Editor Kill Fee Cozy Mystery Lands on Reading List in Strand Magazine

Strand Magazine has it’s roots in England in 1891 where it enjoyed contributors like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Winston Churchill and Queen Victoria. Later, it ran the works of Agatha Christie, Ernest Hemingway and one of my favorites Shirley Jackson. In 1998 The Strand resurfaced from Farmington Hills, MI. And while that’s no where near the UK, a closer look reveals the new incarnation of the magazine had honored its roots. The cover design is instantly recognizable. I found that we still had several copies of The Strand from an earlier subscription. And hey, check out the formerly unpublished story by Rod Serling “First Squad, First Platoon.”

Which brings me to my news. The Strand asked for a review copy of Editor Kill Fee and will be adding it to their upcoming reading list. I couldn’t be more thrilled. Thank you Andrew Gulli for your interest.

A quick synopsis of Editor Kill Fee: When the president of the local Santa Fe Mystery Readers Club goes missing, mystery editor Taylor Browning starts her unofficial inquiries. After talking with a club member, Taylor learns the president had a secret. She has been moonlighting moving the prized chile, the Mayan Death Pepper, throughout northern New Mexico. Did this nocturnal activity link with her disappearance? Suspicion and paranoia threaten to pull the book club apart. When the clues lead to Santa Fe, Taylor’s friend Det. Sanchez steps in. Jim Wells, her coworker, takes her on a field trip to the mysterious Devil’s Road where multiple people have gone and never returned. Will the legendary Pecos Triangle claim more victims?

Publisher’s Weekly had this to say about Editor Kill Fee: “Collins’s clever third mystery featuring Taylor Browning finds the New Mexico book editor investigating a pair of missing persons. It’s ideal for poolside reading.”

You can read it for yourself by clicking here: https://tinyurl.com/3crr9enf