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Lavinia Thompson
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Just an old garden witch who writes about murder, true and fictional. Mystery author. True crime blogger. Lover of cats, dogs, D&D, gardening, whiskey, cross stitching, darts. Canadian. No AI. https://linktr.ee/laviniathompson
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I don't have "hook" so I went once more with ✨vibes✨- the moment Emily links a fellow agent to the case at hand. She's hooked him in. #WIPSnips #mysterybooks #BeyondCover
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Just a little spying 👀 #WIPSnips #readingcommunity #BeyondCover #BookSky #mysterybooks
It is a book excerpt: Dim lights of a laundromat barely lit the shadowy sidewalk. The sign above remained lit up. A closed sign hung on the door. Empty washers and dryers sat with an eerie quiet, the usual hums and whirs and beeps absent near midnight. Emily followed the man after stepping off the bus at a nearby stop. To anyone else, she was merely a woman with shoulder-length, red hair, wearing a simple black t-shirt and blue jeans beneath a black winter jacket. She pretended to gaze at her phone as she walked, the screen lit up in her face while she scrolled and adjusted the backpack on her shoulder. "Beyond Cover 1: Diamond Gamble" by Lavinia Thompson
December 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Finally finished my Halloween cross stitch! It's always spooky season! #crossstitch
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Another from chapter 1 of "Beyond Cover 1. #WIPSnips #mysterybooks #crimefiction #readingcommunity #BookSky
He stared out the window at the gold and pink hues reflecting off the snow and ice blanketing the city streets. Not bad for a final view. Not bad at all. He turned back to the men, eying them down darkly. An excerpt from the book "Beyond Cover 1: Diamond Gamble" by Lavinia Thompson Background Image by Marcel from Pixabay
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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I don't have the word but I definitely have ✨vibes✨ straight out of chapter 1: mobsters arguing over who knows better and who decides the boss's final word. Check this story out on Substack. Background image: Graphe Tween on Unsplash. #WIPSnips #mysterybooks #BeyondCover #BookSky #readingcommunity
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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From my new Substack series, "Beyond Cover." First chapter went up today! #WIPSnips #mysterybooks #readingcommunity
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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I haven't done #WIPSnips for a bit but I am back and with a new project! This one is a spinoff from "Beyond Dark" and will be a serial novel on Substack, first chapter going up this Tuesday! #mysterybooks #readingcommunity #BookSky
Emily watched Inger step beneath the blue and red neon lights of a bar, then move out to the parking lot. The quiet of the buildings at the laundromat was replaced with the thumping bass of music and rambunctious hollers of drunks in the middle of the week. She paused and leaned against the brick wall with her phone still in her hand pretending she belonged there. She typed out messages without sending them, to keep up the appearance she was waiting for someone to join her. Her heart raced. Air escaped her as her chest tightened. She took a deep breath. She had no time to dwell in anxiety. Another car pulled into the parking lot. Emily watched Inger approach it. She opened the camera on her phone and began taking pictures without changing her demeanor. She couldn’t see the driver, but she caught the mere seconds it took for Inger to pass a few piles of cash to them while standing at the driver’s side front window. "Beyond Cover 1: Diamond Gamble" by Lavinia Thompson
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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The first chapter of "Beyond Cover 1: Diamond Gamble" will be up this Tuesday, Dec. 2! Looking for a riveting free serial to get through holiday chaos? Come with undercover agents Emily and Dwayne as they evade detection in the Russian mob. Details: tinyurl.com/BeyondCover #readingcommunity #BookSky
November 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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I've been absent lately (yay seasonal depression!). I'm hoping to return next week. I just wanted to let you guys know my books will be in the #Smashwords End of Year Sale starting Dec. 8! Looking for some mysteries over the holidays? Snag the first "Beyond Dark" book during this sale! #EOYsale25
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November 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Finally finished this #crossstitch project! It's taken me most of the year (it has a lot more colors than it looks) and I am glad to be done. This is my sister's x-mas gift as she loves Japan. Onwards to a fun, easy, Halloween one!
October 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Haven't posted a #crossstitch update in a bit! I just have section left on this piece and am working to finish it before Xmas to gift it to my sister.
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Trying to do some research and make notes for the Beyond Dark spinoff and this guy is making it difficult 😂 #writerproblems #cats
October 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Thayer trying to process the corruption of his higher ups - and it seems they're now coming for Alyssa. How does he handle this? #WIPSnips #readingcommunity #mysterybooks
September 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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You could say Alyssa doesn't deal well with authority. #WIPSnips #readingcommunity #BookSky #mysterybooks
September 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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"Excuse me" is something Alyssa says a lot lol #WIPSnips #BookSky #readingcommunity TBR this fall.
Alyssa raised an eyebrow. “Excuse me? When did this happen?” “Today,” Ethan said with a scoff. “I found them when I was leaving work.” “Where are they?” Alyssa said. Ethan glanced around the yard and made a gesture. “I… dropped them.” “I’m sure you did. Mind collecting them for me?” Alyssa said with a forced smile. Ethan dropped his hands sheepishly to his sides and looked down. “Yes, ma’am.” "Beyond Dark 2: Gravedigger" by Lavinia Thompson
September 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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September 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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August 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Finally found a book I have been searching for for years! This is a #truecrime oldie, published in 1953, and no longer in print or in ebook form. Thrift books finally had a copy and I ordered it right away. So excited to finally read this! #Booksky
August 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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I haven't posted a #crossstitch project in a while! I've been working on this since February-ish - aiming to finish it by xmas for my sister, who loves Japan! Posted the project and the full image for comparison.
August 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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I just got this book in the mail today and cannot wait to read it. #truecrime #truecrimebooks
August 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Alyssa wondered if Taylor had anyone left in her family who would collect her things after the case concluded, or if it would sit somewhere in the same desolation in which she’d lived the last year of her life. A young girl, watching all of her friends marry, have kids, or move away, lost in the grief of her mother’s suicide. No contact with her father. No one else around to console her except her messed up friends, vodka, and whatever other vice filled the void. "Beyond Dark 2: Gravedigger" by Lavinia Thompson
August 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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“We have another body,” one of them said. “And another over here,” someone else shouted. Alyssa’s heart sank. She watched as the digging team brushed dirt from a partially decomposed woman’s body. From what she could see, the other was almost skeletal. Those without shovels took photos and made notes of the site, which they had marked off into grids. The chances that this was a first burial site got slimmer. Kirsten Jarroll had nearly joined a graveyard. "Beyond Dark 2: Gravedigger" by Lavinia Thompson
August 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Late it to day but here we are. Alyssa confronts the killer in an interrogation. Who is she? 👀 #readingcommunity #BookSky #Mysterybooks #WIPSnips
August 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Back at posting snippets in the lead up to releasing this book!! It will be out sometime this fall if you like weird and dark mysteries!
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“We have ten years of missing persons’ cases to go back on, and a town full of rumors about them,” Alyssa replied. “Three unidentified bodies, a survivor who crawled out of her own grave, and we don’t even know what else has been happening out there. Trust nothing unless you can solidify it with facts, kid. This is only the beginning.” Beyond Dark 2: Gravedigger by Lavinia Thompson
August 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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#Saturdark A snippet from my mystery series, in which Thayer, a rookie profiler, questions a young boy about his mother's disappearance and he reflects on the mystery of his own mother going missing. #BookSky #mystery #readingcommunity
August 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM