One of the joys of running the Cozy Library site is to introduce readers to new cozy writers … like Karen. I hadn’t read but a few pages of her first book, Murder on the Rocks, when I thought to myself, “this one’s a winner.” It has all the elements I like in my cozies: a feisty and slightly imperfect (as most of us are) heroine, a cozy setting and a good story. Although I’ve never been to Maine, I’ve always wanted to visit there – and think it’s a wonderful place to set a cozy mystery series. When I found out Karen lives not Down East, but in south Texas, I thought – that’s curious. Having lived in Texasmyself during one particularly “warm” summer (100+ degrees), I guess Maine looks mighty attractive. (If you’re interested in more writers with ties to or settings in Maine, check out these Cozy Library authors: Kathy Lynn Emerson, Katherine Hall Page, Van Reid, Suzanne Strempek Shea and Lea Wait.)

 

 

 

 

 

Karen MacInerney is the author of the Gray Whale Inn mystery series, including Murder on the Rocks and Dead and Berried; she also just signed a three-book deal with Ballantine (Random House) for a new chick lit werewolf mystery series.  In addition to her novels, a series of Gray Whale Inn mystery stories authored by Karen (including recipes), is scheduled to appear in Bed and Breakfast America Magazine starting this fall. Karen is the founder of Austin Mystery Writers and a member of Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the Writers' League of Texas, where she will be teaching a writing workshop this fall. 

 

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