com/paint-and-shine-mysteries-word-search-puzzle-by-cheryl-hollon/): This is a word search puzzle post based on the Paint and Shine Mysteries by Cheryle Hollon.  Learn about the series while you play! [...]Read More
- [Draw and Order puzzle post](https://bookloversbench.com/draw-and-order-puzzle-post/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for Draw and Order by Cheryl Hollon.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Contest Winners](https://bookloversbench.com/contest-winners/): November 2025 WinnersAngela McKittrick won Flamed Out by Maggie Toussaine (Valona Jones) and A Stitch to Die For by Lois Winston. October 2025 WinnersJoAnne Kassner won With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying by Debra H. Goldstein and Draw and Order by Cheryl Hollon. Our Let’s Talk winners were Melissa Westemeier and Marsha Acquith. September 2025 WinnersDianne Casey won The Case of the Beguiling Brooch, by Terry Ambrose and Murder Pays a Call, by Nancy J. Cohen. Our Let’s Talk winner was Sharon Forrest. August 2025 WinnersSandy Giden won Revenge of the Crafty Corpse by Lois Winston and Candle [...]Read More
- [Word search the Sarah Blair series](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search-the-sarah-blair-series/): This is a word search puzzle post based on the Sarah Blair mysteries by Debra H. Goldstein.  Learn about the book while you play! [...]Read More
- [Should Have Played Poker jigsaw](https://bookloversbench.com/should-have-played-poker-jigsaw/): A jigsaw puzzle for Debra H. Goldstein's mystery, Should Have Played Poker. Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Word search for The Secret Ingredient to Murder](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search-for-the-secret-ingredient-to-murder/): Welcome to our second puzzle entry for the month of May! This is a word search for The Secret Ingredient to Murder by Terry Ambrose. Whether you’ve read the book or not, we’re sure you’ll have fun with this word search puzzle based on the story!  [...]Read More
- [Jigsaw puzzle for The Secret Ingredient to Murder](https://bookloversbench.com/jigsaw-puzzle-for-terry-ambrose-new/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for The Secret Ingredient to Murder by Terry Ambrose.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Writing What You Know](https://bookloversbench.com/writing-what-you-know/): Most writers have heard the adage, “Write what you know.” It’s a good principle. If you’re writing about something you know the story will sound authentic and hopefully the passion and sincerity will ring through to the reader. But what if what you want to write is a murder mystery? [...]Read More
- [Word search for Star Tangled Murder](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search-for-star-tangled-murder/): Welcome to our second puzzle entry for the month of April! This is a word search for Star Tangled Murder by Nancy J. Cohen. Whether you’ve read the book or not, we’re sure you’ll have fun with this word search puzzle based on the story! [...]Read More
- [Star Tangled Murder by Nancy J. Cohen jigsaw puzzle](https://bookloversbench.com/star-tangled-murder-by-nancy-j-cohen-jigsaw-puzzle/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for Star Tangled Murder by Nancy J. Cohen.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [An Anastasia Pollack Mystery Word Search](https://bookloversbench.com/an-anastasia-pollack-mystery-word-search/): This is a word search puzzle post based on A Sew Deadly Cruise by Lois Winston.   [...]Read More
- [A Sew Deadly Cruise by Lois Winston jigsaw puzzle](https://bookloversbench.com/a-sew-deadly-cruise-by-lois-winston-jigsaw-puzzle/): This is a jigsaw puzzle post for A Sew Deadly Cruise by Lois Winston.  Have fun piecing together the cover for this week’s featured author. [...]Read More
- [Word search for Peaches and Schemes](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search-for-peaches-and-schemes/): This is a word search for Peaches and Schemes by Diane A.S. Stuckart. Whether you’ve read the book or not, we’re sure you’ll have fun with this word search puzzle based on the story! [...]Read More
- [Peach Clobbered by Diane A.S. Stuckart jigsaw puzzle](https://bookloversbench.com/peach-clobbered-by-diane-a-s-stuckart-jigsaw-puzzle/): Our February featured book is Peach Clobbered by Anna Gerard. Have fun with the puzzle and feel free to share this page with your friends. The jigsaw puzzle has a timer that will show how long it took you to complete the puzzle. Post your time in the comments section of this page if you'd like. There's no prize for the fastest puzzle-solver, but plenty of bragging rights. Most of all, have fun! [...]Read More
- [Inhale. Exhale. Repeat.](https://bookloversbench.com/inhale-exhale-repeat/): Is life stressing you out? Take a breath and relax. Or so we’re told. Some days, it’s not so simple. I’ve learned how to breathe four times in my life. Once, with that first, lifegiving gasp. The second time, when I was five and learning how to swim. Third time, in acting class, with lessons on voice projection and breath control. The most important breathing lesson came a decade later. As a young adult I was introduced to biofeedback, a kind of visualization technique used to control some of our body functions like heart rate, breath, muscle response, and brain waves. It can help relax muscles, decrease heart rate, and slow and deepen breathing. It has been clinically proven to help with a myriad of ailments. [...]Read More
- [Word search for In the Wick of Time](https://bookloversbench.com/word-search-for-in-the-wick-of-time/): The puzzle entry for January features a word search based on "In the Wick of Time" by Valona Jones. The story follows Tabby and Sage Winslow as they navigate holiday preparations, a murder mystery, and magical challenges to clear Sage's name. With a growing list of suspects connected to the victim, the twins race against time to solve the mystery. [...]Read More
- [In the Wick of Time jigsaw puzzle](https://bookloversbench.com/in-the-wick-of-time-jigsaw-puzzle/): We're kicking off the New Year with a jigsaw puzzle for the cover of In the Wick of Time by Valona Jones. We hope you enjoyed our last puzzle and would love to hear what you think of this feature. Feel free to share links and copies with your friends [...]Read More
- [Have fun with our Holiday group word search!](https://bookloversbench.com/have-fun-with-our-holiday-group-word-search/): Booklovers Bench has created a festive word search puzzle using words from our authors' books to celebrate the holiday season. Enjoy this fun activity with a cup of hot cocoa under a warm blanket, finishing with a bonus round once the main puzzle is solved. A printable version is also available. [...]Read More
- [Try your hand at this word search for Death a Sketch](https://bookloversbench.com/try-your-hand-at-this-word-search-for-death-a-sketch/): The second of our puzzle entries for November is a word search for Death a Sketch by Cheryl Hollon. Whether you’ve read the book or not, we’re sure you’ll have fun with this word search puzzle based on the story! [...]Read More
- [Death a Sketch by Cheryl Hollon](https://bookloversbench.com/death-a-sketch-by-cheryl-hollon/): For November, our featured jigsaw puzzle is the cover of Death a Sketch by Cheryl Hollon. We hope you enjoyed last month’s puzzle and would love to hear what you think of this feature. Feel free to share links and copies with your friends. The jigsaw puzzle has a timer that will show how long it took you to complete the puzzle. Feel free to post your time in the comments section of this page. No prize for the week’s fastest puzzle-solver, but plenty of bragging rights. Have fun! About Death a Sketch In eastern Kentucky, Miranda Trent runs a [...]Read More
- [Calisthenics for Characters](https://bookloversbench.com/calisthenics-for-characters/): Recently, I came across a question from a new writer who asked, “Is it okay to use a real person to create a character?” That’s a tricky question because writers get their ideas from so many areas. A vacation we take might stir a potential setting. A newspaper article may influence a plot. But basing a character on a real person, especially if the person isn’t a public figure, can be detrimental to an author’s career. Lawsuits have been filed (and won) when a person recognizes themselves in a book. [...]Read More
- [Get Hooked on the Five Belles Too Many Word Search Puzzle](https://bookloversbench.com/get-hooked-on-the-five-belles-too-many-word-search-puzzle/): The second of our puzzle entries for October is a word search for Five Belles Too Many by Debra H. Goldstein. Whether you've read the book or not, we're sure you'll have fun with this word search puzzle based on the story!  [...]Read More
- [Piece Together the Mystery: A Jigsaw Puzzle for the Cover of Five Belles Too Many](https://bookloversbench.com/piece-together-the-mystery-a-jigsaw-puzzle-for-the-cover-of-five-belles-too-many/): Welcome to our new Booklover’s Bench puzzle feature. We hope you’ll enjoy both our electronically interactive jigsaw puzzles and our printable Word Searches, all of which reflect various of our authors’ works. Feel free to share links and copies with your friends. You’ll notice that each jigsaw puzzle has a virtual timer showing how long it took you to complete the puzzle. If you’re the competitive sort, feel free to post your time in the comments section of this page. No prize for the week’s fastest puzzle-solver, but plenty of bragging rights. Have fun! We’re kicking off this feature with [...]Read More
- [Puzzle for May 24](https://bookloversbench.com/puzzle-for-may-24/): Lois Winston's A Crafty Collage of Crime is now an online jigsaw puzzle. Try your hand at this crafty puzzle. [...]Read More
- [Authors on the Bench - January 2022](https://bookloversbench.com/authors-on-the-bench-january-2022/): The trouble with favors… It’s happened to us all. We try to do someone a favor, and it backfires (sometimes spectacularly). What good turn have you done for a person (or has someone done for you) that didn’t work out quite as planned? CHERYL: I casually mentioned to my sister that we should do something to surprise my parents for their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Poof! I was in charge of a buffet dinner for sixty relatives at my tiny apartment. It was a ton of work and a wonderful memory for us all. DEBRA: When I was in high school, [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Lois Winston](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-lois-winston-22/): Reviews By Lois Winston I recently read a review from a national newspaper for a memoir that has received quite a bit of hype. The reviewer gave it only two stars, stating that the book left her frustrated because it didn’t live up to what it had been purported to be. Instead of “a dissection of life in a working-class industry populated by hard-nosed men sent off to live and work in solitude in the middle of the North Sea,” it was a about “an affair and a woman who is thinking about writing a book of substance but never [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Nancy J Cohen](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-nancy-j-cohen-53/): New Beginnings by Nancy J. Cohen January is a time of new beginnings. And so it is for me in writing my next book, #18 in the Bad Hair Day Mysteries. I’m in the “Discovery” stage of writing. This involves choosing the setting, doing preliminary research, and then identifying the suspects. Since I’m more of a plotter than a pantser, I need to have all this figured out before I begin the story. It’s not an easy task. For a while, I had a general idea of where the story would take place. But that wasn’t enough. I needed a [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Debra H Goldstein](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-debra-h-goldstein-21/): Pentimento by Debra H. Goldstein The first time I came across the word pentimento was when I read Lillian Hellman’s book, Pentimento: A Book of Portraits, which were short autobiographical pieces. I thought the book was merely okay, but the word fascinated me. Pentimento, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is “the reappearance in a painting of an original drawn or painted element which was eventually painted over by the artist.” The word is Italian for repentance and comes from the verb pentirsi which means to repent. In a painting, the hidden part of the work can be images, forms, or strokes [...]Read More
- [Win a Free Book - January 2022](https://bookloversbench.com/win-a-free-book-january-2022/): Enter to Win a Free Book January 1 – 18, 2022 a Rafflecopter giveaway The winner gets to select one free book from the prize vault: Here’s what our authors are giving away this month: Lois Winston – Paperback (U.S. only) or ebook Revenge of the Crafty Corpse Nancy J. Cohen – Signed hardcover (U.S. only) Died Blonde Debra H. Goldstein – Paperback (U.S. only) or ebook Four Cuts Too Many Cheryl Hollon – Signed paperback (U.S. only) Draw and Order Diane A.S. Stuckart – Epub of Peaches and Schemes Maggie Toussaint – Hardcover (U.S. only) or ebook of Death, [...]Read More
- [Authors on the Bench](https://bookloversbench.com/authors-on-the-bench-4/): December’s Question Any traveling “detours” that drive your companions crazy? Do they ever end up in your books? Diane A.S. Stuckart: I much prefer to travel by car than any other way, and I love those ubiquitous roadside markers that commemorate births and deaths and battles and so on. If it were up to me, I’d stop at every single one along the trip route. My husband, on the other hand, hates those markers with a passion, mostly because his dad had that same compulsion as me and insisted on stopping at every one they passed during family road trips. [...]Read More
- [Happy Holidays To You](https://bookloversbench.com/happy-holidays-to-you/): Holiday Cheer from All of Us We’re delighted you enjoy visiting with the authors of Booklover’s Bench. Nancy J. Cohen, Maggie Toussaint, Diane A.S Stuckart, Cheryl Hollon, Debra H. Goldstein, Terry Ambrose, and Lois Winston wish everyone a joyful holiday season. This year we’re each sharing our favorite holiday beverage. Cheers to all! Let’s hear it for eggnog! Each year we wait in anticipation for this holiday fav to appear on the store shelves. We spike it occasionally, but sometimes it just makes for a nice little after-dinner treat during the holidays. Spiked or not, it’s always got to have [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Terry Ambrose](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-terry-ambrose-7/): Perfect holiday moments by Terry Ambrose It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and I’m glad we’re fully into the holiday season now. Christmas is my favorite holiday Unfortunately, I’m one of those people who remembers very little about my childhood. So even though we lived in Connecticut when I was really young, I don’t know if I ever experienced a white Christmas. I’m sure my mother, who passed away about a decade ago, is probably looking down right now and is really, really irritated with me. I can just hear her saying, “You don’t remember that, either?” It’s [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Cheryl Hollon](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-cheryl-hollon-25/): The perfect decoration for the Holidays! By Cheryl Hollon This is the first holiday season after my beloved mother passed. It is a bittersweet joy to hang this treasured banner on my wall to celebrate the twelve days of Christmas. It’s a fascination we shared from my childhood. One year, my mom’s sister-in-law gifted her with a kit to make this simple green felt banner. It took Mom about a month to cut out, stitch, and decorate each figure with sequins, glitter, pearls, and rhinestones. She also left me the pattern! I’ve started to make tree ornaments for family presents, [...]Read More
- [Win a Free Book - December 2021](https://bookloversbench.com/win-a-free-book-december-2021/): Enter to Win a Free Book December 1 – 18, 2021 a Rafflecopter giveaway The winner gets to select one free book from the prize vault: Here’s what our authors are giving away this month: Lois Winston – Paperback (U.S. only) or ebook Drop Dead Ornaments Nancy J. Cohen – Ebook Styled for Murder Debra H. Goldstein – Paperback (U.S. only) or ebook of One Taste Too Many Cheryl Hollon – Signed paperback (U.S. only) Draw and Order Diane A.S. Stuckart – Epub of Peaches and Schemes Maggie Toussaint- Hardcover (U.S. only) or ebook of Death, Island Style Terry Ambrose [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Maggie Toussaint](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-maggie-toussaint-51/): Things I’m Thankful For By Maggie Toussaint Every year when Thanksgiving rolls around, I wish I’d done a “thankful” jar all year long, tucking little slips of paper inside when good news occurred. So here’s my list from memory. Vaccines. I am very thankful for the covid vaccines. They give me hope that we can one day get back to normal instead of feeling like each excursion is a mission to Death Row. Curbside grocery pickup. This has been a boon for me during the pandemic. I thought I’d especially miss picking out the fruit and veggies from my order, [...]Read More
- [Characters on the Bench](https://bookloversbench.com/characters-on-the-bench-3/): November’s Question Fancy footwork: what shoes would we find on you/your protagonist’s feet, and what footwear would you/they never be caught dead wearing?  Maggie Toussaint: While my catering sleuth tends toward practicality in her everyday footwear, River Holloway Merrick loves black stilettos. I’ve never been able to successfully walk in high heels of any height, preferring instead flats or a modest wedge-shaped heel. Lois Winston: Anastasia Pollack, my reluctant amateur sleuth from the eponymous Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries, is far too practical to wear heels most of the time, but she will slip into a pair for special occasions. However, [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Lois Winston](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-lois-winston-21/): I vs. Me By Lois Winston Peggy Riley Hughes, my seventh and eighth grade English teacher, was a grammar martinet. Her weapon of choice was a yardstick which she slammed against the blackboards that lined the front and one side of our classroom, metaphorically beating grammar rules into her students. As a result, those blackboards were pockmarked with tiny gouges. Rumor had it that she once shattered one of those blackboards. Occasionally, her yardstick would even come down on the desk of a clueless student. If you had Peggy Riley Hughes for English, you learned grammar—one way or another. In [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Diane A.S Stuckart](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-diane-a-s-stuckart-19/): ELEVEN ELEVEN ELEVEN… By Diane A.S Stuckart The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Even the most casual history buff will recognize this phrase from 1918. That’s the point in time when the Armistice between the Allied forces and Germany officially took effect. The agreement marked the end to fighting in World War I, though it wasn’t until months later that the Treaty of Versailles formally ended the war. The historic day is celebrated annually and is now known in the US as Veteran’s Day. Unlike Memorial Day, the holiday honors veterans both living and dead. [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Debra H. Goldstein](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-debra-h-goldstein-20/): Changing Colors by Debra H. Goldstein When we moved into our house a year ago, the trees outside my office window were luscious and full of leaves in stark contrast to one dead tree that stood proudly in the midst of the greenery. In the Fall, the leaves fell, and all the trees more closely resembled the dead tree. Spring and Summer came and a comparison of pictures from the year before would have been identical except for a small tree blossoming in front of the dead one. Its leaves blocked the alabaster trunk that had made that lone tree [...]Read More
- [Win a Free Book - November 2021](https://bookloversbench.com/win-a-free-book-november-2021/): Enter to Win a Free Book November 1 – 18, 2021 a Rafflecopter giveaway The winner gets to select one free book from the prize vault: Here’s what our authors are giving away this month: Lois Winston – Paperback (U.S. only) or ebook Drop Dead Ornaments Nancy J. Cohen – Ebook Styled for Murder Debra H. Goldstein – Paperback (U.S. only) or ebook of One Taste Too Many Cheryl Hollon – Signed paperback (U.S. only) Draw and Order Diane A.S. Stuckart – Epub (for non-Kindle ereaders) of Peaches and Schemes or mobi file (for Kindle) of Fool’s Moon Maggie Toussaint [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Nancy J Cohen](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-nancy-j-cohen-52/): Halloween Candy by Nancy J. Cohen Would you believe today (Oct. 28) is National Chocolate Day? Halloween is only a few days away, so naturally my thoughts drift to the large bags of candy we’ll buy at the superstore to fill our bowl. I ignore the advice that says to buy only what we don’t like to eat. Instead, we’ll get bags filled with M&Ms, Reese’s, Snickers and Milky Ways or similar combinations. Heck, if I’m going to spend my money, I want to buy something that we’ll be happy to consume. For the last couple of Halloweens, we got [...]Read More
- [Characters on the Bench](https://bookloversbench.com/characters-on-the-bench-2/): October’s Question What’s the best place to eavesdrop on conversations, and have you used this in one of your books? Cheryl Hollon: When I was working on a long-term contract in England, my husband and I frequently took the train for a weekend getaway. The conversations were fascinating, especially if they were on a cell phone. The phenomenon of thinking your conversation is private works to an author’s advantage. I found myself frantically scribbling snippets of authentic dialogue in my notebook. I haven’t used these conversations yet, but I still have them at the ready. Diane A.S. Stuckart: Of course, [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Terry Ambrose](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-terry-ambrose-6/): Favorite Places and Their History by Terry Ambrose Have you ever visited a place for years and eventually learned something fascinating about it? In my case, that place was Hawaii and the something fascinating was the fall of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893. The events of 1893 were nothing short of a coup designed to seize power from a reigning monarch. The story behind that coup reads like a political thriller filled with greed, corruption, and misinformation. Finding the story for Mystery of the Eight Islands The eleventh Trouble in Paradise Mystery launches in about a month. I’ve wanted to [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Cheryl Hollon](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-cheryl-hollon-24/): I found a new co-working space for writing! By Cheryl Hollon Even before the shutdown last year, I had fallen in love with co-working spaces throughout downtown St. Petersburg. I loved the energy of a creative environment usually fueled by an in-house coffee shop. I would pick a quiet corner and pound out my word target with ease. As with everything else, that stopped for a while, but lately, new places are popping up. So here’s my latest co-work dedicated desk. I’ve chosen a spot on the fourth floor in a corner office. This is my view out into the [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Maggie Toussaint](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-maggie-toussaint-50/): I Heart October By Maggie Toussaint I’ve always liked October, even when summer was my favorite season. The tenth month of the year comes with its own special scents and a vibrant color palette that is stunning. Others must agree with me because many schedule trips to watch the leaves turn. Though I grew up on the coast and returned to the coast much later, I lived in northern climes for 27 years, in a state where there were more than two seasons (summer and almost summer). While there I had my first ever experience of jumping in piles of [...]Read More
- [Win a Free Book - October 2021](https://bookloversbench.com/win-a-free-book-october-2021/): Enter to Win a Free Book October 1 – 18, 2021 a Rafflecopter giveaway The winner gets to select one free book from the prize vault: Here’s what our authors are giving away this month: Lois Winston – Paperback (U.S. only) or Ebook A Stitch to Die For Nancy J. Cohen – Ebook Bad Hair Day Box Set 4 Debra H. Goldstein – Paperback (U.S. only) or Ebook Four Cuts Too Many Cheryl Hollon – Signed Paperback (U.S. only) Draw and Order Diane A.S. Stuckart – Epub file (for non-Kindle ereaders) Peaches and Schemes or Mobi file (for Kindle) Fool’s [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Lois Winston](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-lois-winston-20/): Pushing the Envelope and Thinking Outside the Box By Lois Winston October 4th will see the release of Stitch, Bake, Die!, the tenth book in my Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery Series, which is currently available for pre-order. At a recent mystery conference, I took part in a panel discussion on cozy mystery tropes. All genres have their tropes, and some authors are extremely careful to conform to the tropes of their specific genre. But then there are those of us who like to push the envelope and think outside the box. Cozy mystery tropes are comforting. When a reader picks [...]Read More
- [Authors on the Bench](https://bookloversbench.com/authors-on-the-bench/): September’s Question Seeing what animal/landmark/famous person was a memorable first in your life? Debra H. Goldstein: I had three memorable “first” famous person sightings. When I was five, I saw Howdy Doody and Buffalo Bob at a charity show and excitedly managed to get my not-so-excited dad picked to be part of a skit with them. The second sighting was of Princess Grace of Monaco at a Broadway play – she sat three seats away from me and I spent the evening stealing glances at her. The final sighting was Gregory Peck, who sat diagonally across the aisle from me [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Diane A.S Stuckart](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-diane-a-s-stuckart-18/): Handy Little Things By Diane A.S. Stuckart I have three desks in my home office. Do I need three desks? No. Can I get rid of at least one of them? I’d like to but moving them into the office originally was hard enough. Wrangling even the smallest one out again would take a good week or more of packing up and rearranging. Besides, I’m a writer, and desks are a tool of the trade…not to mention handy lounging spots for the requisite cats who must hang out with me. Beyond that, those desks have become personal time capsules of [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Nancy J Cohen](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-nancy-j-cohen-51/): Choose Your Chocolate by Nancy J. Cohen Today is National Choose Your Chocolate Day. Somehow this treat makes its way into our stories, either as an indulgence the heroine enjoys, a coffee shop menu item, or a hot drink on a wintry day. Then there are recipes that authors share with readers, tempting them to make the confections at home that are mentioned in their books. In Trimmed to Death, hairstylist sleuth Marla Vail enters a bake-off contest sponsored by a local farm. Her entry is a rich coconut fudge pie. In Hair Brained, Marla tours an artisan chocolate factory [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Debra H Goldstein](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-debra-h-goldstein-19/): Teddy Bear Love by Debra H. Goldstein Do you love fuzzy wuzzy cuddly teddy bears? Does simply seeing a stuffed bear evoke feelings of happiness or comfort? If any of this is true, this is your day to celebrate. Why? Because September 9 is National Teddy Bear Day. Although I have gifted many teddy bears over the years and my twins had matching white Gund bears which were each their favorite lovies, I never exhibited the same type of devotion to any type of stuffed animal. For me, it was always books. As a toddler, I dragged a cloth book [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Terry Ambrose](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-terry-ambrose-5/): Labor Day Celebrations by Terry Ambrose “A lovelier day for a national holiday could not have been asked for. The smoky haze that filled the air kept off the hot rays of the sun, but it was still warm enough to make out-door life attractive.” — The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., September 3, 1894. Next Monday is the 127th celebration of Labor Day. Since its beginnings in 1894, Labor Day has seen some tumultuous times. A depression (or two), world wars, and tremendous social change. And yet, the holiday lives on. Whether you think of Labor Day as a day [...]Read More
- [Win a Free Book - September 2021](https://bookloversbench.com/win-a-free-book-september-2021/): Enter to Win a Free Book September 1 – 18, 2021 a Rafflecopter giveaway The winner gets to select one free book from the prize vault:   Here’s what our authors are giving away this month: Lois Winston – Ebook of Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries, Books 1-2 Nancy J. Cohen – Hardcover (U.S. only) or ebook of Died Blonde Debra H. Goldstein – Paperback (U.S. only) or ebook of Four Cuts Too Many Cheryl Hollon – Signed paperback (U.S. only) Draw and Order Diane A.S. Stuckart (aka Anna Gerard) – Epub (for non-Kindle ereaders) of Peaches and Schemes or mobi [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Cheryl Hollon](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-cheryl-hollon-23/): Red Hot Time By Cheryl Hollon It’s a Red Hot Time in St. Pete! Unfortunately, cooler weather is still months away. As the calendar reaches the end of August, my tolerance for the relentlessly hot days also reaches an end. Typically, we would be on vacation to mountain country, enjoying cool mornings and firepits at night. But, alas, this is not an average year, so I’m facing another two, possibly three months of what is known as 90/90 days here in St. Pete. Translation: 90 degrees temperature/90 percent humidity. What I’ve noticed in my section of town is that the [...]Read More
- [Authors on the Bench](https://bookloversbench.com/5650-2/): AUGUST’S QUESTION What mystery-based TV show(s) do you enjoy, and why? Nancy J. Cohen: I love the Hallmark Movie & Mystery Channel because their cozy mysteries are the type I enjoy. These are mostly lighthearted and fun with a dash of romance. I also am a fan of The Brokenwood Mysteries on the Acorn Channel. This series, that takes place in New Zealand, has humor, clever whodunits to solve, and an engaging cast. Debra H. Goldstein: I’m hooked on Perry Mason re-runs because I love the ensemble cast, the structure of the crime, characterizations, and resolution, and the crafty use [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Maggie Toussaint](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-maggie-toussaint-49/): Dressage Horse or Bucking Bronc? By Maggie Toussaint The gait of a horse can be compared to story writing, editing, and even marketing. During the creation of a story world and its characters, the initial feeling authors have is often prancing or flighty. Authors shy away from some ideas and gallop like the wind toward others. Along the way of getting the first draft composed, we settle into our conception of the main characters and the story world, which I liken to a contented canter. Sometimes, ideas really sync, and the story flow becomes a dressage horse so that the [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Lois Winston](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-lois-winston-19/): This Will Definitely Go in a Book! By Lois Winston After our recent move from New Jersey, we’re now settled in at our new home in Middle Tennessee. If you own stock in Lowes, Home Depot, or Amazon, my husband and I are most likely responsible for the recent increase in your portfolio. I shudder to think what our next credit card bills will look like! I thought the real estate market in the NY Metro area was crazy, but I didn’t expect it to be worse in metropolitan Nashville. The house we bought went on the market on a [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Diane A.S Stuckart](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-diane-a-s-stuckart-17/): A Dog’s Life… By Diane A.S. Stuckart Today is “Work Like a Dog Day”. Never heard of it? Neither had I, though apparently it’s a holiday meant to honor those who put out extra effort on the job. Or, ha ha, maybe it’s meant to shame the rest of us who don’t. Because, if you think about it, just how hard does your typical canine work? Now, I’m not talking about farm dogs or therapy dogs, or K-9s, or other pups trained specifically to aid humans. I’m referring to your basic fur babies – the ones who hang out in [...]Read More
- [Win a Free Book - August 2021](https://bookloversbench.com/win-a-free-book-august-2021/): Enter to Win a Free Book August 1 – 18, 2021 a Rafflecopter giveaway The winner gets to select one free book from the prize vault: Here’s what our authors are giving away this month: Lois Winston – Ebook of Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries, Books 1-2 Nancy J. Cohen – Hardcover (U.S. only) or ebook of Perish by Pedicure Debra H. Goldstein – Paperback (U.S. only) or ebook of Four Cuts Too Many Cheryl Hollon – Signed paperback (U.S. only) Draw and Order Diane A.S. Stuckart (aka Anna Gerard) – Ebook of Peaches and Schemes Maggie Toussaint – Hardcover (U.S. [...]Read More
- [Let's Talk with Nancy J Cohen](https://bookloversbench.com/lets-talk-with-nancy-j-cohen-50/): Summer Blockbusters by Nancy J. Cohen Summer used to be the time for blockbuster movies. As June approached, you looked forward to some of your favorite franchises returning with long-awaited sequels. You’d buy tickets and watch the films in darkened, air-conditioned theaters while munching on popcorn or Sno-Caps. The pandemic brought a halt to movie releases last season. Now they’re back, but I don’t know if I’m ready to sit in an enclosed theater with other patrons. I’m mostly looking forward to The Jungle Cruise based on the Disney ride and arriving on July 30th. But it runs only an [...]Read More

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- [Terry Ambrose](https://bookloversbench.com/original-author-pages/terry-ambrose/): Once upon a time, in a life he’d rather forget, Terry Ambrose tracked down deadbeats for a living. He also hired big guys with tow trucks to steal cars—but only when negotiations failed. Those years of chasing deadbeats taught him many valuable life lessons such as—always keep your car in the garage.   Terry has written fifteen books, several of which have been award finalists. In 2014, his thriller, “Con Game,” won the San Diego Book Awards for Best Action-Thriller. His series include the Trouble in Paradise McKenna Mysteries, the Seaside Cove Bed & Breakfast Mysteries, and the License to [...]Read More
- [Lois Winston](https://bookloversbench.com/original-author-pages/lois-winston/): USA Today bestselling and award-winning author Lois Winston writes the critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries and the Empty Nest Mysteries. She’s also published in romance, romantic suspense, chick lit, women’s fiction, children’s chapter books, and nonfiction. A Book-of-the-Year nominee from ForeWord Reviews, Assault With a Deadly Glue Gun, the first book in her ongoing Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series, also received starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and Booklist. Kirkus Reviews dubbed Anastasia, “North Jersey’s more mature answer to Stephanie Plum.” Lois would like the quote etched on her headstone, although she hopes the need for such a monument [...]Read More
- [Debra H. Goldstein](https://bookloversbench.com/original-author-pages/debra-h-goldstein/): Judge Debra H. Goldstein is the author of One Taste Too Many, the first of Kensington’s new Sarah Blair cozy mystery series. She also wrote Should Have Played Poker and 2012 IPPY Award winning Maze in Blue. Her short stories, including Anthony and Agatha nominated “The Night They Burned Ms. Dixie’s Place,” have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies including Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, and Mystery Weekly. Debra serves on the national boards of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America and is president of SinC’s Guppy Chapter and the Southeast Chapter of MWA. Follow [...]Read More
- [Diane A.S. Stuckart](https://bookloversbench.com/original-author-pages/diane-a-s-stuckart/): DIANE A.S. STUCKART is the New York Times bestselling author of the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series (written as Ali Brandon). She’s also the author of the award-winning Leonardo da Vinci historical mysteries, as well as several historical romances and numerous short stories. Her upcoming new cozy mystery series are the Tarot Cat Mysteries from Midnight Ink (November 2018 launch) and the Georgia B&B Mysteries from Crooked Lane (May 2019 launch—writing as Anna Gerard). Diane is a member of Mystery Writers of America and has served as the 2018 Chapter President of the MWA Florida chapter. In addition to her [...]Read More
- [Cheryl Hollon](https://bookloversbench.com/original-author-pages/cheryl-hollon/):   Cheryl Hollon writes full-time after an engineering career designing and installing military flight simulators in England, Wales, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, and India. Living the dream, she combines a love of writing with a passion for creating glass art in the small studio behind her house in St. Petersburg, Florida. Cheryl is President of the Florida Gulf Coast Sisters in Crime, a member of Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, and Novelists, Inc. Follow Cheryl Here: Website Facebook Twitter BookBub       [...]Read More
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- [Nancy J. Cohen](https://bookloversbench.com/original-author-pages/nancy-cohen/):   Nancy J. Cohen writes the Bad Hair Day Mysteries featuring South Florida hairstylist Marla Vail. Titles in this series have been named Best Cozy Mystery by Suspense Magazine, won a Readers’ Favorite gold medal and a RONE Award, placed first in the Chanticleer International Book Awards and third in the Arizona Literary Awards. Nancy’s instructional guide, Writing the Cozy Mystery, was nominated for an Agatha Award, earned first place in the Royal Palm Literary Awards and the TopShelf Magazine Book Awards, and won a gold medal in the President’s Book Awards. Active in the writing community, Nancy is a [...]Read More
- [Maggie Toussaint](https://bookloversbench.com/original-author-pages/maggie-toussaint/): Southern author Maggie Toussaint writes mystery and suspense. She’s won three Silver Falchion Awards, the Readers’ Choice Award, and the EPIC Award. She has been a finalist three times for Georgia Author of the Year. Her series include the Seafood Caper Mysteries, the Dreamwalker Mystery Series, the Lindsey & Ike Series, the Cleopatra Jones Series, the Guardian of Earth Series, and the Mossy Bog Series. Maggie is on the board of Mystery Writers of America Southeast Chapter and is Vice-President for Low Country Sisters In Crime. She lives in coastal Georgia, where secrets, heritage, and ancient oaks cast long shadows. [...]Read More
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