Blogs

Driving a carriage can be murder.
I love horses, carriages and mystery, not necessarily in that order, so I had a fantastic time combining all three in The Cart Before the Corpse.

From Sept. Publisher's Weekly: "At the start of West's sophisticated second Emma Streat mystery (after 2007's WITHOUT WARNING, Emma, a former diva who still mourns her late husband as well as the loss of her singing voice and her house on the Connecticut River ("now a pile of bombed out rubble"), flies from Boston to Venice to stop her opera star niece, Vanessa Metcalf, from running away with a millionaire playboy who races cars. In Vanessa's opulent hotel room after a recital, Emma discovers the body of Vanessa's accompanist, Mark Dykstra, hanging from a curtain rod, an apparent suicide.

Throughout September and October 2009, Luisa Buehler, author of the Grace Marsden Murder Mystery series, will be making book signing appearances at the following locations:

September 12, 2009 10 am – 4 pm
Schaumburg Library Presents Coffee, Tea and a Smoking Gun
130 S. Roselle Road
Schaumburg, IL 60193
847-985-4000

October 10, 2009 11:00 am
Booked For Murder
2701 University Avenue
Madison WI 53705
608-238-2701

October 11, 2009 1pm – 4pm
Barnes and Noble
1550 W. 75th Avenue
Downers Grove, Il 60516
630-663-0181

October 21, 2009 7pm – 9 pm

If so, check out the Backspace Agent-Author Seminar, November 5 & 6, in New York City - two days of panels, workshops, and small-group meetings with ONLY literary agents on the program - Janet Reid, Colleen Lindsay, Paige Wheeler, Scott Hoffman, Jeff Kleinman, Holly Root, Miriam Kriss, and many more - over 20 in all.

Registration is limited to 120. Early registration discount through September 15. More information on the conference website: http://www.backspacewrite...

Hi all,

Please join me in celebrating the release of my debut novel Bundle of Trouble: A Maternal Instincts Mystery.

It's available on-line through my website www.dianaorgain.com or at amazon.com. Also it should be at available at your local bookstore.

Best Regards,
Diana Orgain

The Internet has revolutionized so many aspects of our daily lives, especially when it comes to information about books and authors. The following are some links of interest to me and, I hope, to my readers. Some are for authors I enjoy reading, some are links to bookstores where you can find my books, and others are associations that are supportive of the mystery community. Please click and browse at your leisure. This list will be updated periodically.

Authors
http://www.colleencoble.c...
http://www.authorsteveham...
http://www.carolynhart.co...

DIE FOR YOU was featured on the Today show this morning!

See http://today.msnbc.msn.co... for more details.

Today, I was featured in the New York Times "Frequent Flier" column.  Naturally, it's exciting for a lot of reasons.  But the thing about it that thrills me the most is that without Jeff and Ocean it wouldn't have happened.  The three of us do most things together, go most places together.  And while this is not always easy (sometimes messy, crazy-making, and chaotic), it's always funny, interesting, and most of all loving.

I am blogging with some sinister and hilarious mystery authors every Sunday at www.7criminalminds.blogsp.... Check us out.

My brilliant and wonderful publicist Sarah Brievogel asked me a series of questions about the trip to Prague that inspired DIE FOR YOU. She used this for the press kit when review copies went out. A few weeks ago, Oline Cogdill wrote a little bit about my trip to Prague after I had a chance to chat with her about it before a panel we were on together back in April. But I thought you might enjoy seeing this interview, which offers a broader picture of the experience. Enjoy!

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