What's the buzz?

How do you find out about new titles? That's the million-dollar question authors always ask: What's the best way to reach readers?

As a reader, word of mouth always works for me. I belong to two terrific online readers groups, RAW4ALL and Romance Noir. Members of these groups are voracious readers who provide helpful critiques of new and new-to-me books. From these groups, I've learned of titles such as One Dead Preacher by Tony Lindsay and Dirty Laundry by Paula Woods, which is part of her Charlotte Justice series.

My sister also is a voracious reader. Over the years, she's recommended several authors to me, including Barbara Neely, Walter Mosley and Beverly Jenkins.

I learned about Angela Henry, Pamela Samuels-Young and Gammy Singer through Angela's MystNoir Web site, http://www.mystnoir.com/. If you haven't stopped by, you should. This award-winning site includes a list of new releases, book reviews and, my personal favorite feature, a bibliography of authors and their sleuths.

So, how do you learn about new releases and what authors can you recommend?

Patricia