Eileen P. Duggan's Blog

It's Octoberfest in Hermann, MO. A local B&B is missing some historic items. Connie Tate and her sidekick Jay-Ray are on the case. Read all about it in the award-winning novel BED, BREAKFAST AND THE BEYOND in paperback or ebook! @ Scenic Regional Library- Hermann Branch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D78W9X6C

BREAKING NEWS: The National Federation of Press Women just announced that my novel, BED, BREAKFAST AND THE BEYOND, has won first place in the Fiction for Adult Readers – Novels category of the 2025 NFPW Professional Communications Contest. It is the first in my Tate vs. Fate series of detective novels. Find a copy on […]

The second installment of my murder-free mystery series, Protection, is now available from Amazon, at local bookstores by request, and from the trunk of my car. Meanwhile, the first book, Bed, Breakfast and The Beyond, was named 1st Place Winner in the Missouri Professional Communications 2025 Communications Contest, in Category 11A Writing — Books, Short […]

For those who want to read the first book in my Tate vs. Fate murder-free mystery series before the second installment, PROTECTION, comes out tomorrow, the first one, BED, BREAKFAST AND THE BEYOND, is free in ebook format March 14 and 15. The link is: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D6JVVYHR. Happy reading and beware the Ides of March!

Protection, the second in my Tate vs. Fate series of cozi-ish murder-free mysteries, is set for release Friday, March 15. Protection relates the latest adventure of detective Confidence Tate and her assistant Jay-Ray Lowry as they attempt to find a missing young man. The ebook is open for pre-order now at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZ4P967W. If you don’t […]

My new music review project continues with a review of The Broken Hipsters, another highly talented and experienced St. Louis area band seen and heard around town. If you were ever a fan of Fairchild, the Aardvarks, the Heaters, the Lucky Dog Band, Streetcorner Symphony and other local bands, you may find some of their […]

I’m starting a new feature on the blog. Harkening back to my long-ago sideline as a music critic, I’m planning to review some local St. Louis bands, whose members are, shall we say, senior veterans of the bar band circuit. They are experienced, they are talented, they are still capable of playing everything they did […]

Imagine running a marathon in the humid August St. Louis heat. The 1904 Olympic runners did it 120 years ago in the Marathon from Hell. It wasn’t pretty. With the 2024 Paris Olympic marathon in the spotlight, it’s an apt time to recall that noteworthy (and not in a good way) marathon of a century […]

Bed, Breakfast and The Beyond, the first installment of my Tate vs. Fate series of cozy-ish murder-free mysteries, is now available in both paperback and ebook. To access either format, visit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D78W9X6C. You can also order the book at your favorite bookstore. (ISBN: 9798324039981) Stand by for availability at St. Louis-area bookstores. The cover is […]

Pre-orders are open now for Bed, Breakfast and The Beyond, the first in my Tate vs. Fate series of cozy-ish murder-free mysteries. Pre-orders only apply to the ebook, which will be dropped into your e-reader on July 10. To preorder, click here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D6JVVYHR The paperback also will be available from Amazon on July 10. The […]