Judith Sterling's Blog

It’s release day for Whistle While You Lurk, the third of The Gothic Gwyn Mysteries. Here’s the story:

Listen for the Whistler reads the title of the gothic romance Gwyneth Camm discovers on the foyer floor. Her deceased Aunt Ethel is at it again, guiding Gwyn to enter the story and stand in for its 1970s heroine.

While traveling abroad, said heroine tours the centuries-old home of an English baronet and notes her uncanny resemblance to a supposed seventeenth-century witch in a fam...

The party continues at N. N. Light’s Book Heaven, and today, I’m one of the featured authors. Check out my interview here. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway! Signed copies of two of my award-winning books–Trip the Light Phantasmic and Let No Clan Put Asunder–are among the many prizes. Best of luck to all entrants!

N. N. Light’s Book Heaven is celebrating their 10th anniversary with a month-long party and giveaway, and I’m one of sixty authors featured. I’ll talk about what I was doing ten years ago, my current project, and how many published works I have, plus I’ll be offering signed paperback copies of the first two Gothic Gwyn mysteries as prizes. Join in the fun here.

The giveaway is open internationally, and sixty prizes are up for grabs. Enter here March 1 – 31, 2025. The drawing will be h...

Great news! I just learned the results of the Paranormal Romance Guild’s 2024 Reviewers’ Choice Awards. Let No Clan Put Asunder won for Best Cozy Mystery, and The Gothic Gwyn Mysteries won for Best Cozy Mystery Series. I’m incredibly grateful for both honors. Thank you to all who voted.

Congratulations to all the winners! You can see them here.

Now I need to get back to writing the third Gothic Gwyn mystery, Whistle While You Lurk. Only two chapters to go!

Take care, and enjoy t...

Good morning! Let No Clan Put Asunder has been nominated for Best Cozy Mystery in the Paranormal Romance Guild’s 2024 Reviewers’ Choice Awards, and the series itself, The Gothic Gwyn Mysteries, has been nominated for Best Cozy Mystery Series. Woohoo!

Please consider voting here before February 12, 2025. Thank you so much for your support.

I just received some wonderful news: Let No Clan Put Asunder, the second of my Gothic Gwyn Mysteries, is a finalist for Best Paranormal Cozy Mystery of 2024 in the N. N. Light Book Awards! It’s quite an honor, and I’m thrilled! It inspires me even more to finish the third book in the series, Whistle While You Lurk. More news on that soon!

Wishing everyone a joyous holiday season!

No tricks, just plenty of treats at N. N. Light’s Book Heaven’s annual Trick or Treat Book Bonanza. Today, Let No Clan Put Asunder is one of the featured titles. Check it out here! Remember to enter the Amazon gift card giveaway, if you haven’t done so already.

We’re only a week away from Halloween. Hope you have a great one!

Celebrate Halloween all month long at N. N. Light’s Book Heaven’s annual Trick or Treat Book Bonanza. There will be 33 books and 24 authors featured, plus a $100 Amazon gift card giveaway. You’ll also find out what these authors’ Halloween costumes would be, including mine!

On October 24, the spotlight will be on the second of The Gothic Gwyn Mysteries, Let No Clan Put Asunder. In related news, I’m working hard on the third book, Whistle While You Lurk, when I’m not working ext...

My latest cozy mystery, Let No Clan Put Asunder, just received 5++ stars from N. N. Light’s Book Heaven. Woohoo! What a wonderful way to start the day! Here’s a snippet of the review:

“The narration and world-building suck you into the story. The characters are relatable and mysterious. The gothic vibe is woven throughout this story. Truly, I couldn’t put Let No Clan Put Asunder down…I can’t wait for the next book in the series.”

If you’re interested, you can read the whole review ...

Guess what! At long last, it’s release day for Let No Clan Put Asunder, the second of The Gothic Gwyn Mysteries. Here, in a nutshell, is the story:

“It was no small thing to marry into the Donnachaidh clan, and there was nowhere to hide from its past.”

So states the tagline of the gothic mystery Gwyneth Camm discovers out of place—not once, but twice—inside her newly inherited Salem home. Her deceased Aunt Ethel seems determined she read the book, and once again, Gwyn finds herself...