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The Runner Creep
Missing Brandy is the second novel in the Fina Fitzgibbons Brooklyn mystery series. Like all the other books, it’s a standalone. In this...

Susan Russo Anderson
Sep 27, 20212 min read
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A Small Shop near the Seine
“Something about the store yellowed the light, antiqued the world and made it turn more slowly.” Murder On The Rue Cassette is Serafina’s...

Susan Russo Anderson
Sep 24, 20213 min read
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A Character in Distress
Note: The Girl with the Golden Earrings is free September 23 - 27, 2021 Ash Bogle is a character in distress. He is eternal, of course,...

Susan Russo Anderson
Sep 23, 20213 min read
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The Press of His Hand
No More Brothers is Serafina Florio’s second mystery, a novella. It takes place on the northwest coast of Sicily in 1867. Summary. When...

Susan Russo Anderson
Sep 20, 20212 min read
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She Departed Ever So Slightly
Phoebe Daligan is one of my favorite characters. I think of her often. In this scene, she’s being interviewed by Fina. Early the next day...

Susan Russo Anderson
Sep 19, 20212 min read
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Becoming Her Own Shadow
Here’s Fina in the middle of the night, sitting on the edge of her bed and thinking about her mother’s last days. The monologue is from...

Susan Russo Anderson
Sep 17, 20212 min read
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This Time, Stars Shone
Death in Bagheria is Serafina’s third mystery. She is commissioned to investigate the death of a baroness who lived in Bagheria. In the...

Susan Russo Anderson
Sep 14, 20213 min read
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Susan Russo Anderson
Sep 11, 20210 min read
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In Memoriam: September 11, 2001
We shall never forget.

Susan Russo Anderson
Sep 11, 20211 min read
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The Mysterious Man
This is the opening scene from Death on Atlantic Avenue, Fina’s eighth Brooklyn mystery standalone. Her half sister, Kate is alone in her...

Susan Russo Anderson
Sep 8, 20213 min read
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Not While We’re Eating
In this scene from Death of a Serpent, Rosa and Serafina, along with their daughters, are on a train rolling their way to Bagheria—in...

Susan Russo Anderson
Sep 6, 20213 min read
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Like I’m From the Heavens
In Death of a Serpent, Serafina’s first mystery, three prostitutes have died. As part of her investigation, Serafina Florio, main...

Susan Russo Anderson
Sep 1, 20214 min read
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An Insistent Buzzing
Death and Disappearance is the fifth book in the Fina Fitzgibbons Brooklyn mystery series. Like all Fina’s novels, it is a standalone....

Susan Russo Anderson
Aug 28, 20216 min read
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Into that Mighty Interstellar Darkness
What were the thoughts of a nineteenth-century woman when she looked up at the stars? Here is Serafina in a scene from Death of a...

Susan Russo Anderson
Aug 25, 20212 min read
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Don Tigro’s Backstory
Don Tigro is the recurring villain in the Serafina Florio historical mysteries. His story begins in Death of a Serpent, Serafina’s first...

Susan Russo Anderson
Aug 22, 20212 min read
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A Pork Chop Between His Teeth
A missing teen ... A Rent-Gouging Brooklyn Landlord ... Death of a Brooklyn Landlord is Lorraine McDuffy’s first murder mystery. Up to...

Susan Russo Anderson
Aug 18, 20216 min read
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On Mary’s Day in August
Tonight it visits me again as if for the first time. I am standing on the Pont St. Louis in the early ’70s with the river beneath while...

Susan Russo Anderson
Aug 15, 20211 min read
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Her Dreams Are Fat
In this excerpt from an unpublished short story, Serafina introduces her family. Serafina is a midwife and sleuth who lives in...

Susan Russo Anderson
Aug 11, 20212 min read
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Heavy Traffic
Meet Detective Jane Templeton and her partner, Willoughby. They are NYPD detectives and recurring characters in the Fina Fitzgibbons...

Susan Russo Anderson
Aug 8, 20211 min read
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The Press of Gossip
Death in Bagheria is the third book in the Serafina Florio mystery series. Serafina investigates the death of a baroness, and in this...

Susan Russo Anderson
Aug 5, 20215 min read
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