Sunday, May 31, 2015

Weekly Wrap Up #73

Happy Sunday! This was a fun week for me, my brother visited so I wasn't around to much and the on Friday we went to the book sale in Buffalo and of course I bought more books than intended but what can I say I love finding great deals on books.

Here is what happened this week on my blog:

May 30th- Book Trivia- Annette Dashofy


Book's I've read this week:

Senior Sleuths by Jennifer J. Chow
Death by Coffee by Alex Erickson
Farmed and Dangerous by Edith Maxwell

Coming this week:

June 1st- Book Review and Giveaway- Senior Sleuths by Jennifer J. Chow
June 2nd- Blog Tour - Death by Coffee by Alex Erickson
June 3rd- Author Spotlight Blog Tour Farmed and Dangerous by Edith Maxwell
June 4th- First in a Cozy Series and Giveaway- Meow if it's Murder by Toni L. Tempio
June 5th- Book Review and Giveaway- Purl Up and Die by Maggie Sefton
June 6th- Book Trivia- Gayle Trent( Amanda Lee)

Hope to see you here.

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Book Trivia hosted by Annette Dashofy

It's time for trivia and today's lovely host is Annette Dashofy. One lucky reader will win a $10 Amazon Gift Card now and then an ARC of her upcoming book near the end of they year. So its a now and then prize, How awesome is that?

Leave your answers and email in the comments so you can be found if you win. 


Here we go and good luck! 



1. First responders and medical personnel are notorious for their warped sense of humor. What is the rather insensitive nickname Zoe gives Holt after rescuing him at the beginning of the story?

2. What is Nancy's (Pete's secretary) maiden name?

3. What is Zoe's biggest obstacle to a career in the coroner's office?

4. What is the name of Zoe's horse?

5. Zoe has two cats, Jade and Merlin. What color are they?

6. What kind of car is Pete's personal vehicle?





USA Today Best Selling Author of the Zoe Chambers Mysteries
Circle of Influence (Agatha Award Nominee for Best First Novel)
Lost Legacy (Zoe Chambers mystery #2)
Bridges Burned (Zoe Chambers #3)
www.annettedashofy.com



Friday, May 29, 2015

Author Spotlight and Giveaway - Elizabeth J. Duncan

Today's author spotlight goes to Elizabeth J. Duncan. Elizabeth is the author of the award-winning Penny Brannigan mystery series set in North Wales and will launch a new series, Shakespeare in the Catskills Mysteries in November. 
One lucky reader will have a chance to win a copy of her newest book Slated for Death. Leave a comment and email.

Elizabeth J. Duncan


Slated for Death: A Penny Brannigan Mystery

About Slated for Death


When the body of Glenda Roberts, an apparently well-liked, respectable woman, is discovered  at the bottom of a former slate mine, now a busy tourist attraction,  a Pandora’s Box of hate and fear is opened in the North Wales town of Llanelen.
The victim’s sister, Rebeccah, sells cheap goods from  market stalls. Amateur sleuth and spa owner Penny Brannigan is drawn into the investigation when jars of her house brand  hand cream, along with other counterfeit local products are discovered in the sister’s inventory.
The asthmatic son of the mine operator had suffered an almost fatal attack a few days after his mother had sprayed his room with air freshener she’d purchased at the stall. The police investigation reveals that the dead woman had been filling in for her sister on the stall the day the air freshener was purchased and they suspect the mine worker of her murder.
But after talking to the victim’s elderly mother, and learning that the victim’s father, the former mine manager, also died down the mine, Penny has an uneasy sense that a deeply hidden family secret lies behind the murder.  When the mother herself is murdered in her care home on the afternoon of her birthday, Penny’s sure of it.
At the heart of the story is a long forgotten child whose rise to fame and wealth meant nothing without a family’s love, a cold mother who thought she had buried the past, and a sister who died as the unwitting focus of decades of pain.
And during the course of the investigation, Penny’s friend and former lover DCI Gareth Davies discovers the truth about a secret in her own past. 

About Elizabeth J. Duncan


After graduating from Carleton University, Ottawa, with a BA in English, Elizabeth J. Duncan worked as a writer and editor for some of Canada’s largest newspapers, including the Ottawa Citizen and Hamilton Spectator. She lived and worked in London, England for five years as a freelance writer and broadcaster. She has also worked in public relations, was a college professor for ten years, and is a faculty member of the Humber School for Writers.
Elizabeth’s first novel, The Cold Light of Mourning, won the William F. Deeck-Malice Domestic 2006 Grant for Unpublished Writers and the 2008 St. Martin’s/Malice Domestic Award for best first traditional mystery and was nominated for an Arthur Ellis award in Canada and an Agatha Award in the United States. Her fourth novel, A Small Hill to Die On, won the 2013 Bloody Words best light mystery (Bony Blithe) and the fifth book in the series, Never Laugh as a Hearse Goes By, was nominated for the same award in 2014.
Elizabeth divides her time between Toronto, Canada and Llandudno, North Wales.
Elizabeth J. DuncanMystery author 
Shakespeare in the Catskills (Crooked Lane Books) 
Penny Brannigan (St Martins Press) 
elizabethjduncan.com
@elizabethduncan
facebook.com/ElizabethJDuncan
You can get all of Elizabeth's books here:


Thursday, May 28, 2015

First in a Cozy Series and Giveaway - Karen Rose Smith

Happy Thursday! Today's First in a Cozy Series is Staged to Death by Karen Rose Smith. First released in December 2013. You can win a copy of this book Staged to Death. All you have to do is leave a comment and email for a chance. It is a great read with characters so fun and a story line that will keep you captivated from the start.


Book Description

 December 3, 2013
"A cozy blend of murder and romance. A fun read--with recipes!" --Laura Levine

Book 1 in Karen Rose Smith's Caprice De Luca home stager mystery series.
Welcome to Kismet, PA, where home stager Caprice De Luca helps her clients shine in a lackluster real estate market--and where someone may only be in the market for murder. . .
Caprice De Luca has successfully parlayed her skills as an interior designer into a thriving home staging business. So when her old high school friend Roz Winslow asks her to spruce up her mess of a mansion to perk up a slow buyer's market, Caprice is more than happy to share her skills. But when Roz's husband Ted is found skewered by one of his sword room's prized possessions, it appears the Winslows may have a few skeletons in their palatial closets. With the stage set for murder, Caprice will discover she can track down an antique tapestry and a cold-blooded killer with equal aplomb--as long as she's not the next victim. . .

"A fascinating inside look at the art of home-staging--but did I mention it's also an elegantly crafted murder mystery featuring an irresistible sleuth?" --Leslie Meier

Watch for Book 2, DEADLY DECOR, in June 2014.
Watch for Book 3, GILT BY ASSOCIATION, in February 2015.
DRAPE EXPECTATIONS, August 2015
SILENCE OF THE LAMPS, March 2016

You can get all of Karen's books here:

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Author Spotlight and Giveaway- Hannah Dennison

Happy Wednesday to you. Today's author spotlight goes to the delightful Hannah Dennison. Hannah is the author of the Honeychurch Hall mystery series as well as the Vicki Hill mystery series. One lucky reader will have a chance to win a copy of her newest book Deadly Desires at Honeychurch Hall. Leave a comment and email.

  Deadly Desires at Honeychurch Hall: A Mystery  Murder at Honeychurch Hall: A Mystery


Hannah Dennison

Hannah is the author of the Honeychurch Hall Mysteries and the Vicky Hill Mysteries, both set in Devon, England. She has been an obituary reporter, antique dealer, private jet flight attendant and Hollywood story analyst. Hannah originally moved to Los Angeles from England to pursue screenwriting and now lives in Portland, Oregon. She continues to teach mystery writing at the UCLA Extension Writers' Program and still works for a west coast advertising agency. Hannah is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, The Crime Writers Association, The Historic Houses Association, the National Trust and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. She enjoys hiking, horseback riding, skiing, theater and seriously good chocolate.

All of her books can be purchased here and you don't want to miss them. 

http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Desires-Honeychurch-Hall-Mystery-ebook/dp/B00P5JNC0G/ref=la_B001ILHGTI_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1432663328&sr=1-1


Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Author Q&A and Giveaway -Linda Reilly, Kathi Daley and Mary Anne Edwards

Have you ever had questions that you would love to ask authors? Well today I am thrilled to have three lovely authors joining us and they have some giveaways too. Welcome Linda Reilly author of Fillet of Murder , Kathi Daley  author of (her newest book) Soul Surrender and Mary Anne Edwards author of Brilliant Disguise !!

Leave your questions and who you are asking in the comments. Check back and see how they answered them. Have fun. Get to know your authors they are amazing people.

Welcome ladies so glad you can be here today.

Linda Reilly



FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!

Talia Marby serves up delectable English deep fried fare in the heart of the Berkshires—but she soon discovers there’s something fishy going on…

Sometimes in this life, you have to fish or cut bait. After walking away from a miserable job and an even worse boyfriend, Talia Marby has no regrets. She’s returned to her hometown and is happy to help her dear friend Bea Lambert by working at Lambert’s Fish & Chips, a cornerstone of a charming shopping plaza designed to resemble an old English village.

But not all the shop owners are charming. Phil Turnbull has been pestering Bea to sign a petition against a new store opening up, and his constant badgering is enough to make her want to boil him in oil. When Talia and Bea stumble upon Turnbull murdered in his shop, the police suspect Bea. Now it’s up to Talia to fish around for clues and hook the real killer before her friend has to trade serving food for serving time…

Includes delicious recipes!

http://www.amazon.com/Fillet-Murder-Deep-Fried-Mystery-ebook/dp/B00O2BS33O/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1432479400&sr=1-1&keywords=fillet+of+murder+linda+reilly


Kathi Daily


 

Now that Zak and Zoe have their house, their lives, and their wedding back, things seem to be on track once again, until a man is found dead and Zoe is once again pulled into a murder investigation. The victim is a well known and liked member of the community who didn't appear to have any enemies until his secret past caught up with him. Zak and Zoe work together to find the killer while Zoe deals with the fact that Levi and Ellie seem to be imploding before her very eyes. Meanwhile Alex shares a shocking piece of news which causes Zak and Zoe to consider taking a huge step which could forever alter their future.

http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Surrender-Donovan-Mystery-Book-ebook/dp/B00VHDFJ4G/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1432479462&sr=1-1&keywords=soul+surrender+kathi+daley



Mary Anne Edwards

 

Detective Charlie McClung no longer finds his job fulfilling and has given up finding that "someone" his granny promised he would find. So he leaves behind the big city and his close-knit family and takes a job in a small town police department in Georgia, resigned to live a quiet life in solitude. 

Things change when he meets Marian Selby while investigating the mysterious death of her best friend. But Marian swore never to love again after the death of her husband 11 years ago. What seems to be a suicide turns into a tangled web of deceit, corruption, and complicated shadows. 

Can the two of them come to grips with their feelings for each other before the killer closes in on them? 

http://www.amazon.com/Brilliant-Disguise-Charlie-McClung-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B00HYYOARE/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1432479515&sr=1-1&keywords=brilliant+disguise



First in Series- Miss Julia Speaks her Mind by Ann B. Ross

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