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Susanna
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After decades of technical and content writing, this old white hippie is deep into revisions on my 2nd book of fiction, a cozy mystery. Happy when I can wear shorts and a tee shirt every day. #SinC / Guppies Member. https://susannasullivan.com
A "light, fluffy retirement cozy?" Well, not exactly. . . Here's what this advance review reader has to say about DROWNING IN DECEPTION, available for pre-order now.

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November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is just a piece of the Notable Quote I featured this week on my Substack -- the entire quote was way too long for social media. You can see the entire quote at buff.ly/kGjm5mc

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November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
#AmReading: I just finished THE UNLIKELY MURDER CLUB by Gina X Grant. Why is it unlikely? was my first question. Well, because it takes place in the town of Unlikely. Silly question. . .

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November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Here's another review of DROWNING IN DECEPTION from an advance reader! It's available now for pre-order.

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November 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Twisted? Mystery? Oh, yeah! Here's what an advance reader has to say about DROWNING IN DECEPTION, now available for pre-order.

#AmWriting #EdgyCozyMystery #Mystery #WritingCommunity
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Here's what early readers are saying about my new #mystery book, DROWNING IN DECEPTION. Now available for preorder at www.amazon.com/dp/B0G16N21YK.

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November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
OMG, can't believe how excited I am! The pre-order page for my very first #mystery #novel just went up on Amazon.

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November 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
OK, Santa, I've decided what I want for Christmas. I want a #carry-on suitcase like this, with Tardis properties, that never weighs more than 10 pounds no matter how much I stuff in it. Thanks, big guy.

#luggage
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Every week in my Substack I share quotes that have caught my fancy. Here's one, from British crime writer Reginald Hill:

What did I love? The notion that someone who write, not one, but an entire series of travel guides about towns nobody wants to visit.

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November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
#AmReading: THE CLOCKS by Agatha Christie. Colin Lamb is walking down the street one day, looking for an address that doesn’t seem to exist. A young woman races out of the nearest house, screaming, and crashes into him.

Poirot concludes it must be a very simple murder.

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#mystery
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Do you play our weekly word game? Here's this week's: your task is to choose the more appropriate word to fill in the blank. Your choices (alphabetically) are PALL or PALLOR.

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October 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Every week I pull out an interesting quote (or two or three) from what I'm reading. This one is interesting because of the narrator's opinion about what's "normal" on the streets of Cairo.

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October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
#AmReading: MURDER IN THE WINTER WOODS by Katie Gayle. It's nearly #Christmas, and the village is all dressed up, with the Christmas Market in full swing. Then tragedy strikes when the local taxi driver is found dead on a dark road, run over by a hit-and-run. Or is it?

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#Mystery
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
#AmReading: THE CHRISTMAS MARKET MURDER by Peter Boland. Fiona, Partial Sue, and Daisy are back! The Christmas Market is attracting visitors to town despite the sicko who's prowling the streets attacking lone walkers. Layered, witty, and clever.

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#ReadingCommunity #Mystery
October 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Absolutely. Criticism does not equal treason. Servile agreement might. Thanks to wordsmith.org for highlighting this today.
October 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's time to play another Wise Words game! Check out my Substack and choose which word is the better choice to fill in the blank in this sentence.

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October 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I love this quote! Something about the image of turning into an actual red herring and swimming away is just entrancing. Every week in my Substack I post quotes that grab my attention in some way, like this one. See more at:

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#AmWriting #quotes
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
#AmReading: PUZZLE ME A MURDER by Roz Noonan. Alice and her friends love jigsaw puzzles and gossip. But tonight, Ruby's mad. She's just found out her husband's having an affair. Then she finds him dead. . .

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October 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#AmReading: MURDER ON THE FIRST DATE by TE Scott. Ladies of the Wronged Women's Cooperative in a small Scottish town usually take on domestic detective inquiries. But after a schoolteacher is murdered, they decide to investigate.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Wow. Just wow. This needed to be said.

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October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#AmReading: This week I'm featuring three quotes notable for their entertaining, self-deprecating tone. Enjoy!

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October 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#AmReading: MR. DARCY'S BOOKSHOP by Summer Hanford. Interesting reworking of the romance between Elizabeth Bennett and Fitzwilliam Darcy in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Here, Darcy's been cast off by his father because he won't marry Anne DeBourgh.

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#JaneAusten #AmWriting
October 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Here's one of the #quotes I chose to highlight in my Substack this week. Any #writers out there who can relate?

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October 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#AmReading: ALL THAT IS HIDDEN by Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles.

Molly Murphy Sullivan is appalled when her husband takes her to a 5th Avenue brownstone and announces they’ll move there next week. She’s even more shocked when she finds out why.

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October 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
#AmReading: WICKED FUN by Dave Pasquantonio

Never thought I’d ever use the words “fun and entertaining” and “serial killer” in the same sentence, but here we are. Really enjoyed this book, which is definitely out of my usual #mystery wheelhouse!

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October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM