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...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Aug 5, 2018 | Mystery, Writing
What settings do you think are best suited for a murder mystery? Your first reaction is probably based on the visuals from movies and television: parking garages, dark nights on city streets, hospitals, high rise office buildings, lonely country roads, etc. Settings...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Jul 24, 2018 | Mystery, Writing
How much does weather have to do with our actions, murder, lying, cheating, stealing, and the opposites of kindness, love, and giving. I love to blame the weather. I always feel that mystery stories set in cold, or raining, or blistering hot temperatures set the...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Jul 19, 2018 | Mystery, Writing
In my mind and in many minds, having a conscience, despite its inherent constraints on our wants and desires is preferable to having no conscience. But do we get to choose whether to have a conscience? Some think that we may make choices about everything in life....
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Jul 13, 2018 | Mystery
I just read a quote from mystery writer Ross MacDonald who said, “The detective isn’t your main character, and neither is your villain. The main character is the corpse. The detective’s job is to seek justice for the corpse. It’s the...
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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