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★ “Richly detailed descriptions . . . the charming characters and the intricately plotted mystery will have readers ready for the next installment. A great suggestion for fans of Anne Perry, Jacqueline Winspear, Elizabeth Peters, and Rhys Bowen”
— Booklist, Starred Review of A Poisonous Silence

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Happy February, my dear!! It's time for the first #gwc2026 Sunday Share: an introduction and goal.

💗 For those of you who don't know me, I'm Jenny! I'm an agatha award nominated novelist, librarian, and struggling with my current manuscript. I live

Write gently with me from February 1-March 1.

Participation in the Gentle Writing Club Instagram challenge is open and available to everyone. To access the zooms and the discord, I am asking that you provide a receipt of donation of at least $5 to a

I am SO excited to help share the cover of the fourth Ruby Vaughn Mystery - THE LOST SOULS OF SAINT ODA'S by @jessl_armstrong! I am a HUGE fan of Ruby, and I was lucky enough to read a draft of this stunner. In my opinion, it's the best one yet. If y

Oh, we're doing 2016? That year saw me writing a manuscript that I never finished while perched above the vineyards in Freiburg, drinking cocktails in Berlin, adventures in the Black Forest and Alsace; an anxiety diagnosis and panic attacks, hospital

Friends attending Malice Domestic: Agatha Nominations are now OPEN! A Poisonous Silence is eligible this year for Best Historical Mystery, so please think of Edie and Gil when you are making your nominations!

2025 was a rollercoaster filled with laughter and tears and books and friends and imposter syndrome and living my dreams. Sometimes it's easy to forget how far I've come, easy to see the lows and not the highs.

I'm proud of me. And I'm looking forwa

Attention, Mystery Lovers! You are cordially invited to MURDER, THEY WROTE: A MYSTERY AUTHOR EXTRAVAGANZA!

I'll be alongside of 28 other amazing mystery authors at the Reston Regional Library on Saturday, December 13 at 1:00PM.

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So proud of my dear, dear friend @teaganoliviawrites and her haunting and gorgeous debut SPIT BACK THE BONES!! Happy book day, Teagan - I can't wait for the world to meet Mila and Roe!

@keylightbooks

Stopped by @oldtownbooks and signed some stock today! Go ahead and grab them!

Oh we're talking about *yearning*?

Meet Gilbert Lawless, shell-shocked coroner, widower, and yearner extraordinare.

And even better, the ebook of A DEADLY ENDEAVOR is on sale all month for $1.99!

@crookedlanebooks

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