Everyone loves a deal! for a limited time, grab the first five ebooks of the Downward Dog Mystery Series by Tracy Weber while they're on sale! Buy for Kindle: $0.99 Buy for Nook: $0.99 Buy for Google Books: $0.99 Buy for iBooks: $0.99 Buy for Kobo: $0.99 Buy for Kindle: $1.99 Buy for Nook: $1.99 Buy for Google Books: $1.99 Buy for iBooks: $1.99 Buy for Kobo: $1.99 Buy for Kindle: $2.99 Buy for Nook: $2.99 Buy for Google Books: $2.99 Buy for iBooks: $2.99 Buy for Kobo: $2.99 Buy for Kindle: $2.99 Buy for Nook: $2.99 Buy for Google Books: $2.99 Buy for iBooks: $2.99 Buy for Kobo ..read more

We welcome Maddy Hunter, author of the Passport to Peril Mystery Series (and the latest release in the series, Catch Me if Yukon) to Midnight Ink's blog today! Here she shares the surprises lay in store for her in the state of Alaska. Alaska became our 49th state when I was in grade school, but I didn't visit it until I needed research material for the next book in my Passport to Peril mystery series, Catch Me if Yukon. (I realize the Yukon isn't in Alaska, but the title was too good to pass up.) I wasn't surprised by the glorious scenery or the fact that people could live in extremely remo ..read more

We welcome Patricia Smiley, author of the new Second Goodbye, the third book in the Pacific Homicide Mystery Series, to Midnight Ink's blog today! Here she talks about how the plot came together for her new book. Buried deep inside a file drawer in my office is a folder filled with yellowing true-crime newspaper clippings meant to inspire the plot of my next novel. The only problem is once they're neatly clipped and stored I rarely look at them again. Mostly, my books are created from a disparate array of alluring subjects and events I've experienced firsthand. This process is especially tr ..read more

Everyone loves a deal! for a limited time, grab the first three ebooks of the Accidental Alchemist Mystery Series by Gigi Pandian while they're on sale! Buy for Kindle: $0.99 Buy for Nook: $0.99 Buy for Google Books: $0.99 Buy for iBooks: $0.99 Buy for Kobo: $0.99 Buy for Kindle: $1.99 Buy for Nook: $1.99 Buy for Google Books: $1.99 Buy for iBooks: $1.99 Buy for Kobo: $1.99 Buy for Kindle: $2.99 Buy for Nook: $2.99 Buy for Google Books: $2.99 Buy for iBooks: $2.99 Buy for Kobo: $2.99 ..read more

We welcome Leslie Budewitz, author of the new As the Christmas Cookie Crumbles, the fifth book in the Food Lovers' Village Mystery Series, to Midnight Ink's blog today! Here she talks about what really classifies as a Christmas cookie. You’d think it would be pretty obvious, right—what's a Christmas cookie and what isn’t? Alas, no. Years ago, I participated in a Christmas cookie exchange hosted by a woman I worked with. Trays of spritz, gingerbread boys, and sugar cookies in festive shapes covered her dining room table. And there, among them, sat a plate of peanut butter cookies. Not ju ..read more

We welcome Diane A.S. Stuckart, author of the new Fool's Moon, the first book in the Tarot Cats Mystery Series, to Midnight Ink's blog today! Here she talks about why cats, the tarot, and the state of Florida are so central to her new book. Cats. Florida. Tarot. Those three words are the soul of Fool's Moon, the first in my new Tarot Cats Mystery series. It's been one of my favorite books ever to write, mostly because each of those words has special meaning to me. And since this is a "get to know you" kind of blog post, let me explain so you can learn about me, as well as about my series ..read more

We welcome Mary Ellen Hughes, author of the new Vintage Death, the second book in the Keepsake Cove Mystery Series, to Midnight Ink's blog today! Here she talks how her inspiration for her latest series may have come from...beyond. When I started putting together my thoughts about a new mystery series, I knew that at least two elements would be in it: a female protagonist and a small town setting. I had nothing more than that, but little by little ideas began to form. One of the basic "rules" of fiction writing is to write what you know. This can refer to what you already know or to what yo ..read more

We welcome Kathleen Ernst, author of the new Lace Maker's Secret, the ninth book in the Chloe Ellefson Mystery Series, to Midnight Ink's blog today! Here she talks about why the setting is such an important element of a book. Authors sometimes debate which is most important: character or plot. Character comes first, in my opinion, but the discussion itself often ignores an element that should rank right up there in the top tier: setting. As a reader, I gravitate toward books that provide me with a strong sense of place, books that transport me somewhere new with complete authenticity. I t ..read more

We welcome E.J. Copperman, author of the new Question of the Dead Mistress, the fifth book in the Asperger's Mystery Series, to Midnight Ink's blog today! Here he talks about whether or not he believes in ghosts, like the one in his new book. "Do you believe in ghosts?" I actually get that question considerably more often than most walking-around civilians. I understand the question, and no, I'm not ever going to give you an answer. I write a series of mystery books about a woman who runs a guesthouse on the Jersey Shore that just happens to be haunted. So people—and I get why—want to kno ..read more

We welcome C.M. Wendelboe, author of the new Hunting the Saturday Night Strangler, the second book in the Bitter Wind Mystery Series, to Midnight Ink's blog today! Here he talks about writing what you know. Inspired by stories that had to be written as a young boy, I studied ad nauseum what few books and magazines I could that might guide me. And every one hammered on one of the basic tenets of writing—write what you know. That was all fine and good for someone with life experiences, but what could I write about if I followed this rule? I worked on farms as a kid, and those were the sole e ..read more