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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Yay! And thanks for the heads up about the @marthawells.com story

Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

There's a new Pentecost & Parker short story available on my website! Ten minutes; 40 suspects; one corpse face-up on the 2 train. Lillian Pentecost puts Will to the test to solve a killing on the Seventh Avenue Express. Sign up for my newsletter to get the code.

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Pentecost and Parker Shorts — Stephen Spotswood

New short fiction featuring our heroes from the Pentecost & Parker mysteries

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

DEAD IN THE FRAME is included in People's list of mystery novels with unexpected young/old protagonist pairings. They file everything under "Boomers and Gen Z form unlikely partnerships" and Boomers are still babies in the world of Pentecost & Parker, but I'll take it.

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8 Thrilling Mystery Novels with Unexpected Pairings — Including a New Sherlock Holmes Story (Exclusive)

Boomers and Gen Z-ers forge unlikely partnerships in these eight recent mystery novels that explore conflict and cooperation across generations.

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One More Page Books @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Tomorrow night at 7pm (6/25), join us for BE GAY, DO CRIME. We will be hosting a panel of four fabulous mystery authors to discuss queer representation in their books.

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One More Page Books @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Hear from four different local authors who feature queer protagonists in their mystery/crime novels: @cheaddc.bsky.social, Katharine Schellman, @playwrightsteve.bsky.social, and Alex Travis. RSVP today!

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One More Page Books @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Only one more week until the release of A POISONOUS SILENCE, the thrilling sequel to @jadamswrites.bsky.social's A DEADLY ENDEAVOR. Join us next Tuesday May 6th at 7pm to hear Jenny talk about her new book with fellow mystery writer, @playwrightsteve.bsky.social.

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Hello Baltimore friends--Come join me at Charm City Books on Thursday, April 11, 6pm for a Murder Mystery Party! Ask questions, get books signed, and then stick around to solve a mystery crafted just for you by Charm City's staff. www.charmcitybooks.com/events/23789...

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Framed! Murder Mystery Party w/ Stephen Spotswood

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Love crime fiction? Want to support trans rights? Check out this auction supporting the Transgender Law Center. Among the very cool items up for bid are a signed set of all 5 of my books courtesy of One More Page Books & More Bidding ends April 1, 11:45pm EDT

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Crime Writers for Trans Rights 2025

Silent auction 'Crime Writers for Trans Rights 2025' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Thursday 2-27, 6pm at the Mysterious Bookshop in NYC. Tell your friends, enemies, and everyone in between

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I very much hope so. There’s no date for a sixth book at the moment. But in the meantime I’ll be adding the occasional P&P short story to my website

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Join me and the folks at @poisonedpen.bsky.social tomorrow evening for a virtual chat about murder, mystery, and probably the weather because it's not 19 degrees in Scottsdale, the lucky bastards calendar.time.ly/9plshfqx/pos...

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Attention NYC Pentecost and Parker fans!

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Hey NYC friends! I’ll have a free evening in the city in a couple weeks. I’d like to catch a show when I’m there. Any theatre you recommend?

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Both are historical mysteries with queer protagonists. Katharine Schellman's Nightingale is 1920s NYC. Lev's series is 1950s S.F.

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

That is a great question! Once I'm past the flurry of book release obligations, I'll have to put together an extensive list. At the top would have to be Lev Rosen's Evander Mills series, which starts w/ Lavender House. And I just finished Last Call at the Nightingale, which def makes the list

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

These commercials. When your marketing team has access to shitty AI and good cocaine

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Hey, look at that! DEAD IN THE FRAME is featured in today's New York Times. "A new Pentecost and Parker novel has arrived! A frabjous day in the world of crime fiction." frab·jous /ˈfrabjəs/ adjective: humorous delightful; joyous. I'll take it.

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4 Gripping New Detective Novels (Gift Article)

Our critic on the month’s most notable releases.

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Hello NYC! I'll be in town at the end of the month celebrating the release of the latest Pentecost & Parker novel, DEAD IN THE FRAME. Jane Pek (author of the Claudia Lin series) and I will be chatting mystery, murder, and writing queer NYC mysteries 80 years removed. Come on out and say hello!

A notice for a signing and conversation at The Mysterious Bookshop, Thursday, Feb 27, 6PM

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Thanks so much! My audiobook narrator Kirsten Potter is just superb. And I'm glad you care about Val. If things go as plotted, we'll be seeing him again.

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

In the meantime, I'll be working on some Pentecost & Parker short stories I'll be making available for free online. The first is up now www.stephenspotswood.com/pentecost-an...

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Thank you so so much!!! I'd tell you not to be so inpatient but I'd be a hypocrite. Book six is planned and plotted but not contracted. The joys of publishing. Which means there will be a longer gap between novels than usual. Hopefully not terribly long, though.

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One More Page Books @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Thank you to @playwrightsteve.bsky.social, Katharine Schellman, and everyone who attended the release party of DEAD IN THE FRAME last night. There was a great discussion and lots of laughter. Couldn't make it to the event? We've still got signed copies of Stephen's books on our shelves today.

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

RELEASE DAY! Pentecost & Parker are back and trying to beat a murder charge. Some very enthusiastic readers have called it the most dramatic installment yet. You’ll have to read it and let me know if you agree. And if you’re in the area, stop by One More Page Books tonight (2/4) at 7pm and say hi!

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One More Page Books @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Tomorrow night (2/4) at 7pm, join us to celebrate the release of @playwrightsteve.bsky.social's latest book DEAD IN THE FRAME. Stephen will be joined in conversation by fellow author Katharine Schellman. We can't wait to see you there!

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One More Page Books @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

We've got two amazing author events coming up next week that you won't want to miss. OMP favorite @playwrightsteve.bsky.social will be here on Tuesday 2/4 to celebrate the release of DEAD IN THE FRAME, with conversation partner, Katharine Schellman.

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

The mildest spoiler alert for this sneak peek at the first few pages of DEAD IN THE FRAME, available Feb 4. Faithful readers will recognize some familiar names. There’s still time to preorder, which lets bookstores know what books to stock more of. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741801...

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

If you're looking for a 4,000-word distraction, the first Pentecost & Parker short story (“First Dance at the White Clover”) is live! Enter your email to subscribe and you'll get the password to access the short story in your confirmation. www.stephenspotswood.com/pentecost-an...

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If you’re in the vicinity of Williamsport tomorrow, stop by the Otto Bookstore and say hello!

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Look what turned up on my doorstep! Preorder today and you can get special doorstep presents, too! DEAD IN THE FRAME out 2/4 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741801...

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Being a foster parent means sometimes you get a surprise guest for Christmas

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

At a Stephen Wilson Jr concert at Sixth and I. Is there a Guinness record for most trucker caps at a synagogue? Cause we got a contender

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Happy publication day to the paperback edition of MURDER CROSSED HER MIND! Follow Willowjean Parker and Lillian Pentecost as their search for a missing woman pits them against Nazi saboteurs, knife-happy gangsters, and a murder-obsessed millionaire. Now in perfect stocking stuffer size!

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Thanks so much! Fingers crossed the rest of the series lives up to your expectations

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Celebrating my birthday by spending five figures to repair our sewer pipe. Next year I’m going back to Acme sheet cake and new Transformers.

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Thank you! Fingers crossed the ending (and the rest of the series) holds up.

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Yes, the world is a vampire sent to drain, but sometimes you come home from the reading of a student’s first play and find a box of fresh paperbacks on your doorstep.

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Stephen Spotswood @playwrightsteve.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Hello Bluesky. I understand the password is a cat and an artistic statement. This is Luna, and like me she believes that all art is political, even art that consciously tries not to be. Because it’s a political choice whose stories we tell and whose we choose to receive.

A cat in a window. Sorry—a very petty, very smart cat

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