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Happy to report that A Meditation on Murder was an instant national bestseller. Quite the thrill! The third book about Helen Thorpe, Contemplation of a Crime will be out in May, 2025. I’m very excited about that one. Yes, I love all my book babies, but I think Helen fans are going to particularly enjoy […]

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I forgot to mention it at the time, but I was thrilled when Mindful of Murder debuted as the #1 Bestseller in Canadian Independent stores. That caused me to revolutionize my life. Watch all about it here: Yes, I’m on Tiktok. And no, I don’t know what I’m doing.

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There will be two more books about Helen Thorpe, the butler who didn’t do it. Look for A Meditation on Mayhem in early 2024 and a third book in early 2025. In addition, Reality Distortion Field has picked up rights to Mindful of Murder. Updates to come!  

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Thanks to Shelagh Rogers and The Next Chapter for a good chat about Mindful of Murder! I also enjoyed my conversation with Amy Mair at Red Fern Book Review!  

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If you are a regular checker of this blog, my apologies. I almost never update it. But here’s a little something I wrote this March, inspired by my birthday and the pandemic. Like several other people, I have gained a bit of weight during the pandemic. I am pandemic portly. It may or may not […]

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Inspired by friends who are into hot exercise classes, I tried one last weekend. The first alarm bells rang when I realized that EVERYONE in the studio was ripped as the Rock. That went double for the instructor, a ridiculously fit woman with a marvelous Scottish accent. Inside the hot room, we lined up our […]

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Things I have not finished this summer: -The novel I swore up and down I would finish. I made excellent progress, but in the end, the last third (the ending, if you will) remained elusive. New goal: ASAP. Novels can be uncooperative and there are times when research slows things down to a dead stop. […]

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Goal: 8-10 p a day until m.s. is finished. Schedule: Write one page. Look up six vaguely related things on internet. Use one fact to complete one sentence. Write two pages. Discard three pages. Twirl in office chair three times. Furiously write four pages, hitting keys so hard dogs start to look worried. Feel so […]

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I’m sharing this w/o the Amazon link because I’m currently boycotting in the spirit of national resentment, if not strong logic. But I am most grateful to Stephan Nance for this lovely review of The Fashion Committee! As I’ve mentioned a few times (cough, cough) the book is just out in paperback and I’d be […]

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Hello! If you invited me to your book club located somewhere near Victoria (Saanich? Sidney?) for June 11, I have lost all the information, including your contact info. Please email me at andfurthermore@shaw.ca! Thank you. Susan Juby Currently residing in Disorganization Central

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