About

Maggie King is the author of the Hazel Rose Book Group mysteries. Her short stories appear in the Virginia is for Mysteries series, 50 Shades of Cabernet, Deadly Southern Charm, Death by Cupcake, and Murder by the Glass. Maggie is a member of James River Writers, International Thriller Writers, Short Mystery Fiction Society, and is a founding member of Sisters in Crime Central Virginia, where she manages the chapter’s Instagram account. In addition, she serves Sisters in Crime on the national level as a member of the Social Media team. Maggie graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a B.S. degree in Business Administration, and has worked as a software developer, customer service supervisor, and retail sales manager. She lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband, Glen, and cats, Morris and Olive.

The Woman in White: Mysteries at Our Own Doors

Romance, mystery, conflict, deception, secrets, and all around evil doings make The Woman in White a page turner. This classic by Wilkie Collins was considered a “sensation” novel when published in 1859 and is now noted as an early example … Continue reading

What Ever Happened to Gabrielle Kraft?

  Some of you are nodding, wondering what did happen to that wonderful writer. Others of you are knitting your brows, thinking “Who in blazes is Gabrielle Kraft?” Gabrielle Kraft published four mysteries back in the eighties. Her series followed … Continue reading

A Nice Early Review for Murder at the Book Group

  Natasha Simons, my editor at Simon & Schuster, sent me this review from Jennyfer Davis from BeachCrafters Books in Long Beach, California (http://beachcrafters.weebly.com). According to Natasha, this is a bookseller review, meaning that it’s posted in the store for people … Continue reading

Discovering a “Lost” Author: John J. Lamb

John J. Lamb was a homicide detective and hostage negotiator in Southern California before retiring to Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley where he and his wife became teddy bear collectors. John also penned a series of mysteries featuring a homicide detective who … Continue reading