Leah Cutter tells page-turning, wildly creative stories that always leave you guessing in the middle, but completely satisfied by the end.

She writes mystery of all sorts. Her Water Witch cozy paranormal mysteries have been well received by readers, who just want to curl up and have tea with the main character. Her Halley Brown series, revolving around a private investigator who used to be with the Seattle Police Department, leave you guessing at every turn. And her speculative mysteries, such as the Alvin Goodfellow Case Files—a 1930s PI set on the moon—have garnered great reviews.

She's been published in magazines such as Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and in anthologies like Fiction River: Spies. On top of that, Leah is the editor of the quarterly mystery magazine: Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem.

Read more books by Leah Cutter at www.KnottedRoadPress.com.

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Mystery, Crime and Mayhem: Cooking up Crime edited by Leah R Cutter

Want a slice of pie with your crime? Or perhaps some cookies. Maybe even some BBQ...

Welcome to the annual cozy edition of MCM!

Be sure to bring a snack, as these stories are sure to leave you hungry for more.

The annual cozy issue of MCM.

So Criminal, It's Good.

 
 

BOOK PREVIEW

Excerpt

Introduction to the issue:

Welcome to the annual cozy issue of MCM!

When I first started MCM, I wrote much more hard-boiled mysteries. I didn't really either read or write cozy mysteries.

Something happened along the way. I needed my fiction to be sweeter, softer. Funnier. Sillier. Maybe it was the plague, maybe it was just a natural progression as I grew older.

Now, I write a lot of cozy mystery stories, as well as cozy novels.

And while writing always has been, and always will be, my favorite thing to do, this past year I've also gotten into grilling.

A lot.

I have a pellet grill named Bobby. I cook on it at least once a week, frequently more than that. I've watched more TV BBQ reality shows than I want to admit to. Due to my strange allergies, I've invented a whole bunch of rubs and sauces that are quite tasty.

And I now write about BBQ. I have an entire series planned out, that's all about a group of BBQ competition contestants.

I had the theme of this issue planned out a couple years before now. It's just fortuitous that my writing turned to this direction.

So come along for the ride! But be sure to bring a snack, because these stories quite frankly are going to leave you hungry and longing for more.