ONE WEEK TILL RELEASE!! I took the opportunity of unboxing to tell you a little more about the history, locations, new characters, and more concerning the second book in the Spokane Clock Tower Mysteries: Cupboards All Bared! Coming May 17! In this sequel to Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker, we’re once again transported to Spokane, 1901. A body …
The year is 1901, the day, April 16. You reach for your copy of The Spokesman-Review and low-and-behold, you read that President McKinley himself is coming to Spokane, Washington! A few days later, Ohio-born Amasa Campbell, jots off a few letters to friends and family: “The President will be out to visit us about the …
It’s here! The Cupboards All Bared Book Trailer! Share with everyone you know! Subscribe to my YouTube channel “Her books are a high that no drug can match.” —@PurposeofaBook, Bookstagram Reviewer “Page turning addicting!” —@GingerMorticia, Bookstagram Reviewer “One not to be missed!” —William H. Keith, NYT bestselling author In this sequel to Butcher, Baker, Candlestick …
For those of you who weren’t able to attend our event, we had an incredible tea party this Sunday at Heavenly Special Teas, my favorite local teashop! (Learn about the next event at the bottom of this post!) I thought I’d share some of my readings concerning tea etiquette, since when I was researching for …
Some of my favorite “easter eggs” to sprinkle throughout the Spokane Clock Tower Mysteries are the references to events I found while reading through The Spokesman-Review for the days I’ve set the stories. At the end of one particular day in Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker, Marian Kenyon sits back and flips through the April 16, …
Wondering what to make for Easter dinner next weekend? I’ve got an incredible, super simple, unique recipe for you! In the second book in the Spokane Clock Tower Mysteries, Cupboards All Bared, Roslyn Carew is desperately trying to find a new cook to satiate her husband and brother-in-law’s never-ending appetites. One of the cooks that …
It’s time! I am so excited to reveal to you all the cover for the second book in the Spokane Clock Tower Mysteries, Cupboards All Bared! “Murder, con games, and assassination in 1901 Washington state with the President’s life on the line. Ms. Meredith writes another taut and tightly plotted thriller in the Spokane Clock Tower series, one not …
Do you remember when Downton Abbey first aired and nobody could keep all the characters straight? Was he the butler or the footman? Whose mother is she? Who was Daisy again? And yet, three episodes in and we were all hooked and so invested in the characters it seemed amazing to us that we had …
Happy Pi Day! In honor of Pi Day (because it’s 3/14 😉 ), I thought I’d share a recipe for chicken pot pie mentioned in Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker! Nain’s chicken pot pie recipe is a family recipe we’ve used for years! If you’d rather make things easier on yourself, you can replace the roux …
“You can either run from it or learn from it.” Rafiki in The Lion King History is a tricky beast. Some say we should just forget it, hakuna matata, and all that. Others say that if we simply ignore it, we’ll never learn from it. As an historical fiction author, I land firmly in that …
