by Susan Van Kirk | Aug 14, 2023 | Blog, mysteries, reading, suspense, writing novels
Today I’m welcoming Arlene Kay, a Level Best Books author, to my blog to talk about her latest mystery and her love affair with bad guys! Welcome, Arlene… Mystery writers populate books with an array of suspects who may or may not be the culprit. Creating...
by Susan Van Kirk | Aug 7, 2023 | Blog, mystery, suspense
One of the things I love about writing is that I get to research things that interest me under the guise of work. When I was planning Murder in Trastevere, one idea that kept calling me was the sport of ultra running. I can’t tell you how I got this bug in my bonnet....
by Susan Van Kirk | Jul 27, 2023 | Blog
One of the domestic jobs that makes me feel so very efficient and organized is lining the cabinets in my kitchen. Since it’s ridiculously hot and humid this week, I’m doing this little chore to make me feel like I’m accomplishing something in the heat. Stay in....
by Susan Van Kirk | Jun 25, 2023 | Blog, mysteries, publishing, writing, writing novels
I must admit I laughed a lot when I read this post by Amy Young. She, too, is a fellow writer with books published by Level Best Books. Enjoy! When I began writing my second novel, a thriller, I had an idea, some notecards, and maybe most importantly for me, drive. I...
by Susan Van Kirk | Jun 19, 2023 | Blog, mysteries, reading, suspense
I’ve been posting guest writings from my fellow Level Best Books authors for the past few weeks. Here is a new one by DonnaRae Menard, author of Murder in the Village Proper. And here she is… While I was lying on the gurney in the ER contemplating how one...
by Susan Van Kirk | Jun 1, 2023 | Blog, book reviews, mystery, small towns, Susan Van Kirk, suspense
Death in a Bygone Hue Susan Van Kirk Level Best Books 978-1-68512-336-9 $16.95 Paper/$5.99 ebook The second book in the Art Center Mysteries, Death in a Bygone Hue, continues the story of artist Jill Madison’s return to and new life in her hometown,...
by Susan Van Kirk | May 22, 2023 | Blog, mysteries, reading, suspense, writing novels
A big welcome to Albert Waitt, a fellow Level Best Book author, who hails from Maine. (And he went to school in my favorite city, Boston.) He’s my guest today, and he’s writing about desires and crime fiction. Take it away… You may be asking...
by Susan Van Kirk | May 15, 2023 | Blog, mystery, Sarah Bewley, suspense
Today, I’m welcoming Sarah Bewley, a mystery writer with her debut novel recently launched from Level Best Books. She’s written a harrowing story that’s part mystery, part police procedural, and she’s created a fascinating place: Eden County....
by Susan Van Kirk | May 1, 2023 | Blog, Kelly Oliver, mysteries, publishing, reading, suspense, writing
I’m so pleased to be visited at my blog this week by Kelly Oliver, a fellow author published by Level Best Books. Since I also read Elizabeth Peters’s books, I loved her take on this. Take it away, Kelly! Last weekend I was on a panel at Malice Domestic...
by Susan Van Kirk | Apr 20, 2023 | Blog
The rights to my novel, A Death at Tippitt Pond, were reverted to me last fall, and I’ve now published it in paperback and ebook editions myself. As I think about that launch, my mind wanders back to the research I did for this book, which takes place in the present,...
