Today’s #read99women guest is Michelle Cox, author of the multiple award-winning Henrietta and Inspector Howard series. She also writes "Novel Notes of Local Lore," a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago's forgotten residents. She suspects she may have once lived in the 1930s and, having yet to discover a handy time machine lying around, has resorted to writing about the era as a way of getting herself back there. Coincidentally, her books have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist and many others, so she might be on to something. Unbeknownst to most, Michelle hoards board games she doesn't have time to play and is, not surprisingly, addicted to period dramas and big band music. Also marmalade.

Her new book, A CHILD LOST, will release on April 28, 2020. It is book 5 of the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series.

Michelle’s pick is MOURNING DOVE by Claire Fullerton. She writes, “Claire Fullerton’s MOURNING DOVE is an exquisite coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of Memphis, circa 1970. With her haunting, lyrical prose, Fullerton immediately and effortlessly transports the reader south of the Mason-Dixon Line from the very first sentence… MOURNING DOVE is an achingly beautiful tale of love in all its myriad forms—a story that lingers long after the last page is read. Fullerton is an author to watch. Highly recommend!”

Read the rest of Michelle’s review on BookBub.