Coming Soon: The Roscoe Gang
WORKING VACATIONS WILL KILL YOU
The Expendables meets NewsRadio and Emeril Live with renegade lobsters: Rick (not Ricki Lee) MacIntyre and the Roscoe Gang, network journalists turned crisis communications experts, investigate the murder of a TV chef in his own clambake at a luxe Maine resort, while protecting their difficult client, untangling a hot mess of old grudges, red herrings and runaway lobsters, and working in some summer romance.
Coming APRIL 6, 2027 from Blank Slate Press!
Old Stuff Mysteries
The Stuff of Murder, Level Best, 2023
The Stuff of Mayhem, Level Best, 2025
The Stuff of Malice, Level Best, 2026
Ella Shane Mysteries
A Fatal Finale, Kensington 2020
A Fatal First Night, Kensington 2021
A Fatal Overture, Kensington 2022
A Fatal Reception, Level Best, 2024
A Fatal Honeymoon, Free Novella
A Fatal Waltz, Level Best, 2025
A Fatal Flourish, Level Best, 2026
Vermont Radio Mysteries
As nikki knight
Live, Local, and Dead, Crooked Lane, 2022, Harlequin Paperback 2025
Live, Local, and Long Dead, Wild Rose Press, 2024, Harlequin Paperback 2026
Also featured in many short stories and podcasts!
by Nikki Knight
Grace the Hit Mom
Wrong Poison, Charade Media, 2023
Hound of the Bonnevilles, Keylight Books, 2025
Murder on the Sea Otter Express, Keylight Books, 2026
Podcasts
Nikki Knight's Vermont Radio Mysteries
“Owl be Damned,”MysteryRat’s Maze, 2023
“This Never Happened to Wolfman Jack,” M2D4, 2023
“Don’t Mess with the Boss Cat,” CatsCast, 2024
“Pie a la Poison,” MysteryRat’s Maze, Thanksgiving 2026
“She Watches from the Lake,” M2D4, 2027 – double episode4
Kathleen Marple Kalb
“Sorry Not Sorry,” (Old Stuff Mystery) M2D4 2024
“Caught By the Last Star,” (Susan Sawyer Mystery) MysteryRat’s Maze 2024
“The Last Diamond,” (Susan Sawyer Mystery) M2D4 2025
“The Current Situation” (Frankie and Flora) M2D4 2026
Short Stories
Nikki knight's Vermont Radio Mysteries
“Bad Apples,” Honorable Mention Black Orchid Novella Contest 2021, published in CRIMEUCOPIA: One More Thing to Worry About, Murderous Ink, February 2023. Reprint in inaugural issue of SMFS Magazine, October 2026.
“…And Your Lake Monster Too,” in CRIMEUCOPIA: Tales from the Back Porch, Murderous Ink, February 2022.
“Snowed Under” in Dark and Stormy Night, Creative James Media, March 2022
“It Was Our Song” on the Mystery Tribune website, May 2022, and Little Shop of Murder charity anthology, April 2023.
“Owl Be Damned,” Tough, August 2022, CRIMEUCOPIA: Say it Again, Murderous Ink, January 2024
“The DJ Saved My Life,” White Cat Publications (online) August 2022
“Blame it on the Blizzard,” in Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022, CrimeSpell Books, September 2022
“The Annual Mud Season Homicide,” Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, May/June 2023
“The Telltale Request,” Mystery Magazine September 2023.
“This Never Happened to Wolfman Jack,” Things that Go Jack in the Night, M2D4 Season Anthology, September 2023
“The New York Goodbye,” Black Cat Weekly, September 2023
“Second Chances are…Murder,” in Murder, Malice, and Matrimony, Kickstarter anthology, November 2023
“Pie a la Poison,” The Perp Wore Pumpkin charity anthology, Misti Media, November 2023
“You Never Know What You’ll Hear,” Black Cat Weekly, March 2024
“Your Hometown Station,” Tough, October 2024
“Things Look Different Up Here,” in New York State of Crime, Murder New York Style 6, NY/SinC Anthology, September 2024. Anthology nominated for Derringer.
“Public Affairs Homicide,” in Devil’s Snare Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2024, CrimeSpell Books, November 2024. Anthology nominated for Derringer.
“Hips Don’t Lie,” Black Cat Weekly, February 2025
“Boss Cat Rules,” in Donna Andrews Presents Malice Domestic: Murder Most Humorous, April 2025. Conference Anthology. Nominated for Agatha Award.
“You May Already be a Winner,” in Crimeucopia: A Load of Balls, Murderous Ink, June 2025
“Other Voices Carry,” in Snakeberry: Best New England Crime Stories 2025, CrimeSpell Books, November 2025.
“I Know…What You Did in Pittsburgh,” in Lunatic Fringe: One Hit Wonders 2, White City Press, September 2025.
Nikki KNight's Grace the hit mom
“No Angels Here,” Black Cat Weekly, December 2023
“Razzle Dazzle,” in Ya Got Trouble Part 1, White City Books, due 2026
“Milk. Bread. Homicide” in Death Camas: Best New England Crime Stories 2026, CrimeSpell Books, November 2026.
Ella Shane Shorts
“The Thanksgiving Ragamuffin,” in Justice for All: Murder New York Style 5, September 2021, NY/SinC Anthology, Derringer Nomination.
“A Fatal St. Patrick’s Day,” in Luck of the Irish charity anthology, March 2024. Amazon bestseller.
“Light in San Francisco” free holiday short, published on website.
“The Current Situation,” in Stuff that Will Kill You, M2D4 season anthology.
Old StufF Shorts
“The Custodian of the Body,” Black Cat Weekly, May 28, 2023
“Sorry Not Sorry,” Games People Play: Final Move, M2D4 season anthology, September 2024
“Mow Way Out,” Black Cat Weekly, September 15, 2024
“All That Kissy Stuff,” CRIMEUCOPIA: What the Butler Didn’t See, Murderous Ink, September 2025
“Spring Death Cleaning” in Detectives, Sleuths & Nosy Neighbors III, Ink’d Publishing, June 2026.
Dany Czednick -- 1980s Pittsburgh PI
“Diana and the Princess,” in Sleuths Just Wanna Have Fun, Down & Out Books, April 2025
“Danno and the Shadyside Butcher,” in CRIMEUCOPIA: The Not-So-Frail Detective Agency, December 2025.
Susan Sawyer, the Last Star
“The Last Diamond,” in Larceny and Lies, M2D4 Season Anthology, February 2025.
Kelly Glass
“One Night at the Beach,” in Better Off Dead, Part Two, due from White City Press, 2026
“Kelly Glass and the Hall Pass,” in CRIMEUCOPIA: the 10K Club, due March 2027.,
Academic Essay
“And a Colorful Cast,” in Writing the Cozy Mystery: Authors’ Perspectives on their Craft, Phyllis Betz, Editor, McFarland, July 2024.
Awards & Honors
Individual:
Agatha Nomination for “Boss Cat Rules.”
Derringer Nomination for “The Thanksgiving Ragamuffin”
Black Orchid Novella Honorable Mention for “Bad Apples”
NEST Award Finalist: The Stuff of Murder
Anthology:
Writing the Cozy Mystery: Agatha Award, Anthony Nomination
New York State of Crime: Murder New York Style 6: Derringer Nomination
Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2024: Derringer Nomination
The Not-So-Frail Detective Agency: Derringer Nomination, Silver Falchion Finalist
NEW SERIES!!!
Coming next April from Blank Slate Press -- think NewsRadio meets the Expendables...with renegade lobsters!