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BEST NE CRIMe STORIES
BEST NE CRIMe STORIES
In the 2024 Best New England Crime Stories, "Public Affairs Homicide," a Vermont Radio Mystery in which Jaye Jordan's puff piece interview with her boyfriend's old mentor turns up disturbing memories -- and murder!
Thrilled to be a part of this incredible collection -- get yours here:;
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BEST NE CRIMe STORIES
BEST NE CRIMe STORIES
Now up at TOUGH Crime -- Jaye's long night at the board during an ice storm gives her a chance to help a woman save her husband -- or herself...and warn a trailer park full of people about an impending flood.
A fast-paced, pulse-pounding reminder of why everyone needs a local radio station. Free read here:
Your Hometown Station: A Vermont Radio Mystery By Nikki Knight
NEW NYSINC ANTHOLOGY!
BEST NE CRIMe STORIES
NEW NYSINC ANTHOLOGY!
Back in print with the Sibs!
In "Things Look Different Up Here," meet Jaye Jordan in NYC, as her walk on the High Line leads her into a murder case...and questions about her marriage.
If you're a regular reader of the Vermont Radio Mysteries, you'll love seeing Jaye before the big move! Just part of an amazing lineup...buy here:
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NEW NYSINC ANTHOLOGY!
A very special St. Patrick's Day anthology to benefit RAICES Texas, which helps migrant children. New Ella Shane story, "A Fatal St. Patrick's Day," in which Ella and Tommy help gangster Connor Coughlan after the murder of a tough known as The Leprechaun. Nine more fun tales -- and recipes, too! Luck of the Irish: A Cozy Mystery Anthology: 10 Tales by Cozy authors - Kindle edition by Darroch, Kate, Thompson, Jessica, Marple Kalb, Kathleen , Phipps, C. A. , Grundy, Amy, Brimer, Jessica , Weist, Jaclyn, Lancaster , J. R., Rose, K., Jenkins, W.. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
Back in Black Cat!!!
Jaye Jordan's first Parents' Night in Vermont was always going to be a little fraught...but then she recognized the PTA President's voice -- and stumbled into a particularly cruel murder.
In Black Cat Weekly, #132 -- buy here:
Meet SUSAN SAWYER!
In "Caught by the Last Star," now a MysteryRat's Maze Podcast read by the amazing Amelia Ryan, ninety-something legend Susan Sawyer and her manager Derek Dunbar stop a grifter on their morning coffee run. This is one you just have to HEAR: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-gnkba-157e2d7
OWL BE CRIMEUCOPIA!
OWL BE CRIMEUCOPIA!
OWL BE CRIMEUCOPIA!
In Murderous Ink Press's latest, "Owl Be Damned," the much-loved story where Blanche the Snowy Owl helps catch a killer makes its very first appearance in print. Buy here: Crimeucopia - Say It Again: Authors, Various, Barrows, Brandon, Regolino, Anthony, McDonald, Madeleine, Knight, Nikki, Reed, Michele Bazan, Fraser, Lyn, Wiley, Michael, Floyd, John, Fisher, Eve: 9781909498549: Amazon.com: Books
NO angels here!
OWL BE CRIMEUCOPIA!
OWL BE CRIMEUCOPIA!
A dark little Grace the Hit Mom tale...in which she very nearly makes a fatal mistake, "No Angels Here" is an unforgettable twist on our friendly neighborhood assassin assassin. In Black Cat Weekly #122, buy here: Black Cat Weekly #122
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In Black Cat Weekly #106, Jaye Jordan BEFORE Vermont!
Jaye's farewell dinner with her NYC radio pals at a mobbed-up restaurant turns dangerous...and this time it's not the goodfellas settling scores!
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MYSTERY MAGAZINE!
PODCAST ANTHOLOGY!
Black Cat Weekly!
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First-EVER Mystery Magazine publication, September 2023
In "The Telltale Request," a Vermont Radio Mystery, Jaye uses inspiration from Edgar Allen Poe -- and Steve Perry's "Oh, Sherrie" to catch a killer.
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PODCAST ANTHOLOGY!
PODCAST ANTHOLOGY!
PODCAST ANTHOLOGY!
COMING SOON!
The M2D4 Season Six Anthology is now on preorder if you want the print version of "This Never Happened to Wolfman Jack, " to go with the podcast!
Preorder here:
M2D4 Podcast!
MALICE, MATRIMONy, AND MURDER!
PODCAST ANTHOLOGY!
PODCAST STORY!
The Vermont Radio Mystery "This Never Happened to Wolfman Jack," is part of Season Six of the M2D4 podcast, brought to amazing life by Tina Wolff and her producer Jack (get it??)
A late-night visitor to the station asks Jaye to solve a 20-year-old murder...or else.
Where you get your podcasts, or here:
M2D4 S6E3 This Never Happened to Wolfman Jack by Nikki Knight. – TG Wolff (wordpress.com)
MALICE, MATRIMONy, AND MURDER!
MALICE, MATRIMONy, AND MURDER!
MALICE, MATRIMONy, AND MURDER!
NOW ON PREORDER!
SO thrilled to be part of this amazing wedding-themed cozy anthology with two dozen incredible writers!
In "Second Chances are...Murder," 103-year-old Grandpa Seymour and 92-year-old Great-Aunt Patsy's wedding is interrupted by moose and murder. Jaye will have to catch the killer before she gets a dance with her fella...
NEPtUNE's Podcast!
MALICE, MATRIMONy, AND MURDER!
MALICE, MATRIMONy, AND MURDER!
FIRST PERSON FELINE!
"Don't Mess with the Boss Cat," a Vermont Radio story in which Neptune is forced to kill someone who threatens his people, is featured in the current season of CatsCast!
Where you get your podcasts, or here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTZz3EVdwNA
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BLACK CAT WEEKLY!!!
THE LITTLE SHOP OF MURDERS
BLACK CAT WEEKLY!!!
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SO honored to have "The Custodian of the Body" in Black Cat Weekly #91 as a Barb Goffman Presents story!
Newly-widowed Christian Shaw (who you'll meet later in the Old Stuff Mysteries) stumbles across a murder while planning her husband's funeral and uses her expertise as an historian to help solve it.
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FIRST AHMM STORY!!!
THE LITTLE SHOP OF MURDERS
BLACK CAT WEEKLY!!!
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"The Annual Mud Season Homicide," a Vermont radio mystery, is in the May/June issue of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. In the story, an unexpected Sunday morning visitor at WSV draws Jaye into a deep and unexpected web of trouble. My grandfather was a regular reader, so this is an amazing moment for me!
Get it here:
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THE LITTLE SHOP OF MURDERS
THE LITTLE SHOP OF MURDERS
CRIMEUCOPIA: One More Thing to Worry About
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The Jaye Jordan Story "It Was Our Song" is just one of the wonderful stories in this upcoming charity anthology! ALL PROCEEDS to children's charities in the US, UK, and Ireland!
CRIMEUCOPIA: One More Thing to Worry About
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE: Best New England Crime Stories 2022
CRIMEUCOPIA: One More Thing to Worry About
NOW OUT!
"Bad Apples," the Black Orchid Novella Award Honorable Mention Jaye Jordan story, is part of this amazing NEW anthology from Murderous Ink Press!
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE: Best New England Crime Stories 2022
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE: Best New England Crime Stories 2022
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE: Best New England Crime Stories 2022
NOW OUT!
The Jaye Jordan story "Blame it on the Blizzard" is included in this prestigious annual anthology from Crime Spell Books. Where you buy books, or Amazon:
MYSTERYRAT'S MAZE PODCAST: Owl Be Damned!
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE: Best New England Crime Stories 2022
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE: Best New England Crime Stories 2022
Blanche the Snowy Owl's story, "Owl Be Damned" is now on the MysteryRat's Maze Podcast!
Wherever you get your podcasts, or here:
Owl Be Damned by Nikki Knight | Mysteryrat’s Maze Podcast (podbean.com)
Justice for All: Murder New York Style 5
Justice for All: Murder New York Style 5
Justice for All: Murder New York Style 5
NOW A DERRINGER FINALIST!!!
My Ella Shane story, "The Thanksgiving Ragamuffin," from the NYC/TriState Sisters in Crime anthology was a finalist for a 2022 Derringer Award. Get all of these wonderful stories wherever you buy books, or at Amazon: Justice for All: Murder New York Style - Kindle edition by Barr, D.M., De Marco, Joseph R.G. . Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
TALES FROM THE BACK PORCH
Justice for All: Murder New York Style 5
Justice for All: Murder New York Style 5
Out now from Murderous Ink Press! A wonderful collection of nefarious tales, including "And Your Lake Monster Too" in which Jaye Jordan's Lake Champlain getaway with her new man goes very wrong.
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DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
Justice for All: Murder New York Style 5
"Snowed Under," a Jaye Jordan Before Vermont story, is in the new Creative James Media Anthology, DARK AND STORMY NIGHT!
WHITE CAT: "The DJ Saved My Life"
The Jaye Jordan Vermont Mystery "The DJ Saved My Life," in which Jaye prevents a murder by knowing her audience is at White Cat Publications:
TOUGH: "Owl Be Damned"
The Jaye Jordan Vermont Mystery "Owl Be Damned," in which Blanche the Snowy Owl helps Jaye and her Uncle Edgar solve a murder is up on TOUGH Blogazine:
TOUGH: Owl Be Damned, fiction by Nikki Knight (toughcrime.com)
HONORABLE MENTION!
The Jaye Jordan Vermont story, "Bad Apples" was named an Honorable Mention in the Black Orchid Novella Award Contest.
ELLa and the duke Return!
Our Diva and Duke unravel a 40-year-old mystery that could threaten the succession to the British Throne -- and confront a vile blackmail plot against a friend's sibling, a man living as a woman...all during Ella's debut season at the Met!
4/29 -- Level Best Books!