Author: SinC STL

Regular Monthly Meeting

Thursday April 23 from 7-9 p.m.

Instructions for joining are in the April newsletter.

For our April meeting, we’ll meet remotely at our usual time: Thursday, April 23, from 7-9 p.m.  Our speaker will be Paul Boal, Chief Security Officer for Amitech Solutions.  He’ll talk about corporate security (data security, not physical/building security), hacking, and interesting anecdotes.  Many of you have met Paul; he’s my husband.  Thanks for “volunteering,” Paul!     He’ll stick around for as long as anyone has questions he can answer.

Congratulations to our own Candace Carrabus! She won two awards for “Wrong Lead, Dream Horse Mystery #3” She received a Winnie Award from the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest and the 2020 bronze Feathered Quill, an award given to independent authors. You go girl!

Our March meeting was to be a special reception for our president Lori Rader-Day before her mystery presentation with two other writers at Library HQ on Tuesday March, 24, 2020. Covid-19 outbreak cancelled that as well as every live entertainment event across the country. Libraries closed as did schools, restaurants–everything except gas stations and grocery stores. Let’s hope it works to keep down the hideous infections and impending deaths.

Fabulous Members only Event!   
October 5, 5:30 – 9:00 at the home of Laine and Bryan Boyd

Pasta, Passion & Pistols: at La Speranza, New York City’s most popular Italian eatery, restaurateur Pepi Roni has been shot in the back with his own pistol. Tonight, his family and friends will gather to pay their respects to poor Pepi, but one of the guests won’t be shedding any tears. Murder Mystery dinner was great fun. Laine is an utterly fabulous pasta cook and hostess.  Here is a picture of our Laine and her husband Brian.  Find more in the 2019 file in our gallery. The game was a hoot.

Have you ever wanted to poison your guest (but not yourself) while sharing a meal?  Here’s a tip: join us for our September meeting to hear chemist Kristen VonGruben tell us what she knows about the deadly art of poisoning.

Thursday, September 26.  7:00 p.m. at the Grand Glaize library in meeting room 2.  POISONS with chemist Kristen VonGruben.  

• February 27, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Thornhill Branch Library, 12863 Willowyck Dr, St. Louis, MO 63146

POISONS, Part II with Kristen VonGruben.  A continuation of last year’s popular discussion of how we can help our characters kill each other more realistically.  Who knew chloroform smelled like that?!

The third annual Bookfest was a smash hit on September 21, 2019

Book lovers of all ages celebrated St. Louis’ literary heritage at the third annual BookFest St. Louis, presented Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, by the Central West End Community Improvement District, Left Bank Books, and the Left Bank Books Foundation. Of course, Sisters in Crime was there winning friends and selling books. 

How cool is this? Gorgeous KSDK reporter P.J. Randhawa dropped by the Sisters in Crime tent for a chat and to buy a copy of Jack the Ripper in St. Louis–and to have her picture taken with Fedora.

Gateway Con – 2019                                June-14-16

Sarahlynn and John along with Laine Boyd and Fedora Amis presented a writers’ workshop session “I Love a Mystery, Part III: What Makes Mystery Irresistible?” at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday- Jun 15, 2019.The conference, convention and book fair was held at the Renaissance Hotel, 9801 Natural Bridge Rd, St. Louis, MO 63134. 

May – Thursday, May 23 at 7:00 p.m.
Baby Book Birthday Party!
Have Your Ticket Punched by Frank James is one day old!
Our own Fedora Amis will take us back to 1898 St. Louis.  Sarahlynn will bring cupcakes and non-alcoholic bubbly to share.  Congrats, Fedora!  
Grand Glaize branch of the St. Louis County Library, in meeting room 2.  1010 Meramec Station Road, Manchester, MO 63021. 314-994-3300 (Off Big Bend just east of 141))

Saturday – February 23 – 10: a.m. – Noon. 

Have you ever given a character a tough backstory they’re still overcoming as adult?  Have you wondered what psychological scars might be left behind by foster care, abuse, neglect, or loss of a parent too young?  Social worker and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Grace Lester will help us understand how childhood traumas effect the people we become. 

THURSDAY-JANUARY 24.
Welcome to the first meeting of 2019 from 7-9 pm on the fourth Thursday at the Grand Glaize branch of the St. Louis County Library, in meeting room 2.  
1010 Meramec Station Road, Manchester, MO 63021. 314-994-3300 
(Off Big Bend just east of 141)

Our speaker will be Kenny Scala, child abuse detective with the St. Louis County Police Department.  He’ll talk about what he does, walk us through one of his biggest cases, and do a Q&A.

Sisters and Misters in Crime had a murderous good time on Friday, October 5, 2018 for a fun evening of murder, mystery, wine and dinner!

 6:00 p.m at Laine and Bryan Boyd’s home