Nancy Cohen and Dreidels and Dead Ends, Traci Hall with Murder at a Scottish Halloween

Nancy Cohen and Dreidels and Dead Ends, Traci Hall with Murder at a Scottish Halloween Can a hairbrush be haunted? Find out on our very own Florida Chapter of Mystery Writers of America podcast!! On the 15th of each month The Flamingo Files will bring you conversations with Florida mystery authors about their new books! Your host is USA Today bestselling author Traci Hall, author of the Scottish Shire series in quaint Nairn, the brand-new Cider Falls Orchard mysteries in Chelan, WA, and the Irish Castle mysteries as Ellie Brannigan. Co-hosting is NYT bestselling author Lisa Black, author of the Gardiner & Renner series. Find us on our YouTube channel for the video version and Authors on the Air for the podcast version, shared with four million listeners in 153 countries. Can a hairbrush be cursed? Author Nancy J. Cohen talks about her new book Dreidels and Dead Ends in the Bad Hair Day Mysteries, in which a daring holiday heist at the local history museum sends hairstylist Marla Vail on her most tangled case yet. Nancy is the multi-published author of 30 books, including the Bad Hair Day mystery series and the Keri Armstrong cozy mysteries. Her novels have won numerous awards along with her nonfiction titles, Writing the Cozy Mystery and A Bad Hair Day Cookbook. Active in the writing community, Nancy is a past president of Mystery Writers of America Florida Chapter and Florida Romance Writers. She’s a frequent speaker at conferences, libraries, and community groups. USA Today bestselling author Traci Hall brings us book number eight in the Scottish Shire series in Murder at a Scottish Halloween. As Halloween descends upon the Scottish seaside town of Nairn, reluctant sleuth and knitting enthusiast Paislee Shaw finds herself investigating how an ancient ghost inspired a modern murder to frame her own son. Of course, she must investigate and relies on the help of her knit-and-sip friends, as well as fiancé DI Mack Zeffer. Traci has the brand-new Cider Falls Orchard mysteries debuting August 2026 with Apple Pies and Poisoned Lies at the Cider Falls Festival. She writes the paranormal Salem B&B series as Traci Wilton; the Irish Castle mysteries as Ellie Brannigan; and will be Tara Brannigan for the newest series debut, Murder on the Irish Isles. Go to tracihall.com for a complete list of books.