No Girls Here: Naming The Worried Man

Posted on April 18, 2018April 25, 2018 by admin

There’s a reason I didn’t use "girl" in the title of The Worried Man, though I thought about it. (I imagine every author with a mystery, suspense, or thriller coming out these days at least considers using a Girl title.) Girls Are Popular The temptation to use Girl was strong. It’s a great shorthand way of saying if you liked The Girl On The Train or Gone Girl (or before that, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), you’ll like this book. And most of the time that would be true. All of those ...

Rizzoli, Isles, & Q.C.?

Posted on April 11, 2018April 18, 2018 by admin

The Worried Man (Q.C. Davis Mystery No. 1)

I had another post I planned to write today (about why I didn't use "Girl" when deciding on a title for my new mystery). But I'm deferring that, or calling an audible as one of my football-fan friends would say, to share some news. Audible is a good word because the news I'm sharing has to do with an audiobook. Specifically, Blunder Woman Productions accepted The Worried Man, the first in my new Q.C. Davis mystery series, to publish under its umbrella as a audiobook. Finding Blunder Wom...

Sneak Peek: Chapter One of The Worried Man (Q.C. Davis Mystery #1)

Posted on March 28, 2018April 8, 2018 by admin

The Worried Man, the first book in my new Q.C. Davis mystery series will be released May 1, 2018. Here's how it starts: Chapter 1 The first time I met Marco, we talked about death. His. The police asked a lot of questions about that later. We met the night The Harmoniums, the three-person a cappella group I belong to, sang at Kensington Pub in Lincoln Square. I noticed a guy with all his hair–dark, curly, and a little on the long side—walk in during our second set. I guessed him in his...

The Second Mr. de Winter: What If Genders Were Reversed In Rebecca?

Posted on September 15, 2015 by admin

My lawyer book group (read more about the lawyer book group here) recently read Daphne Du Maurier’s classic, Rebecca. The book is a suspense/thriller about a young woman who marries a widower whose first wife was lost at sea. After the narrator marries Max de Winter, she becomes mistress of Manderley, a mansion in an isolated area. Roughly twenty years younger than her husband and of a different social class, she feels constantly overshadowed by her predecessor, Rebecca, and nervous around his f...

Why I Love V.I.

Posted on March 7, 2012 by admin

A while back I suggested my book group read Tunnel Vision, one of Sara Paretsky’s V.I. Warshawki novels. In that novel, V.I., one of the first modern female private eyes, investigates a seemingly shady charitable organization. Along with solving more than one mystery, V.I. attempts to help a homeless woman and her children. As is often the case, V.I.’s methods are unconventional, and she distrusts authority. I thought the social issues the book raises would be great to dis...