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K.L. Murphy is the author of The Great Forgotten (January 2026) as well as the award-nominated Her Sister’s Death, a January 2023 Once Upon a Book Club Pick. Of Her Sister’s Death, Publishers Weekly said, “Murphy keeps the tension high…” and “readers will eagerly turn the pages” and Library Journal called the book “[A] riveting tale…”

In addition, she is the author of the Detective Callie Forde Mysteries: Last Girl Missing and the forthcoming The Murderer’s Girl (August 2025) and the Detective Cancini Mystery Series featuring A Guilty Mind, Stay of Execution, and The Last Sin. Her short stories are featured in Deadly Southern Charm, Murder by the Glass, First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder and Friend of the Devil: Crime Fiction Inspired by t
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K.L. Murphy If I were writing a cozy mystery, I would include the mystery of the missing blender. Returning home from a trip, I found that our blender was gone. A…moreIf I were writing a cozy mystery, I would include the mystery of the missing blender. Returning home from a trip, I found that our blender was gone. Although my kids and various aunts/uncles were here during that time, no one could explain how it disappeared. A few weeks later, my sister-in-law said she had taken it because she thought it was hers???? (We both had old and dated blenders!) Oddly, she never thought to mention that she'd taken it although it sat right on the counter and was used almost every day. I didn't mind as I bought a much better blender before the mystery was solved. In the meantime, I had quizzed everyone and it became a fun question. "Who has the blender?" I wonder...could a blender be a blunt force object used in a "mixing" murder? Hmmm....
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K.L. Murphy I haven't had any extended periods of writer's block (yet) but for short term dead periods, I like to take walks with the dogs. For some reason, it's …moreI haven't had any extended periods of writer's block (yet) but for short term dead periods, I like to take walks with the dogs. For some reason, it's one of the times when I just let my mind wander from story idea to story idea. Works for me!(less)
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Welcome Heather Weidner!

So happy to have Heather Weidner visiting today. Although she’s stopped by before (as one of the Mutt Mystery authors), I’m thrilled to have her here today. Heather is the author of a brand new, truly fun and clever cozy mystery series set in an upscale trailer resort, called the Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries. Glamping is all the rage and this book with its plucky heroine will be, too. VINTAGE TR

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