Barbara NorthMystery Author
The Bottom Shelf, a basement bar at night: regulars at the counter under amber lamps, a red neon sign, and a figure heading down the steps
Mystery author. Funny letters. I write for you.

Come on downstairs.

Barbara North is a mystery writer working on her first novel, but she writes short letters to her readers and sends them out every other Friday in the late afternoon, a time traditionally reserved for government scandals and product recalls. Sometimes they’re funny, sometimes they’ll make you cry. She aims to do both. Sign up!

A taste  ·  from letter No. 8

Don’t Let Them Take Your Organs

Sometimes my husband calls me by his ex-wife’s name, Judi.

Read the restThe full letters are for readers on Barbara’s list.
The novel

The Bottom Shelf

An Amateur Sleuth Mystery. Coming soon.

The author
A stencil-style portrait of Barbara North, looking down and smiling