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Early Summer Book Launches

by Susan Van Kirk | Apr 8, 2022 | Blog, mysteries, reading, writing, writing novels

This summer on June 7, Level Best Books will be launching two books on the same day. One is The Navigator’s Daughter by Nancy Cole Silverman, and the other is my first Art Center Mystery, Death in a Pale Hue.  At first glance, Nancy and I are so different. She...

A Preview of My New Series

by Susan Van Kirk | Feb 11, 2022 | mysteries, mystery, reading, small towns, Susan Van Kirk, suspense

“In the heartless cruelty of my sixth-grade year, I sat behind Ned Fisher in English class, joining in the snickers of my     friends. Ned had ears that stuck out from his head like Dumbo the elephant, and he probably wished he could fly away. Now, decades later, I...

What I Learned about the Writing Life from 1970s Cartoons by Heather Weidner

by Susan Van Kirk | Nov 3, 2021 | Blog, mysteries, reading, writing novels

A huge welcome to my friend, Heather Weidner, who writes a wonderful series about one of the most beautiful settings in the world–the Blue Ridge Mountains. Anyone for glamping? Guest Post by Heather Weidner, Author of the Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries and the...

Cover Reveal for The Witch’s Child

by Susan Van Kirk | Jul 26, 2021 | Blog, mysteries, publishing, small towns, Susan Van Kirk, suspense

For people who read books but don’t write or publish them, it seems like a long stretch of time elapses between books in a series. Part of that is because of the work that must be done after a writer types, “The End.” Part of the time stretch has to do with the...

Book Reviews of Recent Reads

by Susan Van Kirk | Jun 26, 2021 | Blog, mysteries, mystery, Susan Van Kirk

Lesson Plan for Murder by Lori Robbins What’s not to love when an English teacher like me reads a mystery where the chapters are titled Things Fall Apart or Heart of Darkness and the protagonist is a high school English teacher? First, I loved the clever, intelligent...

Cover Reveal for Harlequin’s “Death Takes No Bribes”

by Susan Van Kirk | Jun 2, 2021 | Blog, mysteries, mystery, publishing

When I first began writing mysteries, I didn’t know a great deal about copyrights, publishers, or self-publishing. My first series, the Endurance Mysteries, was published by a traditional publisher. After putting out Three May Keep a Secret and Marry in Haste, that...

The Person Behind the Voice*

by Susan Van Kirk | Apr 4, 2021 | audiobook, interviews, mysteries, Susan Van Kirk, suspense

Last Tuesday, my first ever audiobook downloaded on my phone from Findaway Voices/Orange Sky Audio in collaboration with Encircle Publications, the original publisher of my book, A Death at Tippitt Pond. Forgive me if this sounds too gushy, but I’ve never had an...

Cover Reveal for “Marry in Haste” from Harlequin Worldwide Mystery

by Susan Van Kirk | Feb 16, 2021 | Blog, mysteries, Susan Van Kirk, suspense, writing

Last year, Harlequin Worldwide Mystery republished my first Endurance mystery, Three May Keep a Secret, in July as a mass market paperback. These books are smaller than your usual paperback, and they easily slip into a purse or tote bag. I was so excited to see the...

A Writing Life Reimagined

by Susan Van Kirk | Nov 18, 2020 | Blog, mysteries, publishing, Recent News, Susan Van Kirk, suspense, writing, writing novels

No wonder Thanksgiving is a prelude to long winter nights. A holiday focusing on blessings gives us the opportunity to slow down, reflect, and be thankful for what we’ve received. We hope that our gratitude and happier memories can get us through the cold nights when...

Book Review for Where There’s a Will

by Susan Van Kirk | Nov 12, 2020 | Blog, mysteries, mystery, reading, Susan Van Kirk, writing

Arabella Carpenter and business partner Emily Garland find themselves in a world of legal entanglements in this newest addition to the Glass Dolphin series, Where There’s a Will. Arabella is hired to do an appraisal of a vintage photograph for the executrix of an...
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