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FRANCE MADE WITH LOVE, the Emmy-winning TV series written by Adam Meyer, will premiere on PBS on November 28th. This series about artisans will highlight French crafts, culture, and history. Congratulations Adam!
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
FRANCE MADE WITH LOVE, the Emmy-winning TV series written by Adam Meyer, will premiere on PBS on November 28th. This series about artisans will highlight French crafts, culture, and history. Congratulations Adam!
A FERRY LONG WAY TO GO, 3rd in the Charmed Inn Mysteries by Misty Simon, will be published by Rowan Prose Publishing and is available for release on 11/11/25.
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Meet cozy mystery author Misty Simon
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November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A FERRY LONG WAY TO GO, 3rd in the Charmed Inn Mysteries by Misty Simon, will be published by Rowan Prose Publishing and is available for release on 11/11/25.
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“Ruby Red” by Betsy Barker was published in the SoWest: Danger Awaits! anthology published by the Desert Sleuths Chapter of Sisters in Crime on September 19, 2025. Congratulations!
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SoWest: Danger Awaits! (Sisters in Crime Desert Sleuths Chapter Anthology)
These 25 stories are filled with everyday people, private investigators, police personnel, husbands and wives, and others who solve crimes and mysteries their own way. A blend of historical, contempor...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“Ruby Red” by Betsy Barker was published in the SoWest: Danger Awaits! anthology published by the Desert Sleuths Chapter of Sisters in Crime on September 19, 2025. Congratulations!
Purchase it at: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Purchase it at: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
On December 2nd, Gemma Halliday Publishing is releasing a holiday short story collection by a few Chessie members! Rosalie Spielman's story, "A Hometown Christmas Caper," follows her Hometown Mysteries characters.
Preorder the ebook at: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSNH17GM
Preorder the ebook at: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSNH17GM
Holidays & Homicides: short story collection
Holidays & Homicides: short story collection - Kindle edition by Spielman, Rosalie, Bruns, Catherine, Jones, Gin, McEwen, Annie, Gregory, Lena, Fischetto, Jennifer, Stoddard, Anne Marie, Rey, Kelly, Simon, Misty, Knapp, Christine, Adams, Jamie L., Wynters, Erica. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Holidays & Homicides: short story collection.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
On December 2nd, Gemma Halliday Publishing is releasing a holiday short story collection by a few Chessie members! Rosalie Spielman's story, "A Hometown Christmas Caper," follows her Hometown Mysteries characters.
Preorder the ebook at: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSNH17GM
Preorder the ebook at: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSNH17GM
Tom Milani’s flash fiction “So Cold It Burns” appears online: urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/10/29/s.... In the story, a female PI with competing motivations takes on a cheating spouse case.
So Cold It Burns
by Tom Milani A digital camera with a telephoto lens sits on the passenger seat of my ten-year-old Corolla. I’m parked on a cross street facing a line of low cinder block buildings. It’s twenty-fiv…
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November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Tom Milani’s flash fiction “So Cold It Burns” appears online: urbanpigspress.co.uk/2025/10/29/s.... In the story, a female PI with competing motivations takes on a cheating spouse case.
SINC Chessie member Debra Bliss Saenger’s story, “Escape to the Stellar Prime Hotel,” in the BEYOND The STARS: STARBASE INDY 2025 anthology, discovers there is no place for a man to hide from his mother or from murder.
Purchase it at: www.amazon.com/Beyond-Stars...
Purchase it at: www.amazon.com/Beyond-Stars...
Beyond The Stars: Starbase Indy Anthology 2025
Amazon.com: Beyond The Stars: Starbase Indy Anthology 2025 eBook : Diana Catt, Mary Bischoff, Carley, Ross, Eckhart, TammyJo, Flynt, C., Logston, Anne, McGee, Matt J., McGrath, James F., Mehas, Mona, DeCandido, Keith R.A.: Kindle Store
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November 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
SINC Chessie member Debra Bliss Saenger’s story, “Escape to the Stellar Prime Hotel,” in the BEYOND The STARS: STARBASE INDY 2025 anthology, discovers there is no place for a man to hide from his mother or from murder.
Purchase it at: www.amazon.com/Beyond-Stars...
Purchase it at: www.amazon.com/Beyond-Stars...
“The Extraordinary Life and Sudden Demise of Franklin Anderson” by Barry Fulton is available from Amazon in Bouchercon’s 2025 anthology, BLOOD ON THE BAYOU. Purchase it at www.amazon.com/Blood-Bayou-...
Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed: Bouchercon Anthology 2025
Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed: Bouchercon Anthology 2025 - Kindle edition by Bruns, Don. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed: Bouchercon Anthology 2025.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“The Extraordinary Life and Sudden Demise of Franklin Anderson” by Barry Fulton is available from Amazon in Bouchercon’s 2025 anthology, BLOOD ON THE BAYOU. Purchase it at www.amazon.com/Blood-Bayou-...
Ginny Fite's 10th novel, MRS. GOODMAN’S FIRST MURDER, a darkly comic twist on the amateur sleuth genre set in a small town, was released by Milford House on Oct. 22nd. Available at Amazon, Sunbury Press, and everywhere books are sold. www.sunburypress.com/products/mrs...
Mrs. Goodman's First Murder
In the Fargo meets Miss Marple darkly comic Mrs. Goodman’s First Murder, Harmon Rutledge’s perfect plan to solve his marriage problem is disrupted by a robbery at his bank. But when Ethel Goodman, rec...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Ginny Fite's 10th novel, MRS. GOODMAN’S FIRST MURDER, a darkly comic twist on the amateur sleuth genre set in a small town, was released by Milford House on Oct. 22nd. Available at Amazon, Sunbury Press, and everywhere books are sold. www.sunburypress.com/products/mrs...
Congrats to Rosalie Spielman on Hawaiian Holiday Homicide, book 26 in the Aloha Lagoon Multi-author series, which will be released on Nov. 18th!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPJL4PC5 (Gemma Halliday Publishing)
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPJL4PC5 (Gemma Halliday Publishing)
Hawaiian Holiday Homicide (Aloha Lagoon Mysteries Book 26)
Hawaiian Holiday Homicide (Aloha Lagoon Mysteries Book 26) - Kindle edition by Spielman, Rosalie. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Hawaiian Holiday Homicide (Aloha Lagoon Mysteries Book 26).
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November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Congrats to Rosalie Spielman on Hawaiian Holiday Homicide, book 26 in the Aloha Lagoon Multi-author series, which will be released on Nov. 18th!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPJL4PC5 (Gemma Halliday Publishing)
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPJL4PC5 (Gemma Halliday Publishing)
DEATH AND THE FINAL CUT (St. Just #7) by G.M. Malliet publishes Nov. 4th. Hollywood descends on Cambridge, England, when the historic Round Church becomes a film set for Viking Bride, which ends in disaster.
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Death and the Final Cut (St. Just Mystery Book 7)
Death and the Final Cut (St. Just Mystery Book 7) - Kindle edition by Malliet, G.M.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Death and the Final Cut (St. Just Mystery Book 7).
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November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
DEATH AND THE FINAL CUT (St. Just #7) by G.M. Malliet publishes Nov. 4th. Hollywood descends on Cambridge, England, when the historic Round Church becomes a film set for Viking Bride, which ends in disaster.
Purchase it here: www.amazon.com/Death-Final-...
Purchase it here: www.amazon.com/Death-Final-...
Black Petals published the Audition” by Shari Held in Yellow Mama #112 on October 15, 2025. When two frenemies compete for the same role, once again, there’s more acting on the sidelines than in the audition. It’s available to read for free at: blackpetalsks.tripod.com/yellowmama/i...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Black Petals published the Audition” by Shari Held in Yellow Mama #112 on October 15, 2025. When two frenemies compete for the same role, once again, there’s more acting on the sidelines than in the audition. It’s available to read for free at: blackpetalsks.tripod.com/yellowmama/i...
Rosalie Spielman is pleased to announce that the second and third books in her Hometown Mysteries series have been awarded medals by the Military Writers Society of America at their annual awards banquet in Kansas City last weekend! Congratulations, Rosalie! www.mwsadispatches.com
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November 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Rosalie Spielman is pleased to announce that the second and third books in her Hometown Mysteries series have been awarded medals by the Military Writers Society of America at their annual awards banquet in Kansas City last weekend! Congratulations, Rosalie! www.mwsadispatches.com
Kathleen Bailey released WITHOUT A SHADOW OF DOUBT, the 5th installment in the #cozymystery Olivia Penn Mystery Series, on November 4.
Find the cat. Crack the case. 🐈⬛
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Find the cat. Crack the case. 🐈⬛
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Without a Shadow of Doubt: An Olivia Penn Mystery by Kathleen Bailey
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November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Kathleen Bailey released WITHOUT A SHADOW OF DOUBT, the 5th installment in the #cozymystery Olivia Penn Mystery Series, on November 4.
Find the cat. Crack the case. 🐈⬛
Available: books2read.com/withoutashad...
Find the cat. Crack the case. 🐈⬛
Available: books2read.com/withoutashad...
Congrats to James Irving on the 6th book in the Joth Proctor “Fixer” series. No Friend of Thine was published on September 4 by Speaking Volumes and is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other popular retailers. Purchase it from Amazon here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLGPVNZ...
No Friend of Thine (A Joth Proctor Fixer Mystery Book 6)
No Friend of Thine (A Joth Proctor Fixer Mystery Book 6) - Kindle edition by Irving , James V. . Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading No Friend of Thine (A Joth Proctor Fixer Mystery Book 6).
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November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Congrats to James Irving on the 6th book in the Joth Proctor “Fixer” series. No Friend of Thine was published on September 4 by Speaking Volumes and is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other popular retailers. Purchase it from Amazon here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLGPVNZ...
“Dark Thread, Loose Strands” by Art Taylor appears in the 2025 Best American Mystery & Suspense anthology, published October 21 by Mariner Books. The story offers three perspectives on a bullying incident in a schoolyard. Available to purchase at www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025
“While a single sentence can turn a novel, a single word can turn a short story,” writes guest editor Don Winslow. The pieces featured in this collection hi...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“Dark Thread, Loose Strands” by Art Taylor appears in the 2025 Best American Mystery & Suspense anthology, published October 21 by Mariner Books. The story offers three perspectives on a bullying incident in a schoolyard. Available to purchase at www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
SINC and Chessie member Debra Bliss Saenger’s “Knocking on a Heathen Door,” a historical fiction piece, is now on Mystery Tribune. The story explores the fate of the author’s Puritan ancestors as they navigated through the Salem Witch Trials purge. mysterytribune.com/knocking-on-...
Knocking on a Heathen Door: Horror Short Fiction By Debra Bliss Saenger
In horror short story Knocking on a Heathon Door, Mercy Chase is the latest victim in the Salem witch trials.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
SINC and Chessie member Debra Bliss Saenger’s “Knocking on a Heathen Door,” a historical fiction piece, is now on Mystery Tribune. The story explores the fate of the author’s Puritan ancestors as they navigated through the Salem Witch Trials purge. mysterytribune.com/knocking-on-...
Adam Meyer and Alan Orloff have co-edited HOLLYWOOD KILLS, an anthology released on Sept 2. Sixteen great stories (some from Chessies!). All contributor proceeds will be donated to the California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Recovery Fund. www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Ki...
Hollywood Kills: A Crime Fiction Anthology
Amazon.com: Hollywood Kills: A Crime Fiction Anthology eBook : Meyer, Adam, Orloff, Alan: Kindle Store
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September 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Adam Meyer and Alan Orloff have co-edited HOLLYWOOD KILLS, an anthology released on Sept 2. Sixteen great stories (some from Chessies!). All contributor proceeds will be donated to the California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Recovery Fund. www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Ki...
Maya Corrigan's historical short story, "Killer Instinct," set in the World War II era, was published in The Most Dangerous Games anthology by Level Best Books. After war curtails a budding tennis champ's career, she and her coach play more risky games.
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The Most Dangerous Games
The Most Dangerous Games - Kindle edition by Lacy, Deborah. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Most Dangerous Games.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Maya Corrigan's historical short story, "Killer Instinct," set in the World War II era, was published in The Most Dangerous Games anthology by Level Best Books. After war curtails a budding tennis champ's career, she and her coach play more risky games.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMFF4PSH/
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Barb Goffman's story, "Baby Love," published on August 19th in DOUBLE CROSSING VAN DINE. In this anthology, twenty writers break author S. S. Van Dine's twenty rules for detective fiction. Barb tackled rule #3, which bars romance.
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Double Crossing Van Dine
DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO! As the Golden Age of Mystery began to flourish, the books spread their wings and, in some cases, stretched believability. These authors sometimes shocked the readers, but a...
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September 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Barb Goffman's story, "Baby Love," published on August 19th in DOUBLE CROSSING VAN DINE. In this anthology, twenty writers break author S. S. Van Dine's twenty rules for detective fiction. Barb tackled rule #3, which bars romance.
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Alan Orloff’s story, “Not Sorry,” appeared in THE MOST DANGEROUS GAMES, ed. Deborah Lacy, from Level Best Books. www.amazon.com/Most-Dangero...
The Most Dangerous Games
The Most Dangerous Games - Kindle edition by Lacy, Deborah. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Most Dangerous Games.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Alan Orloff’s story, “Not Sorry,” appeared in THE MOST DANGEROUS GAMES, ed. Deborah Lacy, from Level Best Books. www.amazon.com/Most-Dangero...
Alan Orloff’s story, “The Society Set,” appeared in DOUBLE CROSSING VAN DINE, ed. Donna Andrews, Greg Herren, and Art Taylor, from Crippen & Landru. www.amazon.com/Double-Cross...
Double Crossing Van Dine
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September 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Alan Orloff’s story, “The Society Set,” appeared in DOUBLE CROSSING VAN DINE, ed. Donna Andrews, Greg Herren, and Art Taylor, from Crippen & Landru. www.amazon.com/Double-Cross...
Blinkers and Blunders - Book Two of A Horsing Around Mystery by Misty Simon is now available.
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Blinkers and Blunders (A Horsing Around Mystery Book 2)
Amazon.com: Blinkers and Blunders (A Horsing Around Mystery Book 2) eBook : Simon, Misty: Kindle Store
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September 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Blinkers and Blunders - Book Two of A Horsing Around Mystery by Misty Simon is now available.
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Jane Limprecht’s short story “Game of Drones,” featuring a custom drone-fighting game that goes awry, is included in THE MOST DANGEROUS GAMES anthology edited by Deborah Lacy and published in August by Level Best Books.
Purchase it at:
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Purchase it at:
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The Most Dangerous Games
The Most Dangerous Games - Kindle edition by Lacy, Deborah. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Most Dangerous Games.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Jane Limprecht’s short story “Game of Drones,” featuring a custom drone-fighting game that goes awry, is included in THE MOST DANGEROUS GAMES anthology edited by Deborah Lacy and published in August by Level Best Books.
Purchase it at:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMFF4PSH/
Purchase it at:
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMFF4PSH/
Coming September 1 from Genius Book Publishing: Dutch Treats, edited by Josh Pachter. This anthology features 21 crime stories by Dutch and Flemish authors, translated into English by Josh Pachter. Available in trade paper and digital formats at geniusbookpublishing.com/collections/... (
Dutch Wave
Dutch Treats releases on September 1. Orders including Dutch Treats will ship the other titles right away, and Dutch Treats will follow on or around September 1, 2025. From now through August 31, pre...
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September 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Coming September 1 from Genius Book Publishing: Dutch Treats, edited by Josh Pachter. This anthology features 21 crime stories by Dutch and Flemish authors, translated into English by Josh Pachter. Available in trade paper and digital formats at geniusbookpublishing.com/collections/... (
Shari Held's short story, “That Damn Car,” was published July 8th in the anthology Gag Me with a Spoon by White City Press. Kip “borrows” a car from his big brother for a joy ride with his friend, but their innocent escapade lands them in big trouble.
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Gag Me With a Spoon edited by J. Alan Hartman – White City Press
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August 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Shari Held's short story, “That Damn Car,” was published July 8th in the anthology Gag Me with a Spoon by White City Press. Kip “borrows” a car from his big brother for a joy ride with his friend, but their innocent escapade lands them in big trouble.
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