Susan Mallery

2025 Winter/Holiday Book Recommendations

on November 18, 2025

2025 Fall/Winter book recommendations from your faithful reviewer and Poisoned Pen Bookstore bookseller, John Charles, and from New York Times bestsellers Jayne Ann Krentz and Christina Dodd. Think gift books for your mom, your best friends, everyone on your holiday list! MURDER AT DONWELL ABBEY by Vanessa Kelly https://store.poisonedpen.com/item/N72jacmRMGB1TATUzwq0dg THE SHOP ON HIDDEN LANE by… Read More


Summer 2024 Reading Recommendations

on July 17, 2024

Get out your wallet! It’s time for Summer Reading Recommendations with New York Times bestseller Jayne Ann Krentz, bookseller and reviewer John Charles, and Christina Dodd. You can watch on Jayne’s Facebook page, and here are the URLs for your book buying pleasure. Jayne’s recommendations Play the Fool by Lena Chern Solving a murder while… Read More


Christina Dodd Tells You THE BEST WAY TO WRITE A BOOK

on June 4, 2014

Writers and readers often ask me my method of writing a book. And I always say with great assurance, “It depends.” You’d think I know the best way to write. I’ve completed sixty-six full-length books — that includes the two that I wrote that weren’t published,  my newest suspense thriller, GIRL ANONYMOUS and the newest book,… Read More