I e-mailed the author back in June. Today I received this I guess we can consider it bad new and maybe good news:
Dear Geri ~
Thank you so much for writing... and for liking the series so much! I wish my news was better, but here's the scoop. Pocket canceled the series after NORWAY TO HIDE was published. Like, the day after. They'd let go all their other cozy mystery writers a couple of years earlier, so I was kind of expecting it, which is why I tied up a few loose ends in NORWAY. I just wish they'd told me *before* I traveled to Holland to research the next book! I was planning to call the next one DEAD DUTCH and it was going to revolve around a group from Bangor, Maine who were celebrating their 50th class reunion by touring Holland with Emily's Iowans. I didn't know exactly what was going to happen, but I was looking forward to being surprised by the characters.
Anyway, since my release, I've been working on an historical thriller (about the MARY CELESTE, whose crew mysteriously disappeared mid-ocean in 1872), but I've received so much email about the series that I've actually written the first page of DEAD DUTCH and have the names of a couple of houses who publish series that have been canceled by the New York publishers. I've been dealing with a family illness since March, so I've had neither the time nor emotional energy to sit down at my computer, but things are starting to stabilize, so I'm optimistic that I'll be able to get back to my routine soon, like, this week. Nothing is certain in publishing, so I just have to plug away and see what happens. But it's wonderful being encouraged by fans like you. I SO appreciate it!
Please don't give up on me, or Emily, or Nana just yet. I'm going to keep working, and let's keep our fingers crossed that something good happens.
Thank you again for your kind words, Geri. Emails like yours always make me smile.
Cheers ~
maddy
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