Susan Russo Anderson
Sometimes my brain feels like the Chelsea Hotel
The characters I love the most are slightly off-kilter. Many have a dark side. Here are some that haunt me today: Marcel’s grandmother In...
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 20, 20212 min read
He’s Still With Us
My sweet dad, a World War II veteran, has been gone three years this month. His death was not unexpected. We’d been losing him for...
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 19, 20211 min read
The Longest, The Shortest
About Chicago Did you know that Western Avenue is the longest street in Chicago? In the city, it runs from Howard Street to 119th, almost...
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 18, 20214 min read
A Ride on the Petite Ceinture
In 1874 when Serafina was sent to Paris to investigate the death of a countess, it was a good way to get around Paris, especially during...
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 16, 20213 min read
Always at the Ready
Rosa is a very important character in the Serafina Florio mystery series. For one thing, she’s Serafina’s best friend. They’ve known each...
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 15, 20213 min read
A Ride on the Wonder Wheel
Here’s an excerpt from Whiskey’s Gone. It’s the third book in the Fina Fitzgibbons Brooklyn mystery series, and it’s about a missing...
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 14, 20212 min read
Being Brandy
I have so much fun being Brandy. She’s a character who first appears in Missing Brandy, the second book in the Fina Fitzgibbons series....
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 13, 20216 min read
The Wail of Empedocles
In Death in Bagheria, Serafina and Rosa investigate the death of a baroness, a woman who, her husband insists, died of natural causes....
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 11, 20215 min read
Dorset, A Lost Child
Dorset in the Dark is Fina’s sixth book. It begins with a crazed woman slumped over on a park bench. Later we learn she’s been drugged....
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 10, 20211 min read
30 Minute Sicilian Cassata
Need to whip up a delicious dessert? Here’s a family recipe awarded the badge of culinary delight by two of my characters, Serafina and...
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 9, 20212 min read
A Message from the Monzù
Here’s a look at Serafina’s family life from No More Brothers, her second book. January 1867 Serafina combed fingers through her curls....
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 8, 20216 min read
Worse than Being Clueless
Dorset in the Dark is Fina’s sixth book. It’s a mystery, although from the opening chapter it’s evident who two of the villains are. But...
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 8, 20213 min read
A Beauty of a Brooklyn Stoop
A stoop, Merriam-Webster says, is “a porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda at a house door.” The townhouse pictured below...
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 7, 20211 min read
Introducing Serafina
Serafina Fiori, midwife and sleuth, was born in 1827 to parents of the merchant class in Trano Mare, a fictional village near Palermo in...
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 6, 20214 min read
Bony Mover Returns
Two of my characters, Cookie and Fina go way back. Matter of fact, Fina remembers that day long ago when she was five and the world was...
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 5, 20215 min read
Characters in Distress: Dorset in the Dark
Cassandra Thatchley is a main character in Dorset in the Dark, the sixth Fina Fitzgibbons Brooklyn mystery. Like all Fina’s books, it’s a...
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 4, 20211 min read
Serafina and Rosa Discuss Calumny
Serafina and Rosa are two main characters in the Serafina Florio mystery series. Their novels take place in Sicily in the nineteenth...
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 3, 20213 min read
He Loves Whiskey
Meet Arthur McGirdle. He’s a character in Whiskey’s Gone, the third book in the Fina Fitzgibbons Brooklyn mysteries. Arthur’s got...
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 2, 20212 min read
Maddie the Mensch
Meet Maddie, the little girl in Whiskey’s Gone, the third book in the Fina Fitzgibbons Brooklyn mystery series. Maddie is missing her...
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Susan Russo Anderson
Jun 1, 20217 min read
A Room of Her Own
Fina Fitzgibbons is the hero of the Fina Fitzgibbons Brooklyn mystery series. When the books begin, she’s a twenty-something private...
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