Hanging by a Thread by Dorothy Howell | Book Tour with Character Interview and Giveaway

 

Hanging by a Thread (A Sewing Studio Mystery) by Dorothy Howell

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Hanging by a Thread (A Sewing Studio Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

2nd in Series

Setting – Fictional Town of Hideaway Grove

Kensington Cozies (September 26, 2023)

Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1496740424

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1496740427

Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BRF14464

 

The latest novel in a new crafting cozy series in the genre-leading Kensington Cozy Mystery program focusing on the members of a Sewing Studio.

Some of the independent shops in this sleepy town are barely hanging on financially — and that includes Sarah’s Sweets, Abbey’s aunt’s bakery. The shop’s advantage — aside from the deliciousness of its products — is the fact that it’s the only bakery in the area. But it looks like that’s about to change. The second wife of a wealthy businessman wants her own bakery — and money is no object.

When murder unravels the plans for the competing shop, Aunt Sarah is an immediate suspect — and Hideaway Grove’s merchants are on pins and needles about a big upcoming women’s conference, fearing the organization will cancel their booking because of the crime. Abbey’s doing her best to stay optimistic and stitch some custom tote bags for the attendees, but she’s also concerned with patching up Aunt Sarah’s good reputation. And when it comes to sorting through the possible motives of the victim’s family members and associates, she’s got a few tricks up her sleeve . . .

 

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Something Borrowed, Something 90% Dark by Amber Royer | Book Tour, Guest Post & Giveaway

 

Something Borrowed, Something 90% Dark (A Bean to Bar Mystery) by Amber Royer

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Something Borrowed, Something 90% Dark (A Bean to Bar Mystery)
Cozy Mystery

6th in Series

Setting - Texas

Golden Tip Press (September 12, 2023)

Print length ‏ : ‎ 301 pages

Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C9YXTC7

 

Felicity Koerber’s bean to bar chocolate shop on Galveston’s historic Strand is hosting the friends and family coming into town for her best friend Autumn’s wedding. As matron of honor, Felicity has a ton of tasks to complete – including making chocolates for the gift bags. She doesn’t have time to solve another murder. But when one of the bridesmaids becomes a prime suspect in the death of a visiting real estate agent, Felicity has to put her detecting skills to use again to keep the wedding plans from getting derailed. She’s already nervous about the impending deadline she’s given herself to finally choose between her two love interests – and figuring where life goes once she makes her choice. But add in a missing pigmy goat and a new coffee shop that wants to partner with her, and she’s frazzled. She begins to discover that not everything is as it seems among the wedding guests. Can she handle the wedding preparations, pull off turning her shop into a concert venue, and unmask the killer – before anyone else dies?

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Murder in Trastevere by Jen Collins Moore | Book Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

 

Murder in Trastevere: A Roman Holiday Mystery by Jen Collins Moore

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Murder in Trastevere: A Roman Holiday Mystery

Cozy Mystery

2nd in Series

Setting - Rome, Italy

Level Best Books (May 18, 2023)

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 286 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1685123384

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1685123383

Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C13DRJQN

After a decade dominating the expat scene in Rome, Faye Masters has had enough beautiful art, delicious food, and bureaucratic nonsense to last a lifetime. She’s just about decided to pack up and head home when a rival drops dead at one of Faye’s famous cocktail parties. Rumors fly that Faye was the intended target, but the police think Faye might just be an attention-seeking poisoner.

Faye refuses to let the cloud of suspicion stop her from completing a self-imposed 25-picture Caravaggio Challenge. Or keep her from assisting friends Maggie White and Thomas Evans on their painting tours of Rome. But when the leads fizzle out and a series of accidents hit close to home, Faye accepts her own life is on the line. She must search for a killer while keeping up appearances at some of Rome’s most iconic sights.

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Murder A La Mode by Lena Gregory | Book Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

 

Murder A La Mode (Coffee & Cream Cafe Mysteries) by Lena Gregory

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Murder A La Mode (Coffee & Cream Cafe Mysteries)

Cozy Mystery

1st in Series

Setting - New York

Gemma Halliday Publishing (August 8, 2023)

Digital - Number of Pages 230

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C2LH144G

From author Lena Gregory comes a delicious new series that will warm your heart and leave you guessing until the very end...

When twenty-five-year-old Danika Delaney, black sheep of the Delaney clan, returns home to Long Island to take over Jimmie's, her eccentric uncle’s old fashioned malt shop on eastern Long Island, she’s not exactly thrilled. But things start to look up when her uncle tells her she can do whatever she’d like with the shop, and it seems she might realize her dream of a small trendy café. That is, until she discovers the body of her ex-boyfriend’s estranged wife in a melted puddle of rocky road in the malt shop basement. With her two sidekicks, her sister and a good childhood friend, in tow, Dani searches for – or stumbles upon — one clue after another. But as she narrows down the suspect list, she realizes if she’s not careful she may end up in a puddle of her own...

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Weeding Out Lies by Jackie Layton | Book Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

 

Weeding Out Lies: A Texas Flower Farmer Cozy Mystery by Jackie Layton

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Weeding Out Lies: A Texas Flower Farmer Cozy Mystery

Cozy Mystery

1st in Series

Setting - Texas

Level Best Books (July 11, 2023)

Print length ‏ : ‎ 302 pages

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C7JT33B4

 

Flower farmer Emma Justice’s life is firmly rooted in Lutz, Texas where she has recently begun her new business. One morning while delivering flowers, she stumbles upon a prominent citizen. Dead. When a friend is accused of murder, Emma launches her own investigation. She’s used to separating weeds from flowers. Emma will dig for clues, weed out red herrings and cultivate a plan to find the killer.

 

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Dame Alice Hits Hollywood by Allie Mahoney | Book Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

 

Dame Alice Hits Hollywood: A Cozy 1930s Mystery Featuring Author-Turned-Sleuth 
Dame Alice Cartwright (Dame Alice Mysteries) by Allie Mahoney

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Dame Alice Hits Hollywood (Dame Alice Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery

1st in Series

Setting - Old Hollywood and Beverly Hills, circa 1937

Wrenfield Books (May 23, 2023)

Digital Print length ‏ : ‎ 139 pages

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C666Z731

 

  

April 1937: When Penelope Greenleigh, assistant at Ten Spot Press, learns she'll be heading to Hollywood to supervise script changes on the set of Lady Irwin's Diamonds, she should be thrilled. Who wouldn't want to mingle with movie stars in sunny California? 

But there's a catch: Penelope, 29 and from Cape May, New Jersey, has been asked to impersonate Dame Alice Cartwright, the world's bestselling mystery author, who's 47 and lives in Copley-on-the-Wold, England. 

On the night Penelope arrives in L.A., Lady Irwin's lead actress disappears and a Harry Winston necklace goes missing. Soon, gossip columnist Hattie Holiday threatens to expose Penelope's deception, mobsters are coming after the film's boozy director, and worst of all, Dame Alice's script has gone from murder mystery to Fred and Ginger-style musical! 

The action unfolds at the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Trocadero, and hotspot Chasen's as Penelope works to solve the crimes alongside a handsome detective and a hapless studio flunky. Can she find the diamonds, the actress, and survive a wild week in Hollywood?

Excerpt on Amazon!

   

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A Cryptic Clue by Victoria Gilbert | Book Tour with Interview, Excerpt, and Giveaway

 

A Cryptic Clue (A Hunter and Clewe Mystery) by Victoria Gilbert

About A Cryptic Clue

A Cryptic Clue (A Hunter and Clewe Mystery)
Traditional Mystery

1st in Series

Setting - North Carolina

Crooked Lane Books (July 11, 2023)

Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1639102523

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1639102525

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BHXZKP44

A retired librarian gets back to the books — and into a devilish murder case — in acclaimed author Victoria Gilbert’s new series, the perfect literary adventure for fans of Kate Carlisle and Jenn McKinlay.

Sixty-year-old Jane Hunter, forced into early retirement from her job as a university librarian, is seeking a new challenge to keep her spirits up and supplement her meager pension. But as she’s about to discover, a retiree’s life can bring new thrills — and new dangers.

Cameron “Cam” Clewe, an eccentric 33-year-old collector, is also seeking something — an archivist to inventory his ever-expanding compendium of rare books and artifacts. Jane’s thrilled to be hired on by Cam and to uncover the secrets of his latest acquisition, a trove of items related to the classic mystery and detective authors. But Jane’s delight is upended when a body is discovered in Cam’s library. The victim, heir to a pharmaceutical fortune, was the last in line of Cam’s failed romances — and now he’s suspect number one.

Cam vows to use his intelligence and deductive skills to clear his name — but with a slight case of agoraphobia, rampant anxiety, and limited social skills, he’ll need some help. It comes down to Jane to exonerate her new boss — but is he truly innocent?

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Death Steals the Spotlight by T. C. LoTempio | Blog Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

 

Death Steals the Spotlight (Urban Tails Pet Shop Mysteries) by T. C. LoTempio

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Death Steals the Spotlight (Urban Tails Pet Shop Mysteries)

Cozy Mystery

3rd in Series

Setting - Connecticut

Beyond the Page Publishing (June 27, 2023)

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 202 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1960511173

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1960511171

Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C62G13J9

 

It’s exit stage left, permanently, for a big-time director who lands the starring role in an unscripted death scene . . .

Desperate to find a director for their annual production, the Fox Hollow Players have a stroke of luck when Shell McMillan’s actress mother lands a prominent theater director for the job. He’s more gruff and demanding than the small-town cast and crew are used to, but his soft side for animals quickly endears him to pet shop owner Shell. Persuading her to let him use a shed on her property where he can work in peace, Shell is horrified when she finds his dead body there. And with obvious signs of foul play, she can’t help but investigate the murder.

As she digs into the man’s past, it becomes apparent that at one point or another he was romantically entangled with just about every woman involved in the play. And just when Shell discovers he may have been blackmailing one of them, other clues surface that suggest a more sinister motive. With her hands already full with a beautiful stray cat she found and christened Princess Fuzzypants, Shell will have to fill two roles, caring for the Maine coon and trying to track down the killer before it’s her turn for a fatal curtain call . . .

 

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Kidnapped in the Woods by Deena Alexander | Blog Tour with Interview and Giveaway

 

Kidnapped in the Woods (Love Inspired Suspense) by Deena Alexander

About Kidnapped in the Woods

 

Kidnapped in the Woods (Love Inspired Suspense)
Romantic Suspense

Setting - Eastern Long Island, New York 

Love Inspired Suspense (June 27, 2023)

Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1335587837

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1335587831

Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BMB1QWGH

To solve a kidnapping case they’ll become the hunted.

Firefighter Pat Ryan is stunned when he hears gunfire and two strangers crash through his door. An anonymous tip led journalist Rachel Davenport to a ramshackle cabin, where she helped an abducted teen escape. With Pat and his K-9 rescue dog’s help, they go on the run with deadly kidnappers in pursuit. But with innocent lives at stake, Rachel and Pat must battle foes and fears to live through the night. 

From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.

 

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Murder at the Pontchartrain by Kathleen Kaska | Blog Tour with Interview and Giveaway

 

Murder at the Pontchartrain by Kathleen Kaska

About Murder at the Pontchartrain

Murder at the Pontchartrain

Cozy Mystery (Humorous)

6th in Series

Setting - New Orleans, Louisiana

Anamcara Press LLC (June 15, 2023)

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 280 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1941237940

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1941237946

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C8L6D4HM

 

“I'm Sydney Lockhart. I solve murders, most of which I'm the primary suspect. My boyfriend/partner, Ralph Dixon, and I came to the Pontchartrain Hotel in New Orleans to get married. Instead, Dixon's in jail for a double murder. I'm in a swamp, spying on the KKK. Helping me untangle this mess is my bubble-headed cousin Ruth who's undercover as a hotel chef. My twelve-year-old charge, Lydia LaBeau, dressed as a voodoo queen, is looking for clues at Pat O'Brien's. Rip Thigbee, a ghost detective, is my only hope.

I’m not making any of this up. This is my life and this is what I deal with, like it or not. So, mix yourself a Hurricane and join me in the Big Easy for another historic hotel murder case.”

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Murder To My Ears by Rebecca McKinnon | Blog Tour with Review and Giveaway

 

Murder To My Ears (An Octavia Fields Mysteries) by Rebecca McKinnon

About Murder to My Ears

 

Murder To My Ears (An Octavia Fields Mysteries)

Cozy Mystery

1st in Series

Independently Published (June 30, 2023)

Print Length : 260 pages

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C7LT56BD

Octavia Fields should know better than to judge things by their appearance. After all, most people don’t expect a nomadic hippie to be a classical violist — let alone one who runs a seasonal music shop at Aerie Pines, the summer home of the Aerie Peaks Symphony.

But when her business season starts off on the wrong note, it’s obviously the persnickety concertmaster’s fault. If he hadn’t turned up dead — leaving Octavia to find his body — she wouldn’t have to deal with the handsome detective who isn’t sure what to think of her impressive arrest record.

With symphony members cornering Octavia to pass on “evidence” by way of sotto-voce rumors, it shouldn’t surprise her to learn the helpful musicians aren’t the only ones who believe Octavia’s helping with the investigation. When a threatening letter arrives, it’s clear the killer thinks she’s playing harmony to the detective, too.

When the detective doesn’t appear to be making progress on the case, Octavia decides it’s up to her to solve the mystery — before the killer hears their cue to silence her!

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Collecting Can Be Murder by Jennifer S. Alderson | Blog Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

 

Collecting Can Be Murder (Carmen De Luca Art Sleuth Mysteries) by Jennifer S. Alderson

About Collecting Can Be Murder

Collecting Can Be Murder (Carmen De Luca Art Sleuth Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery

1st in Series

Setting - France

Traveling Life Press (May 31, 2023)

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 908316974X

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9083169743

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BZPHKHGQ

 

Coming out of retirement can be deadly…

After tragedy struck three years earlier, art sleuth Carmen De Luca vowed to never work in the field again. But fifty is too young to fill her days with water aerobics and bingo, so when her former partner calls and begs for her help, Carmen gladly agrees.

Yet after their first assignment – the recovery of a rare medieval prayer book from an eccentric collector living in rural France – goes horribly wrong, Carmen ends up in the crosshairs of both the local police and a murderer!

With her target dead and the stolen book missing, she and her partner will have to pull out all of the stops to sleuth out the true killer’s identity – before their stay in France becomes permanent.

Introducing Carmen De Luca, an art sleuth with a nose for mystery and the job of locating valuable artwork stolen from museums around the world. If you love strong and resourceful heroines, puzzling mysteries, and a dash of art history, pick up Collecting Can Be Murder now!

Carmen De Luca Art Sleuth Mysteries:

Collecting Can Be Murder

A Statue To Die For (available 8/31/23)

Forgeries and Fatalities (available 2/29/24)

These mysteries contain no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.

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A Crafty Collage of Crime by Lois Winston | Blog Tour with Interview, Excerpt, and Giveaway

 

A Crafty Collage of Crime (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery) by Lois Winston

About A Crafty Collage of Crime

A Crafty Collage of Crime (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery)
Cozy Mystery

12th in Series

Setting - New Jersey and Tennessee

Independently Published (June 16, 2023)

Print length ‏ : ‎ 258 pages

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C4BHYXLB

Wherever crafts editor and reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack goes, murder and mayhem follow. Her honeymoon is no exception. She and new husband, photojournalist (and possible spy) Zachary Barnes, are enjoying a walk in the Tennessee woods when they stumble upon a body on the side of a creek. The dead man is the husband of one of the three sisters who own the winery and guest cottages where Anastasia and Zack are vacationing.

When the local sheriff sets his sights on the widow as the prime suspect, her sisters close ranks around her. The three siblings are true-crime junkies, and thanks to a podcaster who has produced an unauthorized series about her, Anastasia’s reputation for solving murders has preceded her to the bucolic hamlet. The sisters plead for her help in finding the real killer. As Anastasia learns more about the women and their business, a host of suspects emerge, including several relatives, a relentless land developer, and even the sisters themselves.

Meanwhile, Anastasia becomes obsessed with discovering the podcaster’s identity. Along with knowing about Anastasia’s life as a reluctant amateur sleuth, the podcaster has divulged details of Anastasia’s personal life. Someone has betrayed Anastasia’s trust, and she’s out to discover the identity of the culprit.

Craft project included.

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