So Many Books, So Little Time… By MSW Super Reader Toni Linenberger Toni has been a stalwart MSW follower for years, a fabulous reader, and I was lucky enough that s

I’m off to Thrillerfest on the Red Eye. Yes, I’m crazy. Yes, I swore I’d never take the Red Eye again. But there were several factors that went into

I became very interested in the idea of writing a series when I fell in love with the work of Michael Connelly. His taut, brilliant Harry Bosch novels were a conduit t

Keeping the Mythic Distance By Sarah Hilary My great friend and mentor, the late Ranald Graham, would have been able to explain why I turned to crime. He understood th

I have two conferences coming up — Thrillerfest in NYC and RWA in San Antonio. I have a lot to say about these conferences, and you’ll hear most of it over

I’m still playing around with the cover copy for COMPULSION, but I wanted to share the cover with you all … it was just released into cyberspace, so itR

I’m starting a new feature here at Murder She Writes — Writer Wednesday. It’ll be either an original writing article by yours truly, a friend, or a c

I’m not talking about Frankenstein or Catcher in the Rye, I’m talking about MY old books — books I wrote years ago and am now re-reading. Cringe. I h

In anticipation of Tuesday’s release of DEAD HEAT, the eighth Lucy Kincaid thriller, I thought you would enjoy a free read! Originally published two years ago in

Allison Again! Yesterday we had J.J. Hensley interview Gwen Florio; today Gwen interviews J.J.! Both are nominees for Best First Novel in the ITW Thriller awards ̷