Marji Laine

I Love a Good Mystery!


Dog Days of Summer are coming!

Wake Walk Naptime“It isn’t the heat that will get you, it’s the humidity!”

Either way, the dog days of summer are those breathless days when the pool and iced drinks are bigger lures than chocolate. (Is that even possible?) When air conditioning becomes your best friend.

The daily walk gets Continue reading


Christian Suspense Review: WHISPERS IN THE READING ROOM by Shelley Gray

Whispers in the Reading Room weaves the emotion of Austen’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE with the intrigue and atmosphere of “Downton Abbey” against a backdrop of the closing of the Chicago World’s Fair near the turn of the last century.

Short Version:

Lydia’s job at the library is her world—until a mysterious patron catches her eye . . . and perhaps her heart.

Just months after the closure of the Chicago World’s Fair, librarian Lydia Bancroft finds herself Continue reading


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Grime Beat is coming!

Meme Vintage sweep11I’m having so much fun getting ready for my solo flight into indie publication! Yesterday, I set up some of the pages that I want to include at the back of the book.

There’s just so many things that I’ve never given much thought to before.

One of those is links – I’m hoping to do some fun connections with live web pages throughout the book. That will be a challenge, but a fun addition.

We’ll see if it happens.

So GRIME BEAT releases on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Please give a shout out about this debut!