Virtual Crime Fiction Reading Series

Join us for another thrilling night of chilling crime fiction read by our talented members R. G. Belsky, Daniella Bernett, Nancy A. Hughes, Jeff Markowitz, Lisa Regan, Mary Jo Robertiello and A J Sidransky.

All our virtual events are free and streamed on our Facebook page.

Please remember to support our Indie bookstores as well as our authors by buying any books that interest you at these or your local indie bookstore:

• Hockessin Bookshelf
• Kew & Willow
• Cloak & Dagger

R.G. Belsky

R.G. Belsky is an award-winning author of crime fiction and a journalist in New York City. His newest mystery, “The Last Scoop,” was published in May by Oceanview. It is the third in a series featuring Clare Carlson, the news director for a New York City TV station. The first book, “Yesterday’s News,” was named Best Mystery of 2018 at Deadly Ink. The second, “Below The Fold,” won the Foreward INDIES award for Best Mystery of 2019. The next Clare Carlson mystery, “Beyond The Headlines,” will be published in May. Belsky has published 14 novels—and also has had a long career in the media as a top editor at the New York Post, New York Daily News, Star magazine and NBC News. He also writes thrillers under the name Dana Perry. And he is a contributing editor for The Big Thrill magazine.

Daniella Bernett

Daniella Bernett is a member of the Mystery Writers of America New York Chapter and the International Thriller Writers. She graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in journalism from St. John’s University. “Lead Me Into Danger,” “Deadly Legacy,” “From Beyond The Grave,” “A Checkered Past,” “When Blood Runs Cold” and “Old Sins Never Die” are the books in the Emmeline Kirby-Gregory Longdon mystery series. She also is the author of two poetry collections, “Timeless Allure” and “Silken Reflections.” In her professional life, she is the research manager for a nationally prominent engineering, architectural and construction management firm. Daniella is currently working on Emmeline and Gregory’s next adventure. Visit www.daniellabernett.com or follow her on Facebook or on Goodreads.

Nancy A. Hughes

Nancy A. Hughes writes character-driven, crime-solving mysteries. A Penn State graduate, she followed her dream from a journalistic business writer career to a life of crime—fiction, that is. Her amateur sleuth/suspense mystery novels, published by Black Opal Books since 2016, include two series: “The Dying Hour” and its sequel, “The Innocent Hour;” and her Trust trilogy: “A Matter of Trust,” “Redeeming Trust” and “Vanished.” A sixth novel is anticipated in 2021. Service to her community is a steadfast commitment, serving as a VA and reading hospital volunteer. She lives with her husband in wooded south-central Pennsylvania and is a devoted shade gardener. She’s a member of MWA, ITW, Sisters in Crime and Penn Writers.

Jeff Markowitz

Jeff Markowitz is the author of five mysteries, including the award-winning dark comedy, “Death and White Diamonds.” His new book, “Hit or Miss,” was released in December. Part detective story, part historical fiction, part coming-of-age story, “Hit or Miss” is an Amazon Hot New Release in political fiction. Jeff is past president of the New York Chapter of Mystery Writers of America.

Lisa Regan

Lisa Regan is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series, as well as several other crime fiction titles. She has a bachelor’s degree in English and master’s of education degree from Bloomsburg University. She lives just outside of Philadelphia with her husband, daughter and her Boston Terrier named Mr. Phillip.

Mary Jo Robertiello


I haunt cemeteries. Being a mystery writer, I’m in love with the unfathomable. What’s more unfathomable than death and how people meet it? I live in my hometown, New York City. I love its change of seasons, its architecture, its skyline, its buzz, its food, its ethnic, age, sexual orientation, capitalist, socialist mix. Should I go on? It’s all in my police procedurals, “The Lemrow Mystery” and “Graphic Lessons,” as well as my website where I write a weekly blog, NY MYSTERIES. I attend a liberal church, am a member of a left wing political group, belong to a conservative social club and did part-time work in a museum that was founded by a staunch capitalist. Go figure! Maybe having had a socialist father and social climbing mother has something to do with it.

A J Sidransky

A J Sidransky has published four novels since 2013. The National Jewish Book Awards selected his first novel, “Forgiving Maximo Rothman,” as a finalist in Outstanding Debut Fiction in 2013. Next Generation Indie Book Awards selected “Stealing a Summer’s Afternoon” as a finalist for Best Second Novel in 2015. “Forgiving Mariela Camacho,” his third work, received the David Award, awarded by Deadly Ink! Writer’s Conference for Best Mystery of 2016. His next work, “The Interpreter,” was released March 28. It was shortlisted by Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Historical Fiction 2020. “Forgiving Stephen Redmond,” the final chapter in the Forgiving Series, will be released in January. A J Sidransky lives in Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan with his wife. He is a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker, born in the Bronx and a life-long Yankees fan.