Friday, April 13, 2012 5:30 - 8:30 PM at Shuksan Golf Club in Bellingham, WA. BRANCH OUT, Gala Fundraising Dinner & Program of the Whatcom County Library Foundation, featuring speaker Jo Dereske. Phone 360-384-3150 for information. Join us!

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It may have been a brief, unusually warm winter for some of you (Congratulations to the lucky!) but the Northwest saw its normal drippy, windy winter. But that's all behind us now. We're bravely marching onward, absolutely positive the sunshine is on its way.

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I'm excited to announce that the first Miss Zukas mystery is available in Lithuania - in Lithuanian - as of March, 2012. It was translated by well-known translator, Elena Maceviciute, and is titled Panele Zukas ir zmogudyste bibliotekoja. (I apologize I can't print the diacritics - check the title on the cover image in the side panel.) She will also do the translation of the second book. I'm so sorry I can't read Lithuanian!

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A reminder that I've said goodbye to the quarterly newsletters - read more about that in the last newsletter (click on "Newsletter" in the black box at the top of the page). Time to think of something new! I've been thrilled by your response to Farewell, Miss Zukas, the twelfth and concluding Miss Zukas mystery. Thank you!

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What's Available in Ebook Format
Of course, FAREWELL, MISS ZUKAS. And the short story collection,TEN TALES.
...All the first eleven Miss Zukas mysteries are on the Amazon Kindle. ...All three Ruby Crane mysteries. ...And GLOM GLOOM, a fantasy for young people - my very first published book. Check out the Amazon Kindle Store and take a tour!
All the Miss Zukas mysteries are now available on the Nook, too! Two more young peoples' books originally published by Atheneum will be available in a few months. To those who've asked about the difference in prices of the Miss Zukas mysteries, it's because prices are set by my publisher, Avon/​Harper for the tenth and eleventh titles.

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The Subscribable Newsletter
You can still subscribe to receive my newsletter via email. It will no longer be sent quarterly, but become sporadic, as newsworthy events happen. As I've said before, I'll never share your email address or send you anything else.

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The last newsletter is still up
(Click on Newsletter in the box at the top of your screen)
* FAREWELL to the Newsletter
* What Helma and Ruth are Reading

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What They're Saying...

(I’m changing this to reviews from readers (plus a couple “official” reviews so good I can’t resist). No last names, I promise!)

"Jo Dereske's Miss Zukas is a loving sendup of the stereotype of the prim librarian."
........New York Times

"...things will never be quite the same again." The Bookmonger, News Tribune.

"Dereske...has hooked thousands of readers with her tales of the ultra-organized, ever-logical librarian." Michelle Nolan, Bellingham Herald.

"Thank you so much! We just finished it, (reading aloud as a family) Just perfect." RD.

"I'm still amazed that you could turn what should have been a sad event into a beautiful happy finish to the book." Geraldine

"love all the characters and thanks for enriching my life."
Sharon H..

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The Miss Zukas mysteries, in order of appearance:

1. Miss Zukas and the Library Murders
2. Miss Zukas and the Island Murders
3. Miss Zukas and the Stroke of Death
4. Miss Zukas and the Raven’s Dance
5. Out of Circulation
6. Final Notice
7. Miss Zukas in Death’s Shadow
8. Miss Zukas Shelves the Evidence
9. Bookmarked to Die
10. Catalogue of Death
11. Index to Murder
12. Farewell, Miss Zukas

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The Ruby Crane mysteries, in order of appearance:
1. Savage Cut
2. Cut and Dry
3. Short Cut

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