Q&A with P. J. Nelson

From my Q&A with P. J. Nelson, author of All My Bones: An Old Juniper Bookshop Mystery:

How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?

The title of this book is part of a quote from a Grimm Brothers story, and in the book a rare first edition of their Kinder- und Hausmärchen, published in 1812, figures heavily in the plot. But the murder mystery plot begins with the discovery of human bones in the front yard of the quasi-Addams Family Victorian mansion in Enigma, Georgia, that is The Old Juniper Bookshop. So, while the title phrase may not mean much at first glance, it is, in fact, a distillation of the entire novel.

What's in a name?

Well, this is going to sound...[read on]

Read more about All My Bones at the publisher's website.

My Book, The Movie: All My Bones.

The Page 69 Test: All My Bones.

Q&A with P. J. Nelson.

--Marshal Zeringue