Tag Archives: Bad Little Falls

Vacationland’s Dark Side

During the cold, dark days of February, it’s fun for us to turn back to some of our older posts, and rerun them for you. When Paul wrote about the dark side, he wrote it on a sunny Maine day … Continue reading

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Falling Through the Ice

Paul Doiron here— The other day, while I was driving, I noticed a person standing on a half-frozen pond. I have no idea what he was doing out there, but the first ice of the winter seems to do strange … Continue reading

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Is Sennebec, Maine, a Real Place?

Paul Doiron here— One of the questions I get asked most often is about the locations in my books. Readers want to know if there really is a Bad Little Falls (yes, it’s in downtown Machias) or an actual Square … Continue reading

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The Scariest Book I Ever Read Was . . .

In honor of Halloween, one of crime writers’ favorite holidays, we’re recycling a post from the past in which we shared our own scary favorites and solicited views from some of our Sisters (and Brothers) in Crime. Just as scary … Continue reading

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Now It Can Be Told, Part Tres by Paul Doiron

I want to continue what is rapidly becoming a MaineCrimeWriters.com tradition by announcing some good news here. As most regular visitors to this site know, I recently published the third novel in my Mike Bowditch series of Maine mysteries. This was … Continue reading

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What the Writers Are Reading

Kate Flora here, facing Labor Day, and the end of summer, and that sense that things will start cranking up and my leisurely summer afternoons reading in my L.L. Bean rocking chair are coming to an end. So for this weekend, … Continue reading

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Bedtime Stories

Paul Doiron here— Recently I was asked to write a guest column for Suzanne Beecher’s DearReader.com. I know that her newsletter goes out far and wide, but in the event you missed it, here is what I wrote: My wife … Continue reading

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The Last Days of the Book Tour

Paul Doiron here with a brief note from the road: I am writing this post in a balcony suite at the Hotel ZaZa in Houston, Texas. My room overlooks verdant Hermann Park and the city skyline. In a few hours … Continue reading

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An Excerpt from “Bad Little Falls”

Paul Doiron here— Tomorrow, my third novel in the Mike Bowditch series, Bad Little Falls, lands in bookstores. Publication day is always a milestone in an author’s life no matter how many novels you have published. The book that you … Continue reading

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How We Keep Our Series Characters Interesting

Note: Kate and Vicki will be at the Camden Public library this Tuesday, July 31st at 6:30 p.m., joined by Janis Bolster for a Sisters in Crime Beach Read event. We’d love to see you there. Kate Flora here, starting a … Continue reading

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