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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Pre-orders do matter! Retailers, especially B&N look at pre-orders to help determine IF and HOW MANY of a book they will stock. B&N now buys centrally. Meaning, if you're in, you're in all stores. And if you're out ... well that's a bummer. Save Harriet from a bummer experience and pre-order now!

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

What could be a better gift than a delightful, terrifically written and fabulously plotted holiday whodunit? Buy one for those you love (or are obligated to get something) and one for yourself) here: bookshop.org/p/books/murd...

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

If you haven't had a chance to nab a copy of Harriet Morrow Investigates book #2, today is a great time! Even better, all year 'round, is to pick up a copy at your local indie bookseller!

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Harriet Morrow's 2nd investigation is a Bookbub deal at just $1.99 across all ebook platforms. The follow-up is also a USA Today Bestseller and earned a Publishers Weekly Starred Review of its own! The link takes you to online retailers. Choose your ebook: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790083...

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Chicago-size thanks to @partnersincrimebookshop for hosting @annelaughlin.bsky.social and me last eve to discuss The Case of the Murdered Muckraker. Go Harriet Morrow! A SUPER bookstore and hosts Amanda and Jeff! Thanks also to @saraparetsky.bsky.social for coming! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Thanks to Isabella Coleman at the University of Chicago's independent newspaper, The Chicago Maroon, for this terrific article on THE CASE OF THE MURDERED MUCKRAKER! #historicalfiction #ChicagoFiction #lgbtqbooks #historicalmystery #everyfifth chicagomaroon.com/51593/artsan...

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I'm delighted to be in NYC! Today, I met with my wonderful @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social editor John Scognamiglio at Kensington's midtown offices. Next stop: tomorrow at 6 pm. with author pal @mariahfredericks.bsky.social at @mysteriousbookshop.com in lower Manhattan.

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I'm grateful to @vancebastian.bsky.social and @sacollins.bsky.social and their always terrific @wrotepodcast.com for hosting me in conversation about THE CASE OF THE MURDERED MUCKRAKER, book 2 in my USA Today Bestselling Harriet Morrow Investigates series. Check it out. @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Authors and publicists! When booking your San Francisco bookstore event, look no further than @bestbookstore.bsky.social The Best Bookstore in Union Square! The space is wonderfully designed, large yet intimate, and upstairs is a terrific bookstore. @paulbradleycarr.bsky.social @sarahlacy.com

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

@bsky.app THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S RUSA AWARDS highlight outstanding genre fiction that merits special attention by general adult readers and the librarians who work with them. Thank you, librarians, for supporting Harriet! Link to the announcement: borrowreadrepeat.com/our-2026-ala...

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A Chicago-sized thanks to everyone who purchased a copy of Harriet's latest case! VERY grateful to Stephany Evans @runnersteph.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @paulbradleycarr.bsky.social @sarahlacy.com @bestbookstore.bsky.social for believing there is a place for Harriet on bookshelves!

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Thanks for reading! I'm hugely appreciative of the thoughtful review!

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

In book #2, Harriet visits a German gymnasium and fences for the first time! Fear not, the blade tips are blunt--well, they are supposed to be! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social #everyfifth #historicalmystery #historicalfiction #lgbtqbooks bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Upton Sinclair chronicled the stockyard's horrors for animals and immigrant workers in his seminal work, The Jungle, published in 1906. Kensington Publishing Corp. #everyfifth #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqbooks bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Harriet Morrow's next case will take her deep into Chicago's 1st Ward's Levee District, an area infamous for all inventions of vice--and colorful characters! Kensington Publishing Corp. #everyfifth #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqbooks bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Forgive two posts in one day, but it's not every day that Harriet receives such top billing! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social Link to full review: www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4967-4...

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Thanks, Jude! It was a delight to see you and speak afterward at Boswell Books in your fair city! I'll return on March 8th! Hope to see you again!

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Harriet Morrow is back in 4 days to match wits with Saloon Mickey and Irish Dan, based on the real-life 1st ward politicians "Bathhouse John" Coughlin and "Hinky Dink" Mike Kenna. Kensington Publishing Corp. #everyfifth #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqbooks bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Harriet Morrow is back in 5 days to solve a case that requires her to go undercover as a settlement house worker and infiltrate a tight-knit immigrant tenement community. @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social #everyfifth #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqbooks bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Looking forward to meeting you Emily! Should be a wonderful conversation.

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Available in all formats, including the audiobook with the return of narrator Nicol Zanzarella, who won a Golden Earphones award for reading The Case of the Missing Maid! @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social #everyfifth #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #lgbtqbooks bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

A Chicago-sized thanks to my editor, John Scognamiglio, @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social , and my agent Stephany Evans at Ayesha Pande Literary! Harriet Morrow will ride on in books 4, 5, and 6! #harrietmorrowinvestigates #lgbtqfiction #LGBTQMystery #historicalfiction #historicalmystery #everyfifth

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

www.publishersweekly.com/9781496749512 Today, a featured STARRED review from Publishers Weekly. Harriet returns to battle corruption, save an innocent mother, and win justice for a journalist (by bicycle, of course!) #everyfifth #historicalmystery #historicalfiction @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS Today's image is from Brevard, NC's indie bookseller, Highland Books. Thanks to pal @karenodden.bsky.social for the picture. Love your local indie bookseller! #everyfifth

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS Snapped in a residential neighborhood of Pacific Grove, CA. Sign me up!

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS "Somebody Somewhere" (HBO) showcases that everyone has a story and is worthy of respect and love! Pic: Fred and Susan's wedding. Diversity is NOT an abstract; it is an acknowledgment of difference. One's worth and right to happiness are not bound by an arbitrary demographic.

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS "Tell Me More" hosted by @kellycorrigan on @pbs @kqed is simply outstanding. Each episode features a human being who excels at goodness and lifting up others. Last evening I enjoyed @annadeaveresmith Watch it and feel better about human beings.

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS Brian (husband) and I took the ferry from SF to Sausalito to enjoy a boat ride and the quaint and INCLUSIVE neighboring town, Sausalito! Note to 2026 LCC attendees: the ferry, a block from the Hyatt, is an excellent way to see the Bay and get incomparable views of the SF skyline.

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS In SF's SOMA neighborhood, this resale shop's sign lets all shoppers know they are welcome. Diversity, inclusivity, acceptance, and friendliness are good things. Period.

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

So many amazing facts about bicycling, THE Craze of the 1890s! And Harriet Morrow is all in on her "safety bicycle." What is a safety bicycle? And just how crazy was the craze? Tune in and find out! @runnersteph.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

In SF Potrero Hill's @christophersbooks I spotted books by friends @paulbradleycarr.com and @sjrozan.bsky.social and @johnshenyennee Loved the Railway Conspiracy, and I'm on page 100 of the just-out The Confessions and boy-howdy. It's a banger! USA Today Bestseller List!!!

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

#IMAGEOFGOODNESS today from #parkcity thanks to author pal @karrenodden for this uplifting and colorful photo!

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Here is an IMAGE OF GOODNESS from Boise, Idaho, the state capital. In May of this year, the City Council, in response to the legislature (their workplace shown in the near distance), voted 5 to 1 in support of a resolution to make the Pride Flag an official city flag. #imageofgoodness.

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Today's IMAGE OF GOODNESS. Join me by posting one every time you see one! Collectively, these will become a daily dose of GOODNESS! This is a MUNI (SF transit) ticket. For IMAGEOFGOODNESS posts, if you join me, don't explain why it's good, but do describe what it is if it's helpful. #imageofgoodness

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Publishers Weekly previews Book Two in the Harriet Morrow Investigates series, the follow-up to THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID (which received a PW starred review!) www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @runnersteph.bsky.social

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

For PRIDE MONTH, the ebooks of both of my Hayden & Friends Mysteries (the original Quozy series) are on sale. #CozyMystery #quozymystery #lgbtqfiction www.amazon.com/Devils-Chew-... www.amazon.com/Cirque-du-Sl...

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

FREE LISTEN! Check out a terrific new podcast from Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen. My 2024 Edgar-Finalist MISS DIRECTION is the current tale--the first starring amateur sleuth, Perry Winkle! elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/the-crime-sc... Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine #shortstory #shortfiction

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Podcasts - Ellery Queen

Enjoy the chills and thrills of a new podcast series from an award-winning audiobook narrator and best-selling author! Rabia Chaudry Presents The Mystery Hour w

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

THE NEW YORK TIMES has book picks for whatever mom loves to read! Support you local indy bookseller! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/b...

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Tomorrow is INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY! Giving a shout-out to The Best Bookstore in Palm Springs. Saturday I'll be ordering a book from them to celebrate the day. Join me by replying with YOUR FAVE LOCAL BOOKSTORE ALONG WITH A PROMISE TO GIVE THEM SOME CASH REGISTER LOVE TOMORROW. #IndieBookstoreLove

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Reading book two now. Because I so loved THE MURDER OF MR. MA. Highly recommend!

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Rob Osler Writer @roboslerwriter.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Also appearing at MWA SoCAL Booth #363 on Sunday from 1 - 2 pm. Hope to see you there, SoCAL people! @latimes.com/fob #bookfest @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @runnersteph.bsky.social

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