The World of Kitty Weeks

Kitty Weeks is nineteen, well-traveled, well-off, and fresh out of Swiss boarding school She's just returned to New York and started writing for the New York Sentinel Ladies' Page. New York in 1915 is an exciting time. And that's before Kitty is faced with a murder . . .

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When Progress Ebbs: Career Women at the Turn of the 20th Century - Los Angeles Review of Books

Radha Vatsal muses on the shifting contours of social progress for women.

When Progress Ebbs: Career Women at the Turn of the 20th Century

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100 Must-Read Books of U.S. Historical Fiction

Excellent works of historical fiction, all set in the United States.

I'm so honored that MURDER BETWEEN THE LINES made it on to this list, filled with fantastic books... Ragtime, The Alienist, Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Lyndsay Faye's The God's of Gotham, and more...

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Queens Book Festival, LIC NY

May 28: Queens Book Festival Mystery Panel with Reed Farrel Coleman, Hillary Davidson,  Alison Gaylin, Rob Hart, Alex Segura and Radha Vatsal. Moderated by Scott Adlerberg. LIC Landing in Long Island City, Queens. 2pm.

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Murder Between the Lines in Scottsdale, AZ!

May 20: Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale, AZ. 2 pm.  Reading and Q&A with Kitty Weeks Mystery series author, Radha Vatsal.

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Murder Between the Lines in Houston!

May 19: Murder By the Book, Houston, TX. 6:30 pm.  Reading and Q&A with Kitty Weeks Mystery series author, Radha Vatsal

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Murder Between the Lines in Seattle!

May 18: Seattle Mystery Bookshop, Seattle, WA. Noon.  Reading and Q&A with Kitty Weeks Mystery series author, Radha Vatsal.

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Book Launch: Murder Between the Lines!

May 11: Book Launch for Murder Between the Lines, the next book in the Kitty Weeks Mystery series.  Mysterious Bookshop, 58 Warren Street, Manhattan. 6:30-8:30 pm.  Reading and Q&A with author, Radha Vatsal.

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Please join me if you can. And also on May 28 at the Queens Book fest in Long Island City, Queens!

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From The Booking Desk: We are coming off of Malice Domestic weekend here and once again it was a wonderful event filled with friends and readers. If you have never been, you really should consider…

Murder Between the Lines in this week’s Bolobooks roundup!

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By E.M. Powell For many writers, the excitement of being a published debut novelist is quickly followed by the enormous challenge of the second novel. Some r

A wonderful review/write-up by EM Powell.

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The Top Six Victorian Novels to Read After Watching Sherlock - Strand Mag

The Top Six Victorian Novels to Read After Watching Sherlock You’ve had your fix of Mr. Cumberbatch on screen and Conan Doyle on the page. Now you want more. Why not take a look at these novels, which exemplify the richness of detective/ crime/suspense fiction in Victorian England—sensational novels that, as contemporaries said, “preached to …

Check out the Strand Mag post by Radha Vatsal, author of the Kitty Weeks mystery series.

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A Front Page Affair e-book promo! Start a new series!

From today until  April 24th A Front Page Affair, the first novel in the Kitty Weeks mystery series will be on sale for just $2.99 as a part of Nook’s Start a New Series Sale. The price of the e-book will drop to $2.99 across all platforms (not just Barnes and Noble) during this time.

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Malice Domestic, Bethesda MD

April 28-30. Join me at Malice Domestic in Maryland!

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World history, Science, the Women’s Suffrage Movement...

“World history, science, the women’s suffrage movement, and the life and times of early twentieth-century America are skillfully woven through the story of a privileged young woman finding her place in the world..” Booklist review for Murder Between the Lines

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On the Verge of Malice: Female Writers on Crime Fiction Careers.

April 27. Panel with Wendy Tyson, Christina Kovac, and Shawn Reilly Simmons at East City Bookshop, Washington, DC.  7 PM.

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PW calls Murder Between the Lines a "Winning Formula"!

First trade review for Murder Between the Lines: "Vatsal’s combination of a feisty protagonist with a tumultuous, fast-changing era remains a winning formula." Publisher's Weekly

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WIN a FREE signed copy of A Front Page Affair or a free signed galley copy of Murder Between the Lines!

To enter, sign up for the Kitty Weeks newsletter by emailing [email protected] and let me know where you heard about the giveaway, and that you'd like to be entered in the draw. I will pull names by April 3rd. Hope to hear from you! 

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