Happy Independence Day!!

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Jul 042019

Happy Independence Day!!

I am spending today with my family
and hope you are too!

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sallycootie says:

July 4, 2019 at 1:53 AM

Happy Independence Day! Have a wonderful day with your family!

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teddi1961 says:

July 4, 2019 at 7:05 AM

Happy Independence Day! Have a magical day with your family!

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Out of Options: A Century Cottage Cozy Mysteries by Dianne Ascroft

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
July 8 – I’m All About Books – GUEST POST
July 9 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 10 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT
July 10 – The Ninja Librarian – SPOTLIGHT*
July 11 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST
July 12 – Socrates Book Reviews – REVIEW
July 12 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
July 13 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW
July 14 – LibriAmoriMiei – REVIEW
July 15 – Sapphyria’s Books – REVIEW
July 15 – A Blue Million Books – GUEST POST
July 16 – Here’s How It Happened – REVIEW
July 17 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 17 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT
July 18 – The Book Decoder – REVIEW
July 19 – Brooke Blogs – REVIEW
July 19 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 20 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
July 21 – Literary Gold – REVIEW

No More Time (A Dodie O’Dell Mystery) by Suzanne Trauth

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
July 9 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
July 9 – Carla Loves To Read – SPOTLIGHT, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY
July 10 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
July 10 – T’s Stuff – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 11 – Mysteries with Character – REVIEW
July 11 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 12 – Dee-Scoveries – SPOTLIGHT, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY
July 12 – That’s What She’s Reading – CHARACTER GUEST POST
July 13 – Babs Book Bistro – GUEST POST
July 13 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY
July 14 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 15 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT
July 15 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
July 16 – Laura’s Interests – CHARACTER GUEST POST
July 16 – Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers – SPOTLIGHT
July 17 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 17 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – SPOTLIGHT
July 18 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
July 18 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 19 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 20 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
July 21 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY
July 22 – Here’s How It Happened – SPOTLIGHT
July 22 – eBook Addicts – SPOTLIGHT

Deadline with Death (Time-Slip Mysteries) by Zara Keane

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
July 10 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW
July 10 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW
July 11 – MJB Reviewers – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 11 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 12 – Babs Book Bistro – GUEST POST
July 13 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 14 – off
July 15 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
July 16 – The Book Decoder – REVIEW
July 17 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 18 – I’m All About Books – REVIEW
July 18 – Cozy Up With Kathy – CHARACTER GUEST POST
July 19 – Eskimo Princess Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 19 – ebook addicts – REVIEW
July 20 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
July 21 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
July 21 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
July 22 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 22 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 23 – Books Direct – GUEST POST

Summer Snoops Unleashed: 14 Furr-ocious Mysteries and Cozy Crimes

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
July 15 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT
July 15 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
July 16 – Sneaky the Library Cat’s Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
July 16 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW
July 17 – ❧Defining Ways❧ – SPOTLIGHT
July 18 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT, RECIPE
July 19 – Here’s How It Happened – GUEST POST
July 19 – Mallory Heart’s Cozies – SPOTLIGHT – Will review at a later date.
July 19 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW
July 20 – T’s Stuff – SPOTLIGHT
July 20 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW
July 20 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW
July 21 – ⒾⓃⓉⓇⓄⓈⓅⒺⒸⓉⒾⓋⒺ ⓅⓇⒺⓈⓈ – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 22 – Cozy Up With Kathy – CHARACTER GUEST POST
July 23 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 24 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT, RECIPE
July 24 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 24 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW
July 25 – Reading Is My SuperPower – GUEST POST
July 25 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 25 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
July 26 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
July 26 – Encouraging Words from the Tea Queen – SPOTLIGHT
July 27 – 4covert2overt ☼ A Place In The Spotlight ☼ – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
July 27 – StoreyBook Reviews – REVIEW
July 28 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST

Leg Up (Lark Davis Mysteries) by Annabelle Hunter

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
July 15 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 15 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW
July 16 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT
July 16 – T’s Stuff – SPOTLIGHT
July 16 – ❧Defining Ways❧ – SPOTLIGHT
July 17 – Brooke Blogs – GUEST POST
July 17 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT
July 18 – The Cozy Pages – SPOTLIGHT
July 19 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 19 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
July 20 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW
July 21 – Nadaness In Motion – REVIEW
July 21 – ⒾⓃⓉⓇⓄⓈⓅⒺⒸⓉⒾⓋⒺ ⓅⓇⒺⓈⓈ – SPOTLIGHT
July 22 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW
July 22 – Readeropolis – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 23 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT
July 23 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 24 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
July 24 – 4covert2overt ☼ A Place In The Spotlight ☼ – SPOTLIGHT

Gore in the Garden (A Washington Whodunit) by Colleen Shogan

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
July 16 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT
July 16 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
July 17 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT
July 18 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – GUEST POST
July 18 – The Book Diva’s Reads – SPOTLIGHT
July 19 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 20 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 21 – Carla Loves To Read – REVIEW
July 21 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 22 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 23 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 24 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT
July 24 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW
July 25 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 26 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
July 27 – Here’s How It Happened – REVIEW
July 28 – Cozy Up With Kathy – GUEST POST
July 29 – The Book Decoder REVIEW

Cliff Hanger (A Maggie McDonald Mystery) by Mary Feliz

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
July 16 – Babs Book Bistro – GUEST POST
July 16 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 16 – Carla Loves To Read – REVIEW
July 17 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW, EXCERPT
July 17 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
July 17 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 18 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST
July 18 – Handcrafted Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 18 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW
July 19 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT
July 19 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 20 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW
July 20 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
July 21 – Cozy Up With Kathy – GUEST POST
July 21 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT
July 22 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

A Genuine Fix (An Allie Cobb Mystery) by J.C. Kenney

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
July 18 – Brooke Blogs – CHARACTER GUEST POST
July 18 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW
July 18 – Readeropolis – SPOTLIGHT, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY
July 19 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY
July 19 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 19 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY
July 20 – Babs Book Bistro – GUEST POST
July 20 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 20 – The Book Diva’s Reads – CHARACTER GUEST POST, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY
July 20 – Bibliophile Reviews – REVIEW
July 21 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
July 21 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 21 – Christa Reads and Writes – REVIEW
July 22 – I’m All About Books – GUEST POST, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY
July 22 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW
July 22 – Baroness’ Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT
July 23 – Rosepoint Publishing – REVIEW
July 23 – Sneaky the Library Cat’s Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
July 23 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY

The House on Xenia (A Mary Catherine Mahoney Mystery Series) by Rita Moreau

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
July 18 – Into the Abyss Reviews – REVIEW
July 19 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
July 20 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – GUEST POST
July 20 – Readeropolis – SPOTLIGHT
July 21 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT
July 22 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
July 23 – FUONLYKNEW – REVIEW
July 24 – Ascroft, eh? – GUEST POST
July 25 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT
July 25 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 26 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
July 27 – MJB Reviewers – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 28 – Brooke Blogs – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 29 – Cozy Up WIth Kathy – CHARACTER GUEST POST
July 30 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – CHARACTER GUEST POST
July 31 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews– REVIEW

The Subject of Malice (A Lila Maclean Academic Mystery) by Cynthia Kuhn

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
July 23 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT
July 23 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
July 24 – Carstairs Considers – REVIEW
July 24 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT*
July 25 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 26 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT
July 27 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 28 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
July 28 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 29 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
July 30 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 31 – Books Direct – SPOTLIGHT
August 1 – Encouraging Words from the Tea Queen – REVIEW
August 1 – Mysteries with Character – REVIEW
August 2 – Mallory Heart’s Cozies – REVIEW
August 3 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
August 4 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 5 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

Grace Topping

New Cozy Series!

Staging is Murder
(A Laura Bishop Mystery)
by Grace Topping

Laura Bishop just nabbed her first decorating commission—staging for sale a 19th-century mansion that hasn’t been updated for decades. But when a body falls from a laundry chute and lands at Laura’s feet, replacing flowered wallpaper becomes the least of her duties.

To clear her young assistant of the murder and save her fledgling business, Laura’s determined to find the killer. Turns out it’s not as easy as renovating a manor home, especially with two handsome men complicating her mission: the police detective assigned to the case and the real estate agent trying to save the manse from foreclosure.

Worse still, the meddling of a horoscope-guided friend, a determined grandmother, and the local funeral director could get them all killed before Laura props the first pillow.

Author Links
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8/30/2019

Lena Gregory

Spirited Away
(A Bay Island Psychic Mystery)
by Lena Gregory
4th in Series

In the new Bay Island Psychic Mystery, psychic Cass Donovan is thrown into the middle of a macabre murder she never saw coming . . .

With the summer tourist season on Bay Island in full swing, shop owner Cass Donovan barely has a minute to breathe, and things at Mystical Musings become even more hectic when a fight breaks out at one of her psychic readings. Shaken by the fracas and discouraged that her sixth sense seems to be on the blink, Cass is even more dispirited to learn that one of the men involved in the altercation was later found dead—and that a close friend of hers is the main suspect.

Desperate to help her friend prove his innocence and consumed by haunting visions, Cass follows the clues from one possible culprit to the next, including some very mysterious tourists and not a few questionable locals. And when the police turn to Cass to help them find out who committed the ghoulish deed, she knows she’ll have to tread carefully, because her next grim premonition may be her last . . .

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8/18/2019

Debra Sennefelder

A Great Debut!

Murder Wears a Little Black Dress
(A Resale Boutique Mystery)
by Debra Sennefelder

Every woman would kill for one . . .

Manhattan fashionista Kelly Quinn thought she’d left her upstate New York town far behind . . . until the Seventh Avenue expat returns home to revamp her grandmother’s consignment shop into an upscale boutique—and unwittingly sets a trend for murder . . .

After her rising career as a Manhattan buyer is derailed, Kelly has mixed feelings about relocating back to Lucky Cove, in spite of her big plans for the soon-to-be-renamed Curated by Kelly Resale Boutique. What’s left of her luck starts running out when a customer puts on a black lace dress that triggers visions of someone being murdered. As if the haunted “Murder Dress” isn’t enough to kill business, the psychic’s doppelganger cousin has just been found bludgeoned to death.

Was Maxine LeMoyne the real target or was it a case of mistaken murder? With some creepy pre-Halloween bargain hunters walking the night and Kelly suddenly a person of interest, a second murder rocks the close-knit town. Now Kelly could be the one who ends up talking to dead people when she’s stalked by a killer determined to take her out in high style . . .

Author Links:
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Coming January 7, 2020
Silenced in Sequins (A Resale Boutique Mystery Book 2)

Also by this Author

Coming October 29, 2019

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Jodi Rath

New from Jodi Rath!

Jalapeño Cheddar Cornbread Murder
(The Cast Iron Skillet Mystery)
by Jodi Rath

Financial fraud of elderly villagers in Leavensport, an urban sprawl threat to the community, disastrous dates, cross-sell marketing gone wrong, and another murder? Jolie Tucker is ready to try dating again. Well, she has no choice—since her family auctioned her off to the highest bidder. Her best friend, Ava, has agreed to a double date, but both friends find out hidden secrets about their partners as well as deception by one of the village's own, who will soon be found dead. This plot is sure to be spicy!

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9/30/2019

Rita Mae Brown

New from Rita Mae Brown

Whiskers in the Dark:
A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
by Rita Mae Brown

A massive nor’easter has hit northern Virginia, where Mary Minor “Harry” Harristeen joins groundskeeping efforts at the National Beagle Club at Aldie as the date for its springtime Hounds for Heroes veterans’ benefit approaches. Harry’s fellow volunteers, including her oldest friend, Susan Tucker, comprise a spirited group of hunting enthusiasts, some former service members themselves. But things take a sinister turn when, after a routine tree cleanup along the Club’s hunting trails, retired foreign services officer Jason Holzknect is found dead, throat slit from ear to ear. Soon enough, another murder in their midst jolts the preparations, convincing Harry that the killer is familiar with the Club—and must be close by, masked in plain sight.

The intrigue extends to the grounds of Harry’s beloved local church, where the identity of an eighteenth-century skeleton wearing precious pearls remains a mystery. The anonymous woman’s neck had been snapped, and marks on the grave where her body was secreted indicate that someone recently tried to remove it, leading Harry to question how well she really knows those around her.

As always, Harry’s crime-solving cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and Tee Tucker the Corgi share her determination to sniff out the foes among friends, even those long buried. Harry will need her four-legged companions’ help more than ever: a ghostly beagle only they can see may hold the key to the culprit.

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Find all the Mrs. Murphy Mysteries HERE.

7/16/2019

Ellen Mansoor Collier

Inspired by real-life Galveston Gangs and Local Landmarks.

Deco Dames, Demon Rum and Death:
(A Jazz Age Mystery #5)
by Ellen Mansoor Collier

When young Galveston Gazette society reporter Jazz Cross hears rumors of grave robbers at the Broadway Cemetery, she and photographer Nathan Blaine investigate, hoping to land a scoop. The newshawks witness meetings held by clandestine gangs and enlist the help of her beau, Prohibition Agent James Burton, who attempts to catch the elusive culprits red-handed.

Meanwhile, the supernatural craze takes Galveston by storm, and Jazz is assigned to profile the society set’s favorite fortune teller, Madame Farushka. Sightings of a ghost bride haunting the Hotel Galvez intrigue Jazz, who sets up a Ouija board reading and séance with the spiritualist. Did the bride-to-be drown herself—or was she murdered?

Luckily, Sammy Cook, her black-sheep half-brother, has escaped the Downtown Gang and now acts as the maître d’ for the Hollywood Dinner Club, owned by rival Beach Gang leaders. During a booze bust, the Downtown Gang's mob boss, Johnny Jack Nounes, is caught and Jazz worries: will Sammy be forced to testify against his former boss? Worse, when a mystery man turns up dead, Sammy is framed for murder and Jazz must solve both murders and help clear Sammy's name.

As the turf war between rival gangs rages on, Jazz relies on her wits and moxie to rescue her brother and her friends before the Downtown Gang exacts its revenge.

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Previous Books In This Series

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7/15/2019

J.C. Kenney

Coming July 16, 2019
Book #2

A Genuine Fix
(An Allie Cobb Mystery)
by J.C. Kenney

Murder takes a page out of a killer’s playbook when literary agent Allie Cobb becomes her Indiana town’s number-one bestselling suspect …

Running the family literary business while preparing for her best friend’s wedding, chairing a park planning committee, and getting her rescue cat to bond with her boyfriend’s golden retriever doesn’t leave Allie Cobb much time for crime-solving. But when the guy who stood her up the night of her high school senior prom is killed and dumped in a pile of mulch, Allie’s suddenly the prime suspect.

It’s insulting enough that gambler, drunk, and all-around lowlife Georgie Alonso was found on the site of the memorial park honoring Allie’s deceased father. Now she’s fighting to clear her name and hold off a rush to judgment. But politics, decades-old secrets, and a slew of high-profile suspects make dangerous bedfellows as the eve of the park’s grand opening draws nearer. She’ll have to nab a killer soon before her storybook life gets a bad ending …

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Book 1 In This Series

Coming January 7, 2020

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8/15/2019

Peg Cochran

Murder, She Uncovered
(Murder, She Reported Series)
by Peg Cochran

An intrepid 1930s Manhattan socialite uncovers deadly secrets during an assignment to the Hamptons in this riveting historical cozy mystery for readers of Victoria Thompson, Anne Perry, and Rhys Bowen.

Westhampton, 1938. To the dismay of her well-to-do family, Elizabeth “Biz” Adams is quickly establishing herself as a seasoned photographer over at the Daily Trumpet. Growing more confident in her decision to pursue a career, Elizabeth is thrilled when she and her reporter sidekick, Ralph Kaminsky, are sent to Long Island to cover the story of a young maid found dead in one of the glamorous summer homes in the devastating aftermath of the Great New England Hurricane—also known as the Long Island Express.

At first, it’s assumed that the young woman was caught in the terrible storm, but when a suspicious wound is found on the side of her head, the police suspect murder. The maid’s death becomes even more tragic when it’s discovered she was pregnant, and with Elizabeth and Kaminsky at the scene of the crime, the Daily Trumpet scoops all the other papers in town.

The young woman’s boyfriend emerges as the likeliest suspect. But as Elizabeth follows the story, she begins to wonder whether someone in the household of the maid’s employers might be responsible—someone who’ll stop at nothing to keep the truth about the baby’s paternity hidden. . . .

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THE FIRST BOOK IN THIS SERIES

Peg Cochran is also the author of the Sweet Nothings Lingerie series (written as Meg London), the Gourmet De-Lite series, the Lucille series, the Cranberry Cove series, and the Farmer’s Daughter series.

Rachel Neuburger Reynolds

New Cozy Series

You are cordially invited to a destination wedding to die for...

Welcome to Bocas del Toro, a remote chain of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama. Five days of glorious sun and lush rainforest await the forty guests celebrating Bridezilla Olivia’s dream wedding—but will a murder sink the catered affair? Before anyone’s got time to start working on a tan, an unfortunate snorkeling accident eliminates a member of the wedding party. Maid of honor Lexie Marino smells trouble, and is thrust into the responsibility of investigating, needing to solve the case before her bestie’s trip down the aisle gets tropically derailed. The show must go on.

Lexie’s a little too tall, a little too awkward, and a little too brokenhearted, but she’s determined to nail the real killer. Can this unlikely sleuth stay afloat as she’s hit by wave after wave of wildly entertaining characters, including an alpha bride, surfing detectives, and a high school flame long forgotten? You’ll find yourself laughing until the very end of Drowning Lessons, a debut cozy mystery that makes the perfect beach read. Rub in some coconut oil, dangle your feet in the crystal-blue waters of Dolphin Bay, and sip a cool drink as Lexie discovers the deductive superpowers she never knew she had. Let the party begin!

This is the first book of five in the Red Frog Beach Mystery Series.

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Coming September 19, 2019

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7/30/2019

Janet Finsilver

New from Janet Finsilver!

Murder at the Marina
(A Kelly Jackson Mystery)
by Janet Finsilver

She’s got to solve this—or her friends are sunk . . .

Kelly Jackson, manager of the Redwood Cove Bed and Breakfast, is fond of the Doblinsky brothers, Ivan and Rudy, members of the Silver Sentinels, a crew of crime-solving senior citizens in their Northern California seaside hamlet. After she discovers a jewel-encrusted dagger—with what appears to be dried blood on the blade—on their fishing boat, they share their family history with Kelly, and she learns that the knife may be part of a set from their long-ago childhood in Russia. Its sudden reappearance is eerie, but the mystery grows much more serious when a body is found on the boat. The victim was a member of the community and part of the Russian Heritage Festival, and some of the organizers were clearly harboring some bitterness. But the story behind this murder seems as layered as a nesting doll—and Kelly’s feeling completely at sea . . .

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8/15/2019

Kate Young

Now Available!

Southern Sass and Killer Cravings
(Marygene Brown Mysteries)
by Kate Young

Life has always been sweet on Georgia’s Peach Cove Island, but a case of murder has Marygene Brown down in the pits . . .

For generations, the women of the Brown family on Peach Cove Island have been known for their Southern sass and sweet homemade desserts at their beloved Peach Diner. Since their mother's passing two years ago, Marygene has been stuck in Atlanta while her sister Jena Lynn has been running the family business. Now Marygene has left her husband and returned to her hometown, where she can almost feel Mama's presence.

But all is not peachy back home. Marygene has barely tied on an apron when a diner regular drops dead at the counter. When it turns out the old man's been poisoned, Jena Lynn is led away in handcuffs and the family eatery is closed. Now, to save her sister and the diner, Marygene must find the real killer. With some startling assistance from her Mama's spirit, Marygene will be serving up a special order of just desserts . . .

Includes Seven Recipes from Marygene’s Kitchen!

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7/31/2019

Sharon Pape

New from Sharon Pape

Magickal Mystery Lore
(An Abracadabra Mystery)
by Sharon Pape

This spells trouble . . .

The New Camel Day Fair is a fun-filled event for residents of this upstate New York town. Kailyn Wilde, a modern-day witch of ancient lineage, leaves her potion shop, Abracadabra—and her feline familiar, Sashkatu—to attend with her fortune-telling Aunt Tilly. Joining them is legendary wizard Merlin, who’s discovering new pleasures of time-traveling to the modern world, including curly fries and kettle corn—but the appeal of the Tilt-a-Wheel is beyond his mystical imagination.

The real wild ride begins later when neighboring sweet shop owner Lolly rushes into Abracadabra with news about a dead body. The victim has one of Lolly’s fudge knives stuck in her back, but in spite of the sticky evidence, Lolly is only one of several suspects with ample motive and opportunity. Meanwhile, Merlin’s research into old family scrolls and electromagnetic ley lines is causing some unusual mix-ups. As the two investigations collide, Kailyn will have to do everything in her power to prevent disaster…

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Linda O. Johnston

New from Linda O. Johnston

For a Good Paws
(A Barkery & Biscuits Mystery)
by Linda O. Johnston

Barkery owner Carrie Kennersly follows the scent of murder to find the true culprit

When Carrie Kennersley, owner of a two-part bakery that serves tasty treats to both dogs and humans, learns that a local killer is being paroled, she worries that danger will come barking at her door.

Ten years ago, Mike Holpurn was convicted of murdering the first female mayor of Knobcone Heights. Now, shortly after his release, Holpurn puts the whole town on edge by yelling at the former mayor's husband, Henry Schulzer. After Schulzer is found dead, everyone assumes Holpurn is the culprit. But Carrie thinks there's more to the story, especially since Holpurn claims Schulzer was the one who really killed the mayor. Carrie is determined to uncover the truth, even if it means things will get ruff.

Includes recipes!

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7/31/2019

Congratulations to Joey R. (Michigan). She has won a copy of Layover by David Bell.

Congratulations to Elkan C. (North Carolina). She has won a copy of Bite Club by Laurien Berenson.

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Lily's Homecoming Under Fire Calla Lily Mystery #1
by Anna Celeste Burke

In California's wine country, someone wants Lily dead.

When Lily Callahan returns home to California's wine country, sparks fly amid a hail of bullets as she and U.S. Marshall Austin Jennings take cover.

Money, fame, and love all come into play as motives when Lily and Austin try to find out who sent hired guns to kill Lily. The trouble begins soon after her beloved Aunt Lettie dies and leaves her estate to Lily--is it about the money?

Or, is life imitating art? Lily's trouble-making character in a long-running TV soap was recently killed by a paid hitman. Is a crazed fan trying to end Lily's life as well as her acting career? Did her agent borrow a page from the script after Lily dismissed him?

Lily's surprised to find an old flame waiting for her when she returns home. Has he reached the point that if he can't have her, nobody can? If it's about an old love that's become dangerous, the new one that propels Lily and Austin into each other's arms won't help.

Life in small-town California wine country is a tangled vine of mystery, suspense, and intrigue.

Grab your copy of the first book in the Calla Lily Mystery Series by USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author, Anna Celeste Burke to find out what happens to Lily and Austin.

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A Body on Fitzgerald's Bluff Seaview Cottages Cozy Mystery #1
by Anna Celeste Burke

Miriam Webster’s a woman with a few secrets—can she keep them after she and her spirited Dalmatian, Domino, find a body on Fitzgerald’s Bluff?

When Miriam Webster moves into the Seaview Cottages active adult community, the last thing she expects is to find a body on the bluffs nearby. The mystery takes a quick detour when Miriam and her friends return to Fitzgerald’s Bluff with the Deputy Sheriff. The dead woman’s gone, but not for long. Where the body turns up is only one of the surprising twists the mystery takes for Miriam and her friends.

Convinced that the local deputy isn’t up to the task of finding a killer on the loose, Miriam and her gang of Grand Old Lady Detectives [G.O.L.D.] set out to discover the truth about a body on Fitzgerald’s Bluff. Can they solve the mystery without becoming the killer’s next victim?

To find out, grab your copy of book 1 in this new cozy mystery series by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Anna Celeste Burke. Recipes included.

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Coming March 6, 2019

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Laura Childs – Cackleberry Club Mysteries

Eggs on Ice (A Cackleberry Club Mystery)
by Laura Childs

The Christmas season at the Cackleberry Club café is marred by murder in the latest book in the New York Times bestselling series.

Some say that casting crusty attorney Allen Sharpe as Scrooge in the Kindred Players production of "A Christmas Carol" is just playing to type. He's not the most beloved man in town. In fact, you'd have a dickens of a time finding someone who liked him. Still, it's a shock when the Ghost of Christmas Past stabs him during the first rehearsal. Suzanne, co-owner of the Cackleberry Club café, Kindred's favorite combination diner, craft store and bookshop, chases the murderer out of the building but loses him in the alley.

As the days pass the list of suspects grows longer. Is it the disgruntled partner? The former secretary whom Sharpe sexually harrassed? Or is it fellow owner of the Cackleberry Club, Toni's almost ex-husband, Junior? The women of the Cackleberry Club are determined to find the killer before he can add another victim to his Christmas list.

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Laura Childs – Tea Shop Mysteries

Broken Bone China (A Tea Shop Mystery)
by Laura Childs
(March 5, 2019)

Theodosia Browning serves tea and solves crimes in Charleston, a city steeped in tradition and treachery in the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs.

It is Sunday afternoon, and Theodosia and Drayton are catering a formal tea at a hot-air balloon rally. The view aloft is not only stunning, they are also surrounded by a dozen other colorful hot-air balloons. But as the sky turns gray and the clouds start to boil up, a strange object zooms out of nowhere. It is a drone, and it appears to be buzzing around the balloons, checking them out.

As Theodosia and Drayton watch, the drone, hovering like some angry, mechanized insect, deliberately crashes into the balloon next to them. An enormous, fiery explosion erupts, and everyone watches in horror as the balloon plummets to the earth, killing all three of its passengers.

Sirens scream, first responders arrive, and Theodosia is interviewed by the police. During the interview, she learns that one of the downed occupants was Don Kingsley, the CEO of a local software company, SyncSoft. Not only do the police suspect Kingsley as the primary target, they learn that he possessed a rare Revolutionary War Union Jack flag that several people were rabidly bidding on.

Intrigued, Theodosia begins her own investigation. Was it the CEO's soon-to-be ex-wife, who is restoring an enormous mansion at no expense? The CEO's personal assistant, who also functioned as curator of his prized collection of Americana? Two rival antiques' dealers known for dirty dealing? Or was the killer the fiancée of one of Theodosia's dear friends, who turns out to be an employee—and whistle-blower—at SyncSoft?

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5/31/2019

Laura Childs – Terrie Moran – Scrapbook Mysteries

Glitter Bomb (A Scrapbooking Mystery) by Laura Childs and Terrie Farley Moran

<An exploding Mardi Gras float has got to be the strangest murder weapon scrappy sleuth Carmela Bertrand has ever encountered in this latest Scrapbooking Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author.

It's Mardi Gras in New Orleans and scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand is excited to be attending the Pluvius Parade along with her best friend Ava. Carmela's ex-husband Shamus rides by the duo on his float at the head of the parade, when suddenly the revelry turns to disaster. Shamus' float crashes and explodes, and although Shamus escapes unhurt, a member of his krewe is killed.

Carmela and Ava plunge into an investigation of the krewe-member's death, but as they dig deeper it starts to look less like an accident and more like a murder....and Shamus seems less like a victim, and more like a suspect.

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