Please welcome my friend and fellow historical mystery author Annamaria Alfieri, whose fantastic new novel, STRANGE GODS (Minotaur Books, June 2014), is the first in a brand-new mystery series set in British East Africa during the early years of the 20th century. What inspired you to set your new series in Africa? The irresistibility of Africa itself. I read Out of Africa as an adolescent who had never traveled farther from my New Jersey home than the coast of Maine. That book gave me a nostalgic longing for a place I experienced only in my dreams and had no prospects of ever
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Pick Your Poison (Forensics in Historical Mystery, Part 1)
Two weekends ago, I spoke at the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Colorado Gold Conference on the topic of Forensics in Historical Mystery. A number of people asked me to share the information here on the blog, so for the next few Mondays I’ll be talking about translating modern forensics into historical settings, and how I handle forensics issues in the Shinobi Mysteries. For the uninitiated, “forensics” literally translates “of the law” – and the science of forensics involves the interface between science and law. More specifically, forensics is the science of investigating and solving crimes. However, the primary job of
Read moreAn Interview with Anna Lee Huber
Please welcome mystery author Anna Lee Huber, who’s joining us today to celebrate the release of her second Lady Darby Mystery, MORTAL ARTS (Berkley Trade, September 3, 2013)! Anna Lee Huber is the award-winning author of the Lady Darby historical mystery series. She is a graduate of Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. She currently resides in Indiana with her family, and is hard at work on the next novel in the Lady Darby series. Visit her at www.annaleehuber.com. Scotland, 1830. Lady Kiera Darby is no stranger to intrigue–in fact, it seems to follow wherever she goes. After her foray
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