On April 14, I did a mystery writers’ panel under a tent at the Arizona Book Festival in downtown Phoenix. It was a beautiful day, as it usually is in Phoenix this time of the year, but our panel was late in the day, so the crowd wasn’t as big as it might have been. [...]

When last we left this narrative, Dear Reader, I was filling you in on the evening of Sunday, April 1, when I was sitting around on Judy Jance’s back patio with her, her husband Bill Schilb, Sue Henry, and Betty Webb, drinking wine and spilling our deepest, darkest secrets. It’s not quite right to say [...]

A couple of months ago I got an e-mail from my editor informing me that I had been invited to appear at an event to be held at the University of Arizona Library down in Tucson. Interestingly, the U of A Library has established a special Women of Mystery Collection, and a regular yearly benefit [...]