About Us




At Mystery Playground, we love books and we love to have fun. 



Deborah Lacy is Editor-in-Chief of Mystery Playground. Deborah's short crime fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery MagazineMystery Weekly Magazine, the award-winning Bouchercon Anthology: Blood on the BayouMystery Most International, and many other anthologies. She is also the editor the Most Dangerous Games short story anthology from Level Best Books coming in 2025.


Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine has posted a podcast of Deborah's story, Taking Care, here.



Kerry Hammond is Mystery Playground's secret weapon. Her stories have appeared in the Best Mystery Stories of the Year for 2023, edited by Amor Towles, Mystery Most GeographicalMystery Most Diabolical and Mystery Most International



Deborah and Kerry also run Blame the Butler, a downloadable murder mystery party game company where you get mysteries to help you host your own mystery dinner parties.


We're both working on other big writing projects, so we're taking a break from reviewing for now. 


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