But not all crime. Because Pride was a riot #happypride #stockuponbricks

Thursday 2-27, 6pm at the Mysterious Bookshop in NYC. Tell your friends, enemies, and everyone in between

Join me and the folks at @poisonedpen.bsky.social tomorrow evening for a virtual chat about murder, mystery, and probably the weather because it's not 19 degrees in Scottsdale, the lucky bastards calendar.time.ly/9plshfqx/pos...

Attention NYC Pentecost and Parker fans!

Hello NYC! I'll be in town at the end of the month celebrating the release of the latest Pentecost & Parker novel, DEAD IN THE FRAME. Jane Pek (author of the Claudia Lin series) and I will be chatting mystery, murder, and writing queer NYC mysteries 80 years removed. Come on out and say hello!

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RELEASE DAY! Pentecost & Parker are back and trying to beat a murder charge. Some very enthusiastic readers have called it the most dramatic installment yet. You’ll have to read it and let me know if you agree. And if you’re in the area, stop by One More Page Books tonight (2/4) at 7pm and say hi!

The mildest spoiler alert for this sneak peek at the first few pages of DEAD IN THE FRAME, available Feb 4. Faithful readers will recognize some familiar names. There’s still time to preorder, which lets bookstores know what books to stock more of. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741801...

If you're looking for a 4,000-word distraction, the first Pentecost & Parker short story (“First Dance at the White Clover”) is live!
Enter your email to subscribe and you'll get the password to access the short story in your confirmation. www.stephenspotswood.com/pentecost-an...

If you’re in the vicinity of Williamsport tomorrow, stop by the Otto Bookstore and say hello!

Look what turned up on my doorstep! Preorder today and you can get special doorstep presents, too!
DEAD IN THE FRAME out 2/4

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Being a foster parent means sometimes you get a surprise guest for Christmas

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Happy publication day to the paperback edition of MURDER CROSSED HER MIND! Follow Willowjean Parker and Lillian Pentecost as their search for a missing woman pits them against Nazi saboteurs, knife-happy gangsters, and a murder-obsessed millionaire. Now in perfect stocking stuffer size!

Yes, the world is a vampire sent to drain, but sometimes you come home from the reading of a student’s first play and find a box of fresh paperbacks on your doorstep.

Hello Bluesky. I understand the password is a cat and an artistic statement. This is Luna, and like me she believes that all art is political, even art that consciously tries not to be. Because it’s a political choice whose stories we tell and whose we choose to receive.