Maggie King

Mar 2022 5

Laughing Can Kill You By Maggie King: Review/Giveaway/Interview

2022 Articles, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Kathleen Costa

Hazel Rose is the popular author of eight bestselling romance novels, but the lack of success for her ninth book has been met with a swift “goodbye” from her publisher. Her cousin and best friend Lucy Hooper listened intently to her distraught friend, but she was a bit more pragmatic. “Turn [it] into a mystery. Just add a dead body or two…” Ok, they both admit it’s not as easy as that, but they agree the six-week mystery writing course they’d plan to attend may provide the insights needed to save Hazel’s writing career.

Jan 2022 5

Research Can Be Dangerous: A Cautionary Tale

2022 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Maggie King

The Confederate statues on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, came tumbling down. For this author, that meant a scene rewrite and a research trip. I didn’t expect the trip to end in the ER.

Nov 2016 19

Murder at the Moonshine Inn By Maggie King: Review/Giveaway

2016 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

When the Hazel Rose Book Group Mystery series debuted two years ago, the setting was 2005 Richmond, Virginia, and the mystery book group experienced very real murder for the first time. Reforming themselves into a historical fiction travel book club to keep the violence at a more comfortable distance, we meet up with the book group eight years later in 2013.

Nov 2014 29

Coming Attractions: Yuletide Edition

2014 Articles, Coming Attractions!, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sunny Frazier

by Sunny Frazier

Whew! Bouchercon is over! I put out a call to all my mystery sources for December releases. Enough authors responded to fill Santa's sack with plenty of good books.