Nick Courage

Picture book page that reads: “peek a boo ancient moon”

✨ the vibe ✨

YA fans! You can snag an ebook of @rachelcourage.bsky.social's moody YA thriller Nothing Bad Happens Here for less than 2 bucks today! (Feb 25) www.rachelekstromcourage.com/product/noth...

four older women are sitting around a table in a kitchen . ALT: four older women are sitting around a table in a kitchen .

Friends at Winter Institute: Rachel’s going to be signing galleys of her newest Golden Girls mystery tomorrow (Wednesday) at the author reception!

A stack of books featuring: • Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage • The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood • One Puzzling Afternoon by Emily Critchley • We Solve Murders by Richard Osman • The Retirement Plan by Sue Hincenbergs

Whether you're solving crimes or committing them, these picks show that age is just a number.

Full book list: toledo.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...

The cover of Death on the Lanai: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery, written by Rachel Ekstrom Courage.

I'm glad there are more GOLDEN GIRLS cozy mysteries in the pipeline.

#BookSky

The cover of Death On The Lanai: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery #2 by Rachel Ekstrom Courage

ALERT: God's favorite baby chicken has been ✨blessed✨ with an ARC of her most anticipated read of 2026 #booksky 📚

Closeup of cover image of Murder by Cheesecake. By Rachel Ekstrom Courage.

Senior sleuths are having a moment. Savvy readers know that the often-overlooked elderly make keen amateur detectives, underestimated and underappreciated, able to slip around unnoticed and gather clues. Check out our latest #Backlist now: bit.ly/4bLmujK

Have you honed your winter survival skills by reading #MGLit by Lauren Tarshis @nikkishannonsmith.bsky.social Trent Reedy @theallycarter.bsky.social @terrylynnjohnson.bsky.social and @nickcourage.bsky.social ? If not, hunker down with these great titles!

For all my author friends, via Mystery Writers of America (the call to action: "If you believe your work was unlawfully downloaded by Anthropic, please visit the website and provide the requested information by August 15") www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

Cover to upcoming Golden Girls cozy mystery novel, “Death on the Lanai”

Follow-up Golden Girls cozy mystery novel to this year’s “Murder by Cheesecake,” “Death on the Lanai” by @rachelcourage.bsky.social revealed! The book is scheduled to be released April 28, 2026.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/805874...

@nickcourage.bsky.social

Show of hands if you think about the "cold beer on the roof" scene in Shawshank more than the Roman Empire...

Register Now for the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books! Get ready for the novel event of the year.

Don't forget to register (for free) to reserve your spot at each workshop, author talk, and panel at the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books on Saturday, May 31! littsburgh.substack.com/p/register-n... #Pittsburgh @carnegielibrary.bsky.social

A Little More Time With the Girls: A Guest Post by Rachel Ekstrom Courage - B&N Reads A mouth-watering mystery featuring a few of our favorite characters. Join the Golden Girls in this rollicking whodunit set in the swampy wilds of Miami. Read on for an exclusive essay from author Rach...

B&N Reads: A little more time with the #GoldenGirls by @rachelcourage.bsky.social 💛 www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/rachel-...

Murder by Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery by Rachel Ekstrom Courage

I don't think I've ever been this excited to read an Acknowledgments section before. Tell me how you made this happen, you absolute legend.

Time to get into the Easter spirit!

Grutton & Mothman - Iconic Victorian imprint now focused mainly on celebrity cash-ins and Food Network IP

Happy #BookBirthday to MURDER BY CHEESECAKE: A GOLDEN GIRLS COZY MYSTERY by Rachel Ekstrom Courage from Hyperion Avenue Books! @rachelcourage.bsky.social 🎂

MURDER BY CHEESECAKE by Rachel Ekstrom Courage made the April 2025 Library Reads list!

@rachelcourage.bsky.social

Women’s Rights and Women’s Wrongs: Darkly Feminist YA Books I’ve long been fascinated by darkly feminist novels, books that keep me riveted by—and sometimes rooting for—complicated characters who embrace moral grayness and revenge, or who simply do what mus…

Rachel Ekstrom Courage (@EkstromRachel) on darkly feminist YA books. crimereads.com/womens-right...

Murder by Cheesecake — Multnomah County Library Murder by Cheesecake — Ekstrom-Courage, Rachel, — "When Dorothy's obnoxious date is found dead in a hotel freezer, it not only ruins a gorgeous cheesecake but threatens the elaborate St. Olaf-themed w...

"For fiction to help with a heartbreak by taking you out of reality, we recommend Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom-Courage:
multcolib.bibliocommons.com/item/show/25... #AskaLibrarian"

Thrilled to see MURDER BY CHEESECAKE on here, further proof that library workers have The Best Taste.

Stay Golden, Pittsburgh! Meet Littsburgh's Founder, Rachel Ekstrom Courage (author of Murder by Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery)...

Littsburgh’s founder, @rachelcourage.bsky.social, is back with Murder by Cheesecake: A #GoldenGirls Cozy Mystery and she’s launching it right here at Penguin Bookshop in Sewickley (on Saturday, April 26th at 5pm)… just in time for mother’s day! littsburgh.substack.com/p/stay-golde...

‘Everyone is terrified’: Business and government officials are afraid to cross Trump on tariffs While lobbyists, business leaders, and lawmakers are worried about Donald Trump’s tariffs, there’s a culture of fear in Washington preventing many from speaking out.

I keep thinking about that moment in Labyrinth when Sarah tells the Goblin King "you have no power over me" and everything crumbles - the castle, the world, her chains, the seeming inevitability of his victory. All of it. It was all imagined power that could be broken at any time. Similar situation

Armchair Vacation: YA Reads In Stunning Locations | The Nerd Daily Guest post written by Nothing Bad Happens Here author Rachel Ekstrom CourageRachel Ekstrom Courage is the author of Nothing Bad Happens Here, a YA thriller set on the island of Nantucket. A literary a...

I wrote about these fabulous YA books in stunning locations by @derekmilman.bsky.social, @dianaurban.bsky.social, @sabrinafedeleaudio.bsky.social, Aashna Avachat, Olivia Worley, and KC Cast & Pintip Dunn in The Nerd Daily:

thenerddaily.com/rachel-ekstr...

#YABooks @getunderlined.bsky.social

Editors Select: April 2025 14 new releases you can't miss—from well-being to romance to mysteries. Check out our most anticipated listens of the month.

"It takes guts and serious talent to write jokes worthy of Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, and Sophia, and author @rachelcourage.bsky.social has the goods. She nails the voices, character nuances, and humor of our beloved foursome" ♥️ www.audible.com/blog/editors...

CORRECTION: Our Substack subject line today was supposed to read: "April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers," not "stewing flowers" (but we would share a boiled rose with Edna St. Vincent Millay any day) -ed. littsburgh.substack.com/p/april-come...

A copy of MURDER BY CHEESECAKE: A GOLDEN GIRLS COZY MYSTERY by Rachel Ekstrom Courage next to a blue and pink floral bookmark, a wine glass filled with rosé with Blanche’s face on it, and a white tea mug that says PICTURE IT…SICILY 1922

I’m OBSESSEDDDDDD (cc: @rachelcourage.bsky.social)

YouTube video by Laura Jane Grace Laura Jane Grace - Mine Me Mine [OFFICIAL AUDIO]

The new @laurajanegrace.bsky.social single rules 💥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOVK...

♥️♥️♥️

The Loudness also resonated with two of my most passionate beliefs: 1) Music can save lives (see “thread of hope” above) and 2) Libraries are the best sanctuaries (In fact, this book features not one, but two libraries fulfilling that role).

It’s definitely a fave.