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.”

About the Character Interview

Chutes and Ladder by Marc Jedel | Blog Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

The Blurb

When a camping trip uncovers a murder, this amateur sleuth is stuck putting out the fire …

Marty Golden enjoys time with his nieces, but he wanted to spend the weekend with his new girlfriend — not chaperone a Girl Scout camping trip. Once he stumbles upon the corpse of a friend in the woods, the outdoors adventure becomes an open-air disaster. When the police label it an accidental death, the meticulous Marty vows to investigate the murder. After all, it’s poor manners to let your friend’s death go unsolved.

On the hunt for clues the cops ignored, Marty uncovers a disturbing connection to himself. And as he digs deeper, a misbehaving pup, a kooky cousin, and a maniacal ninja put his survival skills to the test.

Will Marty unravel the mystery before the killer, or his imagination, gets to him?

Chutes and Ladder is the side-splitting second novel in the Silicon Valley cozy mystery series. If you like quirky sleuths, wacky side characters, and laugh-out-loud moments, you’ll love this offbeat whodunit.

Buy Chutes and Ladder to decode a great mystery today!

Chutes and Ladder by Marc Jedel

Series: A Silicon Valley Mystery, #2

Genre: Cozy Mystery
Publication Date: March 8, 2019
Publisher: BGM Press
Paperback: 213 pages

ISBN-10: 1732716412
ISBN-13: 978-1732716414

Digital
ASIN: B07NFDYZX8

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The Guest Post

NC-17 by Larissa Reinhart | Blog Tour with Review and Giveaway

The Blurb

A missing YouTube star. A bank heist gone wrong. A mysterious health retreat for celebrities. Too many ex-fiancés. A growing body count. Oh… and possibly Bigfoot. Just another week in the life of Maizie Albright, Star Detective.

#StillDetectiveing  As an ex-star of a hit teen detective show, Maizie Albright gets the youth demographic. Or so she thought. Now that she’s adulting, today’s kids make Maizie feel out of date. At least the youth she meets while doing community service at Black Pine’s exclusive healing resort, the Wellspring Center. When these teens aren’t vlogging their attempts to track down Bigfoot, they’re trying to prove the Center is up to no good. Starting with the disappearance and possible murder of their not-as-young commander. A murder the police find as likely as Bigfoot.

Maizie has her own suspicions about the new celebrity retreat. Particularly when she learns her ex-fiancé has been hired to run the Center. Kind of an issue when she thought Oliver was in prison. Kind of an issue when Nash, the man of her dreams, is out of commission.

Wait, not man of her dreams.
Boss of her fantasies. Professionally speaking, of course.

While Maizie’s helping adolescent YouTubers detect a disappearance, she’s wrangling her mother’s wedding, assuaging an overzealous probation officer, and struggling to keep Nash Security Solutions solvent. Conspiracy theories collide with real-life catastrophes beginning with murder and possibly ending with Maizie’s life.

NC-17, A Maizie Albright Laugh-Out-Loud Romantic Comedy Mystery 
By Larissa Reinhart

Series: Maizie Albright Star Detective #3

Genre: Cozy Mystery, Women's Detective Fiction

Publication Date: December 4, 2018

Publisher: Past Perfect Press

Paperback: 370 pages
ISBN13: 978-1732351660
Digital
ASIN: B07HFVV7V7

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The Review

Uncle and Ants by Marc Jedel | Blog Tour with Review, Guest Post and Giveaway

The Blurb

Mysterious attacks. Mischievous nieces. Can a clueless uncle catch a tech-savvy killer … and be home before bedtime?

When a freak accident hospitalizes Marty Golden’s sister and condemns him to babysitter duty, he thinks it’s just another case of hardwired bad luck in Silicon Valley. Until a suspicious murder suggests the mishap was no mere coincidence. Something must be done.

Too bad this quirky, fashion-backward uncle isn’t exactly hero material.

Convinced his sister is in mortal danger, this amateur sleuth follows clues to an oddball array of suspects. Armed with nothing but an eye for detail and powers of self-delusion, Marty tangles with gangsters, a cantankerous school secretary, and a perplexing woman he can’t help but fall for. Glitches in his investigation seem like a piece of cake compared to dinner-prep and bedtime stories with his two precocious, preteen nieces.

Can Marty catch the culprit, save his sister, and get his life back in order before he gets unplugged?

Uncle and Ants is the first novel in a refreshingly modern mystery series set in Silicon Valley. If you like clever humor, sassy side characters, and average Joes facing extraordinary circumstances, then you’ll love this twisty mystery.

Buy Uncle and Ants to login to a fresh, funny mystery today!

Uncle and Ants by Marc Jedel

Series: A Silicon Valley Mystery, #1

Genre: Cozy Mystery
Publication Date: October 11, 2018
Publisher: BGM Press
Paperback: 287 pages

ISBN-10: 1732716404
ISBN-13: 978-1732716407

Digital
ASIN: B07H68L6XR

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The Review

Back Stabbers by Julie Mulhern | Blog Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

The Blurb

All Ellison Russell wanted was an update on her stock portfolio. Instead, she found her broker dead.

With an unexpected out-of-town guest at her house, Ellison is too busy for a murder investigation. Only this time, Detective Anarchy Jones wants her help, and she can’t deny the handsome detective. Can Mr. Coffee supply her with enough caffeine to keep her brain sharp and everyone else happy?

Juggling bodies (one, two, three, four), two-faced friends, her social calendar, and a cat (yes, a cat) is taxing but Mother might be the biggest challenge of all.

With a killer drawing closer, can Ellison put together the pieces or will she be the one getting stabbed in the back?

Books in the Country Club Murders Humorous Mystery Series:

THE DEEP END (#1), Five-Kitty Review here

GUARANTEED TO BLEED (#2), Five-Kitty Review here

CLOUDS IN MY COFFEE (#3)

SEND IN THE CLOWNS (#4)

WATCHING THE DETECTIVES (#5)

COLD AS ICE (#6), Five-Kitty Review here and here

SHADOW DANCING (#7)
BACK STABBERS (#8)

Back Stabbers by Julie Mulhern
Series: The Country Club Murders, #8
Genre: Cozy Mystery 
Publication Date: October 23, 2018
Publisher: Henery Press
Paperback: 262 pages
ISBN-10: 1635114551
ISBN-13: 978-1635114553
Hardcover: 262 pages
ISBN-10: 1635114586
ISBN-13: 978-1635114584
e-Book File Size: 2592 KB
ASIN: B07G5KX6Y4
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The Character Guest Post

by Julie Mulhern

Shadow Dancing by Julie Mulhern | Blog Tour with Excerpt, Guest Post, and Giveaway

Julie Mulhern is back, with another fabulous Country Club Murder Mystery.

You'll love Shadow Dancing! It's a great read — Five Kitties!

Shadow Dancing by Julie Mulhern

Series: A Country Club Murder Mystery, #7

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Henery Press

Publication Date: June 19, 2018

Hardcover: 266 pages

ISBN-10: 1635113539
ISBN-13: 978-1635113532

Paperback: 266 pages

ISBN-10: 1635113504

ISBN-13: 978-1635113501

e-Book File Size: 512 KB

ASIN: B07BMJM89K

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The Blurb

Bones To Pick by Linda Lovely | Blog Tour with Excerpt, Review, and Giveaway

Bones To Pick

by Linda Lovely

on Tour October 16 - December 16, 2017

Synopsis:

Living on a farm with four hundred goats and a cantankerous carnivore isn’t among vegan chef Brie Hooker’s list of lifetime ambitions. But she can’t walk away from her Aunt Eva, who needs help operating her dairy.

Once she calls her aunt’s goat farm home, grisly discoveries offer ample inducements for Brie to employ her entire vocabulary of cheese-and-meat curses. The troubles begin when the farm’s pot-bellied pig unearths the skull of Eva’s husband, who disappeared years back. The sheriff, kin to the deceased, sets out to pin the murder on Eva. He doesn’t reckon on Brie’s resolve to prove her aunt’s innocence. Death threats, ruinous pedicures, psychic shenanigans, and biker bar fisticuffs won’t stop Brie from unmasking the killer, even when romantic befuddlement throws her a curve.

Bones To Pick by Linda Lovely

Genre: Humorous Cozy Mystery 

Series: Brie Hooker Mystery, #1

Published by: Henery Press

Publication Date: Oct. 24, 2017

Number of Pages: 266

ISBN: 9781635112597

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Bones To Pick by Linda Lovely | Blog Tour with Excerpt, Guest Post, and Giveaway

Bones To Pick

by Linda Lovely

on Tour October 16 - December 16, 2017

Synopsis:

Living on a farm with four hundred goats and a cantankerous carnivore isn’t among vegan chef Brie Hooker’s list of lifetime ambitions. But she can’t walk away from her Aunt Eva, who needs help operating her dairy.

Once she calls her aunt’s goat farm home, grisly discoveries offer ample inducements for Brie to employ her entire vocabulary of cheese-and-meat curses. The troubles begin when the farm’s pot-bellied pig unearths the skull of Eva’s husband, who disappeared years back. The sheriff, kin to the deceased, sets out to pin the murder on Eva. He doesn’t reckon on Brie’s resolve to prove her aunt’s innocence. Death threats, ruinous pedicures, psychic shenanigans, and biker bar fisticuffs won’t stop Brie from unmasking the killer, even when romantic befuddlement throws her a curve.

Bones To Pick by Linda Lovely

Genre: Humorous Cozy Mystery 

Series: Brie Hooker Mystery, #1

Published by: Henery Press

Publication Date: Oct. 24, 2017

Number of Pages: 266

ISBN: 9781635112597

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Cold As Ice by Julie Mulhern | Blog Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

The Blurb

Ellison Russell’s life resembles a rollercoaster ride. And rollercoasters make her ill. Her daughter Grace has a crush on a boy Ellison doesn’t trust and she’s taken to hosting wild parties when Ellison goes out for the evening. Worse, the bank which represents Grace’s inheritance from her father may be in trouble.

When a meeting with the chef at the country club leads to the discovery of a body, Ellison can’t afford cold feet. She must save the bank, find the killer, and convince Grace (and herself) that powerful women don’t need men to rescue them.

Books in the Country Club Murders Humorous Mystery Series:

THE DEEP END (#1), Five-Kitty Review here

GUARANTEED TO BLEED (#2), Five-Kitty Review here

CLOUDS IN MY COFFEE (#3)

SEND IN THE CLOWNS (#4)

WATCHING THE DETECTIVES (#5)

COLD AS ICE (#6), Five-Kitty Review here and here

Cold As Ice by Julie Mulhern
Series: The Country Club Murders, #6
Genre: Humorous Mystery 
Publication Date:October 17, 2017
Publisher: Henery Press
Paperback: 268 pages
ISBN-10: 1635112672
ISBN-13: 978-1635112672
Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1635112702
ISBN-13: 978-1635112702
e-Book File Size: 503 KB
ASIN: B07481MPV2
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The Guest Post

by Julie Mulhern

Poison and Prejudice by Chelsea Field | Review

Chelsea Field returns to Jane Reads with another Eat, Pray, Die Humorous Mystery!

The Blurb

Izzy and the gang are back in book four of this funny, romantic, mystery series. And the stakes have never been higher…

When Izzy agreed to become an undercover poison taster, she didn’t anticipate that it might involve driving around the streets of Los Angeles with a corpse in the trunk.

Because the police asked her to.

She also didn’t think finding a body together could be considered a bonding experience until she met Connor’s family.

But fate delights in marking its territory all over Izzy’s expectations. And this time she’ll be caught between the powers of Homeland Security, an evil human trafficking ring, and the Taste Society all working toward different ends…

Poison and Prejudice by Chelsea Field

Series: An Eat, Pray, Die Humorous Mystery, #4

Genre: Cozy Mystery  

Publication Date: June 13, 2017

Publisher: JFP Press

Paperback: 334 pages
ISBN-10: 0994575688
ISBN-13: 978-0994575685

e-Book File Size: 3174 KB

ASIN: B072BFNTFS

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Click here for an excerpt from Chapter One, on Author Chelsea Field's website.

The Review

15 Minutes by Larissa Reinhart | Blog Tour with Review, Guest Post, and Giveaway

The author of the Cherry Tucker Mysteries is back, with a new series!

The Blurb

#10Days #FindTheWoman #GetTheJob #DoNOTFallInLove

#WannaBeDetective

When ex-teen star Maizie Albright returns to her Southern hometown of Black Pine, Georgia, she hoped to rid herself of Hollywood tabloid and reality show hell for a new career as a private investigator. Instead, Hollyweird follows her home. Maizie’s costar crushing, but now for her gumshoe boss. Her stage-monster mother still demands screen time. Her latest rival wants her kicked off the set, preferably back to a California prison.

By entangling herself in a missing person's case, she must reprise her most famous role. The job will demand a performance of a lifetime. But this time, the stakes are real and may prove deadly.

15 Minutes by Larissa Reinhart

Series: A Maizie Albright Star Detective Mystery, #1

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Past Perfect Press

Publication Date: January 24, 2017
Paperback: 341 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0997885323
e-Book File Size: 1506 KB

ASIN: B01N77ZK94
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For a sneak peek of 15 Minutes, download a four chapter excerpt,
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The Review

Poison is the New Black by Chelsea Field | Review

Chelsea Field is back, with another Eat, Pray, Die Humorous Mystery!

The Blurb

When Mr. Black becomes the top suspect in a murder investigation, Isobel Avery is roped into helping Etta, her Glock, and her greyhound clear his name.

Except her boyfriend Connor is warning her to stay out of it, the new client she’s protecting from poison threats requires her full attention, and oh yeah, Izzy thinks Mr. Black might be guilty… He did once try to beat her to a pulp after all.

To make matters worse, Etta and Izzy aren’t the only ones digging in to this case, and the other parties are a whole lot more dangerous. And if Mr. Black didn’t do it, then the real killer is still out there and might not appreciate their interference.

As Izzy struggles to make sure the right bad guy goes to prison, find her footing in her new romantic relationship, and integrate herself into her client’s alien world of high-society ladies — the same world the victim is from — she’d better watch out for poisons, vengeance, and firebombs. 

Poison is the New Black by Chelsea Field

Series: An Eat, Pray, Die Humorous Mystery, #3

Genre: Cozy Mystery  

Publication Date: January 16, 2017

Publisher: JFP Press

Print Length: 215 pages

e-Book File Size: 2961 KB

ASIN: B01N34VHR9

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Click here for an excerpt from Chapter One, on Author Chelsea Field's website.

The Review

Taste of Christmas by Chelsea Field | Short Story | Review

I just read the best short story, y'all — Taste of Christmas, by Chelsea Field. Let me tell you a little about it.

Synopsis, from Goodreads:

Mistletoe seems a whole lot less romantic once you’ve been poisoned by it. Isobel Avery would know—it’s one of the perks of being an undercover poison taster for the rich and famous. Still, with the weather as cold as it gets in Los Angeles and a hot new date, Izzy has a few ideas on how to keep herself warm this Christmas. They just don’t start under mistletoe. 

However, before her cozy plans can come to fruition, she needs to survive meeting her date’s family over Christmas lunch. With a long, awkward road trip that has her wondering whether she’s fallen for the Grinch, a mysterious poisoner intent on killing the holiday spirit, and a Santa’s sackful of secrets she’s not allowed to spill, Izzy will need a Christmas miracle to avoid disaster. 

The real question is, will her evening be naughty… or not? 

Taste of Christmas by Chelsea Field

Series: An Eat, Pray, Die Humorous Mystery short story, #2.5

Genre: Cozy Mystery  

Publication Date: November 24, 2016

Publisher: JFP Trust

Print Length: 38 pages

e-Book File Size: 2481 KB

ASIN: B01N468RZO

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The Hunger Pains by Chelsea Field | Review

I just read an amazing book, y'all — The Hunger Pains, by Chelsea Field. Let me tell you a little about it.

Synopsis, from Goodreads:

Isobel Avery is on her second assignment as an undercover poison taster for Los Angeles's rich and famous. And she’s actually enjoying herself. Until her sweet, agoraphobic client mysteriously leaves the safety of his apartment and winds up dead. 

When crucial evidence goes missing, investigator Connor Stiles will need Izzy's inside knowledge to help track down the killer. But despite three months of absence to make Connor’s heart grow fonder, he doesn't seem pleased to be working with her again. The LAPD commander is even less pleased to have Izzy on the case since he considers her a suspect and, even worse, a mere civilian. To top it all off, her least favorite relative in the whole wide world drops by for an unexpected visit. 

Meanwhile, the killer is destroying anything that might link back to them. Including Izzy if she's not careful. 

In this fun-packed romantic sequel to Eat, Pray, Die, join Izzy as she learns where she stands with the enigmatic Connor and tries to put another bad guy behind bars.

The Hunger Pains by Chelsea Field
Series: An Eat, Pray, Die Humorous Mystery, #2

Genre: Cozy Mystery  

Publication Date: August 29, 2016
Publisher: JFP Press
Paperback: 298 pages
ISBN-10: 0994575637
ISBN-13: 978-0994575630
e-Book File Size: 1392 KB
ASIN: B01HVBXBJ2
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Eat, Pray, Die by Chelsea Field | Review

I just read an amazing book, y'all — Eat, Pray, Die, by Chelsea Field. Let me tell you a little about it.

Synopsis, from Goodreads:

Being an undercover poison taster for the rich and famous might sound glamorous, but for Isobel Avery it means stomaching bad clients and even worse coffee. 

The one side of the job that lives up to expectations is the money. Which is just as well for Izzy, since she needs an awful lot of it. Who knew when she made a lifelong commitment to a man that it would be one year living with him and the rest of her life paying for it?

But even her scoundrel ex-husband doesn’t look so bad compared to her new client. He’s competent, condescending, and annoyingly attractive, and Izzy doesn’t know whether to sleep with him or poison him herself. Throw in a loan-shark, a nosy neighbor, and a murder attempt, and Izzy will have her work cut out for her. 

Eat, Pray, Die by Chelsea Field
Series: An Eat, Pray, Die Humorous Mystery, #1

Genre: Cozy Mystery  

Publication Date: July 3, 2016
Publisher: JFP Press
Paperback: 300 pages
ISBN-10: 0994575602
ISBN-13: 978-0994575609
e-Book File Size: 1419 KB
ASIN: B01FXB7CTM
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Guaranteed to Bleed by Julie Mulhern | Blog Tour with Review, Guest Post, Giveaway

The author of The Deep End is back, with another Country Club Murders mystery!

The Blurb

With his dying breath, Bobby Lowell begs Ellison Russell, “Tell her I love her.”

Unable to refuse, Ellison struggles to find the girl the murdered boy loved. Too bad an epically bad blind date, a vindictive graffiti artist, and multiple trips to the emergency room keep getting in the way.

Worse, a killer has Ellison in his sights, her newly-rebellious daughter is missing, and there’s yet another body in her hostas. Mother won’t be pleased.

Now Ellison must track down not one but two runaway teenagers, keep her promise to Bobby and elude the killer — all before her next charity gala committee meeting.

Guaranteed to Bleed by Julie Mulhern

Series: The Country Club Murders, #2

Genre: Humorous Mystery

Publisher: Henery Press

Publication Date: October 13, 2015
Hardcover: 288 pages
ISBN-10: 1943390088
ISBN-13: 978-1943390083

Paperback: 268 pages
ISBN-10: 1943390053
ISBN-13: 978-1943390052

e-Book File Size: 790 KB

ASIN: B011PJCKPW

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Why wait? An excerpt is included in Author Julie Mulhern's Guest Post!

  

The Review