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Nina Simon balances extremes in My Sister is Going to Kill Me Ep. 32 of My Bookcase Slays
Nina Simon’s new mystery is all about extremes and opposites. She shares the real-life sister trip she took that inspired My Sister Is Going to Kill Me and dishes about the Thors she’s met on wilderness adventures
Melissa Westemeier
Aug 261 min read


Dervla McTiernan gives readers Three Reasons for Revenge in Ep. 31 of My Bookcase Slays
Dervla McTiernan reveals what 80’s movie prompted her to write a book that opens with a mysterious package with contents specially curated to destroy someone’s life.
Melissa Westemeier
Aug 121 min read


Mark Thielman cooks up intrigue in The Devil’s Kitchen Ep. 30 of My Bookcase Slays
Mark Thielman’s debut novel The Devil’s Kitchen includes nearly everything but the kitchen sink!
Melissa Westemeier
Jul 221 min read


Mally Becker serves up a Revolution in The Turncoat’s Widow Ep. 29 My Bookcase Slays
Ever wonder what life was really like during the American Revolution? Imagine a world of spies, divided loyalties, and secret messages—award-winning author Mally Becker changed everything I thought I knew about history. Rebecca Parcell is a young widow accused of betraying her husband, and General Washington asks her to hunt secrets she’s unsure she can find. Becker takes us into the chaos of divided loyalties, spies, and deadly missions. There’s real history in her mysteries
Melissa Westemeier
Jul 81 min read


Robert Thorogood spills the tea about The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts in Ep. 28 of My Bookcase Slays
The Marlow Murder Club needs no introduction to mystery fans, and whilst filming Murder on the Marlow Belle for PBS Masterpiece Mystery is under way, Robert Thorogood’s fifth title in the series, The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts is landing on a bookshelf near you!
Melissa Westemeier
Jun 241 min read


Connie Berry unpacks A Grave Deception in Ep. 27 of My Bookcase Slays
Former archaeology student and lifetime history buff Connie Berry writes a range of contemporary historic mysteries (Contemporary-historic, how’s that for an oxymoron?) set in various time periods, and sometimes she even blends the eras together. In our interview she digs into the backstory of her protagonist in the Kate Hamilton Mystery Series. Kate Hamilton’s my favorite type of amateur sleuth and I’m addicted to these mysteries. Kate’s smart, capable, doesn’t meddle too m
Melissa Westemeier
Jun 101 min read
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