Melissa Westemeier

Mark Thielman’s debut novel The Devil’s Kitchen includes nearly everything but the kitchen sink!

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

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!

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

Disclaimer: I’m a HUGE fan of Hench, so I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the sequel! The wait was long, but at last readers can start reading Villain to learn what happens to Anna, AKA the Auditor, since she left The Draft and started working for Leviathan. Author (and game designer and journalist and wickedly witty) Natalie Zina Walschots explains what prompted her inventive and gripping superhero series and exposes the dark and painful journey leading to the sequel. Findi

The Wild West, gangsters, railroads, Pinkerton PIs, murder, intrigue, one bad-ass heroine, and Mark Twain are all featured in Dana Stabenow’s new book The Harvey Girl. I was astonished to learn this prolific writer’s been churning out books for ages! I’m officially a Danamaniac, listeners! Dana shares how visiting family in the Southwest inspired her new series. Fred Harvey created the prototype of franchise restaurants and women made it happen while they helped establish com

If you’re a fellow Anglophile who watched The Crown, you MUST check out S.J. Bennett’s series Her Majesty the Queen Investigates. The Queen of England as amateur sleuth? YES PLEASE! Bennett gives readers an inside look at royal life while serving up a puzzler of a crime for HRH to solve. Sophia discusses the inspiration behind her series, which includes her father’s service to the Crown and her own attempt to land a job in the Queen’s inner circle, how she researches her char