C.S. Poe's Blog

All About Romance gives Hudson River Homicides an A rating, saying: Tightly plotted, totally gripping, and deeply romantic, Hudson River Homicides was one of my most eagerly anticipated books of 2025, and it absolutely did not disappoint, and the author finds the space to drop one of the most beautiful – and so perfectly them – declarations of love I’ve read:

"Thank you for following me."
"To the ends of the Earth."
"Earth is spherical."
"Yeah, it is."

The fourth installment of the Memento Mori serie...

Hudson River Homicides is finally available, which means I'm here to share the soundtrack of the book! Some of these songs matched the vibe a scene had when I was writing, but most of them were just really good at injecting dopamine into my veins and so were left on repeat for days or weeks at a time.

Any guesses as to which song was listened to the most? 

I Like It - Alesso, Nate Smith  
More Than You Know - Axwell /\ Ingrosso  
me & ur ghost - blackbear  
Bekhauf - Bloodywood, feat. BABYMETAL  
Hypa...

It's been two years and something like five re-writes, but Hudson River Homicides (Memento Mori 4) is not only finished, it's finally live for your reading pleasure. To say this book was a labor of love would be an understatement. I gave it 200% of myself—skills, imagination, sweat, blood, tears, and then some. I wanted the mystery to be above and beyond the previous three, and for the romance to touch those deepest and most intimate parts of our heart. But more than anything, I wanted the reade...

The Italian edition of The Mystery of the Spirits (Snow & Winter: Book Five) is available with Triskell Edizioni! Il mistero degli spiriti (Snow & Winter Vol. 5) is available in ebook and paperback with online retailers.

Blurb: L’antiquario Sebastian Snow e il detective della Omicidi Calvin Winter sono felicemente sposati da un anno e mezzo, e in tutto questo tempo nessun mistero è giunto a turbare la loro quiete domestica.

Una mattina, però, il tenente di Calvin si presenta all’Emporium per chied...

The Italian edition of Broadway Butchery (Memento Mori: Book Three) is available with Quixote Edizioni! Il macellaio di Broadway (Memento Mori 3) is available in ebook and paperback with online retailers.

Blurb: La squadra Casi Irrisolti della polizia di New York è oberata di lavoro e a corto di personale, ma sta ricevendo un’ottima pubblicità grazie alla star del momento, il detective Everett Larkin. La sua memoria straordinaria e la sua capacità di deduzione che quasi ricorda Sherlock Holmes ha...

The French edition of Subway Slayings (Memento Mori: Book Two) is available with Éditions Juno Publishing! Les meurtres du métro (Memento Mori #2) is currently available in ebook and paperback with online retailers.

Blurb: L’inspecteur Everett Larkin, de la brigade des Cold Cases de la ville de New York, est en arrêt maladie depuis qu’il a arrêté le tueur en série responsable de ce que les médias ont appelé les « meurtres au masque de mort ». Mais Larkin n’a pas oublié qu’un autre memento – un au...

10 years....

10 years ago, to the day, was the publication and release of a teeny-tiny romantic short story by no-name author, C.S. Poe.

And since then, there's been 15 novels, 5 novellas, 5 short stories, 18 audiobooks, 23 translations across French, German, and Italian, 1 co-writer, countless appearances at conventions, panels, and workshops, and relationships with some of the most talented editors, artists, narrators, translators, publishing houses, fellow authors, and the folks who made such s...

Quixote Edizioni surprised readers with a pre-order for Memento Mori special edition paperbacks! Books 1 - 3 have sprayed edge art (yes, the series will be complete as books become available in Italian!) and they look so, so cool. Pre-orders are open until June 22 and ship after July 7. Visit here for direct links to Omicidi al Madison Square Park , I delitti della metropolitana , and Il macellaio di Broadway .

If you prefer the ebook of Il macellaio di Broadway, the pre-order just became available ...

"I like that look you have."

"What look."

"The one that says you're thinking all those great big Holmesian thoughts."

Today in 1859, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born, and now I'm celebrating the creator of one of literature's most beloved detectives with a nod, a wink, and a sale! For the next 48 hours only, Subway Slayings (Memento Mori 2) is on sale for only 99c with all vendors! If you (or a bookish friend) has been meaning to continue the mysteries of Larkin and Doyle, now is a great time to tak...

Another month of reading and reviewing! Not too much this time around, but both were absolutely fantastic.

Pressure Head (The Plumber's Mate: Book One) by J.L. Merrow

Pin-up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture by Maria Elena Buszek

Reviews are cross-posted to both Goodreads and BookBub and I welcome followers! Happy reading to everyone in the month of May.