Susan Russo AndersonMay 31, 20212 minMaria on the MoonI first saw her years ago in St. Sulpice, hunched over her cane and walking down a side aisle, a beldame in black armband, the craters...
Susan Russo AndersonMay 30, 20218 minMeet Lorraine McDuffyDeath of a Brooklyn Landlord is the first book in a spinoff series. It takes place in Brooklyn and Manhattan and stars several characters...
Susan Russo AndersonMay 29, 20212 minMurder Doesn’t Happen All at OnceAn Excerpt from Too Quiet In Brooklyn, the first book in the Fina Fitzgibbons mystery series Early the next day before we set our for New...
Susan Russo AndersonMay 28, 20212 minTerre de Fer Frog, a True StoryOn one of our trips to Paris in the 1980s, Larry and I found this pitcher in a small shop near the Seine. We had to have it, we told the...
Susan Russo AndersonMay 27, 20213 minColumbus Park, Lower East SideOne of New York City’s oldest greens, Columbus Park gave immigrant children of the 1900s their own special place. Then it was located in...
Susan Russo AndersonMay 25, 20213 minBarco’s CircusSerafina Florio is the main character of my historical mystery series. She lives in Sicily in the nineteenth century. She’s a widow with...
Susan Russo AndersonMay 24, 20213 minVia Giulia, An Ageless BeautyVia Giulia is a quiet Roman street close to the Tiber. Located on the southwestern edge of the Campo dei Fiori, it runs today as it did...
Susan Russo AndersonMay 23, 20213 minA Tour of OltramariMy outspoken character, Serafina, midwife and sleuth, takes you on a tour of her hometown. The Serafina Florio mysteries take place in...
Susan Russo AndersonMay 21, 20212 minA Little More MoreI still have a picture of you taken on the Pont Alexandre III long before we met, your favorite bridge you told me one day when we were...
Susan Russo AndersonMay 20, 20211 minA Tip to Crush Writer’s BlockThe best tip I ever read was this: just write. Sort of like, just do it. Sit. Get a pen or pencil. Or sit at a computer, start Notes or...