I Found This Great Book

This week I am featuring mystery author Valerie Wilson Wesley. The author of the Tamara Hayle private investigator mystery series. Valerie also has a new cozy mystery coming out in Jan. 2021.

Discover more mystery and thriller authors in the Black Mystery Author Directory.

This week I discuss and recommend the book "Knight's Fall" by Angela Henry.

A great conversation with Troy L. Wiggins. Troy is an accomplished speculative fiction writer and one of the founders of FIYAH Literature Magazine. We talked about his writing journey, the birth, growth, and impact of FIYAH. We talk about FIYAHCON and his thoughts on the future of speculative fiction.

This week I discuss the short story "Under the Bridge" by Zora Neale Hurston. A story where love is the main character.

You can view all my discussions here:

https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/reading-zora-neale-hurstons-short-stories/

This week I am featuring the creator of the C.J. Floyd mystery series, Robert Greer. Fans of hard-boiled mysteries and amateur sleuth mysteries will enjoy this series.

https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/91

Lee E Meadows is the author of the Lincoln Keller mystery series. His stories are known for the way he makes the city of Detroit a character in his stories. His stories provide a view of the mysteries and intrigues in the city through the eyes of private investigator Lincoln Keller.

https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/90

I discuss the life and works of the writer Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins with Dr. Cherene Sherrard-Johnson who is the president of the Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins Society. From the late 1800's through the early 1900's Hopkins was a prolific writer. Her short story "Talma Gordon" is credited as the first published mystery by a Black author.

This week I discuss the short story Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston.

This week I am featuring the author of the Ivy League Mystery Series, Pamela Thomas-Graham. In this series, Harvard economics professor, Nikki Chase, takes on the role of amateur sleuth to solve murder mysteries at various Ivy League universities.

https://www.ifoundthisgreatbook.com/87

In this episode I discuss Zora Neale Hurston's short story, Muttsy.