Essie Lang

(aka Erika Chase & Linda Wiken – see list below)

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Essie Lang   (aka Erika Chase & Linda Wiken)  Lang she writes the Castle Bookshop Mystery Series which takes place in New York. Shelby Cox is an ex-editor and current bookstore owner of one bookstore in Alexandria Bay, New York and manager/owner of another bookstore in a castle on an island. Lang previously owned a mystery bookstore, as well as held jobs as a journalist, producer of radio shows, and a copywriter for advertising. As Chase, she writes the Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery Series. Lizzie Turner and her five friends comprise this mystery book club in Alabama. As Linda Wiken, she writes the Dinner Club Mystery Series which features J.J. Tanner, an event planner. J.J. is a member of the Culinary Capers Dinner Club which is a club for “foodies”. This series also contains recipes!

CASTLE BOOKSHOP MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Shelby Cox is an ex-editor and current bookstore owner of one bookstore in Alexandria Bay, New York and manager of another bookstore in a castle on an island.

1. Trouble on the Books   ’19
2. Death on the Page   ’20

Written as Erika Chase:
ASHTON CORNERS BOOK CLUB MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Lizzie Turner, Reading Specialist, Her Two Siamese Cats (Edam & Brie), & Her Five Mystery Book Club Friends, Alabama

1. A Killer Read    ’12
2. Read and Buried    ’12
3. Cover Story    ’13
4. Book Fair and Foul    ’14
5. Law and Author    ’15

Written as Linda Wiken:
DINNER CLUB MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: J.J. Tanner, Event Planner, Culinary Capers Dinner Club Member

1. Toasting Up Trouble    ’16 
2. Roux the Day    ’17
3. Marinating in Murder    ’18

Written as Essie Lang: