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Interview: Jeannette de Beauvoir on The Art Colony
I was delighted to be Gaston’s guest on this wonderful show that explores the riches of Provincetown as an art colony! Here’s what Gaston said: “This week I meet mystery novel author and Provincetown legend Jeannette de Beauvoir! Learn all about her writings and her monthly event “Making Light” at the Provincetown Commons.
Showcase on Bookish Indulgences
Honored to have The Honeymoon Homicides showcased on Bookish Indulgences today!
How Sydney Riley Came to Provincetown
In this character piece, Sydney Riley tells the story of the divorce, impulsive drive to Cape Cod, new cat, and unexpected turn that brought her to Provincetown and changed her life.
Interview: Why I Write Mysteries
We like to see justice done, especially when we perceive that the real world isn’t playing fair with us. If the guilty party is caught and punished in the fiction we read, then perhaps we regain the sense of order that’s lost whenever we hear the news. Every day, we see situations that have us baffled, and our minds seek to cope with them: it often feels that everything is getting way too far out of control. Reading about Inspector Whatever arresting the culprit restores a little harmony, a little control, a little of a feeling of safety.
Mysteryrat’s Maze on King’s River Life
We’ve all probably read police procedurals that leave us exhausted, depleted, sad, feeling that the darkness has truly won, that the world is a bleak place. Certainly, it’s easy to feel that way if we keep our attention too much on the news. But cozy mysteries offer some respite from that darkness: they give us loveable, quirky characters in unlikely situations who bring humanity, humor, and humility to life’s most difficult moments, and allow us, at the end of the day, to see that the good can outweigh the bad in the world.
Cozy Up With Kathy interview
Kathy: What first drew you to cozy mysteries?
JDB: I have to go back in history to G.K. Chesterton. When crime novels were first finding their footing, they were all about clues and alibis and so on… but when Chesterton introduced Father Brown as detective, he made crime investigation human. Father Brown imagined how both the victim and the killer experienced life and what drove both to their fatal encounter. He understood people.