Thursday, April 28, 2022

Resort to Murder Kudos & Updates

 Resort to Murder has found a new fan! Read columnist Theresa Bourke's thoughts in the Brainerd Dispatch.

"They were enjoyable reads that proved to show how much suspense and mystery can be packed into just a few short pages."

Lightning Strike

 

Resort editor William Kent Krueger's Lightning Strike: A Novel (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster) was a 2022 Minnesota Book Awards finalist."a book about fathers and sons, long-simmering conflicts in a small Minnesota town, and the events that echo through youth and shape our lives forever."




Nightshadows-f_feature

 

Barbara DaCosta's latest children's picture book, Night Shadows (Seven Stories/Triangle Square) received a starred review from Kirkus: "Conversations about motivations and actions will abound as children absorb the impact of grace.” The book is illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Ed Young, their third collaboration.

Friday, September 4, 2020

New Anthology Features Resort Writers

NOW AVAILABLE! 
A new anthology from the Twin Cities Sisters in Crime  
MINNESOTA  NOT SO NICE: Eighteen Tales of Bad Behavior 
features stories by RESORT TO MURDER authors Pat Dennis, Barbara DaCosta, and Michael Mallory. Publication date is Spring-Summer 2020. Editors are Pat Dennis, Michael Mallory, Barbara Deese, and Timya Owen. This is the chapter's third anthology.

The stories and authors are:

“A Trip to the Fair,” Karen Engstrom Anderson
“The Cat Who Loved Bells,”  Sherry Roberts
“Choices,”  Carol Huss
“Cougar Crossing,”  Barbara M. Deese
“For Love or Money, “  Marcia Adair
“Grandma’s Rules,”  Karl W. Jorgenson
“Hell Week,” Greg Dahlager
“It Never Ends Well,” Thekla Fagerlie-Madsen
“Judy with the Red Hair,” Pat Dennis
“Mary, Merry, Marry,” Barbara DaCosta
“Prank,” Timya Owen
“Random Harvest,” Michael Allan Mallory
“The A to Z Solution,” Brian Lutterman
“The Bequest,”Cynthia M. Surrisi
“The Best Decision for All Concerned,” Steve G. Hoffmeyer
“The First Day,” Douglas Dorow
“The News Room,” Colin Peterson
“Toe Breaker,” Cathlene Buchholz