From hot cocoa cozies to rotgut whiskey noir, A Plot for Any Occasion features eleven original crime stories based on traditional holidays, not-so-familiar observances and appreciation days.With Mardi Gras beads, Santa suits, drops of blood, mahjong tiles, birthmarks, and a doctoral thesis found among its pages, this anthology is a diverse collection by award-winning short fiction authors, seasoned storytellers and fresh voices.

Food writer Kiki Coben didn’t set out to be a sleuth, but when a woman vanishes just before Kiki subs in for a Mah Jong game, her instincts kick in.From sleepy Sherwood to a cruise ship at sea, Kiki and her Tuesday Mah Jong group have a habit of being in the wrong place at the right time, as Kiki follows the trail from a “Black Widow” murder at sea to a suspicious death at a senior home charity event.Armed with a curious mind and her formidable group of friends, Kiki is rea...

Revised and updated through "O" Is for Outlaw , the Edgar Award–winning guide to the world of Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone.With the cooperation of Sue Grafton, who provided unprecedented access to her working journals, authors Natalie Hevener Kaufman and Carol McGinnis Kay have created a fully dimensional biography of Kinsey Millhone that will answer every question readers have ever had. Here is a feast for Kinsey's fans...

The discipline of medievalism has produced a great deal of scholarship acknowledging the "makers" of the Middle Ages: those who re-discovered the period from 500 to 1500 by engaging with its cultural works, seeking inspiration from them, or fantasizing about them. Yet such approaches - organized by time period, geography, or theme - often lack an overarching critical framework. This volume aims to provide such a framework, by calling into question the problematic yet commonly accepted voca...