NEWS


October 10, 2023

Baking Spirits Bright (A True Confections Mystery #2) is now available in paperback, audio, and ebook!

I’m currently finishing up the first draft of the third book in the series, Boulevard of Broken Creams. No release date yet but I’m hoping for summer or early fall of 2024.

I recently signed a contract with Severn House for two books in a brand new cozy mystery series: The Magical Menagerie Mysteries! The first book, Murder Most Owl, will be released in the spring or summer of 2024.


February 8, 2023

Six Sweets Under (A True Confections Mystery #1) is now available in paperback, audio, and ebook! I added the book trailer for Six Sweets Under to my video page. The second book in the series, Baking Spirits Bright, will be released on October 3, 2023 and is currently available for pre-order.


November 29, 2022

Through the Liquor Glass (A Literary Pub Mystery #5) is now available!

Six Sweets Under (A True Confections Mystery #1) will be released on February 7, 2023 in paperback, audio, and ebook. It’s currently available for pre-order!


December 2, 2021

Claret and Present Danger (A Literary Pub Mystery #4) is now available!

I recently signed a contract for a new cozy mystery series, The True Confections Mysteries! Book one will be out in January 2023 and is called Six Sweets Under. In this series, Becca Ransom (a former actor turned chocolatier) solves mysteries in the charming canal town of Larch Haven, Vermont. I can’t wait to share more about this new series in 2022!

I did a fun interview on YouTube back in October with the Beachbum Bookworm. I’ve added a link to the interview on my Videos page.


December 3, 2020

The Malt in Our Stars (A Literary Pub Mystery #3) is now available! It’s currently available in hardcover and ebook. Audiobook coming soon!

Today I’ll be taking part in a Zoom launch party with my friends and fellow cozy mystery authors Libby Klein and JC Eaton. More information can be found on the Facebook event page here. The Zoom link will be posted on that page before the party begins.


October 18, 2020

The Malt in Our Stars (A Literary Pub Mystery #3) is now available for pre-order! It will be released on November 24, 2020 and will be available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook.

The seventh Pancake House Mystery, A Room with a Roux, will be released January 12, 2021.

I’m currently writing the fourth Literary Pub Mystery, Claret and Present Danger.


January 14, 2020

Much Ado About Nutmeg (A Pancake House Mystery #6) is now available! It’s available in ebook, paperback, and audiobook.

I’m currently working on the seventh Pancake House Mystery, A Room with a Roux.


November 26, 2019

An Ale of Two Cities (A Literary Pub Mystery #2) is now available! It’s available in ebook, hardcover, and audiobook.

Much Ado About Nutmeg (A Pancake House Mystery #6) is available for request on NetGalley for book bloggers and reviewers. Much Ado About Nutmeg will be released in January 2020.


September 28, 2019

An Ale of Two Cities (A Literary Pub Mystery #2) is now available for pre-order in hardcover and ebook formats.

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December 18, 2018

Wine and Punishment (A Literary Pub Mystery #1) is now available in hardcover, ebook, and audio book. The fourth Pancake House Mystery, Yeast of Eden is available in paperback, ebook, and audio book. The ebook of the fifth Pancake House Mystery, Crêpe Excpectations, is available for pre-order. Paperback will follow.


August 30, 2017

Of Spice and Men, the third Pancake House Mystery is now up on NetGalley for book bloggers and reviewers.


August 29, 2017

For Whom the Bread Rolls is now available as an audiobook from Audible.com and Amazon.com.


July 12, 2017

The Crêpes of Wrath is now available as an audiobook from Audible.com and Amazon.com. The For Whom the Bread Rolls audiobook will be released later this month.


July 2, 2017

I’ve started vlogging (video blogging) about books and writing over at my YouTube page. You can find links to each video by clicking here or following the VLOG link on the main menu of this site’s homepage. If you’d like to subscribe to my YouTube videos, go to my YouTube channel and click the red “subscribe” button.


May 17, 2017

I’m excited to share that I’ll have a new cozy mystery series coming from Kensington Books in early 2019! There will also be new Pancake House Mysteries!


May 15, 2017

The first two Pancake House Mysteries will soon be available as audiobooks! Both are available for pre-order on Amazon.


March 14, 2017

It’s release day for the second Pancake House Mystery, For Whom the Bread Rolls! Available wherever ebooks are sold.


March 10, 2017

I’m thrilled to announce that The Crêpes of Wrath is now a USA Today bestseller!


August 18, 2016

The Crêpes of Wrath is now available! See my Books page for more details.


June 6, 2016

The release date for The Crêpes of Wrath has changed from September 20th to August 16, 2016. Review copies are now available on NetGalley.

There is now a sign-up form for my newsletter on the About page of this site. I’m hoping to send out the first issue of the newsletter in July.


February 3, 2016

Crêpes of Wrath, the first Pancake House Mystery, will be released as an ebook by Penguin Random House (Alibi) on September 20, 2016. It is currently available for pre-order from online retailers such as Amazon.


January 28, 2016

Earlier this week I did my first radio interview on Castle of Horrors. I talked to host Jason Henderson about my Music Lover’s Mysteries. If you’d like to listen to the interview, here’s the link. Scroll down through the episode list to find the one from 01/25/2016.


January 4, 2016

The trade paperback of Death in A Major (A Music Lover’s Mystery #2) will be released on February 23, 2016. The ebook will be released tomorrow!


December 3, 2015

My agent, Jessica Faust, has sold my cozy mystery Crêpes of Wrath to Penguin Random House (Alibi) in a three book deal! Crêpes of Wrath is the first book in a series called the Pancake House Mysteries and will be released as an ebook in September 2016.


November 20, 2015

The upcoming issue of Suspense Magazine will include a nice review of Dead Ringer.


October 10, 2015

The cover and blurb for Death in A Major (A Music Lover’s Mystery #2) are now up on this website and most online book retailer sites. The ebook will be released on January 5, 2016 with paperback to follow. The ebook is currently available for pre-order.


May 25, 2015

The paperback version of Dead Ringer (A Music Lover’s Mystery #1) will be released on June 30, 2015. Several online retailers already have the paperback available for pre-order.

The e-book version of the second book in the Music Lover’s Mystery series will be released by HarperCollins on January 5, 2016.


April 8, 2015

Dead Ringer (A Music Lover’s Mystery #1) will be released by HarperCollins (Witness Impulse) on June 2, 2015. The e-book is currently available for pre-order.