Mysteryrat's Closet

Welcome to my closet, so to speak, where I "unpack" my writing for you. I have been writing mysteries since I was a teenager and I have published 5 of them. Four of those 5 featured gospel singing amateur sleuth Alexandra Walters. Most of them, except the final one, "The Final Note," are now out of print. For the past 8 years I have been focusing my attention on my online magazine Kings River Life, and more recently also our sister site KRL News & Reviews. Since May of 2018 a lot of my attention is also going to our mystery podcast, Mysteryrat's Maze, which features mystery short stories and first chapters read by local actors.

This website and my mystery writing have been a bit neglected, however I am working on trying to remedy that. I have the first draft of a brand new mystery, which debuts a brand new series, featuring an entertainment Vlogger named Roxi Carlucci (If you read my other books-she is the cousin of Stephen Carlucci). The books are based in Fresno, CA, and more specifically in my favorite part of that town called The Tower District. The photo in the background of my newly remodeled (with much more work to come) website is a photo I took of the Tower Theatre in the Tower District!

My hope is that the first book in this series, tentatively titled, "Death of a Harlequin" will come out some time next year so I decided it was time to spruce up my closet! My hope is that over the next few months I can provide here tidbits about the new series-but in the meantime you know where to find me-either on one of my two magazine websites, or on the podcast-I hope you check them both out!

Happy reading,

Your Mysteryrat Lorie!