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The Roadhouse Report – April 2026

        Bunches of THG links I have been interviewed about The Harvey Girl. I am being interviewed about The Harvey Girl. I will be interviewed about The Harvey Girl. I shall have been about to be interviewed about The Harvey Girl.   "I have no nervous left." "Tough, focused, protean." "For many of [the Harvey Girls] this was their first…

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So there’s your formula: Select really excellent, high-quality curricula and aggressively teach teachers how to use those curricula instead of putting them through generic “skills” training that won’t impact their classroom practices much. Measure how well students, schools, and districts are doing and hold back kids who aren’t reading at the end of third grade.…

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What self-respecting Kate Shugak novel doesn’t start with a rumble at the Roadhouse?

At long last, the 23rd Kate Shugak novel is available for your reading pleasure! An excerpt– And emerged onto a riot, albeit a small one. It appeared to be being adequately handled by a joint Grosdidier–Balluta task force. Their ire was concentrated on four men—Bernie squinted—strangers to him. Hunters, probably, as they were dressed in…

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We are so sorry, Jane.

We watched the last episode of Sanditon last night, Barbara Peters of the Poisoned Pen and I. We have a few issues. Spoilers follow. *** First of all*, what’s with all the period detail inaccuracies? To mention just a few: What’s with Charlotte wearing her hair down all time, instead of pinned up as befits…

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Queen for a day. And then…

It was a great event yesterday, when the Poisoned Pen Bookstore launched the 22nd Kate Shugak novel, No Fixed Line. You can watch the video below. Dana Stabenow talks about No Fixed Line These kinds of things are defined by the people who come and their enthusiasm and the questions they ask. Barbara estimates that about…

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Drum roll, please!

  Today at 2pm at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, Arizona, I will be applying this to this Yes, it is launch day for No Fixed Line, the 22nd Kate Shugak novel! If you can’t make it in person, they’ll be livestreaming my talk with Barbara on their Facebook page here. I’ll be doing…

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In Death of an Eye news…

…yesterday Barbara and I baked Egyptian Christmas cookies for my signing at the Poisoned Pen on Saturday. With limited success. These are the best of the ankh, the Eye of Horus, and the scarab. (I told Barbara some of the ankhs looked like Casper the Friendly Ghost. Upon reflection, I think I meant dementors.) I…

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