March 2026

Every novel begins with the spark of an idea. For me, those sparks often come from conversations—ordinary chats that land on the extraordinary, a place, a figure, a moment in time. For example, my father and I shared a love

I’m Kari Bovee—and if we haven’t met yet, it’s lovely to meet you here. I write historical mysteries featuring determined and gutsy women navigating complex, often dangerous worlds. My books are rooted in real eras—spanning the 1880s, 1920s, and 1950s—and

Every novel begins with the spark of an idea. For me, those sparks often come from conversations—ordinary chats that land on the extraordinary, a place, a figure, a moment in time. For example, my father and I shared a love

When people ask what first drew me to writing, I usually say, “It’s always been there.” As a child, I filled notebooks with stories, poems, and dreams—writing was how I made sense of the world. But when did it become

New York, 1885. Arabella Pryce is the quintessential stage diva. She has world-wide fame, an opulent Fifth Avenue mansion, and a majestic New York theatre to call her own. Elegant, and adored, she’s at the height of her career. But

I have been binge-watching Agatha Christie’s Marple again, as I often do when I’m in need of a particular kind of comfort: a reminder that human nature, no matter how cleverly disguised, always leaves a seam. Each episode offers that

Some women chase success, others are shaped by it. Arabella Pryce has never known a life where achievement was optional. From childhood stages to New York’s dazzling theaters, she learned early that applause was not merely affirmation—it was survival. Acclaim

How a literary tradition of erasure, doubt, and control still resonates in historical mystery fiction. When Wilkie Collins published The Woman in White in 1860, he offered readers more than a gripping mystery—he revealed how the structures of Victorian society

In the late nineteenth century, as mining towns erupted almost overnight across Colorado, a surprising kind of architecture began to appear in the midst of rough timber shacks, tent saloons, and muddy streets. These were not the hastily built boarding

Illusion, Power, and an Inconvenient Death Ziegfeld’s Broadway and the Mystery at the Heart of Grace in the Wings At the height of Broadway’s golden age, no producer wielded more cultural power than Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. His name became synonymous