Friday, September 30, 2016

What's New? Eggnog Murder by Leslie Meier, Barbara Ross and Lee Hollis

Happy Friday! What's New? Coming soon to bookstores near you. Eggnog Murder by Leslie Meier,Lee Hollis and Barbara Ross, releases on October 25th. A perfect read for the Holiday season.








Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Kensington (October 25, 2016)
Language: English







With the fireplace crackling, the tree twinkling, and the carols humming, few things in life are as picture perfect as Christmas in Maine—until murder dampens the holiday spirit. It must be something in the eggnog . . .

EGGNOG MURDER by LESLIE MEIER When a gift-wrapped bottle of eggnog—allegedly from the Real Beard Santa Club—proves to be a killer concoction for a Tinker’s Cove local, all Lucy Stone wants for Christmas is to find the murdering mixologist who’s stirring up trouble.

DEATH BY EGGNOG by LEE HOLLIS Food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell has never cared much for Bar Harbor’s grouchy town librarian, Agatha Farnsworth. But after the Scroogy senior has a fatal—and suspicious—allergic reaction to supposedly non-dairy eggnog, it’s up to Hayley to ladle out some justice.

NOGGED OFF by BARBARA ROSS Julia Snowden’s tenant Imogen Geinkes seems to be jinxed. First, her poorly named “Killer Eggnog” gives all her co-workers food poisoning at the holiday party, then her boyfriend’s body shows up in Julia’s moving truck as she’s headed back to Busman’s Harbor. Now Julia has to get moving to catch the cold-hearted culprit.

Cozy up with a glass of eggnog and enjoy the spirit of murder and mystery in a Yuletide treat perfect for those winter holidays .



About the Authors



LESLIE MEIER is the New York Times bestselling author of over twenty Lucy Stone mysteries and has also written for Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. She is currently at work on the next Lucy Stone mystery. Readers can visit her website at www.LeslieMeier.com.




LEE HOLLIS is the pen name for a brother and sister writing team. Rick Copp is a veteran film and television writer/producer and also the author of two other mystery novel series. He lives in Palm Springs, California. Holly Simason is an award-winning food and cocktails columnist living in North Carolina. You may visit their website at www.LeeHollisMysteries.com or find them on Facebook by typing in: Lee Hollis.




BARBARA ROSS is the author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries. The first book in the series, Clammed Up was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel, the RT Book Reviews, Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Award for Amateur Sleuth, and was a finalist for the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She is co-editor/co-publisher of Level Best Books, which produces anthologies of crime stories by New England authors. She writes at her home overlooking the harbor in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.


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https://www.amazon.com/Eggnog-Murder-Leslie-Meier/dp/1496704479/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1475099721&sr=1-1


Thursday, September 29, 2016

The Christmas Bride by Hope Ramsey

Happy Wednesday! I am excited to be on this tour. Hope Ramsey's Brand new series The Christmas Bride was released on September 27th.











Series: Chapel of Love (Book 1)
Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Forever (September 27, 2016)
Language: English








A season of hope . . .
'Tis the season in Shenandoah Falls and the first time Willow Peterson has been home in years. But she's determined to fulfill the wishes of her recently deceased best friend and restore Eagle Hill Manor to its former glory-all in time to host the perfect holiday wedding. She just has to get the owner of the historic inn to hire her. Unfortunately, that means dealing with Scrooge himself...




After the death of his wife, David Lyndon has a bah-humbug approach to Christmas. But as December counts down and the wedding planning is in full swing, it's harder and harder to stay immune to the charms of Willow, especially when he sees how much joy she brings his eight-year-old daughter. After a simple kiss under the mistletoe turns into something more, David is hoping he can turn the magic of the holiday season into the love of a lifetime.




Hope Ramsey's new book The Christmas Bride is about surviving tragedies and finding love with a promise of hope and happiness. A beautifully written story that will touch your heart this Holiday season.








Hope Ramsey's Top 5 summer reads

I’m assuming this is my top 5 summer reads of this year. So here goes. Two are by well-known authors who are on my auto-buy list, and the others were written by wonderful new contemporary authors that I highly recommend:

1. If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins.
2. First Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
3. Charmingly Yours by Liz Talley
4. Falling for Mr. Wrong by Lizzy Shane
5. Romancing Miss Right by Lizzy Shane





About the Author:





Hope Ramsay is an award-winning, bestselling author and two-time Golden Heart finalist. Her series of heartwarming romances, published by Grand Central Publishing, have won critical acclaim. Hope is also a member of the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood and regularly blogs about storytelling and plotting. She is married to a good ol’ Georgia boy and has two grown children and a couple of demanding lap cats. She lives in Virginia where, when she’s not writing, she’s knitting or playing on her forty-year-old Martin guitar.



Find out more about Hope and this brand new series by visiting her website:

http://hoperamsay.com/




Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Book Spotlight- Black and Blueberry Die by Livia J. Washburn

Black and Blueberry Die (a Fresh Baked Mystery) by Livia J. Washburn is the latest in the series and was released on September 1,2016. Are you a fan of this series?








Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: Fire Star Press (September 1, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0692353186







In the latest from the nationally bestselling author of The Candy Cane Cupcake Killer, Phyllis Newsom returns with a blackberry and blueberry pie recipe that’s to die for… It’s late summer in Weatherford, Texas and Mike Newsom’s childhood friend is sweltering in prison for a crime he claims he didn’t commit, murdering his wife. So instead of asking his mother to please stop investigating a murder, as he usually does, he asks her and Sam to please help his friend. Danny Jackson, found guilty of beating his wife Roxanne to death at the ritzy hair salon where she works, was sentenced to prison for 30 years. His pleas of innocence fell on deaf ears, so it’s up to Phyllis to find what actually happened. She finds there are a lot of secrets and lies being told, and Roxanne was in the middle of them all. Though Phyllis doesn’t want to get mixed up in another murder investigation, her son rarely asks for favors, and certainly not favors like this. She has to untangle the lies and comb out the facts to find what happened that dark night. Includes recipes!



About the Author:



Livia J. Washburn has been a professional writer for more than twenty years. She received the Private Eye Writers of America Award and the American Mystery Award for her first mystery, Wild Night, written under the name L. J. Washburn, and she was nominated for a Spur Award by the Western Writers of America for a novel written with her husband, James Reasoner. Her short story “Panhandle Freight” was nominated for a Peacemaker Award by the Western Fictioneers, and her story Charlie’s Pie won. She lives with her husband in a small Texas town, where she is constantly experimenting with new recipes. Her two grown daughters are both teachers in her hometown, and she is very proud of them.


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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Author Spotlight- Livia J. Washburn

Happy Tuesday! This week's author spotlight goes out to Livia J. Washburn. Livia is the author of Literary Tour Mystery series and the Fresh Baked Mystery series.








I have lived my entire life in a small Texas town northwest of Fort Worth, so while I can live the small town life, I have the big city just a few miles away.



Both of my parents were stay at home parents. Paul and Naomi went to beautician school and got their licenses while they built onto their house so they’d have a place to work and raise their children. They love to tell stories about how I climbed up the ladder onto the roof when I was two years old while they were putting on shingles. I grew up with the smells of hair dye and permanents, but I also had both parents anytime I really needed them. And let me tell you with two older brothers, all three of us needed them. Like when I set off the roman candle in the house, or when the huge snake chased us into the house. I'm amazed we made it out of childhood. My parents didn’t close the shop until Bruce, Arlon, and I were old enough to manage on our own. (Not that we didn't still get in trouble.) My father went back to work at General Dynamics and my mother went back to school to get her teaching degree. She then taught first grade for 26 years.




James Reasoner came into my life through my oldest brother, Bruce. They’d known each other since first grade, but they didn’t start hanging around together until they attended the same university. We started dating when I was a senior in high school. James was writing his own fiction even back then. I stumbled into the business after we married. While typing his manuscripts, I would see different ways the story could have gone. Writing has never come as naturally as it seems to for James. I'm more of a bang your head on the computer, writer. Our careers grew as our family did. We were blessed with two beautiful daughters. For almost 30 years we lived in a house we built ourselves with the help of family. We did everything from the pier and beam foundation poured with buckets, to shingling the roof. I found that I love carpentry and tools. James has it easy for presents; all he has to do is buy the latest tool I’ve been yearning for.

On January 29, 2009 we lost our home and studio to a wildfire started by a neighbor burning trash.

James was home alone while I was just a few miles away helping my parents. The winds were gusting at 60 mph, so it didn't take long for everything to burn to the ground. All he had time to grab was our little dog. The dog was recovering from surgery and was in a small pen next to where he was writing for the day. Our larger dog was able to get out of the fence and managed to save himself. We lost all our other pets. Two of the three cats we'd had since our youngest was in kindergarten. A parakeet and a dwarf goat couldn't be saved, either.

We lost all our computers, manuscripts, books, photos, well you get the picture. Both our daughters lived with us and were student teaching on the day of the fire. They also lost everything other than what they had with them. Also lost in the fire was a pretty white F-150. Since we were finally through paying for college, James and I had decided we could afford our first new vehicle. We'd had it for less than two months. The house and pickup were insured, but not for full value. Through out all of this we had to keep reminding ourselves that it could have been much worse. We were offered help everywhere we turned. Friends and fans started sending us books. It meant a lot to have books again. Our agent collected boxes of books in her basement until we had space. Our families are amazing. My parents let the four of us stay with them for a month with our two dogs. My brother Bruce worked with us to hook up the electricity and water and helped clean up. His wife and kids pitched in with cleanup, a bed, and more. James' brother Harold and his wife Jodie brought dishes, towels, tv's, office supplies, and more. My cousin, Ricky replaced the sewer that was busted by a firetruck. Brothers, sister, uncles, aunts, and cousins sent prayers and money. Neighbors we never knew came with helping hands. Western Writers of America collected money to help replace some of James' amazing library. Both daughters schools gave them money, clothes, and necessities. We are all touched at the kindness everyone has given us. We were able to rebuild our home and our library, and felt truly blessed that we had so many people who cared about us.



Going back to my writing history: My first story, "The Lord Will Provide" was published in 1980 in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine. My first novel was published in '83 by Fawcett as by Livia James. In the eighties I had several westerns published in hardback by M. Evans, while I was writing mysteries for Tor Books under my maiden name Washburn. My first mystery WILD NIGHT was reprinted by Five Star Mysteries, and is now available as an eBook on Kindle along with the rest of the books in the series, DEAD STICK and DOG HEAVIES. WILD NIGHT is set in Hollywood during the 1920's, featuring Hollywood stuntman Lucas Hallam. WILD NIGHT was the winner of The American Mystery Award and The Private Eye Writers of America's Best Original Paperback Award.

This is also when both our daughters were born, and we became the stay at home parents. Our writing careers had progressed to the point we could both work full time. James and I wrote several historical novels as by J.L. Reasoner, one of which was nominated for a Spur, the Western Writers of America award. My first small town romance, MENDING FENCES by Livia Reasoner, an Our Town book, was published in January of '98 by Jove. Under the name Elizabeth Hallam, SPIRIT CATCHER was published by Jove, July '98 in their Haunting Hearts series and during the summer of '99 my medieval paranormal ALURA'S WISH, which is now available on Kindle, was followed by TIME PASSAGES: YESTERDAY'S FLAME, a time travel romance that came out in February 2000. THE VAMPIRE AFFAIR, a Harlequin Nocturne release came out in October of 2010.

It wasn’t until recently that I went back to my first love, mysteries with the October 2006 release of A PEACH OF A MURDER the first book in the Fresh-baked series. Following it was MURDER BY THE SLICE in October 2007, A CHRISTMAS COOKIE KILLER September 2008, and Killer Crab Cakes September 2009. THE PUMPKIN MUFFIN MURDER came out in November 2010, THE GINGERBREAD BUMP-OFF November 2011, and WEDDING CAKE KILLER November 2012. FRANKLY MY DEAR, I'M DEAD, a late October 2008 release, was the first book in a mystery series with a literary tour agency. It was followed by HUCKLEBERRY FINISHED in October 2009, KILLER ON A HOT TIN ROOF in late November 2010, and FOR WHOM THE FUNERAL BELL TOLLS came out February 2012. 

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Monday, September 26, 2016

First in Series- A Peach of a Murder by Livia J. Washburn

Happy Monday! This week's First in Series is Livia J. Washburn's A Peach of a Murder (A Fresh Baked Mystery that will have you craving all things peaches while solving a murder.









Series: Fresh-Baked Mystery (Book 1)
Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Signet; First Printing edition (October 3, 2006)
Language: English




All year round, retired schoolteacher Phyllis Newsom is as sweet as peach pie-except during the Peach Festival, whose blue ribbon has slipped through Phyllis's fingers more than once... Everyone's a little shook up when the corpse of a no-good local turns up underneath a car in a local garage. But even as Phyllis engages in some amateur sleuthing, she won't let it distract her from out-baking her rivals and winning the upcoming Peach Festival contest.

She and all the other contestants guard their secret, original recipes with their lives-and talk a whole lot of trash. With her unusual Spicy Peach Cobbler, Phyllis hopes to knock 'em dead. But that's just an expression-never in her wildest dreams did she think her cobbler would actually kill a judge. Now, she's suspected of murder-and she's got to bake this case wide open.



About the Author:






Under the names Livia J. Washburn and L.J. Washburn, Livia Reasoner has been writing award-winning, critically acclaimed mystery, western, romance, and historical novels for almost thirty years. She began to write in collaboration with her husband, author James Reasoner, and soon branched out into telling her own stories.

In addition to writing, Livia enjoys photography, arts, crafts, and cooking, but she also loves having a pile of lumber, a circular saw, and a building project. An accomplished carpenter, she has framed houses and built more sets of bookshelves than she can remember, some of which have been filled with the books she's written. A good day for her includes having time to create something new in the kitchen, on a story, and in the garage.

Livia lives in the Texas countryside with her husband, and her dogs. Her websites can be found at www.liviajwashburn.com, and she blogs when she can find the time at http://liviajwashburn.blogspot.com.




Sunday, September 25, 2016

Weekly Wrap Up #39

Happy Sunday! Here is a recap of this week:








September 19th - First in Series- Twisted Threads by Lea Wait
September 20th- Author Spotlight- Lea Wait
September 21st- Book Spotlight- Shadows on a Morning in Maine by Lea Wait
September 22nd- Book Spotlight -Halloween Scare by Maggie Sefton
September 23rd- What's New? Death of a Toy Soldier by Barbara Early
September 24th- Book Spotlight- Pushing Up Daisies by M.C. Beaton



Coming this week:

September 26th- First in Series- A Peach of a Murder by Livia J. Washburn
September 27th- Author Spotlight- Livia J. Washburn
September 28th- Book Spotlight- Black and Blueberry Die by Livia J. Washburn
September 29th- Blog Tour- The Christmas Bride by Hope Ramsey
September 30th- What's New? Eggnog Murder by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis and Barbara Ross
October 1st- Non- Cozy Mystery Spotlight


Have a great week!

Saturday, September 24, 2016

Book Spotlight- Pushing Up Daisies by M.C.Beaton

I love this series. Pushing up Daisies (An Agatha Raisin Mystery series) by M.C.Beaton. Agatha Raisin is a hoot and the books are fun and charming.








Series: Agatha Raisin Mysteries (Book 27)
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Minotaur Books (September 20, 2016)
Language: English




When Agatha Raisin left behind her PR business in London, she fulfilled her dream of settling in the cozy British Cotswolds where she began a successful private detective agency. Unfortunately, the village she lives in is about to get a little less cozy. Lord Bellington, a wealthy land developer, wants to turn the community garden into a housing estate. When Agatha and her friend Sir Charles Fraith attempt to convince Lord Bellington to abandon his plans he scoffs: “Do you think I give a damn about those pesky villagers?” So when Agatha finds his obituary in the newspaper two weeks later, it’s no surprise that some in town are feeling celebratory.

The villagers are relieved to learn that Bellington’s son and heir, Damian, has no interest in continuing his father’s development plans. But the police are definitely interested in him―as suspect number one. His father’s death, it seems, was no accident. But when Damian hires Agatha to find the real killer, she finds no shortage of suspects. The good news is that a handsome retired detective named Gerald has recently moved to town. Too bad he was seen kissing another newcomer. But when she is also found murdered, Gerald is eager to help Agatha with the case. Agatha, Gerald, and her team of detectives must untangle a web of contempt in order to uncover a killer’s identity.

M.C. Beaton's Pushing Up Daisies continues the tradition in this beloved mystery series.




About the author:





M.C. BEATON has won international acclaim for her bestselling Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin mysteries. She is also the author of over 100 romance titles and a series of romantic suspense, The Edwardian Mystery Series. M. C. Beaton lives in a Cotswold cottage with her husband.

Marion is active on Facebook using her most popular pen name, M.C. Beaton. You can find complete book lists, information on events, and sign up for news updates at her website, www.MCBeaton.com.


Friday, September 23, 2016

Book tour and Spotlight and giveaway- The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

Happy Friday! The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan was released on September 20th. I am thrilled to be part of this blog tour. The charming story of books and friendship and love that will touch your heart with each page. Enter the giveaway at the end for a chance to win this great book.







William Morrow Paperbacks
September 20, 2016
ISBN: 9780062467256; $14.99
E-ISBN 9780062467263; $9.99

About the Book

Nina Redmond is a literary matchmaker. Pairing a reader with that perfect book is her passion… and also her job. Or at least it was. Until yesterday, she was a librarian in the hectic city. But now the job she loved is no more.

Determined to make a new life for herself, Nina moves to a sleepy village many miles away. There she buys a van and transforms it into a bookmobile—a mobile bookshop that she drives from neighborhood to neighborhood, changing one life after another with the power of storytelling.

From helping her grumpy landlord deliver a lamb, to sharing picnics with a charming train conductor who serenades her with poetry, Nina discovers there’s plenty of adventure, magic, and soul in a place that’s beginning to feel like home… a place where she just might be able to write her own happy ending.



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THE BOOKSHOP ON THE CORNER- https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062467263/the-bookshop-on-the-corner






About the Author

Jenny Colgan is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, includingLittle Beach Street Bakery, Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop, and Christmas at the Cupcake Café, all international bestsellers. Jenny is married with three children and lives in London and Scotland.

Connect with Jenny Colgan
Website - http://www.jennycolgan.com/
Twitter – https://twitter.com/jennycolgan
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/jennycolganbooks




Praise for Jenny Colgan and THE BOOKSHOP ON THE CORNER:

“Losing myself in Jenny Colgan’s beautiful pages is the most delicious, comforting, satisfying treat I have had in ages.” — Jane Green, New York Times bestselling author of Summer Secrets

“With a keen eye for the cinematic, Colgan (Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery, 2016, etc.) is a deft mistress of romantic comedy; Nina's story is laced with clever dialogue and scenes set like jewels, just begging to be filmed. A charming, bracingly fresh happily-ever-after tale…” — Kirkus

“This is a lovely novel with amazing characters who are hooked on books… at least some of them. The plot is believable and is a joy to read. The main female character, Nina, is the librarian who always figures out the best choice for a patron without fail. Jenny Colgan thinks outside the box and creates a memorable book.” — RT Book Reviews

“This charming tale celebrates the many ways books bring people together” — Booklist

“This light, fresh romantic comedy is the perfect escape for bibliophiles. Enjoy it with a cup of tea on a crisp day.” — Real Simple

“[A] love story about reading and the joys books can bring to people’s lives.” — All About Romance


Excerpt from THE BOOKSHOP ON THE CORNER: The problem with good things that happen is that very often they disguise themselves as awful things. It would be lovely, wouldn’t it, whenever you’re going through something difficult, if someone could just tap you on the shoulder and say, “Don’t worry, it’s completely worth it. It seems like absolutely horrible crap now, but I promise it will all come good in the end,” and you could say, “Thank you, Fairy Godmother.” You might also say, “Will I also lose that seven pounds?” and they would say, “But of course, my child!” That would be useful, but it isn’t how it is, which is why we sometimes plow on too long with things that aren’t making us happy, or give up too quickly on something that might yet work itself out, and it is often difficult to tell precisely which is which. A life lived forward can be a really irritating thing. So Nina thought, at any rate. Nina Redmond, twenty-nine, was telling herself not to cry in public. If you have ever tried giving yourself a good talking-to, you’ll know it doesn’t work terribly well. She was at work, for goodness’ sake. You weren’t meant to cry at work. She wondered if anyone else ever did. Then she wondered if maybe everyone did, even Cathy Neeson, with her stiff too-blond hair, and her thin mouth and her spreadsheets, who was right at this moment standing in a corner, watching the room with folded arms and a grim expression, after delivering to the small team Nina was a member of a speech filled with jargon about how there were cutbacks all over, and Birmingham couldn’t afford to maintain all its libraries, and how austerity was something they just had to get used to.

Nina reckoned probably not. Some people just didn’t have a tear in them. (What Nina didn’t know was that Cathy Neeson cried on the way to work, on the way home from work—after eight o’clock most nights—every time she laid someone off, every time she was asked to shave another few percent off an already skeleton budget, every time she was ordered to produce some new quality relevant paperwork, and every time her boss dumped a load of administrative work on her at four o’clock on a Friday afternoon on his way to a skiing vacation, of which he took many.

Eventually she ditched the entire thing and went and worked in a National Trust gift shop for a fifth of the salary and half the hours and none of the tears. But this story is not about Cathy Neeson.)

It was just, Nina thought, trying to squash down the lump in her throat . . . it was just that they had been such a little library.

Children’s story time Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Early closing Wednesday afternoon. A shabby old-fashioned building with tatty linoleum floors. A little musty sometimes, it was true. The big dripping radiators could take a while to get going of a morning and then would become instantly too warm, with a bit of a fug, particularly off old Charlie Evans, who came in to keep warm and read the Morning Star cover to cover, very slowly. She wondered where the Charlie Evanses of the world would go now.

Cathy Neeson had explained that they were going to compress the library services into the center of town, where they would become a “hub,” with a “multimedia experience zone” and a coffee shop and an “intersensory experience,” whatever that was, even though town was at least two bus trips too far for most of their elderly or strollered-up clientele.

Their lovely, tatty, old pitched-roof premises were being sold off to become executive apartments that would be well beyond the reach of a librarian’s salary. And Nina Redmond, twenty-nine, bookworm, with her long tangle of auburn hair, her pale skin with freckles dotted here and there, and a shyness that made her blush—or want to burst into tears—at the most inopportune moments, was, she got the feeling, going to be thrown out into the cold winds of a world that was getting a lot of unemployed librarians on the market at the same time.
“So,” Cathy Neeson had concluded, “you can pretty much get started on packing up the ‘books’ right away.” She said “books” like it was a word she found distasteful in her shiny new vision of Mediatech Services. All those grubby, awkward books. —



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What's New? Death of a Toy Soldier by Barbara Early

Happy Friday! What's New? Coming October 11th to bookstores and e-readers near you. Death of a Toy Soldier by Barbara Early. First in a Brand new series, The Vintage Toy Shop will get you in the Christmas Spirit.








Series: A Vintage Toyshop Mystery (Book 1)
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books (October 11, 2016)
Language: English



About the book:

Liz McCall grew up in a playful winter wonderland but it was never her dream to manage her father’s vintage toyshop. However, after he sank his entire police pension into the business, someone needed to help him turn his dreams into reality—and keep him from sneaking off to patrol the not-so-mean streets of East Aurora, NY.

The mood goes from nice to naughty when a nervous man, who was trying to have his antique toys appraised, is found in the shop with a lawn dart through his chest. Suddenly, Liz’s business plan is plunged into deep freeze, while she and her father find themselves toying with a cold-blooded killer who’s playing for keeps.

Now, it looks like Christmas might be cancelled for the neighborhood kids if Liz can't wrap up the case in Barbara Early's delightful debut Death of a Toy Soldier.



About the Author:






Barbara Early (A.K.A. Beverly Allen) grew up buried in the snowy suburbs of Buffalo, NY, where she developed a love for all things sedentary: reading, writing, classic movies, and Facebook Scrabble. She holds a degree in Electrical Engineering, but her penchant for the creative caused her to run away screaming from the pocket-protector set.

She taught secondary English and science for several years before home schooling her daughter successfully through high school. Barbara cooks up cozy mysteries with a healthy dose of comedy and sometimes a splash of romance.

When not reading or writing, she enjoys cooking, crafts, home-improvement projects, and spending time with her husband and daughter.


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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Book Spotlight- Halloween Scare by Maggie Sefton

We are just over a month until Halloween and today's spotlight will take you to Colorado with Kelly Flynn and the gang. Maggie Sefton's book Halloween Scare was released on October 28th 2014. Getting into the Halloween fun with this great read.








File Size: 1322 KB
Print Length: 28 pages
Publisher: Margaret Conlan Aunon w/a Maggie Sefton (October 28, 2014)
Publication Date: October 28, 2014
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC





Halloween Scare
A Kelly Flynn eShort

Hello, Readers—This is a "short" short story which I'm calling an eShort featuring the cast of characters in my popular Kelly Flynn Knitting Mysteries. The characters have started sending me these scenes from what I call "Kelly World," so I decided to capture them on paper and offer them to readers. HALLOWEEN SCARE takes place right before and during that fun and candy-filled Autumn family event. I hope you enjoy this eShort.



About the Author:





First, a little biographical information as introduction: Born in Richmond, VA, I grew up in Northern Virginia in Arlington, close to Washington, D.C. I attended university and received a Bachelor's degree in English Literature & Journalism, married, and started my family there. All four of my daughters are grown and established in careers of their own and are literally scattered around the globe. I now reside in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado with two very demanding dogs.

I suppose if I were being completely honest, I'd have to admit that I always knew I was a born to be a writer. I spent my childhood with my nose in a book and loved writing. But as I grew older, my life got much busier. Like so many of us, I never could find the time to write the stories and characters that kept appearing in my mind. So, I talked myself out of it. After all, raising a family and attending Business School in Accounting was difficult to juggle, particularly when I decided to become a CPA.

Still, the characters and their stories kept coming—trying to get my attention when I'd take my early evening workout run or while driving or planting flowers. I'd shove them away, pleading no time to listen. If they complained loudly enough (some characters are feistier than others), I'd jot down short scenes on notepads and toss them in a folder. Then, I'd insist they return to the Queue—that place in my imagination where my characters waited, some more patiently than others. They'd sulk and complain, of course. Sometimes the surlier ones would elbow their way up the Queue. Survival of the fittest, I figured.

Finally, I decided I had to start writing these stories. The Queue was getting pretty darn crowded—and noisy. Since I'd come from a long line of Virginians and absolutely adored history, I started writing historical novels. This allowed me to indulge a secret passion: library research. Yes, I'm one of those strange people who loves disappearing into the stacks with books piled around me. Since I had no shortage of historical characters waiting their turn in the Queue, I indulged myself, creating a Musketeer swashbuckler, a sweeping Medieval saga set in 12th Century England, a turn-of-the-century American family saga complete with Robber Barons, struggling Irish, and corrupt politicians, a post-Civil War western historical, as well as historicals set in Colonial Virginia and early Frontier America.

It was during those years that our family moved to Colorado, and I was able to network with vibrant writers' groups at last. I began my apprenticeship in the craft—networking with the other writers, attending conferences and seminars, and joining critique groups, studying, writing, critiquing, and submitting. The focused effort paid off, and my Western historical, ABILENE GAMBLE, was published by Berkley in August 1995.

My life took a sideways turn at that point (as did the historical market), and I used that opportunity to take a new look at my fiction. I discovered something interesting. No matter what time period my historicals were set in or the length of the novel, two things were always present. First, there was a mystery at the heart of the story, sometimes more than one. And secondly, I killed a lot of people. Heck, I managed to kill off more people in one historical romance than in most amateur sleuth murder mysteries.

I figured that was probably a clue, so I began to study the mysteries that I'd grown up loving as well as the new mystery writers who had come onto what was clearly a lively and changing mystery scene. New characters appeared immediately and elbowed their way to the front of the Queue. I didn't need any further encouragement and jumped feet first into writing mysteries. Since I was starting a new career in real estate at the time, it was no surprise that the first amateur sleuth who walked on stage was a real estate agent. Again, time was in short supply, but I finished that novel in 2002 and sent it off to my agent. It sold and is now available as an ebook.

The story of how I came to write the Kelly Flynn Mystery Series is completely different. Meanwhile, I'm having a great time writing about Kelly and her friends. Kelly has a knack for poking her nose where it doesn't belong, so I figure she'll keep me busy following her around while she unravels clues as well as her latest knitting project.



Find out more about Maggie and all of her books by visiting her website:

http://www.maggiesefton.com/


Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Book Spotlight- Shadows on a Morning in Maine by Lea Wait

Happy Wednesday! Lea Wait has been my feature author this week and the next book in her Shadows Antique Print Mystery series Shadows on a Morning in Maine was released on September 7,2016. This is a new series to me and I look forward to jumping into the first book.








File Size: 2589 KB
Print Length: 233 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Perseverance Press (September 7, 2016)
Publication Date: September 7, 2016



Antique print dealer Maggie Summer's making big changes in her life. She's taken a sabbatical from her college teaching job and moved to the coast of Maine to run an antique mall with Will Brewer, her significant other, and is finally hoping to adopt the daughter she's been hoping for. However, the troubled girl referred to her doesn't want any part of the plan, showing affection only for harbor seals, which remind her of her "real mother." Maggie's distraught when someone starts shooting the seals -- and the a young fisherman is murdered. When Will then confesses a secret from his past, she begins to wonder if moving to Maine is the biggest mistake of her life.

Publisher's Weekly: "Wait paints a vivid picture of life in coastal Maine ... (and) tackles the topic of adoption with empathy and nuance."

Barbara Ross (author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries): "Shadows on a Morning in Maine kept me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end."

Edith Maxwell (author of Delivering the Truth): "Author Wait frames this multi-layer story as expertly as Maggie frames prints - you won't want to stop reading!"



About the Author:





I've been writing mysteries for grownups (the Shadows Antique Print Mystery Series and the Mainely Needlepoint Series) and historical fiction for young people set in 19th century Maine since I left corporate America in 1998 and moved to Maine, a state I've always loved and where I had family ties. SHADOWS ON A MAINE CHRISTMAS, the seventh and latest in the Shadows series, was published in September, 2014, and was honored by Library Journal naming it one of the year's best Christmas reads. Next in the series? SHADOWS ON A MORNING IN MAINE, which can be pre-ordered now, and will ship in September, 2016.

THREADS OF EVIDENCE ("Suspense Magazine" called it "highly recommended") was published in September, 2015, the second in the Mainely Needlepoint series. TWISTED THREADS, the first in that series, debuted in January, 2015. THREAD AND GONE (based on the history of my own home!) was published in January of 2016AND dangling by a thread can now be pre-ordered .. it will ship in late October,2016.

LIVING AND WRITING ON THE COAST OF MAINE is my collection of essays about what it's like to be an author living in Maine. Full of love and humor, it shows how my work and life intersect.

And my latest book for young people, about two teenaged boys who really published their town's newspaper during the first two weeks of the Civil War, is UNCERTAIN GLORY. My earlier historicals for young people are STOPING TO HOME, SEAWARD BORN, WINTERING WELL, and FINEST KIND.

I earned my B.A. at Chatham College (now Chatham University) and have graduate degrees from New York University. I've owned an antique print business, MAH Antiques, since 1976. I adopted my 4 wonderful daughters when I was a single parent. They're grown now, and I have eight perfect grandchildren. (Aren't all grandchildren perfect?) In 2003 I married Bob Thomas, a man I've known and loved since 1968. Bob's an artist, and is immensely supportive of my writing. (He even does all the errands and cooking so I have no excuses to leave my desk!)

My favorite quotation is "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved." William Jennings Bryan wrote that, but I think it defines my life. For more information about me, check my website, www.leawait.com, friend me on Facebook and Goodreads, and read LIVING AND WRITING ON THE COAST OF MAINE and the blog (www.mainecrimewriters.com) I write with 9 other mystery writers from Maine.

And remember -- LIFE is the REAL mystery!


You can find this book and all of Lea Wait's books on Amazon: 

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Author Spotlight- Lea Wait

Happy Tuesday! This week's spotlight is the lovely Lea Wait. Lea is the author of The Antique Print Mystery series as well as The Mainely Needlepoint series.









About Lea:



What I remember most about growing up was wanting to learn everything.

I read historical novels and went to auctions and antique shows with my grandmother, who was an antique doll and toy dealer, and pretended I lived in the past.

I built a tree house with Charlie, who lived two houses away, and we studied the patterns of airplanes flying to and from nearby Newark Airport and imagined being on them. At night we looked at the constellations and dreamed of being astronomers discovering new universes.

In the summer I looked into Maine tide pools, identifying sea creatures who lived between the tides and collecting shells and rocks. I would be a marine biologist.

Until I saw my first political convention on television, and visited the Senate in Washington. Then I wanted to be a senator, or maybe even president.

So many possibilitites.

But I always knew that whatever else I did, I would also be a writer.

I majored in drama and English at Chatham College in Pittsburgh. Later I did graduate work in American Civilization at New York University at night while I wrote speeches and films and did strategic planning for AT&T.

I adopted four girls born in Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong and India. When they came home they were the ages of the characters in the books I now write for young people. I wrote about the joys and challenges of single parent adoption. In 1977 I started an antique print business.

In 1998 I left corporate life to live in Maine, run my antique print business, and write fulltime.

I’m still excited about learning, and about sharing what I learn. With every book I write, I learn more. I hope there are many books, and many more things to learn, still ahead of me.


Find out more about Lea and her wonderful books by stopping by her website: 

Monday, September 19, 2016

First in Series- Twisted Threads by Lea Wait

Happy Monday! This week's First in Series is by Lea Wait, Twisted Threads was released on January 6,2015. This is a fantastic start to a very fun and enjoyable read.








Series: A Mainely Needlepoint Mystery (Book 1)
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Kensington (January 6, 2015)
Language: English







Returning to the quaint coastal town of Harbor Haven, Maine--a place she once called home--Angie Curtis finds her memories aren't all quite pleasant ones. . .

After leaving a decade ago, Angie has been called back to Harbor Haven by her grandmother, Charlotte, who raised her following her mother's disappearance when she was a child. Her mother has been found, and now the question of her whereabouts has sadly become the mystery of her murder.

The bright spot in Angie's homecoming is reuniting with Charlotte, who has started her own needlepointing business with a group called Mainely Needlepointers. But when a shady business associate of the stitchers dies suddenly under suspicious circumstances, Charlotte and Angie become suspects. As Angie starts to weave together clues, she discovers that this new murder may have ties to her own mother's cold case. . .


About the Author:





I've been writing mysteries for grownups (the Shadows Antique Print Mystery Series and the Mainely Needlepoint Series) and historical fiction for young people set in 19th century Maine since I left corporate America in 1998 and moved to Maine, a state I've always loved and where I had family ties.

SHADOWS ON A MAINE CHRISTMAS, the seventh and latest in the Shadows series, was published in September, 2014, and was honored by Library Journal naming it one of the year's best Christmas reads. Next in the series? SHADOWS ON A MORNING IN MAINE, which can be pre-ordered now, and will ship in September, 2016.

THREADS OF EVIDENCE ("Suspense Magazine" called it "highly recommended") was published in September, 2015, the second in the Mainely Needlepoint series. TWISTED THREADS, the first in that series, debuted in January, 2015. THREAD AND GONE (based on the history of my own home!) was published in January of 2016AND dangling by a thread can now be pre-ordered .. it will ship in late October,2016.

LIVING AND WRITING ON THE COAST OF MAINE is my collection of essays about what it's like to be an author living in Maine. Full of love and humor, it shows how my work and life intersect.

And my latest book for young people, about two teenaged boys who really published their town's newspaper during the first two weeks of the Civil War, is UNCERTAIN GLORY. My earlier historicals for young people are STOPING TO HOME, SEAWARD BORN, WINTERING WELL, and FINEST KIND.

I earned my B.A. at Chatham College (now Chatham University) and have graduate degrees from New York University. I've owned an antique print business, MAH Antiques, since 1976. I adopted my 4 wonderful daughters when I was a single parent. They're grown now, and I have eight perfect grandchildren. (Aren't all grandchildren perfect?) In 2003 I married Bob Thomas, a man I've known and loved since 1968. Bob's an artist, and is immensely supportive of my writing. (He even does all the errands and cooking so I have no excuses to leave my desk!)

My favorite quotation is "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved." William Jennings Bryan wrote that, but I think it defines my life. For more information about me, check my website, www.leawait.com, friend me on Facebook and Goodreads, and read LIVING AND WRITING ON THE COAST OF MAINE and the blog (www.mainecrimewriters.com) I write with 9 other mystery writers from Maine.

And remember -- LIFE is the REAL mystery!


You can get this book on Amazon:

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Weekly Wrap Up # 38

Happy Sunday! It was a fun week, Here is a recap:








September 12th- First in Series- Think Murder by Cassidy Salem
September 13th- Author Spotlight- Cassidy Salem
September 14th- Book Spotlight- Dying for Data by Cassidy Salem
September 15th- Blog Tour and Giveaway- Murder at Rogue Point by Alyssa Maxwell
September 16th- What's New? The Hammett Hex by Victoria Abbott
September 17th- Non-Cozy Mystery Spotlight The Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton



Coming this week:



September 19th - First in Series- Twisted Threads by Lea Wait
September 20th- Author Spotlight- Lea Wait
September 21st- Book Spotlight- Dangling by a Thread by Lea Wait
September 22nd- Book Spotlight
September 23rd- What's New? Death of a Toy Soldier by Barbara Early
September 24th- Non-Cozy Mystery- The Gates of Evangeline by Hester Young



Have a great week!

Saturday, September 17, 2016

Non-Cozy Mystery- The Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton

This week's Non-Cozy Mystery is The Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton was released on May 16th 2016.








Series: A Nick Mason Novel (Book 1)
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons; 1St Edition edition (May 17, 2016)
Language: English




“Steve Hamilton amazes me. Every time I think he's going to zig he zags.”—Michael Connelly

“A gamechanger. Nick Mason is one of the best main characters I've read in years.”—Harlan Coben

From New York Times-bestselling, two-time Edgar-award-winning author Steve Hamilton comes an unforgettable new hero, a man who will walk out of prison and into a harrowing double life that is anything but free.

Nick Mason has already spent five years inside a maximum security prison when an offer comes that will grant his release twenty years early. He accepts -- but the deal comes with a terrible price.

Now, back on the streets, Nick Mason has a new house, a new car, money to burn, and a beautiful roommate. He’s returned to society, but he's still a prisoner. Whenever his cell phone rings, day or night, Nick must answer it and follow whatever order he is given. It’s the deal he made with Darius Cole, a criminal mastermind serving a double-life term who runs an empire from his prison cell.

Forced to commit increasingly more dangerous crimes, hunted by the relentless detective who put him behind bars, and desperate to go straight and rebuild his life with his daughter and ex-wife, Nick will ultimately have to risk everything—his family, his sanity, and even his life—to finally break free.






Steve Hamilton is one of the most acclaimed mystery writers in the world, and one of only two authors (along with Ross Thomas) to win Edgars for both Best First Novel and Best Novel. His Alex McKnight series includes two New York Times notable books, and he’s put two recent titles on the New York Times bestseller list. He’s either won or received multiple nominations for virtually every other crime fiction award in the business, from the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award to the Anthony to the Barry to the Gumshoe. But it was his standalone The Lock Artist that made publishing history, his first book to win an Edgar for Best Novel, a CWA Steel Dagger for Best Thriller in the UK, and an Alex Award – which is given out by the American Library Association to those books that successfully cross over from the adult market and appeal to young adult readers. The Lock Artist has been translated into seventeen different languages, and was an especially strong seller in Japan, where it was voted the number one translated crime novel of 2012 by both the annual Kono Mystery Ga Sugoi guide and by Weekly Bunshun magazine.

Hamilton’s very first book, A Cold Day in Paradise, won the Private Eye Writers of America/St. Martin’s Press Award for Best First Mystery by an Unpublished Writer. After it was published, the novel went on to win the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best First Novel and the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award for Best First Novel, the only first novel to win both awards. That book introduced Alex McKnight, an ex-cop now making a living renting cabins in the small town of Paradise in Michigan’s isolated Upper Peninsula, who becomes a reluctant private detective.

Hamilton’s second Alex McKnight novel, Winter of the Wolf Moon, was named one of the year’s Notable Books by The New York Times Book Review and received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, as did his next three novels, The Hunting Wind, North of Nowhere and Blood is the Sky (which won the 2004 Gumshoe Award). As of 2015 there are ten books in the Alex McKnight series.

Night Work is a departure from the Alex McKnight series, featuring instead a probation officer in upstate New York. Night Work was nominated for the Crime Writers’ Association top award, The Duncan Lawrie Dagger.

In 2006, Hamilton won the Michigan Author Award for his body of work.

Hamilton lives in upstate New York with his wife Julia and their two children Nicholas G. and Antonia.



Find out more about Steve Hamilton's books by visiting his website: 

Friday, September 16, 2016

What's New? The Hammett Hex by Victoria Abbott

Happy Friday! What's New? Coming soon to a bookstore and e-reader near you. The Hammett Hex ( A Book Collector Mystery) by Victoria Abbott.








Series: A Book Collector Mystery (Book 5)
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Berkley (October 4, 2016)
Language: English




The national bestselling author of The Marsh Madness takes rare book collector Jordan Bingham on a trip to San Francisco—home to Dashiell Hammett’s hard-boiled heroes—where nothing is as it seems.

On a getaway to the City by the Bay, book collector Jordan Bingham becomes entangled in a mystery with more twists than Lombard Street...

Jordan has been able to swing a romantic trip to San Francisco with Officer Tyler “Smiley” Dekker on one condition—she must return with a rare copy of Dashiell Hammett’s Red Harvest for her irascible employer, Vera Van Alst. For his own part, Smiley is full of surprises. He’s a Dashiell devotee himself—excited to be in the city of Hammett’s hard-boiled heroes like Sam Spade and the Continental Op—and also announces he plans to visit his previously unmentioned estranged grandmother, who lives in an old Victorian in Pacific Heights.

But the trip goes downhill fast when Jordan is pushed from a cable car and barely escapes death. And when a dark sedan tries to run the couple down, it’s clear someone’s after them—but who? Just like in Hammett’s world, nothing is quite what is seems...

INCLUDES RECIPES



About the authors:




Mary Jane Maffini thinks she’s the luckiest woman in the world. After all, she gets to work at home in her cozy office -- or at her roomy dining room table or on her deck in summer -- writing what she has always loved to read: mysteries. And she gets to write in her pyjamas if she wants, with her miniature dachshunds, Daisy and Lily, snuggled up. She can take her breaks with her husband and the pooches in the dog park and it’s no one’s business but her own. What’s not to love? Plus anyone who has ever made her mad has ended up in a book. No wonder she’s usually in a good mood. MJ discovered mysteries as a child and read her way through the classics. Later in libraries, she found that people would pay her to select mysteries. They could have saved a bundle if only they’d realized who they were dealing with. She also learned how wonderful and varied crime fiction can be. Following a career as a librarian (not nearly as quiet as it sounds!), she continued her mystery infatuation by becoming co-owner of her favourite bookstore: Prime Crime Mystery Books, with her business partner, Linda Wiken .

Once again, people died. But only in her manuscripts. Since those wonderful reading days, MJ has written thirteen books in three mystery series and more than two dozen short stories. Her latest Charlotte Adams book The Busy Woman’s Guide to Murder won the 2012 RT Award for Best Amateur Sleuth. She’s picked up several awards for her short fiction, including three Arthur Ellis awards and an Agatha. She’s also been nominated for an Anthony, a Barry, and several other Ellis awards. She also holds the Crime Writers of Canada Murdoch award.



Victoria Maffini comes by her murderous tendencies honestly, not to mention her writing skills. This is her first collaboration and first novel. She dove head first into the eerie world of Mysteries when she worked at Prime Crime Books for five creepy good years. Vic the Chic is long gone now, but her many glorious years of gorging on New Releases and used paperbacks sure come in handy when writing a Book Collector Mystery series.

When Victoria’s fingers are not on the keyboard they are pointing her Nikon at brides, babies and bad dogs, turning the images into cards, art and memories. Speaking of art…being creative is deep in Victoria’s soul, she never comes back from her long country walks without a stunning shot or a scene that will need to be painted or a pine cone that must be glittered. The crafting is strong with this one. She enjoys selling her art and other creations at the North Gower Farmers' Market in the summer months.



Find out more about Victoria Abbotts books at their website: 

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Blog Tour and Giveaway- Murder at Rough Point by Alyssa Maxwell

I am thrilled to be part of Alyssa Maxwell's blog tour for her book Murder at Rough Point Released on August 30th.









Murder at Rough Point
(A Gilded Newport Mystery)
4th in Series
Cozy Mystery
Kensington (August 30, 2016)
Hardcover: 304 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1496703286
E-Book ASIN: B0190HGUE8



Synopsis
In glittering Newport, Rhode Island, status is everything. But despite being a poorer relation to the venerable Vanderbilts, Emma Cross has shaped her own identity—as a reporter and a sleuth.

As the nineteenth century draws to a close, Fancies and Fashion reporter Emma Cross is sent by the Newport Observer to cover an elite house party at Rough Point, a “cottage” owned by her distant cousin Frederick Vanderbilt that has been rented as an artist retreat. To her surprise, the illustrious guests include her estranged Bohemian parents—recently returned from Europe—as well as a variety of notable artists, including author Edith Wharton.

But when one of the artists is discovered dead at the bottom of a cliff, Rough Point becomes anything but a house of mirth. After a second murder, no one is above suspicion—including Emma’s parents. As Newport police detective Jesse Whyte searches for a killer, Emma tries to draw her own conclusions—with the help of Mrs. Wharton. But with so many sketchy suspects, she’ll need to canvas the crime scenes carefully, before the cunning culprit takes her out of the picture next . . .

Praise for Alyssa Maxwell and her Gilded Newport Mysteries



With twist and turns in the story, you will be engaged and captivated from the start. The nineteenth century is brought to life with the vivid pictures of the people and the town that will make you feel like you are right there. I enjoyed this book and look forward to the next one.







About the author:


Alyssa Maxwell has worked in publishing as an assistant editor and a ghost writer, but knew from an early age that being a novelist was what she wanted most. Growing up in New England and traveling to Great Britain fueled a passion for history, while a love of puzzles of all kinds drew her to the mystery genre. She lives in South Florida in the current year, but confesses to spending most of her time in the Victorian, Edwardian, and post WWI eras. In addition to fantasizing about wearing Worth gowns while strolling manor house gardens, she loves to watch BBC and other period productions and sip tea in the afternoons.


Author Links

Twitter – https://twitter.com/Alyssa__Maxwell
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/gildednewport/
Webpage – http://www.alyssamaxwell.com/
GoodReads – https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7163135.Alyssa_Maxwell



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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Book Spotlight- Dying for Data by Cassidy Salem

Happy Wednesday! This week's book spotlight is Dying for Data by Cassidy Salem. Released on August 3rd, you will want to add this one to your reading list.








Series: Adina Donati, Accidental Sleuth
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (August 3, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1533676399




Bad karma, a rival suitor, and a deadly attack are enough to put a damper on any date. Just when Adina's social life is looking up, her night out is interrupted by the scream of police sirens. Afraid her bartender boyfriend might be accused of murder, Adina's neighbor enlists her assistance, and in the process exposes her to the seamier side of illegal immigration and crime in the city. Hard as she tries to limit her involvement, the more Adina learns, the more she needs to know - until a case of mistaken identity lands her in hot water. Will she uncover the truth before it's too late? Dying for Data is the second book in the Adina Donati, Accidental Sleuth mystery series.












Cassidy Salem has always been an avid reader. She is especially fond of mysteries (both cozy and traditional). Over the years, her favorite mystery authors have included Agatha Christie, Kathy Reichs, Mary Higgins Clark, and John Grisham. Cassidy also enjoys reading historical fiction focused on American and world history, as well as the classics.

Cassidy has never met a dog she didn't like - a fact that influenced her decision to have the protagonist in "Think Murder", her first mystery, volunteer at a dog rescue center. Dying for Data, the second novel in the Adina Donati, Accidental Sleuth mystery series, was released in August 2016.

When she's not reading, Cassidy enjoys singing in an a cappella ensemble. Most of all, Cassidy enjoys spending time with family and friends, and travels with her husband and son whenever possible. Her travels have taken her to destinations throughout the United States and Europe.


You can find Cassidy on her blog (https://cassidysalem.wordpress.com/) or on Twitter (@csalem11).


Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Author Spotlight- Cassidy Salem

This week's author spotlight goes to the lovely Cassidy Salem! Cassidy is the author of the Adina Donati, Accidental Sleuth mystery series.








Cassidy Salem has always been an avid reader. She is especially fond of mysteries (both cozy and traditional) and police procedurals. Over the years, her favorite mystery authors have included Agatha Christie, Kathy Reichs, Mary Higgins Clark, and John Grisham. Cassidy also enjoys reading historical fiction focused on American and world history, as well as the classics.

When she’s not reading, she enjoys music and spending time with family and friends, and travels with her husband and son whenever possible. Her travels have taken her to destinations throughout the United States, Europe, and Scandinavia.

Cassidy Salem is the author of Think Murder — the first book in the Adina Donati Mystery Series. The second book, Dying for Data, is slated for release in summer of 2016.



Stop by Cassidy's website to find out more:




Monday, September 12, 2016

First in Series- Think Murder by Cassidy Salem

Happy Monday! This week's First in Series is Think Murder by Cassidy Salem. Released on January 1,2015. have you read this series?








Paperback: 204 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 1, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1502718952







Discovering the body of a friend and colleague was not what Adina Donati had in mind when she moved to Washington D.C. in search of excitement. An administrative assistant at a prestigious think tank, Adina is drawn into the middle of the murder investigation. The police don’t seem to be making much progress until Adina stumbles onto important clues and discovers just how dangerous life in the nation’s capitol can be.





About the Author:





Cassidy Salem has always been an avid reader. She is especially fond of mysteries (both cozy and traditional) and police procedurals. Over the years, her favorite mystery authors have included Agatha Christie, Kathy Reichs, Mary Higgins Clark, and John Grisham. Cassidy also enjoys reading historical fiction focused on American and world history, as well as the classics.

When she’s not reading, she enjoys music and spending time with family and friends, and travels with her husband and son whenever possible. Her travels have taken her to destinations throughout the United States, Europe, and Scandinavia.

Cassidy Salem is the author of Think Murder — the first book in the Adina Donati Mystery Series. The second book, Dying for Data, is slated for release in summer of 2016.


Find out more about Cassidy's books by visiting her blog:


https://cassidysalem.wordpress.com/

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Weekly Wrap Up #37

Happy Sunday! Hope you all had a great day. Here is a recap of this week:








September 5th- Blog tour and giveaway- Mud Bog Murder by Leslie A. Diehl
September 6th- Author Spotlight- Leslie A. Diehl
September 7th- Book Spotlight- Salem's Cipher by Jess Lourey
September 8th - Blog Tour- Death Among the Doilies by Mollie Cox Bryan
September 9th- Blog Tour- Beyond Dead by Jordaina Sydney Robinson
September 10th- Non-Cozy Mystery Close Call by Laura DiSilverio


Coming this week:

September 12th- First in Series- Think Murder by Cassidy Salem
September 13th- Author Spotlight- Cassidy Salem
September 14th- Book Spotlight- Dying for Data by Cassidy Salem
September 15th- Blog Tour and Giveaway- Murder at Rogue Point by Alyssa Maxwell
September 16th- What's New? Killing Thyme by Leslie Budewitz
September 17th Non- Cozy Mystery Spotlight


Have a great week!

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

Happy Monday! This week's First in Series is Miss Julia Speaks her Mind by Ann B. Ross Released on August 22, 2000. Seri...