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Kathleen Kaska

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Growing up in West, Texas during the 1950s, my average-American parents and the nuns at St. Mary’s School instilled in me“good girl” values, leaving an indelible stamp on my character. For respite from this engrainment, I began writing my Sydney Lockhart Mystery Series—set in historic hotels during the fifties, of course—to say and do things I would “never try at home.”

I write the Kate Caraway Animal-Rights Mystery Series, which is available in bookstores, on Amazon, and Barnes and Noble online.

I also write the Classic Triviography Mystery Series. My Alfred Hitchcock and Sherlock Holmes trivia books were finalists for the 2013 EPIC Award in nonfiction.

When not writing, I spend much of my time with my “pilot,” traveling the country’s back ro ...more

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	Murder at the Arlington 4.41 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder at The Driskill (The Sydney Lockhart Mysteries, #2) 4.48 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder at the Luther (The Sydney Lockhart Mysteries, #1) 4.44 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder at the Gálvez: A Sydney Lockhart Mystery 4.58 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man Who Saved the Whooping Crane: The Robert Porter Allen Story 4.18 avg rating — 33 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder at the Pontchartrain (The Sydney Lockhart Mystery Series) 4.55 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder at the Galvez (The Sydney Lockhart Mystery Series Book 3) 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder at the Menger 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sherlock Holmes Triviography and Quiz Book 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Run Dog Run 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I thought you would like to get to meet my protagonist in my Kate Caraway Animal-Rights Mystery Series. She was recently interviewed by Skagit Valley Writers. The books are available on Amazon, at your local bookstore, or directly through me. Shoot me an email or purchase directly from my website by clicking on Books.

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Kathleen Kaska wrote a new blog post Who is Kate Caraway? I thought you would like to get to meet my protagonist in my Kate Caraway Animal-Rights Mystery Series. She was recently interviewed by Skagit Valley Read more of this blog post »
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Kathleen and 2 other people liked Vicki May's review of Murder at the Luther (The Sydney Lockhart Mysteries, #1): "Sydney Lockhart, reporter and magnet for trouble, is covering the New Years Ball at The Luther when a man she hit it off with at dinner collapses at her feet on the dance floor with a knife in his back. Sydney, her cousin Ruth and an interesting cast" Read more of this review »
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Kathleen and 2 other people liked Merry Chapman's review of Murder at the Luther (The Sydney Lockhart Mysteries, #1): "What fun this book is taking place in the 50s. Once I started it, I couldn't put it down. With some humor and great twists, turns and red-herrings It took me on a ride to find a killer. It seems Sydney Lockhart, former teacher turned journalist was a" Read more of this review »
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Kathleen rated a book it was amazing Mrs. Oliver's Twist: A Quinn McFarland Mystery (The Quinn McFarland Mystery Series Book 2) by Saralyn Richard (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Saralyn Richard continues to deliver another exceptional story. Mrs. Oliver’s Twist, the second book in the Quinn McFarland Mystery Series, features Quinn settling into her new life with her husband after a honeymoon in Jamaica. A sure sign of a grea ...more
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The Seven Stones by Kimberly Ashley is a YA coming-of-age story set in pre-historic times. It tells the tale of a family torn apart after a rival clan destroys their village. Kadya and her brother, Ruark, were away at the time of the attack and are n ...more
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Kathleen rated a book it was amazing One of You (A Tower District Mysteries, #2) by Lorie Lewis Ham (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
What happens when mystery authors gather, and someone in the pack has a real murder on their mind? Lorie Lewis Ham’s second Tower District mystery, One of You, is a delight. PI/podcaster Roxi Carlucci is assisting in planning Fresno’s first Halloween ...more
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Kathleen and 1 other person liked Kathy's review of Murder at the Galvez (The Sydney Lockhart Mystery Series Book 3): "Murder at the Galvez is set in Galveston Texas in the 1950s. The author's descriptive writing of details of the clothing and places made you feel as if you were right there with Sydney and the rest of the charaters as they try to solve the murders. I " Read more of this review »
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Why I Love This Series I love June Trop’s mystery series because it appeals to so many of my interests: ancient Egypt, strong female characters, a touch of humor, excellent plots, and twists at the end. Trop paints a tantalizing image of this exotic c ...more
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No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

The Biggest Goodreads Graveyard — 7085 members — last activity Nov 11, 2025 03:55AM
Hello, all! Welcome to one of Goodreads's biggest groups not centered on books. It has indeed become a memory, a forgotten graveyard of memories and i ...more

Q&A with Kathleen Kaska — 6 members — last activity Dec 08, 2009 12:18PM
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Join bestselling and award winning author Margaret Atwood for a discussion group in celebration of the paperback release of her novel The Year of the ...more

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Dec 05, 2018 05:53AM

Hi Kathleen,
Thank you for friending me. After reading your profile it seems we have a bit in common. I, too, attended Catholic school in the 50s where I became that 'good girl'. Weren't the fifties a terrific era? Your Sydney Lockhart Mysteries look interesting. Going to check them out. Cheers! - Marion

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