Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier
@armbernier.bsky.social
Writing Caribbean joy…and mystery…one story at a time! 🇻🇮👩🏾💻🙌🏾🤩
www.ashleyruthbernier.com
www.ashleyruthbernier.com
Thank you @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social for boosting this! 🇻🇮🌿🫖🔪
We're so excited to see this spotlight from The Virgin Islands Source feature 🫖THE BUSH TEA MURDER🔪 by @armbernier.bsky.social!
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July 10, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Thank you so much, Wonder Woman Sixty! I’m so glad you enjoyed the read! 🌿🫖🔪🇻🇮
"This book is filled with the island spirit and a culture that only makes this mystery more interesting." Thank you to Wonder Women Sixty for this great review of 🫖THE BUSH TEA MURDER🔪 by @armbernier.bsky.social! Read the review here: https://loom.ly/mcZrhWg
The Bush Tea Murder by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier - Wonder Women Sixty
Filled with island vibes, this mystery features a TV culinary show host in the States, flying back to her original home in St. Thomas to solve a cold case murder.
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May 20, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Thank you so much, Wonder Woman Sixty! I’m so glad you enjoyed the read! 🌿🫖🔪🇻🇮
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🫖THE BUSH TEA MURDER🔪 by @armbernier.bsky.social has been selected to be part of the National Caribbean American Heritage Month Book List for 2026. Congratulations!
May 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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This is going to be 🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!
THIS JUNE from RHP Press: WAVES OF BURDEN. The new novel from Anthony Award-winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social. You don't want to miss this one. #crimefiction
May 12, 2026 at 11:03 PM
This is going to be 🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!
Yes, Casey!!!
Writers: Community is everything. Let's root for each other every chance we get.
May 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Yes, Casey!!!
This review from KRLmeant so much to me!🌿🫖🔪🇻🇮
“Everything a good mystery needs from captivating characters to amazing imagery and everything in between.” —Kings River Life. Read the full review of @armbernier.bsky.social's 🫖THE BUSH TEA MURDER🔪 here.
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May 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
This review from KRLmeant so much to me!🌿🫖🔪🇻🇮
Thank you so much for mentioning THE BUSH TEA MURDER! 🇻🇮🇻🇮🇻🇮
📣May’s Bocas Book Bulletin is here! Featuring new Caribbean releases, awards/prizes and April’s bestsellers at @paperbasedbookshop.bsky.social!
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May 10, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Thank you so much for mentioning THE BUSH TEA MURDER! 🇻🇮🇻🇮🇻🇮
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Kirkus Reviews recently included 🫖THE BUSH TEA MURDER🔪 by @armbernier.bsky.social in their list of "20 Debut Books From Exciting New Talents"!
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April 28, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Kirkus Reviews recently included 🫖THE BUSH TEA MURDER🔪 by @armbernier.bsky.social in their list of "20 Debut Books From Exciting New Talents"!
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Culinary journalist Naomi Sinclair is cooking up a maelstrom of trouble upon her return to the blue waters of her native Saint Thomas in THE BUSH TEA MURDER by @armbernier.bsky.social.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Culinary journalist Naomi Sinclair is cooking up a maelstrom of trouble upon her return to the blue waters of her native Saint Thomas in THE BUSH TEA MURDER by @armbernier.bsky.social.
#ewgc #libraryreads
Request on Netgalley: https://loom.ly/O_KPybI
#ewgc #libraryreads
Request on Netgalley: https://loom.ly/O_KPybI
Time to spill the tea! Meet the cover of my debut novel-length work, The Bush Tea Murder, coming from Crooked Lane Books in April 2026!
Want to win one of 5 physical galleys of the book? Enter at Goodreads between now and 11/16: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
Want to win one of 5 physical galleys of the book? Enter at Goodreads between now and 11/16: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Time to spill the tea! Meet the cover of my debut novel-length work, The Bush Tea Murder, coming from Crooked Lane Books in April 2026!
Want to win one of 5 physical galleys of the book? Enter at Goodreads between now and 11/16: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
Want to win one of 5 physical galleys of the book? Enter at Goodreads between now and 11/16: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
I’ve been MIA for a while, but I’m ready to spill some big news this week! Stay tuned…😉🤫✍🏾
October 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I’ve been MIA for a while, but I’m ready to spill some big news this week! Stay tuned…😉🤫✍🏾
Happy VI Emancipation Day! 🇻🇮✊🏾
July 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Happy VI Emancipation Day! 🇻🇮✊🏾
If you’re a Macavity voter and enjoy your (fictional!) murders with a side of 🇻🇮soca and mas, I’d be honored if you’d consider “Murder Can’t Stop de Carnival” (EQMM Jul/Aug ‘24)! Read here free for a limited time: ashleyruthbernier.com/blank
Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier, Author
What's New?
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May 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
If you’re a Macavity voter and enjoy your (fictional!) murders with a side of 🇻🇮soca and mas, I’d be honored if you’d consider “Murder Can’t Stop de Carnival” (EQMM Jul/Aug ‘24)! Read here free for a limited time: ashleyruthbernier.com/blank
Reposted by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier
@rhppress.bsky.social presents: Writing Short Crime Fiction That Stands Out. Join instructor @steveweddle.bsky.social (Author of THE COUNTY LINE) for an online course May 10-24. Learn how to craft stories that grab editors and readers alike. More info: bit.ly/3Y7LTwy
April 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
@rhppress.bsky.social presents: Writing Short Crime Fiction That Stands Out. Join instructor @steveweddle.bsky.social (Author of THE COUNTY LINE) for an online course May 10-24. Learn how to craft stories that grab editors and readers alike. More info: bit.ly/3Y7LTwy
You’re going to want to get your hands on this one early—everything he writes is 🔥🔥🔥🤩🤩🤩
Coming soon from Rock and a Hard Place Press
The day one bestselling collection from award winning author @cwblackwell.bsky.social:
WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN
available for preorder right now, coming July 18th.
The day one bestselling collection from award winning author @cwblackwell.bsky.social:
WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN
available for preorder right now, coming July 18th.
April 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
You’re going to want to get your hands on this one early—everything he writes is 🔥🔥🔥🤩🤩🤩
Here we go! Details below 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
A dash of horror. A bit of international. Issue 12 of @rhppress.bsky.social available now: bit.ly/4iaXke4 #CrimeFiction
RHP Magazine Issue 12 — Rock and a Hard Place Press
We've hit the dirty dozen with Rock and a Hard Place Magazine!
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April 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Here we go! Details below 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Reposted by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier
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April 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Submissions opportunity 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
…important topic AND an awesome guest editor? Check this OUT!
…important topic AND an awesome guest editor? Check this OUT!
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
RHP and guest editor @curtisippolito.bsky.social are looking for submissions for a new anthology - one related to climate change, the murder of the planet, and all the crimes in between.
Check out the call below and get ready to submit
www.rockandahardplacemag.com/climatechange
RHP and guest editor @curtisippolito.bsky.social are looking for submissions for a new anthology - one related to climate change, the murder of the planet, and all the crimes in between.
Check out the call below and get ready to submit
www.rockandahardplacemag.com/climatechange
Call for submissions - Climate change crime fiction anthology — Rock and a Hard Place Press
www.rockandahardplacemag.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Submissions opportunity 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
…important topic AND an awesome guest editor? Check this OUT!
…important topic AND an awesome guest editor? Check this OUT!
🤩🤩 What a great day when this awesome collection is out in the world! Yes, my story “A Li’l Something Extra” is in here, but there are 11 other hard hitting pieces included, and you’ll enjoy them all!
NEW BOOK TIME -- Our print edition of 2024's Stone's Throw Stories is now available, wherever you purchase your books. Featuring a year's worth of the hardest hitting noir around. www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw...
Stone's Throw 2024 annual anthology — Rock and a Hard Place Press
A year's worth of the hardest hitting noir.
www.rockandahardplacemag.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
🤩🤩 What a great day when this awesome collection is out in the world! Yes, my story “A Li’l Something Extra” is in here, but there are 11 other hard hitting pieces included, and you’ll enjoy them all!
Reposted by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier
NEW BOOK TIME -- Our print edition of 2024's Stone's Throw Stories is now available, wherever you purchase your books. Featuring a year's worth of the hardest hitting noir around. www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw...
Stone's Throw 2024 annual anthology — Rock and a Hard Place Press
A year's worth of the hardest hitting noir.
www.rockandahardplacemag.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
NEW BOOK TIME -- Our print edition of 2024's Stone's Throw Stories is now available, wherever you purchase your books. Featuring a year's worth of the hardest hitting noir around. www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw...
I enjoyed chatting with my fellow newbies and the OG editors 😎 at @rhppress.bsky.social earlier this week! Listen in for a great conversation👇🏾
Rock and a hard place is storming in to the new year with a new, expanded team. Hear from our new editors and what they're looking for here:
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January 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I enjoyed chatting with my fellow newbies and the OG editors 😎 at @rhppress.bsky.social earlier this week! Listen in for a great conversation👇🏾
A ❄️🌨️SNOW DAY❄️🌨️ means a WRITING day!
…after playing in the snow, that is. ☃️
…after playing in the snow, that is. ☃️
January 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
A ❄️🌨️SNOW DAY❄️🌨️ means a WRITING day!
…after playing in the snow, that is. ☃️
…after playing in the snow, that is. ☃️
Final lines. I think they’re just as important as beginnings. Drop a comment, #authorfriends… what do you think you do really well?
As authors, we always talk about the things we hate about our writing. But today I want you to tell me the one thing you love about your writing. What is the one thing that you do really well?
January 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Final lines. I think they’re just as important as beginnings. Drop a comment, #authorfriends… what do you think you do really well?
If you’re heading to Malice Domestic, I’d be honored if you’d consider my short story, Afterglow, on your Agatha ballots! 🇻🇮🌅🤫🍹
January 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If you’re heading to Malice Domestic, I’d be honored if you’d consider my short story, Afterglow, on your Agatha ballots! 🇻🇮🌅🤫🍹