This episode of Big Blend Radio’s “Books & Authors” Podcast features debut novelist Jane Brookwood who discusses about her tarot-themed cozy mystery, The Hanged Man, out September 15, 2026. Watch the episode above on YouTube or download the audio version on Podbean.

Jane shares how she built the fictional town of Pineridge Hollow, the real cat named Rosie who inspired her book's feline familiar, and how her own tarot practice — including a recurring relationship with the Devil card — shaped the novel's themes. The conversation also covers synchronicity, archetypes, and what's next for the Raven-verse.

Fiona Miller runs a metaphysical gift shop in Pineridge Hollow. She reads tarot, sells crystals, mixes tea, and generally minds her own business — until she can't. When the son of her long-lost best friend Maggie turns up dead, Fiona decides she's getting to the bottom of it before she's even aware of the decision. What stops her cold is the timing: moments before she learned of his death, she pulled The Hanged Man tarot card, on the heels of a monster zoomie rampage by her cat and familiar, Rosie.

With her Pineridge Hollow crew and Rosie at her side, Fiona follows the cards into buried grudges, old money, and secrets the town spent decades hiding. The Hanged Man keeps making himself known: Flip it on its head. Look… really look. Be prepared to wait. You just might be surprised.

The Hanged Man (Brookwood Publishing, September 15, 2026) is available for pre-order now.

Jane Brookwood writes cozy mysteries steeped in tarot symbolism, intuition, and the quiet magic that lingers in small towns. Though she lives just outside the fictional Pineridge Hollow, she knows its back roads and hidden corners by heart. When she's not writing, she's reading tarot, wandering through forests, visiting cafés, or sharing quiet evenings with her cat, Rosie, who insists on chiming in whenever a mystery gets tense. Jane lives in British Columbia, where Pineridge Hollow grows a little more vivid with every sunrise.