Tag: cozy mystery short stories
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WiP Report 8/8/18: Fear of Failure
I am very happy to report that I finished editing OLD TIME STORIES, my new collection of six mystery short stories and eleven nonfiction pieces about the people and places that inspired the stories. And this past Monday I posted the digital version on Kindle Direct Publishing in plenty of time for the 8/29/18 publication…
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New Story Collection
From fireworks on the 4th of July through a surprising streetcar ride and a troublesome gang to an unusual honeymoon and a haunted house, the six tales in Old Time Stories delight and entertain. This collection also includes a dozen nonfiction pieces about the real people and places that inspired Juliet Kincaid to write her…
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Suitable Jobs for Women in 1900
Some times we historical fiction writers get so locked into the old days we write about, we forget that our contemporaries might not have the foggiest notion of what we’re talking about. For instance, I’ve written a new short story called “Detectives’ Honeymoon.” And I’ve been promoting it with this blurb: “After resolving the mysteries…
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Honeymoon Plans Go Awry
After resolving the mysteries of MISCHIEF IN MARCH, Book 3 of the Calendar Mystery series, newlyweds Daniel and Minty Price set off on their honeymoon. But due to a number of unforeseen circumstances, a Harvey Girl, and a would-be Sherlock Holmes, they come to fear that they won’t have a honeymoon at all,…
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Last day for FREE mystery story
Sunday April 8 is the last day to get “The 9th Street Gang,” the latest short story in my calendar mystery series, for FREE. Join the fun as newly engaged Minty Wilcox and Daniel Price pursue a gang of thieves plaguing Kansas City in February 1900. Minty tries to focus on the case, but her…
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New short story
“The 9th Street Gang,” Juliet Kincaid’s latest calendar mystery short story, is now available for only #99cents at www.amazon.com/dp/B079YYVTTX or a penny less than a pound at www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B079YYVTTX but it’s always free on Kindle Unlimited. “The 9th Street Gang,” an Old Kansas City Story Happy to be wearing her old brown coat that the wet…
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Free Short Story
Here’s a snippet from “The Barn Door,” a prequel story to my calendar mystery series, set in old Kansas City, that features an old gent named Hector Jones in need of a detective. The elevator operator had started to close the door when someone shouted, “Wait for me” from outside and a clean-shaven man of…
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New Calendar Mystery Story!
TWO BIRTHDAYS An Old Kansas City Story June 22, 1899 Price Investigations Office Kansas City, Missouri The office door opening that afternoon startled Minty Wilcox and she almost looked up to see who it was. But then she thought, I’d better keep my head down and look busy. It won’t do for Mr. Mathison to…
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Minty Wilcox to the Rescue
Lost Dog An Old Kansas City Story Tuesday, July 5, 1898, shortly after noon Kansas City, Missouri As Minty Wilcox hurried home, she mentally reviewed the symbols from Mr. Gregg’s shorthand system she’d studied that morning at the Kansas City Business College. A pretty woman of nineteen years, she wore a white jumper dress with…
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New Story Collection Now Only $.99
Seven fairy tale mystery stories for grown-ups now only $.99 from December 7 through December 13, 2016 CINDERELLA, P. I., FIRST CASE TO LAST Enjoy the humor and fun you’ve come to expect from the Cinderella, P. I. fairy tale mystery short stories for grown-ups in this new short story collection from Juliet Kincaid. In…