Museums: October, 2025

I've started a new monthly tracker—museums—both general visits as well as specific, limited exhibits. Nonprofit museums already rely heavily on donors, but when it comes to historic homes, every single visitor is critical to their livelihood, and word-of-mouth is some of the best promotion there is. So I've decided to start leaving reviews as a small contribution to their continued success and encourage you to visit these locations if you're ever in the neighborhood!

Lyndhurst Mansion
Exhibit: Alexander Jackson Davis: Designer of Dreams

Fraunces Tavern Museum 

The Morgan Library & Museum
Exhibit: A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250 

Old Westbury Gardens
Exhibit: Secrets of the Service Wing

You're welcome to check out my Google profile for full reviews and photos from each of these visits! 

Translation: Omicidio nel profondo sud

The Italian translation of Southernmost Murder, Omicidio del profondo sud is now available through Triskell Edizioni!

Blurb: Mistero e romance a Key West: un tesoro di pirati, uno scheletro e una coppia in pericolo tra amore e segreti.

Aubrey Grant vive nel paradiso tropicale di Key West: un grazioso cottage, una Vespa rosa e un lavoro perfetto come curatore di una dimora storica appartenuta a un vecchio capitano navale. Con l’arrivo in città di Jun Tanaka, l’affascinante agente dell’FBI con cui flirta da tempo, Aubrey è pronto a godersi una settimana indimenticabile… nonostante i suoi frequenti attacchi di narcolessia.

Ma i piani vanno in frantumi quando, nel ripostiglio della casa degli Smith, viene ritrovato uno scheletro. Improvvisamente Aubrey e Jun si ritrovano coinvolti in un mistero che intreccia il leggendario tesoro di un pirata e un assassino pronto a tutto pur di impossessarsene. E non basta: persino lo spirito inquieto del capitano Smith sembra intenzionato a metterli in guardia.
Tra segreti, pericoli e desideri, riusciranno uno storico e un agente speciale a risolvere il mistero… e a proteggere la loro relazione appena nata?

Spin off della serie Snow & Winter.

Publisher: Triskell Edizioni
Series: standalone

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Translation: Le massacre de Broadway

The French translation of the third Memento Mori book, Broadway Butchery, is now available as Le massacre de Broadway, with Juno Publishing!

Blurb: La brigade des affaires non résolues de la police de New York est surchargée de travail et en sous-effectif, mais elle bénéficie d’une bonne presse grâce à son inspecteur vedette, Everett Larkin. Sa mémoire étonnante et ses capacités de déduction dignes d’Holmes ont déjà permis de capturer un tueur en série. Maintenant, il a identifié un deuxième prédateur et mis fin à son règne de terreur qui durait depuis plus de vingt ans.

Des travaux de routine dans une boutique de souvenirs de Broadway conduisent à la découverte d’une femme momifiée dans un mur. Et lorsque Larkin reçoit une mystérieuse cassette VHS la même nuit, il sait qu’il ne s’agit pas d’une coïncidence. S’attendant à ce qu’un artefact de deuil de l’époque victorienne fasse surface dans ce nouveau mystère, Larkin ne tarde pas à demander de l’aide à son petit ami Ira Doyle, de la Forensic Artists Unit.

Un réseau de victimes anonymes, d’innombrables suspects et des mensonges sans fin entraînent Larkin et Doyle dans les méandres du passé de Times Square, rouvrant des blessures douloureuses et mettant à l’épreuve la solidité de leur relation. Et pendant ce temps, quelqu’un les observe, attendant son heure jusqu’à ce qu’il ne puisse faire d’Everett Larkin rien d’autre... qu’un souvenir.

Publisher: Éditions Juno Publishing
Series: Memento Mori
#: 3

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Reads: October, 2025

Every year I start out with the best of intentions... one day I won't miss out on posting for months at a time. Anyway, here's the handful of books I read and reviewed over the summer!

Relief Valve (The Plumber's Mate: Book Two) by J.L. Merrow

Heat Trap (The Plumber's Mate: Book Three) by J.L. Merrow

Blow Down (The Plumber's Mate: Book Four) by J.L. Merrow

Lock Nut (The Plumber's Mate: Book Five) by J.L. Merrow

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Ian Reid

As always, these reviews are cross-posted at Goodreads, BookBub, and now StoryGraph, and I invite new friends and followers! 

Praise for Hudson River Homicides

All About Romance gives Hudson River Homicides an A rating, saying: Tightly plotted, totally gripping, and deeply romantic, Hudson River Homicides was one of my most eagerly anticipated books of 2025, and it absolutely did not disappoint, and the author finds the space to drop one of the most beautiful – and so perfectly them – declarations of love I’ve read:

"Thank you for following me."
"To the ends of the Earth."
"Earth is spherical."
"Yeah, it is."

The fourth installment of the Memento Mori series was also chosen as one of Barnes & Noble's Top Indie Favorites for August, so if you're a NOOK reader and haven't yet grabbed Larkin and Doyle's latest mystery—now is the time!

Thank you for all the support you've shown this book. It was a true labor of love and I'm so happy to see it being enjoyed by thousands of readers. 

Sountrack: Hudson River Homicides

Hudson River Homicides is finally available, which means I'm here to share the soundtrack of the book! Some of these songs matched the vibe a scene had when I was writing, but most of them were just really good at injecting dopamine into my veins and so were left on repeat for days or weeks at a time.

Any guesses as to which song was listened to the most? 

I Like It - Alesso, Nate Smith

 

 

More Than You Know - Axwell /\ Ingrosso

 

 

me & ur ghost - blackbear

 

 

Bekhauf - Bloodywood, feat. BABYMETAL

 

 

Hypa Hypa - Electric Callboy

 

 

A Tear In Space - Glass Animals

 

 

Automatic - half-alive

 

 

Whatever It Takes - Imagine Dragons

 

 

Material Girl - Madonna

 

 

Play With Fire - Sam Tinnesz, feat. Yacht Money

 

 

Cradles - Sub Urban

Release: Hudson River Homicides

It's been two years and something like five re-writes, but Hudson River Homicides (Memento Mori 4) is not only finished, it's finally live for your reading pleasure. To say this book was a labor of love would be an understatement. I gave it 200% of myself—skills, imagination, sweat, blood, tears, and then some. I wanted the mystery to be above and beyond the previous three, and for the romance to touch those deepest and most intimate parts of our heart. But more than anything, I wanted the reader to feel seen, to feel represented, to be able to step away from a reality that's been overwhelming for so many of us, and feel safe with Larkin and Doyle.

I hope I've accomplished this for you. You can pick up Book 4 at any online retailer, but if you purchase from my direct storefront at PayHip, you not only help an author by cutting out the middleman, but I offer permanent discounts—including on new releases like Hudson. Purchase links are below! 

Blurb: The Cold Case Squad has a problem: Someone won’t stop taunting Detective Everett Larkin. He’s been able to apprehend some of the worst criminals to ever stalk the streets of New York City, thanks in great part to forensic artist and boyfriend, Ira Doyle, but after their last case, events have taken a turn for the worse.

A body recovered from the Hudson River bears a message addressed to Larkin and another token from Victorian mourning culture. As nineteenth-century hair jewelry leads Larkin deeper into the growing tangle of interconnected crimes, it becomes evident that solving these mysteries will come at a profound cost. To be a good detective, Larkin will have to endure sleepless nights—lest the sender act on their threat against his partner—as well as put his relationship on the line when clues lead in the direction of Doyle’s past.

What began as a game of cat and mouse has turned into a fight for love and life itself.

Available: Online ebook retailers
(paperback will release next week)
Title: Hudson River Homicides
Series: Memento Mori
Book #: Four
Cover Art: Reese Dante
Audiobook: Kale Williams
(production begins December, 2025)

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