So I’m mile-high in Denver today for Left Coast Crime, wondering, frankly, why I’m already awake. But today’s Virtual Cocktail Party guest is so spirited and energetic that she can motivate even a sloth like me to take action. No small feat. Worthy of a major prize, in fact. Nobel level.
C.J. Lyons’ debut novel,Lifelines, came […]

I was recently reading objections to Ian McEwan’s On Chesil Beach shortlisting for the prestigious Man Booker prize.
The criticism didn’t have to do with the writing — although reviews have been mixed (The New York Times was less than flattering, while Entertainment Weekly took an entirely opposite view on almost every point) — […]

That subject header has absolutely nothing to do with today’s post. I happened to spot it in my spam box, and I confess that one caught my attention. Not enough to click on it, God knows, but it did catch my eye. Like…what the hell are these idiots selling?
Anyway, having emptied out the spam […]

Here’s the Good Girls contribution to summer: our very own “Swimsuit” Issue.
Of course, we’ve done it, as Laura said earlier in the week, in true Good Girls fashion…

If you’re feeling lucky and want to hazard a guess as to who’s pictured in each photo, be our guest…
What’s your favorite place for fun […]

For those of you who read the fabulous short story written by our Tuesday guest blogger, Keith Snyder, here is a behind-the-scenes glance into its creation!
Enjoy!

Today’s blog requires a little bit of audience participation: namely the use of your imagination.
I was thinking about the theory of how we “identify” with characters in novels, and I started thinking about what if I actually was the character in a mystery novel–and what a crazy mystery novel that would be.
Not that it kept […]

It’s the spot that drives me to homicidal mania.
My husband has that same uncanny knack, but since he’s able to tap into other spots, I permit him to live–on a day by day basis. 
By the way, I’m not talking about canned pork shoulder meat with ham meat added, I’m talking about the daily infestation of unwanted […]