The Second Sentence
Musings on literature and history, occasional short fiction, and sneak peeks at upcoming books from historical fiction and mystery author Elisabeth Grace Foley
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Flyleaves #5 (opens the original)
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What To Read During Emma M. Lion Withdrawal (opens the original)
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The Round-Up: August 2026 (opens the original)
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The Last Will and Testament of Great-Uncle Titus (opens the original)
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Two Mrs. Meade Covers Revealed (opens the original)
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My main project this summer has been completing and editing The Constant Companion, the sixth novella in my cozy historical Mrs. Meade Mysteries series, and getting it ready for release this fall. I’d written the first scene some time ago and then got stuck, but this spring I picked it up and got going again and kept going till I had a completed draft. I really had fun with this one once that momentum kicked in. The premise is very much “what would it look like if somebody was accused of murder
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