by Kathleen Pellegrino | Aug 31, 2018 | Experiencing life, Mystery, News, Writing
When i was a kid Labor Day meant the end of summer and the start of school. My father explained to me that it was a very important holiday; that it was a recognition that workers and the work they do were valuable. As all great holidays surfaced, this one has history,...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Aug 30, 2018 | Experiencing life, Mystery, Writing
I just had dinner with some colleagues from my academic past. We sat in the pub and with a drink and some food enjoyed the camaraderie that only long time friends can give. We discussed or shall I say argued politics, culture, religion, experience, and life in...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Aug 24, 2018 | Experiencing life, Mystery, Writing
Well, readers, tomorrow is opening day for MGM gambling Casinos in downtown Springfield, the first major gambling casino to open in Massachusetts. Anticipate traffic as the casino complex takes up four central city blocks and is adjacent to the Hampden County...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Aug 18, 2018 | Experiencing life, Mystery
I often think about the landscape as a background for murder, serial murder, or other crime. I have a very broad view of the meaning of the word landscape. Murder in an auto park garage is common in the movies. How common is it in life? We understand its use in the...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Aug 18, 2018 | Experiencing life, Mystery, Uncategorized, Writing
Sparkling raindrops and I felt the romance of the moment as they glistened like diamonds on the elephant ears in my garden. And then, like my murderers, they turn from gentle to a deluge of hate. They blocked sewer drains clogging them with depris drained from the...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Aug 12, 2018 | Experiencing life, Mystery
It was a rainy day yesterday on Cape Cod. Our friends and we determined to enjoy the day by pulling ourselves away from our covered decks studying the sea. We set off for Mashpee Commons and were thoroughly entranced at the constant traffic into what I think is an...
Kathleen lives with her husband Joe and their dog Othello midst their large family in Springfield, Massachusetts.
"My love affair with plots, murder, mystery, spies and, in general, with crime novels began at an early age. I read and read – probably have read 2,000 crime novels since then. Even at an early age, I developed my own plots if only to cover up my misdeeds to the chagrin of my family and teachers. Some less creative called it fibbing!
Now I write from the love of plot – of people and their ways –of life – of philosophy – about crime –about the sociopath/psychopath."
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