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Aristotle and Crime Fiction by Albert Waitt

Aristotle and Crime Fiction by Albert Waitt

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 yourself, “What does...

Welcome to Debut Author Sarah Bewley

Welcome to Debut Author Sarah Bewley

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. Here's what she has to...

Bringing Back Memories–A Death at Tippitt Pond

Bringing Back Memories–A Death at Tippitt Pond

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,...

What I’ve Been Reading…

What I’ve Been Reading…

This winter I've read many mysteries. Since I'm president of the Guppy Chapter of Sisters in Crime, I decided to read some books by my fellow guppies. "Guppy" means the "great unpublished" in the past history of the chapter, but many of the members are currently...

A Re-Birthday for A Death at Tippitt Pond

A Re-Birthday for A Death at Tippitt Pond

Back in 2019, my historical mystery, A Death at Tippitt Pond, came out in ebook and print copy from a small publisher who later added an audiobook. Recently, I had the rights to the ebook and print copy reverted to me. What does that mean? While I own the copyright...