On April 7 retired Buffalo homicide detective and author of the Cold Case Series, Lissa Marie Redmond, will discuss her participation in the Bike Path Rapist Task Force. Join her on a tense hunt for an elusive serial killer. The event will stream on the MWA New York Facebook page. All our virtual events are free. Please remember to support […]
“How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook by Mystery Writers of America” (April 27) Seventy of the most successful mystery writers in the business answering the question: What writing advice do you wish you’d had at the beginning of your career? “How to Write a Mystery” continues the Mystery Writers of America tradition of helping authors tell—and sell!—their stories, from the rank
When a Stranger Comes to Town (April 20) It’s been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories — a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there’s something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted
Bartender Avalon Nash is also a master mixologist. At the end of each chapter in the Bartender’s Guide to Murder books, she shares a drink that has something to do with the action. She is helped, greatly, by series author Sharon Linnéa and nationally award-winning mixologist Jamie Brydalski. This month, Brydalski stirs up Death by Gravity, which is also the
