Posts Tagged ‘humorous mystery’
Book Blog Tour: Giveaways, Reviews, Interviews and A Few Secrets
Beginning in May, Failure Is Fatal will go on tour. Someone at Professor Laura Murphy’s college appears to be playing a joke on her by planting sexually explicit stories in her research results, but the joke turns deadly when one story details the recent stabbing murder of a coed. Laura’s close friend, Detective Derrick Pasquis from the…
Read MoreShe’s Baaaaaaack!
Failure Is Fatal, the second mystery in the Laura Murphy Mystery Series is out and available in a variety of ebook formats and in paper. Here’s what our donut eating, snoopy gal with the hot flashes is up to this time: Someone at Professor Laura Murphy’s college appears to be playing a joke on her…
Read MoreSerious Stuff, not fluff
Cozy Mysteries and Serious themes by Lesley A. Diehl I’m aware that readers like cozy mysteries because they usually provide a lighter read than thrillers, suspense or more traditional mysteries. But does that mean cozies cannot entertain more serious concerns even national and international ones such as environmental, social and political issues or even matters…
Read MoreOur September Chuckle, Funny Man Steve Shrott
Our Guest this month is Steve Shrott. His mystery short stories have been published in numerous print magazines and e-zines. His work has appeared in ten anthologies—two from Sisters-in-Crime (The Whole She-Bang, and Fishnets.) “Lucky Man,” his newest story, will be in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #18. He has had two humorous novels published, Audition…
Read MoreA Tall Gal Goes Short
Good news. Camel Press will release the third in the Eve Appel mysteries, A Sporting Murder, in July of this year. As a promotional and prepublicity device, Camel will offer through Amazon three short stories about Eve and Madeleine. The stories focus on the two consignment shop owners before they set up their shop in…
Read MoreFrom Cozy to Traditional
Author Judy Alter loves humor, but does she write it? Her first book published was a cozy, but now her series has evolved. About Judy Alter The American West called to me during much of my career. I wrote particularly about women in the West because I admired their strength, courage, and adaptability. For…
Read MoreRaquel Reyes, author of funny short stories
I’m so pleased to have Raquel Reyes on my blog this week. She is truly a mistress of funny short stories, a talent she’s using to write a novel length humorous cozy mystery, and it sounds like a real heehaw. Author RV Reyes I asked her as I do many of my guest…
Read MoreIlene Schneider, Rabbi and Author says humor is subjective
Like me, Ilene Schneider had one career, then retired to yet another. I’m so happy she did because she writes funny cozy mysteries, some of the funniest you’ll ever read. You’ll understand why when you rad waht she has to say about writing funny. Rabbi Ilene Schneider, Ed.D., one of the first six women rabbis…
Read MoreFunny Characters Make a Funny Mystery from Author Jennifer Skully
We’ve got two for one today. Our guest blogger not only writes mysteries, but she also writes romance. Seems like a perfect combination to me. There’s nothing like a little romance to make a murder sing. NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Skully is a lover of contemporary romance, bringing you poignant tales…
Read MoreWhat’s So funny about Murder: Heather Haven weighs in
Heather Haven is one of the seven authors who contributed her book A Wedding to Die for to the boxed set of humorous murder mysteries. Here’s what Heather had to say about writing humor in murder mysteries: Why do I write funny? Because life can be hard. Sometimes it’s damn near impossible. As…
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