Happy Christmas!

Happy Father's Day!

Shark gives evidence!

"The arm belonged to one Jim Smith, a small-time crook who, funnily enough, hadn't been seen recently"


Some time ago Fabulous Gary Corby mentioned a crime that was solved by a shark. Naturally I perked up my fins and asked for details.  This morning Gary posted the story here on his blog.

Of course it cracked me up completely, as I hope it does you.

And if, like me, it reminds you of how much fun it is to read Gary Corby's work, well, we're all in luck there. SACRED GAMES, the third book in the Nico series, is being published tomorrow 5/21 and you're in for a treat. Publishers  Weekly thinks so too and in addition to the starred review (even calling it "the best thus far"--and both his other books were starred reviews as well!), ran an interview with Gary.

Juliet Grames, Fabulous editor (L) and Bronwen Hruska, Fabulous publisher (R)

Available whereever you buy your Fabulous books!

"We're going to need a bigger vacuum"

Remember book title art?

You really want to read the article that accompanies this photo: David Rosenberg's Slate article about Whimsical Stories Created by Book Titles.

Thanks to the delightful Brenda Buchanan 

my Crimebake pal for the link! 

Yet another reason I love Crimebake!

Congrats to Barbara Poelle!

This news was in the trades today:

And then when we saw this coming down the Hudson:

Clearly BP the VP travels in style!

oh hell yes!

thanks to blog reader and companion in crime Terri Lynn Coop for the photo!

Things that made me VERY happy in 2012 (start of a list!)

Remember this post on Query Shark?

Well, I just got the ARC for PREMEDITATED by Josin McQuein and I am so happy I can't see straight. Front cover:

And here's the back!

Proof positive that a great query letter serves you long after you win QueryShark, secure an agent and get a book deal. That's the back jacket copy that's getting everyone excited to read this book.

You thought I was kidding about the shark pjs didn't you!

I swore I was never moving the office again

I may need to rethink that.

Aww...they knew I was coming!

Yesterday, I biked to the office

And almost killed seven blind idiotic stupid prima facie evidence that Darwin is not "just a theory" New York City pedestrians.

Now I have a safer mode of transport

Want! WANT!

Why Marfa Texas might be crowbar worthy!

Yea, verily it looks like they are quite welcoming to the Sharkly set!

I cleaned my desk this weekend.

The shark is VERY happy!

what we'll be doing tonight here at The Reef

What do YOU do when the moon is full?

Yes, it's Snowmaggedon here in NYC!

Well helloooooo!

Don't mind me, I'm just swimming around the reef here.

I only own five....so far.

It's been one of those days