News & Events

Kique's story wins first place!

3/1/2025

"Two Ways to Tuesday" won first place in the Arizona Mystery Writer's short story contest for 2024. The story covers yet another adventure enjoyed by Kique, Andy Veracruz's frequent sidekick in the Andy Veracruz Mysteries.

In this story, Kique travels to Seattle to settle a score for a friend. His methods might be unorthodox, but will they work?

Read the whole story from the Arizona Mystery Writer's website.
Find out about DIZZY IN DURANGO, where Kique makes his first appearance, here.

Dervla alarms the nanas makes the first cut!

11/6/2024

That is, for the Chanticleer Mystery & Mayhem Long List for Cozy & Not-So-Cozy Mysteries!

If you haven't read DERVLA ALARMS THE NANAS yet, now is a great time!

Fall Promos

10/26/2024

I'm participating in several fun book promos this fall.

I'm in a 99cent for the first in a book series promotion from Oct 24-Nov 25.

I'm in a Magic and Paranormal promotion from 11-16 to 12-17.

Now that's a lot of magic! Happy reading, everybody!

For those of you in Tucson, I'll be at the Tohono Chul Bookfest on November 24th from 10am-3pm along with other local authors. Come check it out!

finalist!

3/15/2024

DERVLA ALARMS THE NANAS is a FINALIST in the GLOBAL BOOK AWARDS!

The title is now available as an audio book from Audible.

DERVLA ALARMS THE NANAS is a FINALIST in the American Fiction Awards for American Book Fest.
(Mystery/Suspense: Cozy)

PARTY WINE is a FINALIST in the Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries!

My TV script Picklers is a semi-finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Competition!

And in the TableReads Competition too!

And Picklers is a quarter-finalist in the Scriptation Showcase!

CARILLON CHASE is a SEMI-FINALIST in the Somerset Awards!

(Chanticleer International Book Awards)

Tucson Festival of Books 2024

3/9/2024

The fun starts tomorrow at the Tucson Festival of Books. The event is held Saturday, March 9th, and Sunday, March 10th, on the University of Arizona mall. Above is what the place looked like on Friday afternoon. By Saturday morning, the place will be buzzing!

I'll be splitting my time between the Arizona Mystery Writers (Booth 219) and the Sisters in Crime (Booth 430). See you there!

brotherly Love a silver medalist!

3/9/2024

Brotherly Love is a Silver Medalist for Mystery Fiction in Dan Poynter's Global Ebook Awards! Given the competition, that's a big fat feather in the old cap! Andy's story isn't a traditional mystery this time--no dead body on the first page. That comes later!

Carillon chase shortlisted!

3/1/2024

Carillon Chase went up to the next step in Chanticleer's Somerset Book Awards for Literature and Contemporary Fiction Category!

Here's a list of the other short-listers:

February 24th, 2024

2/24/2024

Moving up! PARTY WINE made it to the next round, so now the title is a semi-finalist in Chanticleer's Murder & Mayhem Cozy-and-Not-So-Cozy Category!

party wine shortlisted!

2/3/2024

PARTY WINE was shortlisted for the Chanticleer International Book Awards in the category of Murder & Mayhem: Cozy and Not-so-Cozy Mysteries. This is fantastic!

Party Wine in now an audiobook!

1/25/2024

Carol Wrobleski brings PARTY WINE alive with her fun narration. We had a brief meeting before she read the novel, signed on to narrate it, and nailed it.

Party Wine: Audible

Carol did such a great job that I've already asked her to narrate my upcoming novel about Dervla and the Nanas.

There's even a snazzy new cover taken right from the world of balmetti. I took the photo at the balmetto festival last summer.