Last month Vicki Delany, author of Among the Departed, the fifth book in the Constable Molly Smith series, set up a Poisoned Pen Press authors blog.

The many Poisoned Pen Press authors participating are taking turns posting so the blog will feature a new author and a different point of view every day.

Aside from being interesting and entertaining, there are no restrictions on what the authors might post, except that it won't feature a lot of tips on how to write or get published. Vicki points out there are already plenty of sites devoted to that and this blog is aimed at readers.

In Mary's first entry she wrote about the criminal uses of umbrellas. When Umbrellas Attack. Her second entry, which appeared yesterday, speculates about the Crippen murder case. Ethel La Neve: What Did She Know?

No, I am not participating. I blog right here.