Posted About Mysteries at the Blood-Red Pencil Blog

January 7, 2021 By: Patricia

I’m hooked on quite a few mystery series and mentioned a few authored by writers from Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region when I put together my January post for the Blood-Red Pencil blog. I hope you’ll drop by and check out my list, trying a few of these fine series if the description appeals to you.

Sisters-in-Crime-Colorado members have formed three book clubs along the Front Range. We read books by Sisters-in-Crime-Colorado authors, but we welcome all readers whether they’re members of Sisters in Crime or not. For more information, check out the SinC-CO website.

About Sleuthing Women — 10 First-in-Series Mysteries … by Lois Winston

May 26, 2016 By: Patricia

Once upon a time I was published by what I thought would be my forever publisher. I was thrilled by the way they treated me and with their commitment to promoting my books. Then things changed—and not in a good way—and I made the decision to walk away, taking the rights to my books with …Read More

The Bartender, Boston, and Jazz … by Richard Cass

April 14, 2016 By: Patricia

I’ve always been attracted to the amateur protagonist, at least partly because I was very impressed at a young age with Travis McGee, John D. McDonald’s creation, who solved crimes and helped victims without having any sort of legal or official standing. The first entry in my Elder Darrow series is called Solo Act. When …Read More

Taking the Bitter with the Sweet

January 17, 2016 By: Patricia

I have bad news and good news. Bad: My publisher, Five Star/Cengage, is ending its mystery line and going forward only with westerns and Frontier Fiction. Those writers who had mysteries in the queue but no contract yet must start the search again….or self-publish. Good: The novel I submitted to Five Star in October …Read More