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A woman in a blue dress and a tiara, carrying a purse marked E II R with a crown above it, looks over her sunglasses andholds a camera in one hand. At her feet are a pair of Corgis; cover of S.J. Bennett's The Queen Who Came In from the Cold

A woman in a blue dress and a tiara, carrying a purse marked E II R with a crown above it, looks over her sunglasses andholds a camera in one hand. At her feet are a pair of Corgis; cover of S.J. Bennett's The Queen Who Came In from the Cold

Books We Loved, Dec. 2025

Books We Love at Five Directions Press in December 2025, by S.J. Bennett, Uzma Jalaludin, and Emily Stone

Five Directions Press

Dec 17, 20255 min read

Against a scarlet background with a black line across the top, a smoking gun is positioned over an ashtray holding a burning cigarette; cover of Lynda Miller's Denver Undercover

Against a scarlet background with a black line across the top, a smoking gun is positioned over an ashtray holding a burning cigarette; cover of Lynda Miller's Denver Undercover

Spotlight Interview with Lynda Miller

Spotlight interview with Lynda Miller, about her debut detective novel, Denver Undercover.

Joan Schweighardt

Nov 30, 20256 min read

A dark mansion, lit from within against a blue backdrop ringed by leaves and purple flowers; cover of Chrystal Schleyer, A Rather Peculiar Poisoning

A dark mansion, lit from within against a blue backdrop ringed by leaves and purple flowers; cover of Chrystal Schleyer, A Rather Peculiar Poisoning

Books We Loved, Sep. 2025

Books We Loved in September 2025, by Liana de la Rosa, Katie Kitamura, and Chrystal Schleyer

Five Directions Press

Sep 17, 20255 min read

Spotlight Interview with Claudia H. Long

Spotlight Interview with Claudia H. Long

Spotlight Interview with Claudia H. Long

Spotlight Interview with Claudia H. Long, whose contemporary mystery Murder without a Duck came out in November 2024

Joan Schweighardt

Jan 29, 20255 min read

Books We Loved, Dec. 2024

Books We Loved, Dec. 2024

Books We Loved, Dec. 2024

Books We Loved in December 2024, by Diana R. Chambers, Claudia H. Long, and Breanne Randall

Five Directions Press

Dec 16, 20243 min read

Books We Loved, Nov. 2024

Books We Loved, Nov. 2024

Books We Loved, Nov. 2024

Books We Loved in November 2024, by Natalie Brianne, Sebastian Junger, and Julia Park Tracey

Five Directions Press

Nov 15, 20244 min read

Books We Loved, Sep. 2024

Books We Loved, Sep. 2024

Books We Loved, Sep. 2024

Books We Loved in September 2024, by Christina Dodd, Emily L. Finch, and Paul Murray

Five Directions Press

Sep 16, 20245 min read

Books We Loved, July 2024

Books We Loved, July 2024

Books We Loved, July 2024

Books We Loved in July 2024, by Eve J. Chung, Kate Parker, and Ruth Reichl

Five Directions Press

Jul 17, 20244 min read

Books We Loved, Dec. 2023

Books We Loved, Dec. 2023

Books We Loved, Dec. 2023

Books We Loved in December, by Erica Ruth Neubauer, Bradley Beaulieu, and J. M. Coetzee

Five Directions Press

Dec 15, 20234 min read

Books We Loved, Nov. 2023

Books We Loved, Nov. 2023

Books We Loved, Nov. 2023

Books We Loved in November 2023, by Louise Clark, Melanie Jacobson, and Joan Schweighardt—plus a new release

Five Directions Press

Nov 15, 20234 min read

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