Between Mother Nature's ice storm, revolving power outages, and a detailed outline that refused to make sense when it came time to write - Murder Will Out was almost the death of me. 

A cool idea became trickier to execute than I could have imagined. The launch is a week late and my brain is exhausted. The novel is in the hands of the readers now and my wonderful ARC (Advanced Review Copy) Reading Team who were sent the wrong file before I realized the mistake. They were sent the correct file but three days later. It's a lot to ask a person to read your book once - but twice? All I can do now is bite my nails and pray for mercy. 

Book nine in the series The Missing Foot Mystery won't be released until September so I can take most of the summer off.

Advertisement for Murder will be available on Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Apple and Google Play in August. The rest of the books in the series will follow every month.
Kindle Unlimited is a great way to get your work seen and read in its infancy. But Advertisement for Murder is now four years old. Kobo has a subscription program and there are online libraries that make books available for no cost to readers. So, off St. Ives Book Club goes to conquer new mystery terrain! 

I don't like to brag. Well, actually, I do, but I so rarely have anything to brag about. I can't cook. I don't bake. (I watch The Great Canadian Baking Show and those people blow me away. How are they doing that?) I'm a mediocre gardener. I try. The plants know how I try. I'm not athletic. I can't sing and I can only speak one language after 30 years of living in La Belle Province. 

So when I get email from readers who say they're enjoying St. Ives Book Club Mystery series, I go a little bit bananas. I feel like I've won an Oscar. I got fan mail this week and I'm pretty chuffed. I had to race over here and tell everyone. "They like me! They really like me!" (If you can spot the reference, you are probably in my age-range.)

More News:
I have been invited to speak at the Arbor Gallery in Vankleek Hill on April 13, 2023 (7 pm if you're in the neighbourhood) and the organizer interviewed me for The Review. I haven't done an in-person author thingy since ... wow .. since Iced Under was published. I hope I don't ramble on and on like I did back then.
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Here is a link to the article: thereview.ca/2023/03/31/crime-fiction-author-nadine-doolittle-at-arbor-gallery/

I'm ridiculously pleased with my little author self at the moment. It won't last. The final draft of Murder Will Out will humble me. There's a stage in writing when it looks like the story is going to win the power-struggle it's having with the author. It refuses to behave, it gives you the silent treatment and there's nothing you can do but hack away at it until it gives in and life is good again. 

So thank you, readers, for expressing your appreciation because that day is coming and I will keep hacking even when I want to throw in the towel.

​Happy Spring! 

Coming May 9, 2023
No one was going to be murdered. They were assured that nobody was going to be murdered. Sure, it was a Murder Mystery House but no one had ever actually died while playing the game. The evening was a departure from their regular book club meeting but this was a chance to test their sleuthing skills without an actual  body. What could go wrong?

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