Phil Bayly’s seventh Murder on Skis Mystery, titled Carpe Ski ’em, is now available. Here’s the scoop: a skier falls to her death from a chairlift that towers over a Colorado ski resort. But JC […]

Nina Wachman’s short story about an ex-showgirl PI in Vegas, “What Happens in Vegas,” will be published in the historical short story anthology of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, “Feisty Deeds 2 – Batches and

Robert Knightly’s one-act play was stage read at the Rosendale Theatre in the Hudson Valley. It’s about the heart-breaking Etan Patz case in Soho in 1979, from the perspective of the detective who investigated the

  Secrets Lie in Wait, Book 10 in Emmeline Kirby-Gregory Longdon series, will be released on December 6. Lost, found, stolen, dead… In a den of enemies, there’s nowhere to hide. Debonair jewel thief/insurance investigator Gregory

Lori Robbins‘s Murder in Fifth Position was published on October 28. Ballerina Leah Siderova has a lot in common with Superman. Both wear tights, perform for a fickle crowd, and worry about the state of

Hilary Davidson’s next novel, EVERY LIE I TOLD, will be published by Blackstone in June 2026 — and PEOPLE magazine just did an exclusive reveal of the cover.  

On November 4, the American Mystery Classicsseries published a new edition of John Dickson Carr’s The Burning Court, with an introduction by Dan Napolitano exploring the novel’s inception and techniques as well as its connections

Liz Zelvin’s new poetry book, THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER METTLE, is out now in paperback and e-book formats. For the poetry shy: No one has ever said, “I didn’t understand your poem.” Award-winning poet

Check out Suzanne Trauth’s newest suspense novel, The First to Die, set for release on November 18, 2025.

My poem “Two Men Discuss Murder on a Rainy Night Near Patchin Place” appears in the November/December issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and my piece on poetry and mysteries can be found on the