Friday, May 2, 2025

Reads: April, 2025


Another month of reading and reviewing! Not too much this time around, but both were absolutely fantastic.

Pressure Head (The Plumber's Mate: Book One) by J.L. Merrow

Pin-up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture by Maria Elena Buszek

Reviews are cross-posted to both Goodreads and BookBub and I welcome followers! Happy reading to everyone in the month of May.

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Sale: Il mistero del corvo

The Italian edition of The Mystery of Nevermore (Snow & Winter: Book One)—Il mistero del corvo, published with Triskell Edizioni, is on sale exclusively at Amazon.it! Until April 28, the first book in my award-winning amateur sleuth mystery series is only 2,99€. If you think your Italian-language reader friends might enjoy the antics of Sebastian Snow, please let them know about this special sale!

Pick up the e-book here.

Blurb: È Natale a New York, e Sebastian Snow desidera solo che gli affari vadano bene e che la sua relazione con Neil Millett, un detective della Scientifica non ancora dichiarato, riesca a sopravvivere alle loro continue crisi. Ma quando qualcuno si introduce nel suo negozio, l’Antique Emporium, e lascia un cuore sotto le assi del pavimento, Sebastian si lascia prendere dalla curiosità e comincia a ficcare il naso in giro, determinato a risolvere il mistero.

Ben presto si trova quindi invischiato in un’indagine su una serie di delitti che riecheggiano i macabri scritti di Edgar Allan Poe. Mentre la sua relazione con Neil va in frantumi, Sebastian comincia a subire il fascino di Calvin Winter, il detective incaricato del caso.

Riusciranno i due a ignorare la reciproca attrazione e a trovare l’assassino prima che Sebastian diventi la prossima vittima?

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Reads: March, 2025


And I'm back! Here are my March reads, as well as some long overdue reviews.

Wet Screams (Critter Catchers: Level Up: Book 2) by Hank Edwards

A Dash of Town Bronze (Town Bronze: Book 3.5) by Ellie Thomas

Dressing for the Occasion (Town Bronze: Book 4) by Ellie Thomas 

I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche by Sue Prideaux 

The 7-10 Split (Peach Blossom: Book 1) by Karmen Lee

As always, my reviews are cross-posted at both Goodreads and BookBub and I'd love for you to follow me! Here's to more good reads in April.

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Translation: Les meurtres de Madison Square

The French edition of Madison Square Murders (Memento Mori: Book One) is available with Éditions Juno Publishing! Les meurtres de Madison Square (Memento Mori #1) is currently available in ebook with online retailers.

Blurb: Everett Larkin travaille pour la Cold Case Squad : un groupe de détectives d’élite – bien qu’en sous-effectif et surchargé de travail – qui élucide les morts oubliées de la ville de New York. Larkin est différent des autres, mais ses capacités de déduction sont inégalées et sa mémoire des moindres détails n’a pas d’égale.

Aussi, lorsqu’un orage de printemps déracine un arbre dans Madison Square Park, mettant à jour une caisse avec des restes humains à l’intérieur, le meilleur détective de l’équipe se retrouve chargé de l’affaire. Et quand un masque mortuaire, semblable à ceux de l’époque victorienne, est trouvé avec le corps, Larkin demande l’aide de la Forensic Artists Unit et la reçoit sous la forme de l’inspecteur Ira Doyle, son opposé en tous points.

Un raisonnement factuel et une reconstruction faciale mettent Larkin et Doyle sur la piste d’anciennes affaires d’homicide et d’un meurtrier obsédé par le portrait moulé de ses victimes dans la mort. Si l’on ajoute à cela un flirt sans complaisance de la part de Doyle, cette affaire pourrait bien finir par tuer Everett Larkin.

Publisher: Éditions Juno Publishing
Series: Memento Mori
#: 1

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Translation: Il mistero delle ossa

The Italian edition of The Mystery of the Bones (Snow & Winter: Book Four) is available with Triskell Edizioni! Il mistero delle ossa (Snow & Winter Vol. 4) is available in ebook and paperback with online retailers.

Blurb: È trascorso un anno dal macabro ritrovamento che ha portato al fatidico incontro tra l’antiquario con il pallino dell’investigazione Sebastian Snow e il detective della Omicidi Calvin Winter. Da allora, la pazienza, la sanità mentale e l’incolumità di entrambi hanno subito infinite minacce e scossoni, ma il loro legame è più saldo che mai, e Sebastian sembra deciso a stare alla larga da indagini e misteri per dedicarsi all’organizzazione del suo imminente matrimonio.

Una mattina, però, all’Emporium viene recapitato un pacchetto con dentro una testa mozzata e uno strano biglietto che sembra volerlo richiamare all’azione. L’antiquario è determinato a non cedere alla curiosità e a non lasciarsi invischiare, ma quando una serie di efferati omicidi collegati alla famigerata “Guerra delle ossa” sviluppatasi in ambito paleontologico in età vittoriana rischia di colpire le persone a lui più care, per Sebastian diventa impossibile restare in disparte mentre la polizia brancola nel buio. Soprattutto perché la posta in gioco, stavolta, è la vita di Calvin.

Publisher: Triskell Edizioni
Series: Snow & Winter
Vol.: 4

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Monday, February 10, 2025

Reads: January, 2025


I'm back to sharing my monthly reads (albeit late) but I'm being kind to myself, as it's a bit of trial and error when returning to the groove of things after the length of burnout I experienced. That aside, here were the books I reviewed for January:

All That Remains: A Renowned Forensic Scientist on Death, Mortality, and Solving Crimes by Sue Black

Mapping Murder: The Secrets of Geographical Profiling by David Canter

I'm hoping to get in some more fiction reading soon, and have implemented this plan in the form of a book club! If you'd like to be a part of this, please consider joining my Facebook group, C.S. Poe's Curious & Mysterious. We will be voting on the first book February 20 and the winner will be announced February 25. We'll read this title throughout March and meet at the end of the month in a fun and laid back Zoom chat to gush about the experience. 

In the meantime, I always post my reviews at Goodreads and BookBub and welcome to followers!

Monday, February 3, 2025

Conventions: 2025 appearances

 


I will be in attendance at three events in 2025 as a registered author! Will I have the chance to see you at any of these fantastic book conventions?

Coastal Magic Convention: Daytona Beach, FL, Feb. 20 - 23

RomantiConn: Trumbull, CT, Jul. 25 - 26

GRL: Scottsdale, AZ, Oct. 10 - 11