More Reader Love for AND BY FIRE

NOTHING boosts a writer’s week like a kind words from readers. Got a couple of great reviews for AND BY FIRE today and I can’t resist sharing. Please note summer is here–it will be 90 in Washington, DC today–so what are you waiting for? Get AND BY FIRE on that summer TBR pile!!! Or, if…

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Christmas Comes Early for Me . . . In an Avalanche of Great Reviews!

Ho, ho, ho . . . ๐ˆ๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซย  ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐๐˜ ๐…๐ˆ๐‘๐„ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‹๐Ž๐•๐„๐‹๐˜ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ (no better gift for an author–that’s for sure).ย ย  Here are a couple of the latest . . . “๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ! ๐—œ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด…

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๐’๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ“-๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐๐˜ ๐…๐ˆ๐‘๐„!!!

Chuffed to share this great new review from Rozier Reads and Wine (a bookish Instagrammer)! Some highlights . . . ๐Ÿ”ฅ โ€œ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐. ๐Ÿ”ฅ โ€œI thought this mystery book was extremely well done. The mysteries in each time period…

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More Reader Praise for AND BY FIRE

It’s been less than one month since And by Fire released and I continue to be awestruck by the reader love my novel is receiving. Today to celebrate, I am sharing some of my favorite recent review quotes, illustrated by yours truly. Pleasing the Anglophiles . . . As a Yank, getting the tone right…

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It’s UK National Crime Reading Month!!!

Hey UK friends and readersโ€”itโ€™s time to CELEBRATE crime. Crime Fiction that is. Today, June 1st, marks the start of the United Kingdomโ€™s annual โ€œNational Crime Reading Month,โ€ an event spearheaded by the UK Crime Writersโ€™ Association! National Crime Reading Month (and we REALLY need one on this side of the pond) โ€œaims to bring…

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The Early Reviews for AND BY FIRE Are in And I am Thrilled!

Less than a week to launch day crime-readers! And by Fire will be on shelves everywhere May 10th and I canโ€™t wait to start getting pictures of it โ€œvisitingโ€ readers across states and continents. Seriously, if you spot And by Fire in the wild (say at your local bookstore) or it arrives at your door,…

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Kirkus Reviews AND BY FIRE, and a DISCOUNT on Pre-Orders!!!

Iโ€™ve always had MAD RESPECT for folks who Bookstagramโ€”you know the ones, with the gorgeous, staged pictures of books with props. Itโ€™s an art-form truly. And I assumed it took a heck of a lot of work. SO GUESS WHAT I DECIDED TO DO FOR FUN LAST WEEKEND? That’s right–take some glamour shots of my…

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