I can’t believe it’s here already! Book 3 in the Spokane Clock Tower Mysteries is NOW AVAILABLE! Find it wherever books are sold! “Her books are a high that no drug can match.” — @purposeofabook, Bookstagram Reviewer “Page-turning addicting!” — @thegingermorticia, Bookstagram Reviewer “All the Agatha Christie vibes I could want.…” — @bibliobrunette, Bookstagram Reviewer …
A little over ONE WEEK TILL RELEASE!! I took the opportunity of unboxing to tell you a little more about the history, locations, returning characters, and more concerning the third book in the Spokane Clock Tower Mysteries: Crazy Maids in a Row! Coming October 25th! Thank you for joining me for the unboxing of Crazy Maids …
SPOILER ALERT! If you have not read Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker, please do NOT read this post! If you’ve read Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker, and have begun or finished Cupboards All Bared, you’ll know why I felt the need to share more information on the topic of mental illness in the Gilded Age. (You might also …
Crazy Maids in a Row, Book 3 in the Spokane Clock Tower Mysteries, releases October 25! COMING OCTOBER 25! Now available for pre-order wherever books are sold! Let the countdown begin! “Her books are a high that no drug can match.” — @purposeofabook, Bookstagram Reviewer “Page-turning addicting!” — @thegingermorticia, Bookstagram Reviewer “All the Agatha Christie …
One of the questions I often get about the Spokane Clock Tower Mysteries is: Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker This first book in the Spokane Clock Tower Mysteries originally was titled The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker. Per the title, I’d written my first draft attempting to adhere very strictly to representing each of these …
SPOILER ALERT! If you have not read Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker, please do NOT read this post! However, if you’re looking for a synopsis because you’re hoping to start Book 2, Cupboards All Bared, and you need a little help remembering what happened in Book 1, you’re in the right place! By special request, I’d …
We have exciting news! We’re moving to Colorado Springs! I won’t be posting any new blogs for the next few weeks as we make this transition. We’re very excited, though I’m sure you have a few questions. But…wait! What about the Spokane Clock Tower Mysteries? Never fear, the Spokane Clock Tower Mysteries will not end just …
One of my main sources for researching locations in 1901 Spokane has become Sanborn Maps. Sanborn maps are fire insurance maps, created to show where buildings existed in a city for safety reasons, including where the water mains ran and where the nearest station is. Like most maps of Spokane around my time period, I …
Hangman Creek, the Campbell House, and the Montvale Hotel aren’t the only local historical locations featured in Cupboards All Bared. (Each of those links will take you to the in-depth article on those locations.) You’ll find many more little cameos from local Spokane locations throughout the book, like the Spokesman-Review building and Dodson’s jewelry. Check …
The third major location featured in Cupboards All Bared is the Montvale Hotel. The Montvale was built in 1899 by Probate Judge John Binkley as one of the first Single Room Occupancy hotels in Spokane. This means it was built for the laborers that were constantly in flux in Spokane, coming through to work on …
