"Fast-paced, chilling and compulsively readable." --Kirkus Reviews "Edge-of-the-seat suspense and a budding romance make this essential reading for fans of Margaret Maron and Karin Slaughter." --Library Journal starred review "Dark, suspenseful... a lethal, gothic drama." --Publishers Weekly "A terrific, tangled skein of family secrets and hidden murders, beautifully plotted and excitingly told." --Diana Gabaldon

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For me, spring will always mean the Malice Domestic conference and a chance to see a lot of friends in person for the first time in months. This year’s Malice was especially memorable because four of my pals from the Guppies Chapter of Sisters in Crime were nominated for Agatha Awards, and one of them followed in my footsteps by winning for Best First Novel – Hank Phillippi Ryan, for Prime Time.

Guppy Beth Groundwater also received a nomination for Best First Novel for A Real Basket Case, and Nan Higginson and Elizabeth Zelvin were nominated for their short stories in the anthology Murder New York Style. More and more Guppies are being published, and I expect to see us clapping our fins over a lot of award nominations in the future. If you don’t know anything about this dynamic chapter of SinC, go to www.sinc-guppies.org and learn!

Just before Malice, I heard that my second book, Disturbing the Dead, has been nominated for a Benjamin Franklin Award in the Mystery/Suspense category. This is a respected award given by the Independent Book Publishers Association, and I’m delighted to join other Poisoned Pen Press authors whose work has been honored in the past.

Disturbing the Dead is out in trade paperback now, and can be ordered through any bookseller if you don’t see it on the shelf. E-mail me if you’d like to have a signed bookplate and bookmark, and be sure to let me know what you think of the book. I love hearing from readers, and those e-mails are always the highlight of my day!

--Sandy
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