Embroidered Lies and Alibis by Lois Winston | Book Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

 

Embroidered Lies and Alibis (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery) by Lois Winston

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Embroidered Lies and Alibis (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

15th in Series

Setting - New Jersey

Independently Published

Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2026

Print length ‏ : ‎ 199 pages

Digital ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1940795812

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0FZDBKCJD

 

A Stitch in Time Could Save a Life…

When Anastasia’s mother Flora is offered a free spa vacation from Jeremy Dugan, a man connected to her distant past, Anastasia and husband Zack suspect ulterior motives. After all, too-good-to-be-true often spells trouble. Their suspicions are confirmed when the FBI swoops in to apprehend Dugan. However, Dugan isn’t who he claimed to be, and his arrest raises more questions than answers.

The Feds link Dugan to a string of cons targeting elderly single women across the country, but his seemingly airtight alibi leaves investigators stumped. Then, shortly after his release on bail, he’s kidnapped. A certain segment of New Jersey’s population is known for delivering deadly messages, and the FBI believes Dugan received one of them.

Meanwhile, bodies begin showing up in the newly created public garden across the street from Anastasia and Zack’s home. With two baffling crimes, no clear suspects, scant evidence, and every possible motive unraveling, both the FBI and local law enforcement are once again picking Anastasia’s brain. This time, though, her involvement is far from reluctant. Will she stitch together enough clues before she or someone she loves becomes the killer’s next victim?

Craft project included.

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Seffi Wardwell Mysteries by Rebecca M. Douglass | Book Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

 

A Coastal Corpse

and

Washed Up With the Tide

(Seffi Wardwell Mysteries)

by Rebecca Douglass

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A Coastal Corpse (Seffi Wardwell Mysteries)

Cozy Mystery

1st in Series

Setting - Maine

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently Published (August 31, 2023)

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 298 pages

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8854581851

Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CGN9Z7ZD

 

Just what the doctor ordered: fresh salt air, a garden to tend…

and a fresh corpse behind the dahlias?

Retired science teacher Seffi Wardwell has moved to coastal Maine looking for peace, fresh air, and an accepting community. So far, she’s enjoying the sea air.

When a corpse turns up in Seffi’s flower garden, she can’t help asking questions about the victim and his death. Police officer Miah Cox doesn’t want her assistance, but Seffi’s curiosity is what made her a scientist.

The more she learns about the dead man’s background, the more she wants to know. Estranged from his wealthy family, and a village pariah for something that happened years before, the dead man had plenty of enemies. At least one wanted to make him disappear forever, and they’re all eager to see this case wrapped up and forget about him.

The way Seffi sees it, somebody has to care about him, and as a fellow outsider, she’s it. But all of her poking around is stirring up trouble in the village. It’s up to Seffi and Miah to figure out whodunit before they strike again, and before the locals decide the handiest scapegoat is Seffi herself.

 

Washed Up With the Tide (Seffi Wardwell Mysteries)

Cozy Mystery

2nd in Series

Setting - Maine

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently Published (November 18, 2024)

Print length ‏ : ‎ 270 pages

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DJPTJ7PM

 

Beautiful weather, bountiful baked goods, and… bodies on the beach?

Seffi’s pleasure in her long walks among the fall colors is more than a little marred when she encounters cantankerous fisherman Bob Hughes washed up on the shore — sodden, entangled in a net, and very definitely dead. Did the man drink too much and fall overboard in an unfortunate accident? Or was his death something more sinister? With an estranged wife, enemies in the fishing fleet, and ticked-off deckhands, there are plenty of people around Smelt Point who aren’t sorry he’s dead. But did any of them actually kill him? The scuttlebutt at the bakery raises more questions than it answers, and to top it off the fishermen gathering there have eaten Seffi’s favorite treats.

Once again Seffi needs all her reasoning and gossip-gathering talents to help village policeman Miah Cox get to the bottom of the mystery. But will Miah’s own secret tear the village apart?

 

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A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death by Valerie Burns | Book Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death (A Baker Street Mystery) by Valerie Burns

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A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death (A Baker Street Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

3rd in Series

Setting - Michigan

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington Cozies (July 23, 2024)

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1496738241

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1496738240

Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CLZ49T1M

Audiobook ASIN B0D2LQDDW1

 

On the shores of Lake Michigan, influencer Maddy Montgomery has turned the bakery she inherited from her great aunt Octavia into a destination. There’s just one thing she won’t post: the body in the freezer . . .

Thanks to Maddy’s social media savvy, Baby Cakes Bakery is becoming a huge success — so much so that she’s attracted the attention of her former nemesis, the fiancé-stealing Brandy Denton. When Brandy blows into New Bison like an ill wind and disrupts a vlog Maddy’s filming, their argument goes viral. After Brandy’s body is found in the freezer at Baby Cakes, Maddy instantly goes from viral sensation to murder suspect.

As Maddy is still reeling from the murder, a stranger shows up in the bakery claiming to have been a friend of Octavia. He believes Maddy is in danger. When a second body washes up on the lake shore, it seems clear someone’s out to kill to keep a secret — and it may have to do with her great aunt.

Maddy rallies her aunt’s friends, the Baker Street Irregulars; Sheriff April Johnson; and her veterinarian boyfriend Michael — not to mention her English mastiff, Baby — to do some digging and root out whoever’s behind the killings . . .

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What Grows From the Dead by Dave Dobson | Excerpt, Review, Guest Post, and Giveaway

 

What Grows From the Dead by Dave Dobson

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What Grows From the Dead

Mystery

Stand-Alone

Setting - North Carolina

Independently Published (March 9, 2024)

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 367 pages

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8884545977

Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CXN1KQ1B

Morris Drummond is not at his best. Well, he hasn't been at his best for a while now. But having just suffered two crushing losses, he's almost at rock bottom, which for him means driving ride-share in his mom's beat up Chevy, drowning his sorrows in tacos and spray cheese, and avoiding anything related to ambition, self-care, or laundry.

Morris is about to learn that he didn't even know what rock bottom looked like, and it's all thanks to his mom. A secret she left behind comes to light, and that brings down a lot of unwanted attention on Morris, the kind that looks likely to send him either to prison or to the hereafter. Blood and treachery from long ago rise to the surface, and Morris has only his lawyer Annie, who's an old high school friend, and a few unexpected allies to call on as he tries to figure out what his mom was up to and why so many people want him out of the picture.

A humorous mystery with elements of suspense and thrillers, What Grows From the Dead is set in present-day small-town North Carolina, not far from the mysterious Uwharrie Forest.

Content warnings: Coarse language throughout; some gun violence (not graphic).

 

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Sorry, Knot Sorry by Lois Winston | Book Tour with Author Guest Post and Giveaway

 

Sorry, Knot Sorry (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery) by Lois Winston

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Sorry, Knot Sorry (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

13th in Series

Setting - New Jersey and New York City

Independently Published (June 4, 2024)

Print length ‏ : ‎ 300 pages

Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CXTY8D76

 

Magazine crafts editor Anastasia Pollack may finally be able to pay off the remaining debt she found herself saddled with when her duplicitous first husband dropped dead in a Las Vegas casino. But as Anastasia has discovered, nothing in her life is ever straightforward. Strings are always attached. Thanks to the success of an unauthorized true crime podcast, a television production company wants to option her life — warts and all — as a reluctant amateur sleuth.

Is such exposure worth a clean financial slate? Anastasia isn’t sure, but at the same time, rumors are flying about layoffs at the office. Whether she wants national exposure or not, Anastasia may be forced to sign on the dotted line to keep from standing in the unemployment line. But the dead bodies keep coming, and they’re not in the script.

Craft tips included.

 

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A Killer Romance by Maggie Blackburn | Book Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

 

A Killer Romance (A Beach Reads Mystery) by Maggie Blackburn

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A Killer Romance (A Beach Reads Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

3rd in Series

Setting - North Carolina

Crooked Lane Books (February 6, 2024)

Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1639106359

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1639106356

Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C4J77BVN

 

Love and murder are in the air this Valentine’s day in Maggie Blackburn’s third Beach Reads mystery, perfect for fans of Eva Gates and Miranda James.

When Beach Reads bookshop hosts a Valentine’s Day event, “Romance by the Sea,” bookseller Summer Merriweather has no idea that the guest author is under investigation for her own husband’s murder. When that same author is found dead at the local bed and breakfast, nobody assumes it’s natural causes – there were plenty of people who wanted her dead.

As Summer searches for the truth about the author’s stranger-than-fiction life, Summer finds suspicious indications of shady behavior in the author’s belongings. But the casual sleuthing is quickly derailed when Summer’s friend Glads gets hauled in for the murder, and they launch a full-blown investigation to clear her name.

As Summer and company pick through the scant clues to solve the case, they may find more treachery and heartbreak than they bargained for.

 

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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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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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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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Fireworks on the Fourth by B.J. Bowen | Blog Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

 

Fireworks on the Fourth (A Musical Murder Mystery) by B.J. Bowen

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Fireworks on the Fourth (A Musical Murder Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

3rd in Series

Setting - Colorado

Camel Press (May 9, 2023)

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1684921112

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1684921119

Kindle ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BVXNVBK1 

The fiery festivities of the Symphony's annual Fourth of July extravaganza feature cannons, liberty bells, and fireworks. But the noise covers gunshots which leave a shifty Board member dead and Emily Wilson's friend, KC, the prime suspect. Can Emily face down blackmail, danger, and a threat to her loyal companion to find the killer?

 

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Red Hot Murder by Michele Pariza Wacek | Blog Tour with Guest Post, Excerpt, and Giveaway

 

Red Hot Murder (Charlie Kingsley Mysteries) by Michele Pariza Wacek

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Red Hot Murder (Charlie Kingsley Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
6th in Series
Setting - Wisconsin
Love-Based Publishing (April 25, 2023)

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 265 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1945363622

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1945363627

Digital print length : 267 pages
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BFC7MN2G

 

Charlie Kingsley’s tea customers have two things in common:

They rave about her teas.

AND they have a knack for attracting trouble.

There’s never been a connection between the two… until now.

One night, one of Charlie’s customers passes out, only to wake up to her fiancé dead in her home and no memory of what happened the night before.

But one thing she DOES remember is drinking a cup of Charlie's tea.

Charlie knows it wasn’t the tea, but everyone else is suddenly blaming her, so she has no choice but to get to the bottom of this mysterious death.

Meet Charlie. Better known as “Aunt Charlie” from the award-winning Secrets of Redemption series. She's back, making teas and solving cases in this funny, twisty, cozy mystery series set in the 1990s in Redemption, Wisconsin.

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Star Tangled Murder by Nancy J. Cohen | Blog Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

 

Star Tangled Murder (Bad Hair Day Mysteries) by Nancy J Cohen

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Star Tangled Murder (Bad Hair Day Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
18th in Series
Setting - Florida
Orange Grove Press (March 14, 2023)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 284 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1952886252
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1952886256
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BQS68WS7

 

Hairstylist Marla Vail and her husband get tangled up in murder when their Fourth of July visit to a living history village ends with a bang — and a body.

Salon owner Marla Vail and her detective husband Dalton are having a blast visiting a Florida living history village over Fourth of July weekend. But when a Seminole battle reenactment turns up a real dead body, it sets off fireworks among the villagers. One of the cast members has gone off script to murder the town marshal with a tomahawk in his head. 

As Dalton gets involved in the investigation, Marla determines to help him solve the case. Her flare for uncovering secrets reveals that everyone in the village is a suspect. Instead of celebrating the holiday with red, white, and barbecues, she discovers secrets, lies, and false avenues. Did the marshal’s murder have anything to do with a lost Confederate payroll, or did his plans to renovate the park light a fuse that he couldn’t snuff out? 

In a place where history comes alive, the dead bodies are piling up. Marla would rather be chilling and grilling, but somebody’s mind is on killing. If she’s not careful, her sleuthing might blow up in her face like a faulty firecracker and she'll become the next victim. 

Recipes Included!

 

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Charred by G. P. Gottlieb | Blog Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

 

Charred: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery by G.P. Gottlieb

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Charred: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting - Chicago, Illinois
DX Varos Publishing (February 21, 2023)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1955065675
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1955065672
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BLMFHSQX
Print length ‏ : ‎ 254 pages

Alene Baron is dealing with frustrated employees, closed schools, and a homeless man who harasses customers outside the door of her café. Then, two dead bodies turn up in the burned remains of buildings owned by the husband of Alene’s best friend and pastry chef, Ruthie. Both bodies are wearing jackets that once belonged to Ruthie and crumbled in the pockets are the café’s distinctive wrappers. At the same time, Alene's uncle, a convicted felon, has resurfaced after disappearing for 22 years. It's all too much for the owner of the Whipped and Sipped Café.

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