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There’s some exciting news! I’ve learned from my publisher that the first American printing of A Dark and Stormy Night has already sold out, and they’re rushing through another one.

Also, the next Dorothy, titled The Evil That Men Do, is due out in this country at the end of this year—and my publisher wants two more! So I’ve decided to set the next one in Royal London, tourist London—the Tower and the Abbey and Buckingham Palace and all that.

In fact, however, though I’ve toured the Tower several times and seen the Abbey at many church services, I’ve never taken a tour of the Palace. So I’m off to London in September to do that and some other fun stuff, including a week in Wales, another place I’ve never visited, and one which will probably feature in some future book.

Did you all enjoy the Royal Wedding? I watched it from a friend’s hotel room at the mystery convention, Malice Domestic. At five a.m. I was not about to shower and dress, so I just put on a robe over my nightie, and of course donned my tiara.

We had a great time, with champagne (no, I don’t usually imbibe at that hour, but it seemed fitting), but going up nine flights to my own room at 8:30 in a busy hotel—in a glass elevator—I did get some rather peculiar looks. Oh, well, most of the hotel guests were conventioneers, who understand that writers are a trifle odd.

For my Hilda fans, I’m told Murder in Burnt Orange should be out in September. As you can see, I’ve been busy—three books in about a year. Don’t know how long I can keep up that pace, but so far it’s going well. As long as you keep reading, I promise I’ll keep writing.

I've included here a photo of the village of Broadway on the day I began my holiday to the Cotswolds last year. The main street in Broadway hasn’t changed much in the last three hundred years.

I like to call my books “cheerful mysteries.” For despite all signs to the contrary, I continue to believe the world is a good place and most of her people are trying to do their best. So my books reflect that philosophy and I hope this site does, too.

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