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 20, 2018 | Mystery, Writing
An excerpt of Sunnyside Road: Paradise Dissembling “She dreamed of her own home someday. She dreamed of a husband and children. That dream was worth all her hard work. Yes, Mariska had prayed. Had her prayers had been answered?” – Craving some more? Click here...
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 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...
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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