Ah, March in the mountains! Spring one day and hard-core winter the next. We’re taking advantage of the snow days and the energy that comes with the longer, brighter days to write and share our work. And we love sharing it with you.

LESLIE BUDEWITZ is delighted to launch ASSAULT AND PEPPER, the first book in her new Seattle Spice Shop Mysteries, to be published March 3 by Berkley Prime Crime/Penguin Random House. Suspense Magazine calls it “the perfect recipe for a few hours of pure enjoyment … a first-rate story.”

She’ll be at Fact & Fiction in Missoula on launch day, Tuesday, March 3, at 7 pm for a book talk and signing. Once again, Frame of Reference Gallery in Bigfork will host her launch party, on Friday, March 6, from 5-8 pm. She’ll be in Seattle and Portland the week of March 9—details of events there can be found on her newly redesigned website. Back in Montana, she’ll be at Barnes and Noble in Billings on Saturday, March 21 at 2 pm for a book talk and reading, with mystery author Tracy Weber.

She’s also pleased to report that Thorndike Press will publish a large-print edition of ASSAULT AND PEPPER in June 2015.