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Aug 142015

You may have read her Embroidery Mystery Series that she writes as Amanda Lee not realizing she writes cozies as Gayle Trent too! Her Daphne Martin Cake Mysteries feature cake decorator Daphne Martin. The newest installment Killer Wedding Cake was published in June. I am so thrilled she is touring it with Great Escapes Book Tours!

killer wedding cake
by Gayle Trent

This was a super fast read for me. The author gave me so many fun characters to love.
~fuonlyknew
Laura’s Ramblins and Review

This was a very quick read that will keep you entertained from the beginning till the end. It will keep you guessing and on the edge of you seat.
~Melina’s Book Blog

A light hearted cozy mystery with colorful characters, a quick pace and a light touch of humor…
~Queen of All She Reads

Killer Wedding Cake was a fun, suspenseful thrill-ride that kept me at the edge of my seat.
~Moonlight Rendezvous

This fast- paced mystery will have you on the edge of your seat guessing until the end.
~Shelley’s Book Case

The author’s engaging writing style, both as Gayle Trent and in the Embroidery Shop Mysteries as Amanda Lee makes each book a yummy layer to the cake that is its series. (Truth be told here, I read Wicked Stitch multiple times and I can see that happening with Killer Wedding Cake as well.
~Back Porchervations

Trent does a great job of keeping all the parts moving and coming together with unexpected (and sometimes humorous) twists and turns.
~Christa Reads and Writes

I enjoyed the plot and appreciated the interesting characters in the novel.
~MysteriesEtc

This book was fast moving and definitely kept you on your feet…
~Community Bookstop

Killer Wedding Cake
(Daphne Martin Cake Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
5th in Series
Publisher: Grace Abraham Publishing (June 21, 2015)
Paperback: 214 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0974109091
E-Book ASIN: B0105201F6

Synopsis:

Daphne Martin’s wedding to Ben Jacobs is only a couple of weeks away. An award-winning cake decorator, Daphne is busy designing their wedding cake. Her twin nephew and niece, Lucas and Leslie, are excited about being in the wedding party. And Daphne’s brother-in-law Jason is planning a bachelor party for Ben. Everything is going beautifully until Daphne’s ex-husband Todd shows up. Just released from prison after serving a sentence based on his shooting a gun at Daphne, Todd comes to Brea Ridge to profess his undying love for her.

Despite Daphne’s attempts to make Todd leave town, he insists on hanging around to reconnect with people he used to know. When he’s found murdered, Daphne finds herself at the center of the investigation. Now she must track down Todd’s killer before she becomes the next victim. Can she still make it to the church on time?

About The Author –

Gayle Trent (and pseudonym Amanda Lee) writes the Daphne Martin Cake Decorating series and the Embroidery Mystery series. The cake decorating series features a heroine who is starting her life over in Southwest Virginia after a nasty divorce. The Embroidery Mystery series features a heroine who recently moved to the Oregon coast to open an embroidery specialty shop.

Author Links:

http://www.gayletrent.com

https://www.facebook.com/GayleTrentandAmandaLee

https://twitter.com/GayleTrent

https://www.pinterest.com/gayletrent/

I am giving away 1 e-copy of Killer Wedding Cake!

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Tour Participants

August 4 –fuonlyknew – Review
August 5 – Melina’s Book Blog – Review, Guest Post
August 6 –Queen of All She Reads – Review
August 6 – Moonlight Rendezvous – Review
August 7 – Shelley’s Book Case – Review, Guest Post
August 8 – Christa Reads and Writes – Review
August 9 – Chloe Gets A Clue – Interview
August 10 – Back Porchervations – Review
August 11 – MysteriesEtc – Review
August 12 – Community Bookstop – Review
August 13 – readalot – Review
August 14 – Bunny’s Review – Review
August 14 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – Spotlight
August 15 – LibriAmoriMiei – Review
August 16 – dru’s book musings – Guest Post
August 16 – A Cozy Girl Reads – Review
August 17 – Babs Book Bistro – Review

Your Escape With A Good Book Travel Agent

Deep Past: A Novel by Eugene Linden

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
May 13 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
May 13 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT
May 14 – 4covert2overt ☼ A Place In The Spotlight ☼ – SPOTLIGHT with EXCERPT
May 15 – Books Direct – SPOTLIGHT with EXCERPT
May 15 – Daydreams In The Desert – REVIEW
May 16 – The Cozy Pages – SPOTLIGHT
May 17 – The Book’s the Thing – REVIEW
May 17 – ❧Defining Ways❧ – SPOTLIGHT
May 18 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
May 19 – ⒾⓃⓉⓇⓄⓈⓅⒺⒸⓉⒾⓋⒺ ⓅⓇⒺⓈⓈ – SPOTLIGHT
May 20 – Into the Abyss Reviews – REVIEW
May 20 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
May 21 – Ascroft, eh? – SPOTLIGHT with EXCERPT
May 22 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
May 23 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT
May 24 – Readeropolis – SPOTLIGHT
May 25 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT
May 26 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

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

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
May 18 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW
May 18 – Moonlight Rendezvous – REVIEW
May 18 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
May 18 – View from the Birdhouse – SPOTLIGHT
May 18 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
May 19 – LibriAmoriMiei – REVIEW
May 19 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
May 19 – Cinnamon, Sugar, and a Little Bit of Murder – REVIEW, RECIPE POST WITH PICTURES
May 19 – Babs Book Bistro – REVIEW
May 20 – The Power of Words – REVIEW
May 20 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
May 20 – ⒾⓃⓉⓇⓄⓈⓅⒺⒸⓉⒾⓋⒺ ⓅⓇⒺⓈⓈ – SPOTLIGHT
May 20 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – SPOTLIGHT
May 21 – StoreyBook Reviews – REVIEW
May 21 – Bibliophile Reviews – REVIEW
May 21 – Ruff Drafts – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
May 21 – Books Direct – SPOTLIGHT
May 22 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
May 22 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW
May 22 – 4covert2overt ☼ A Place In The Spotlight ☼ – SPOTLIGHT
May 22 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – RECIPE POST WITH PICTURES
May 23 – Socrates Book Reviews – REVIEW
May 23 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW
May 23 – ❧Defining Ways❧ – RECIPE POST WITH PICTURES
May 23 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT
May 24 – Christa Reads and Writes – REVIEW
May 24 – The Book’s the Thing – REVIEW
May 24 – Brooke Blogs – RECIPE POST WITH PICTURES
May 24 – Moonlight Rendezvous – REVIEW
May 24 – Elizabeth McKenna Romance Author – SPOTLIGHT
May 24 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
May 25 – Cassidy’s Bookshelves – REVIEW
May 25 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW
May 25 – The Book Diva’s Reads – SPOTLIGHT
May 26 – Melina’s Book Blog – REVIEW
May 26 – The Book Decoder – REVIEW
May 26 – Readeropolis – SPOTLIGHT
May 26 – That’s What She’s Reading – SPOTLIGHT

Caught Up in It (Blu Carraway Mystery) by David Burnsworth

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
May 20 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST
May 21 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
May 22 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
May 23 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT
May 24 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT
May 25 – Readeropolis – SPOTLIGHT
May 26 – Cozy Up With Kathy – GUEST POST
May 27 – 4covert2overt ☼ A Place In The Spotlight ☼ – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
May 28 – Mallory Heart’s Cozies – REVIEW
May 28 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT
May 29 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
May 30 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT
May 31 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
May 31 – Christa Reads and Writes – REVIEW
June 1 – ❧Defining Ways❧ – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
June 2 – T’s Stuff – SPOTLIGHT

The Codebook Murders: The Oakwood Book Club Mystery Series by Leslie Nagel

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
May 20 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW
May 20 – I’m All About Books – GUEST POST
May 21 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
May 22 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT
May 23 – Carla Loves To Read – REVIEW
May 23 – Cozy Up With Kathy – GUEST POST
May 24 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW
May 25 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
May 26 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW
May 27 – Mallory Heart’s Cozies – REVIEW
May 28 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
May 29 – Ruff Drafts – GUEST POST
May 30 – The Book Diva’s Reads – SPOTLIGHT
May 31 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
June 1 – Elizabeth McKenna’s Blog – SPOTLIGHT
June 2 – LibriAmoriMiei – REVIEW

Murder by the Sea (A By the Sea Mystery) by Kathleen Bridge

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
May 20 – ⒾⓃⓉⓇⓄⓈⓅⒺⒸⓉⒾⓋⒺ ⓅⓇⒺⓈⓈ – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT
May 20 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
May 20 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
May 21 – Bibliophile Reviews – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST
May 21 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT
May 21 – Rosepoint Publishing – SPOTLIGHT*
May 22 – Kelly P’s Blog – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT
May 22 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
May 23 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
May 23 – Babs Book Bistro – RECIPE, SPOTLIGHT
May 23 – Brooke Blogs – RECIPE, SPOTLIGHT
May 24 – Here’s How It Happened – SPOTLIGHT
May 24 – Readeropolis – SPOTLIGHT
May 25 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW
May 25 – LibriAmoriMiei – REVIEW
May 25 – Ruff Drafts – RECIPE, SPOTLIGHT
May 26 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW
May 26 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
May 26 – 4covert2overt ☼ A Place In The Spotlight ☼ – GUEST POST

Drowning Lessons (A Red Frog Beach Mystery) by Rachel Neuburger Reynolds

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
May 21 – Readeropolis – GUEST POST
May 22 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
May 23 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
May 24 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
May 24 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT
May 25 – I’m All About Books – CHARACTER GUEST POST
May 25 – My Devotional Thoughts – REVIEW
May 26 – Teresa Watson – REVIEW
May 27 – Books Direct – GUEST POST
May 27 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
May 28 – 4covert2overt ☼ A Place In The Spotlight ☼ – CHARACTER GUEST POST
May 29 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW
May 29 – Kelly P’s Blog – SPOTLIGHT
May 30 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT
May 30 – Christa Reads and Writes – REVIEW
May 31 – ⒾⓃⓉⓇⓄⓈⓅⒺⒸⓉⒾⓋⒺ ⓅⓇⒺⓈⓈ – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
June 1 – Socrates Book Reviews – REVIEW
June 1 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
June 2 – LibriAmoriMiei – REVIEW
June 3 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

James J. Cudney

Flower Power Trip
(Braxton Campus Mysteries)
by James J. Cudney

At a masquerade ball to raise money for renovations to Memorial Library, Kellan finds a dead body dressed in a Dr. Evil costume.

Did one of Maggie’s sisters kill the annoying guest who’d been staying at the Roarke and Daughters Inn, or does the victim have a closer connection to someone else at Braxton College?

As Kellan helps school president Ursula bury a secret from her past and discover the identity of her stalker, he unexpectedly encounters a missing member of his family. Everything seems to trace back to the Stoddards: a new family who recently moved in.

Between the murder, a special flower exhibit and strange postcards arriving each week, Kellan can’t decide which mystery in his life should take priority. But unfortunately, the biggest one of all has yet to be exposed - and when it is, Kellan won’t know what hit him.

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More Books In This Series
Coming June 30, 2019

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6/30/2019

Lucy Burdette

National bestselling author
Lucy Burdette’s intrepid food critic Hayley Snow must sniff out a killer
in the ninth
Key West Food Critic mystery.

A Deadly Feast:
A Key West Food Critic Mystery
by Lucy Burdette

Key West food critic Hayley Snow scents-es something fishy when a customer falls stone-crab cold dead on a seafood tasting tour.

Thanksgiving is nearly here, and Key West food critic Hayley Snow has just one more assignment to put to bed for Key Zest magazine before she gets to celebrate with her family and her police officer fiancé, Nathan Bransford. Then, just days later, wedding bells will ring—if death doesn’t toll first.

The sweet potatoes and stuffing will have to wait when Hayley picks up a distraught phone call from her friend, Analise Smith. On the last stop of a seafood tasting tour run by Analise, one of the customers collapsed—dead. With the police on the verge of shutting down the tour—and ruining Analise’s business—Hayley can hardly refuse her friend’s entreaties to investigate.

As if wedding jitters and family strife weren’t enough for Hayley to worry about, there’s crusty pastry chef Martha Hubbard, whose key lime pie may have been the murder weapon—but did she poison her own pie or was she framed? As the hours to Turkey Day tick away, the pressure cooker is on for Hayley to serve up the culprit on a silver platter in A Deadly Feast.

Author Links:
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Mystery Lovers Kitchen and
Jungle Red Writers

The Rest of the Series!

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5/31/2019

T.C. Wescott

Running from Arrows
(A Running Store Mystery)
by T.C. Wescott

One of Lacy's beaus has a bow. Unlike Cupid, his arrows kill. There's more than romance in the air this Valentine's Day!

Running from Arrows is the fun, twist-filled, romantic cozy mystery romp you've been waiting for!

Valentine's Day is coming up and Lacy is single. If that's not bad enough, she has a secret admirer. Is it the compassionate, haunted detective, the ruggedly handsome businessman, the suave maître de, the guy in her running group who likes to stare, or maybe someone who's not on her radar? She'll find out soon enough because he's invited her to dinner. Now the question isn't how long Lacy will remain single but how long she'll remain alive.

During the Sweetheart Run through the town of Cedar Mill, a fellow runner is murdered and a notorious burglar called the Black Cat is found dead with an arrow sticking out of him. Somehow these strange murders are connected to the ladies of Run For It - Lacy the divorcee, Stax the quirky bookseller, and Ruby the old-time mystery novelist. They're back in a race against time to catch an invisible killer and exonerate an innocent man!

Book 1 in this Series

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5/31/2019

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

Daryl Wood Gerber

Sifting Through Clues
(A Cookbook Nook Mystery)
by Daryl Wood Gerber

Book clubs from all over have descended on Crystal Cove to celebrate the library’s Book Club Bonanza week, and Jenna Hart has packed the Cookbook Nook with juicy reads and tasty cookbooks. But she’s most excited about spending an evening with the Mystery Mavens and their moveable feast when they will go from house to house to share different culinary treats and discuss the whodunit they’re all reading. It’s all good food and fun for the savvy armchair detectives until one of the members of the group is found murdered at the last stop on the tour.

As if that weren’t enough to spoil her appetite, Jenna discovers that all the evidence points to her friend Pepper as being the guilty party. And with Pepper’s chief-of-police daughter too close to the case to be impartial, Jenna knows she’ll have to step in to help clear her friend’s name before a bitter injustice sends her to jail. Sifting through the clues, Jenna unearths any number of possible culprits, but she’ll have to cook up a new way to catch the killer before Pepper’s goose is cooked . . .

Includes tasty sweet and savory recipes!

Author Links
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Mystery Lover’s Kitchen
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Written as Avery Aames

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6/30/2019

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?

INCLUDES DELICIOUS RECIPES AND TEA TIME TIPS!

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5/31/2019

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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Kate Young

Coming May 28!

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

V.M. Burns

A 2019 Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book Best Read

The Novel Art of Murder
(Mystery Bookshop)
by V.M. Burns

Mystery bookstore owner Samantha Washington is trying to keep her grandmother from spending her golden years in an orange jumpsuit . . .

The small town of North Harbor, Michigan, is just not big enough for the two of them: flamboyant phony Maria Romanov and feisty Nana Jo. The insufferable Maria claims she's descended from Russian royalty and even had a fling with King Edward VIII back in the day. She’s not just a lousy liar, she's a bad actress, so when she nabs the lead in the Shady Acres Senior Follies—a part Nana Jo plays every year in their retirement village production—Nana Jo blows a gasket and reads her the riot act in front of everyone.

Of course, when Maria is silenced with a bullet to the head, Nana Jo lands the leading role on the suspects list. Sam’s been writing her newest mystery, set in England between the wars, with her intrepid heroine Lady Daphne drawn into murder and scandal in the household of Winston Churchill. But now she has to prove that Nana Jo’s been framed. With help from her grandmother's posse of rambunctious retirees, Sam shines a spotlight on Maria’s secrets, hoping to draw the real killer out of the shadows . . .

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The Rest of the Series

Coming April 30
from V.M. Burns

Also by V.M. Burns

The Puppy Who Knew Too Much
(A Dog Club Mystery Book 2)

Lilly Echosby and her toy poodle Aggie find a fresh start in Chattanooga, Tennessee, spoiled by the scent of murder . . .

Having solved the shooting death of her cheating husband, Lilly's left behind the drama of Lighthouse Dunes, Indiana, to start over in the hometown of her best friend, Scarlett "Dixie" Jefferson. As she gets settled in her new rented house, Lilly gives Aggie, short for Agatha Christie, her own fresh start by enrolling her in the Eastern Tennessee Dog Club, where Dixie is a trainer.

But drama seems to hound Lilly like a persistent stray. Her cranky new neighbor appears unfamiliar with Southern hospitality and complains that Aggie barks too much and digs up his prized tulips. But what the poodle actually unearths is the buried body of a mysterious man who claimed ownership of the lost golden retriever Lilly recently rescued. Now it's up to Lilly and Dixie to try to muzzle another murderer . . .

Book 1 in the Series

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5/15/2019

Gayle Leeson

New Series!

Designs On Murder:
A Ghostly Fashionista Mystery
by Gayle Leeson

What if you discovered your lively new friend wasn't really...alive?

Amanda Tucker is excited about opening her fashion design studio in Shops On Main, a charming old building in historic Abingdon, Virginia. She didn't realize a ghost came with the property! But soon Maxine "Max" Englebright, a young woman who died in 1930, isn't the only dead person at the retail complex. Mark Tinsley, a web designer with a know-it-all attitude who also rented space at Shops On Main, is shot in his office.

Amanda is afraid that one of her new "friends" and fellow small business owners is his killer, and Max is encouraging her to solve Mark's murder a la Nancy Drew. Easy for Max to want to investigate--the ghostly fashionista can't end up the killer's next victim!

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Also by Gayle Leeson

You can find her books written as Gayle Trent here and written as Amanda Lee here.

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5/15/2019

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Anna Celeste Burke

New from Anna Celeste Burke

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 – 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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12/31/18

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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