Svetlana Krüsh

Backstory: The Story Behind the Second Dakota Stevens mystery, The Rich Are Different — Part 2

Last week, in Part 1 of the sto­ry behind The Rich Are Dif­fer­ent, I described my expe­ri­ences dur­ing 9/11 in Man­hat­tan and the months fol­low­ing, and…

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Backstory: The Story Behind the Second Dakota Stevens mystery, The Rich Are Different — Part 1

The nov­el that became The Rich Are Dif­fer­ent was writ­ten dur­ing the win­ter of 2001-02, over a year before I even con­ceived of the Dako­ta…

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Backstory: The Story Behind the First Dakota Stevens Mystery, A Real Piece of Work

A Real Piece of Work and the entire Dako­ta Stevens Mys­tery Series might nev­er have hap­pened were it not for a bad office chair. Dur­ing…

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FREE Giveaway! — A Sneak-Preview of the Prequel to The Dakota Stevens Mystery Series

The sto­ry of how Dako­ta Stevens and Svet­lana Krüsh met and became an inves­tiga­tive team is one that has haunt­ed me for 15 years—ever since…

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A REAL PIECE OF WORK — NOW ONLY 99¢!

Today I decid­ed to price A Real Piece of Work, the 1st nov­el in my crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed Dako­ta Stevens Mys­tery Series, at just 99¢. This…

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Dakota & Svetlana ARE Going to be a TV Series

I HAVE DECIDED that the adven­tures of Dako­ta & Svet­lana are going to be a tele­vi­sion series.     As I helped a friend with…

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