Tag Archives: A Wee Christmas Homicide

Fun With Fan Mail

Posted on April 2, 2026 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett here, today sharing some bits and pieces of “helpful” fan mail I’ve received over the years about my Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries and my reactions to them. I am interested in your Liss MacCrimmon mystery series and would like … Continue reading →

Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts | Tagged A Wee Christmas Homicide, fan mail, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kilt Dead, Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries, nitpicky readers, Scone Cold Dead, Scotched, The Corpse Wore Tartan | 7 Comments

December on a Maine Christmas Tree Farm

Posted on December 2, 2024 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today with an updated version of a post that first ran way back on December 2, 2011. At the time, one of my husband’s two retirement businesses was a cut-your-own Christmas tree farm. We were … Continue reading →

Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts | Tagged A Wee Christmas Homicide, Christmas trees, December in Maine, Ho Ho Homicide, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson | Leave a comment

Nine Lords A-Leaping

Posted on December 1, 2023 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today writing about how I came to invent “the Twelve Shopping Days of Christmas” for my 2009 cozy mystery, A Wee Christmas Homicide. This was to be the third book in a three-book contract for … Continue reading →

Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts | Tagged A Wee Christmas Homicide, Christmas books, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Liss MacCrimmon series, mysteries | 5 Comments

Christmas With Liss MacCrimmon

Posted on December 15, 2020 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, pondering why so many publishers of cozy mystery series, including humorous mysteries, think Christmas is a good time to commit murder. In real life, of course, there are plenty of homicides over the holidays, mostly … Continue reading →

Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts | Tagged A Wee Christmas Homicide, Christmas mysteries, Ho Ho Homicide, Jimmy Fallon, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Liss MacCrimmon Scottish-American Heritage Mysteries, Tonight Snow | 2 Comments

Writing for the Holidays

Posted on December 19, 2019 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here. This year, as every year, many publishers brought out Christmas-themed books. Some editors regularly request Christmas books or novellas from the authors of the series they publish. One of my contracts even specified that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts | Tagged A Wee Christmas Homicide, Christmas books, Face Down Mysteries, Face Down Upon an Herbal, Ho Ho Homicide, holiday mysteries, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries, Relative Strangers, That Special Smile, Tonight Show | 5 Comments

Murder at Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2014 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett here, pondering the subject of murder at Christmas. On the surface, this sounds like a contradiction in terms. Who would ruin a merry Christmas with murder? Unfortunately, as every law enforcement officer and medical professional knows, the holidays … Continue reading →

Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts | Tagged A Wee Christmas Homicide, Carola Dunn, Charlotte MacLeod, Christmas mysteries, Donna Andrews, Ho Ho Homicide, Joan Hess, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Lea Wait, Mary Jo Putney, Mystery Readers Journal, Rhys Bowen, Wolfsbane and Mistletoe | 2 Comments

The Books I want to be given, the ones that I will give

Posted on December 16, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora here, leading off a group post about giving, and getting, books for the holidays. When I was growing up on the farm in Union, one of the most special events of the season was getting the Brentano’s catalogue. … Continue reading →

Tagged A Chronicle of Endylmyr II, A Wee Christmas Homicide, Alice Munro, An Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty, Andrew Goldstein, B.A. Shapiro, Barbara Kingsolver, Barbara Ross, Best New England Crme Stories, Blood Moon, Bring Up The Bodies, Calvin Can't Fly, Charles Hall, Charlotte MacLeod, Christmas themed mysteries, Dear Life Stories, Dictionary of American Regional English, Donna Pincus, Emily's dress and other missing things, Flight Behavior, Grandma Drove the Garbage Truck, Group Post, Growing Up Brave, Helen Keller in Love, Hilary Mantel, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathyrn Burak, Level Best Books, Louise Erdrich, Love and Haight, Oh Yuck, Rest You Merry, Rhys Bowen, Rosie Sultan, Susan Carlton, The Art Forger, The Bookie's Son, The Round House, The Suffolk Collection, The Twelve Clues of Christmas, Travis Thrasher | 4 Comments

Where Do I Get My Ideas? I Read The Paper

Posted on March 25, 2012 by mainecrimewriters

Kate Flora: Part of the fun of being on vacation with good friends is the breakfast table conversation. It floats from politics to what we’re reading to the latest news, good and bad. This morning, we discussed a recent article in … Continue reading →