The Cozy Corner with Alexia Gordon

R.V. Raman, the author of the Harith Athreya mysteries, joins me in the Corner to chat about A Will to Kill. Tune in to experience an auditory tour through India. Learn about closed circle mysteries. Get a sneak peek at the second and third books in the series, A Dire Isle and A Praying Mantis. Listen wherever you listen to podcasts!

Find R.V. Raman at https://crimereads.com/author/rvraman/. Read his CrimeReads article on real world settings in fiction: https://crimereads.com/author/rvraman/.

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Valerie Wilson Wesley joins me in the Corner today to chat about A Fatal Glow, the second Odessa Jones cozy mystery. Listen to hear what Valerie learned while writing a cozy series. Find out how her cozy sleuth, Odessa, differs from her private detective, Tamara Hayle. And stay tuned to hear Valerie read the first paragraph of A Fatal Glow.

Find Valerie at https://valeriewilsonwesley.com/

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Gigi Pandian, author of the Accidental Alchemist and Jaya Jones mysteries, joins me in the Corner to chat about the first mystery in her new Secret Staircase series, Under Lock and Skeleton Key. Tune in to learn the difference between a locked room and a closed circle mystery. Hear Gigi’s locked room classic recommendations. Find out who wished she had a hidden staircase and a secret garden. And, of course, there’s food! Listen for a preview of the wonderful dishes you can enjoy. I think I may have promised to prepare one.

Find Gigi at https://www.gigipandian.com/

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Olivia Matthews (a.k.a Patricia Sargeant) joins me in the Corner to chat about Murder by Page One, her new Peach Coast Library mystery. Tune in to hear some love for librarians, ways readers can support authors, some mouth-watering talk about peach cobbler and sweet tea, and the worst (fictional) author signing ever. Also, learn about Novel Vision TV, Patricia's YouTube channel for book lovers! 

Find Olivia (Patricia) at https://patriciasargeant.com/ and https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/hallmark-publishing/murder-by-page-one

Find her YouTube channel, NOVI-TV, at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0oDwTrM1Ev5mgTplBZ9iZw

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Author Mia Manansala joins me in the Corner to chat about Homicide and Halo-Halo, her second Tita Rosie’s Kitchen mystery. Tune in to find out how Mia develops her delicious recipes. Hear beauty pageant secrets and learn why pageants are important to the Filipino community. Congratulate Mia on her nomination as one of Chicago’s best!

Find Mia at https://www.miapmanansala.com/. Sign up for her newsletter and get recipes.

Buy Homicide and Halo-Halo at:

Bel Canto Books https://shopthehangout.com/collections/bel-canto-books/signed-books

Murder by the Book https://www.murderbooks.com/book/9780593201695

The Book Table https://www.booktable.net/book/9780593201695

Centuries and Sleuths https://www.centuriesandsleuths.com/book/9780593201695

Signed books or bookplates may be available at these indies!

On Friday, February 11, 2022, watch Mia in conversation with Kellye Garrett at a Murder by the Book event. More details at the bookstore’s website: https://www.murderbooks.com/manansala

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Author Catriona McPherson returns to the Corner to chat about Scot Mist, her newest Last Ditch/Lexie Campbell mystery. Tune in to learn the difference between a locked room and a closed circle, who Catriona credits for setting her straight on the difference (hint: it’s Gigi Pandian), and why a lockdown lends itself to the latter. Hear what Kellye Garrett thinks of Catriona’s uber-germ-conscious character. Find out how the Last Ditch mysteries got their titles. And more!* Listen to the Cozy Corner with Alexia Gordon wherever you listen to podcasts.

(*So much more, in fact, I couldn’t fit it all in this episode. Catriona and I tend to forget we’re recording when we chat. Our conversation was almost 2 hours long. I hated to cut out so much great material. If you want to hear the full-length version of this podcast episode—of course you do—become one of my patrons on Patreon. I’ll post the whole chat there as a patron-exclusive.  Sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/AuthorAlexiaGordonand thank you for your support.)

Find Catriona at http://catrionamcpherson.com/

Cocktail hour listening idea: Enjoy my chat with Catriona with a Scotch Mist. Pour 2 ounces of Scotch whisky into a tall glass over crushed ice and add a lemon twist.

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Kirsten Weiss, author of the Paranormal Museum mysteries, joins me in the Corner to chat about Going, Going, Dead, book 6 in the series. Tune in to learn about collecting haunted objects, the Spiritualist movement, and the appeal of the supernatural. We also chat about her Tea and Tarot mysteries and about what makes tarot so popular.

Mentioned in the interview:

Review: https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/supernatural-america-the-paranormal-in-american-art-at-the-toledo-museum-of-art/

Exhibit: https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/supernatural-america-the-paranormal-in-american-art

Bicycle Playing Cards history of tarot: https://bicyclecards.com/article/a-brief-history-of-tarot-cards/

Find Kirsten at:

Website: KirstenWeiss.com

App: kirstenweissbooks.beezer.com

Twitter: @KirstenWeiss

Facebook: facebook.com/kirsten.weiss

Instagram: @kirstenweissauthor

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Heather Weidner, author of the Jules Keene Glamping mysteries, joins me in the Corner to chat about Vintage Trailers and Blackmailers, the first in the series. Tune in to find out what glamping is and why it’s popular. Hear about the fun of restoring vintage trailers. Learn about life in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains and how the area’s rustic beauty amps up the tension in Heather’s mystery.

Find Heather at http://www.heatherweidner.com/

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Happy New Year! Author Kellye Garrett joins me in the Corner for the first episode of 2022. We chat about her multi-award-winning cozy Detective by Day mysteries, Hollywood Homicide and Hollywood Ending, and her new highly anticipated suspenseful traditional mystery, Like A Sister.

Tune in to learn how Kellye dismantles stereotypes while telling the best story she can tell. Hear how writing suspense differed from writing cozy mysteries—and how humor operated in both subgenres. And find out what happens when you read Kellye’s books on public transportation.

Find Kellye at https://kellyegarrett.com/

And find the Crime Writers of Color book database at https://www.crimewritersofcolor.com/books

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The holidays aren’t over yet! Listen to today’s bonus episode to hear Lisa Manuel, writing as Alyssa Maxwell, chat about her newest A Lady and Lady’s Maid mystery, A Deadly Endowment. Find out what it took to run an English estate during the interwar period. Hear how the Great War shook up social norms and how navigated the changing times. Lisa also writes the Gilded Newport mysteries, so I asked her what Christmas was really like in those fancy Newport Mansions. Tune in to learn the answer.

Find Lisa (Alyssa) at https://www.alyssamaxwell.com/

Get her books at https://murderonthebeach.com/, https://www.charterbookstore.com/, and https://newporthistory.org/museum-shop/

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