I'm grateful to @vancebastian.bsky.social and @sacollins.bsky.social and their always terrific @wrotepodcast.com for hosting me in conversation about THE CASE OF THE MURDERED MUCKRAKER, book 2 in my USA Today Bestselling Harriet Morrow Investigates series. Check it out. @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

TONIGHT! Hosted by @elsatouche.bsky.social @johncopenhaver.bsky.social @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social @audreyleeauthor.bsky.social @karenodden.bsky.social @gigipandian.bsky.social @saraparetsky.bsky.social @garyphillips59.bsky.social @fayesnowden.bsky.social At @bestbookstore.bsky.social Union Sq

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@bsky.app THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S RUSA AWARDS highlight outstanding genre fiction that merits special attention by general adult readers and the librarians who work with them. Thank you, librarians, for supporting Harriet! Link to the announcement: borrowreadrepeat.com/our-2026-ala...

A Chicago-sized thanks to everyone who purchased a copy of Harriet's latest case! VERY grateful to Stephany Evans @runnersteph.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @paulbradleycarr.bsky.social @sarahlacy.com @bestbookstore.bsky.social for believing there is a place for Harriet on bookshelves!

Chicago-sized thanks to @thomasgrantbruso.bsky.social for reviewing Harriet's second case, THE CASE OF THE MURDERED MUCKRAKER! #everyfifth #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqbooks @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

What do Ida B Wells, Upton Sinclair, and Ronan Farrow have in common? All muckrakers! Read about the OGs of investigative journalism in CrimeReads today! Thanks @mollsotov.bsky.social & @crimereads.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social #historicalmystery crimereads.com/great-muckra...

In book #2, Harriet visits a German gymnasium and fences for the first time! Fear not, the blade tips are blunt--well, they are supposed to be! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social #everyfifth #historicalmystery #historicalfiction #lgbtqbooks bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Upton Sinclair chronicled the stockyard's horrors for animals and immigrant workers in his seminal work, The Jungle, published in 1906. Kensington Publishing Corp. #everyfifth #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqbooks bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Harriet Morrow's next case will take her deep into Chicago's 1st Ward's Levee District, an area infamous for all inventions of vice--and colorful characters! Kensington Publishing Corp. #everyfifth #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqbooks bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Forgive two posts in one day, but it's not every day that Harriet receives such top billing! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social Link to full review: www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4967-4...

Harriet Morrow is back in 4 days to match wits with Saloon Mickey and Irish Dan, based on the real-life 1st ward politicians "Bathhouse John" Coughlin and "Hinky Dink" Mike Kenna. Kensington Publishing Corp. #everyfifth #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqbooks bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Harriet Morrow is back in 5 days to solve a case that requires her to go undercover as a settlement house worker and infiltrate a tight-knit immigrant tenement community. @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social #everyfifth #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqbooks bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Available in all formats, including the audiobook with the return of narrator Nicol Zanzarella, who won a Golden Earphones award for reading The Case of the Missing Maid! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social #everyfifth #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqbooks bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

A Chicago-sized thanks to my editor, John Scognamiglio, @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social , and my agent Stephany Evans at Ayesha Pande Literary! Harriet Morrow will ride on in books 4, 5, and 6! #harrietmorrowinvestigates #lgbtqfiction #LGBTQMystery #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #everyfifth

www.publishersweekly.com/9781496749512 Today, a featured STARRED review from Publishers Weekly. Harriet returns to battle corruption, save an innocent mother, and win justice for a journalist (by bicycle, of course!) #everyfifth #historicalmystery #historicalfiction @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS Today's image is from Brevard, NC's indie bookseller, Highland Books. Thanks to pal @karenodden.bsky.social for the picture. Love your local indie bookseller! #everyfifth

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS Snapped in a residential neighborhood of Pacific Grove, CA. Sign me up!

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS "Somebody Somewhere" (HBO) showcases that everyone has a story and is worthy of respect and love! Pic: Fred and Susan's wedding. Diversity is NOT an abstract; it is an acknowledgment of difference. One's worth and right to happiness are not bound by an arbitrary demographic.

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS "Tell Me More" hosted by @kellycorrigan on @pbs @kqed is simply outstanding. Each episode features a human being who excels at goodness and lifting up others. Last evening I enjoyed @annadeaveresmith Watch it and feel better about human beings.

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS Brian (husband) and I took the ferry from SF to Sausalito to enjoy a boat ride and the quaint and INCLUSIVE neighboring town, Sausalito! Note to 2026 LCC attendees: the ferry, a block from the Hyatt, is an excellent way to see the Bay and get incomparable views of the SF skyline.

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS In SF's SOMA neighborhood, this resale shop's sign lets all shoppers know they are welcome. Diversity, inclusivity, acceptance, and friendliness are good things. Period.

So many amazing facts about bicycling, THE Craze of the 1890s! And Harriet Morrow is all in on her "safety bicycle." What is a safety bicycle? And just how crazy was the craze? Tune in and find out! @runnersteph.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

In SF Potrero Hill's @christophersbooks I spotted books by friends @paulbradleycarr.com and @sjrozan.bsky.social and @johnshenyennee Loved the Railway Conspiracy, and I'm on page 100 of the just-out The Confessions and boy-howdy. It's a banger! USA Today Bestseller List!!!

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS today from #parkcity thanks to author pal @karrenodden for this uplifting and colorful photo!

Here is an IMAGE OF GOODNESS from Boise, Idaho, the state capital. In May of this year, the City Council, in response to the legislature (their workplace shown in the near distance), voted 5 to 1 in support of a resolution to make the Pride Flag an official city flag. #imageofgoodness.

Today's IMAGE OF GOODNESS. Join me by posting one every time you see one! Collectively, these will become a daily dose of GOODNESS! This is a MUNI (SF transit) ticket. For IMAGEOFGOODNESS posts, if you join me, don't explain why it's good, but do describe what it is if it's helpful. #imageofgoodness

Publishers Weekly previews Book Two in the Harriet Morrow Investigates series, the follow-up to THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID (which received a PW starred review!) www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @runnersteph.bsky.social

For PRIDE MONTH, the ebooks of both of my Hayden & Friends Mysteries (the original Quozy series) are on sale. #CozyMystery #quozymystery #lgbtqfiction www.amazon.com/Devils-Chew-... www.amazon.com/Cirque-du-Sl...

FREE LISTEN! Check out a terrific new podcast from Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen. My 2024 Edgar-Finalist MISS DIRECTION is the current tale--the first starring amateur sleuth, Perry Winkle! elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/the-crime-sc... Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine #shortstory #shortfiction

THE NEW YORK TIMES has book picks for whatever mom loves to read! Support you local indy bookseller! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/b...

LA Times Festival of Books is a huge shindig. Thanks to @janellebrown.bsky.social John Nee @sjrozan.bsky.social Naomi Hirahara + @lklinger.bsky.social (Les Klinger) for the great conversations! #latimesfob #historicalfiction #historicalmystery @runnersteph.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

Tomorrow is INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY! Giving a shout-out to The Best Bookstore in Palm Springs. Saturday I'll be ordering a book from them to celebrate the day. Join me by replying with YOUR FAVE LOCAL BOOKSTORE ALONG WITH A PROMISE TO GIVE THEM SOME CASH REGISTER LOVE TOMORROW. #IndieBookstoreLove

Also appearing at MWA SoCAL Booth #363 on Sunday from 1 - 2 pm. Hope to see you there, SoCAL people! @latimes.com/fob #bookfest @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @runnersteph.bsky.social

Look what I found staring at me from the shelf at @palmspringsbestbookstore! The latest from author pal @meredithambrock.bsky.social Whoohoo!

When at Left Coast Crime and nominated in a category alongside talents like @catrionamcp.bsky.social @ellenbyronla.bsky.social Jennifer Chow, @ajdevlin.bsky.social + Richard Osman, I was (still!) STUNNED to bring this honor home! Thanks to Stephany Evans, my stellar agent! @runnersteph.bsky.social

Chicago-size thanks to The Book Cellar and the wonderful @loriraderday.bsky.social for chatting with me about THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID. And yes! that's none other than @tracyc1.bsky.social Tracy Clark who made the trek north! And check out the cookies! Amazing!

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b.... Although a Chicagoan, Harriet Morrow is proud to appear in that "other city's" newspaper! Her author is THRILLED to see THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID called out in today's NYT as one one of "four outstanding releases" in historical fiction! @runnersteph.bsky.social

Ride, Harriet! Ride like the determined detective you are! If you've already read about her first case, THANK YOU! If you've yet to join the adventure, it's available in all formats! Buy local! #historicalmystery #lgbtqfiction #mysterynovel @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @runnersteph.bsky.social

New @elleryqueenmm.bsky.social is out, featuring shorts from @loriraderday.bsky.social and @maddieday.bsky.social My follow-up to my Edgar-nominated Miss Direction, w/ amateur sleuth Perry Winkle, is a FREE-READ excerpt here: www.elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/current-issu... Read and subscribe!

New @elleryqueenmm.bsky.social is out w/ shorts from @loriraderday.bsky.social @maddieday.bsky.social + more! My follow-up to my Edgar-nominated Miss Direction, w/ amateur sleuth Perry Winkle, is featured as an excerpt here: www.elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/.../story.../ Read, then subscribe!

On behalf of Harriet, I'm grateful to @paulamartinac.bsky.social at the Historical Novel Society for a splendid review of THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID! 1898 Thrills! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @runnersteph.bsky.social #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqfiction #lgbtqmystery

My good pal, Chicago-based artist Paul Somers, surprised me with this wonderful illustration celebrating THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID. Thanks, Paul! @runnersteph.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

Chicago-size thanks to @vancebastian.bsky.social and @SAbazCollins and their terrifically fun podcast, @wrotepodcast.bsky.social We discuss book 1 of my new historical, traditional mystery, THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID. Topics include: queer life in the 1800s, Chicago, and detective work by bicycle!

www.bookbub.com/books/the-ca.... TODAY ONLY! Ride along with Harriet for just 19 cents or $5.99 in current dollars! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @runnersteph.bsky.social

kingsriverlife.com/01/18/even-m... Thanks to Kings River Life magazine for the nice review of THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID. And what a treat to be featured alongside my pal Raquel V Reyes! @latinasleuths.bsky.social