Nailed by Avery Daniels | Blog Tour with Excerpt and Trailer

I'm excited to bring you the latest book in the Resort to Murder Mystery series. I just finished reading Nailed, and it's great! Click here for my Four-Kitty review.

I also recommend the first book in Avery Daniels' series, Iced. Click here for my Review, an Excerpt, and an Author Guest Post.

The Blurb

Julienne is snow bound in the middle of the Rocky Mountains with a killer striking at will.

Julienne LaMere gets to attend a Resort Management conference at a prestigious ski resort in the Colorado Mountains. What should be an enjoyable getaway attending workshops by day and shopping and enjoying the resort by night comes to a screeching halt when a loud-mouthed guest is murdered, plus the roads and town shut down for an epic blizzard.

In addition to attending the conference, dodging a smitten teen boy, and seeking clues among the gossiping — and increasingly tense — guests, her best friend’s heart has warmed to an unlikely man and may get broken. As if her mind isn’t already fully occupied, Julienne and her new boyfriend Mason are skiing down troubled slopes in their relationship. Will Julienne put the scant clues together and unveil the culprit before a murderer gets away?

Nailed by Avery Daniels
Series: A Resort to Murder Mystery, #2

Genre: Cozy Mystery 

Publication Date: March 1st 2018
Publisher: Blazing Sword Publishing, Ltd
Paperback: 284 pages
ISBN-10: 099903183X
ISBN-13: 978-0999031834
e-Book File Size: 774 KB
ASIN: B07B52WDH6
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The Excerpt

A Peach of a Pair by Kim Boykin | Blog Tour with Excerpt and Review

 The Blurb

Palmetto Moon inspired the Huffington Post to rave, "It is always nice to discover a new talented author and Kim Boykin is quite a find." Now, she delivers a novel of a woman picking up the pieces of her life with the help of two spirited, elderly sisters in South Carolina.


April, 1953. Nettie Gilbert has cherished her time studying to be a music teacher at Columbia College in South Carolina, but as graduation approaches, she can’t wait to return to her family and her childhood sweetheart, Brooks, in Alabama. But just days before her senior recital, she gets a letter from her mama telling her that Brooks is getting married . . . to her own sister.

Devastated, Nettie drops out of school and takes a job as live-in help for two old-maid sisters, Emily and Lurleen Eldridge. Emily is fiercely protective of the ailing Lurleen, but their sisterhood has weathered many storms. And as Nettie learns more about their lives on a trip to see a faith healer halfway across the country, she’ll discover that love and forgiveness will one day lead her home.

A Peach of a Pair by Kim Boykin 

Genre: Southern Women’s Fiction
Publisher: Penguin Random House / Berkley Books

Publication Date: August 4, 2015
Paperback: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 042528199X
ISBN-13: 978-0425281994

E-Book File Size: 784 KB

ASIN: B00OQS4DI2

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The Excerpt

Bigfoot Blues by Ricardo Sanchez | Blog Tour with Review and Excerpt

Author Ricardo Sanchez is back, with another Elvis Sightings Mystery!

 The Blurb

She eloped with Bigfoot. Or maybe Bigfoot kidnapped her. Either way, I've been hired to uncover the truth behind Cindy Funk's disappearance. Me? I'm Floyd, and I'm a PI living my life as Elvis would have wanted. Not just in sequined jumpsuits. With character.

Cindy's trail leads me to River City, Oregon — aka the Mythical Creature Capital of the World — where I catch Case #2. This one from an eccentric billionaire who's lost a priceless piece of "art." Enter one dead body and I end up deputized to solve Case #3, tracking down a man-eating mountain lion. Or maybe it's a chupacabra. Or just an ordinary murderer. Hard to say.

I've handled my fair share of crazy, but River City's secrets have me spooked. With an influx of tourists arriving for the town's annual Elvis tribute contest — what are the chances? — I've got to save the girl, solve the rich guy's problem and leash that chupacabra before a second body is discovered. It might just be mine.

Read more about Floyd's adventures in Elvis Sightings, available now!

Bigfoot Blues by Ricardo Sanchez

Series: An Elvis Sightings Mystery, #2

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Carina Press

Publication Date: May 4, 2015

E-Book File Size: 756 KB

ASIN: B00T3FEQE4

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The Excerpt

A Twist of Fortune by Mike Martin | Book Excerpt Tour with Giveaway

The Blurb

A Twist of Fortune is the fourth book in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series and it continues the adventures of Sgt. Windflower as he tries to solve crime and experience the joy and the sadness of life in a small maritime community. Follow along as he feels the sometimes bitter taste of an east coast winter and the unique culinary delights of this part of the world. 

A Twist of Fortune by Mike Martin

Series: A Sgt Windflower Mystery, #4

Genre: Mystery, Crime Fiction
Publisher: Booklocker.com, Inc.

Publication Date: April 1, 2015

ASIN: B00W4CKGBA

eBook File Size: 447 KB

ISBN-10: 1634903803
ISBN-13: 978-1634903806

Paperback: 278 pages

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The Excerpt

Three Days to Forever by Lauren Carr | Blog Tour with Excerpt and Author Guest Post

The Blurb

In this latest Mac Faraday Mystery from best-selling mystery author Lauren Carr, readers will embark on a roller coaster adventure with old friends (including the Lovers in Crime team of Prosecutor Joshua Thornton and Homicide Detective Cameron Gates), but also meet new ones as Mac Faraday’s daughter Jessica Faraday and Joshua Thornton’s son Murphy Thornton join the team in the race to get the love birds to the altar!

With three days left to the year, Deep Creek Lake is hopping with holiday vacationers and wedding guests pouring into the Spencer Inn for Mac Faraday and Archie Monday’s huge wedding ceremony which is being touted as the social event of the year.

But droopy flowers and guests who failed to RSVP are the least of Mac’s and Archie’s problems when a professional hit squad hits Spencer Manor to send the groom, Joshua Thornton, Archie’s mother, and Gnarly running for their lives.

With time running out to the big day, Mac Faraday and Spencer’s small police force have to sort through the clues to figure out not only who has been targeted for assassination, but also who is determined to stop everything … FOREVER!

Three Days to Forever by Lauren Carr 

Series: Mac Faraday Mystery , #9

Genre: Mystery

Publisher: Acorn Book Services

Publication Date: January 19, 2015

Format: Paperback, Kindle

Paperback: 438 pages

ISBN-10: 0692353844
ISBN-13: 978-0692353844

E-Book File Size: 2674 KB

ASIN: B00R2803RI

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The Excerpt

Admit to Mayhem by DJ Adamson | Blog Tour with Excerpt and Author Interview

The Blurb

With a contrary attitude and an addiction for independence, Lillian Dove admits she has not been a success in life. In fact, she considers failing as one of her addictions. Yet, when she comes across a suspicious house fire with a history of arson and murder, she instinctively attempts to help someone trapped. Lillian becomes the only possible eyewitness to criminal arson, and her life begins to spiral out of control. 

Lillian Dove is an endearing “everywoman” struggling with life issues, emotional complexities and a habit of doing just the opposite of what she’s told to do. These qualities in a heroine give the reader an ability to vicariously struggle along with the protagonist in this intriguing Midwest Noir mystery.

Admit to Mayhem by DJ Adamson 

Series: Lillian Dove Mystery, #1

Genre: Noir Mystery / Amateur Sleuth

Publisher: Horatio Press

Publication Date: March 10, 2014

Format: Paperback, Kindle

Paperback: 286 pages

ISBN-10: 0990307808
ISBN-13: 978-0990307808

E-Book File Size: 403 KB

ASIN: B00N1L0RVC

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The Excerpt

Shadows in the Fog by Greg Messel | Blog Tour with Excerpt, Author Interview, and Giveaway

The Blurb

The story begins on a stormy morning in February of 1959. The front page of the morning paper is dominated by news of the plane crash which killed rock ’n roll stars Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Richie Valens. 

Private Eye Sam Slater is hired to perform what he thinks is a routine two-day job as a favor for a friend. However, it all goes terribly wrong when a young San Francisco policeman is gunned down while sitting in a parked car with Sam. 

The murder sets off a chain of events which will pull Sam and his wife and partner, Amelia, into a dangerous web of intrigue in the dark, shadowy alleys and back rooms of San Francisco’s Chinatown. 

In the winter of 1959, Amelia resigns as a TWA stewardess and is now Sam’s full time partner in the private eye business. 

Sam and Amelia inadvertently come in conflict with the San Francisco mob boss after helping a crusading newspaper reporter who is working to expose corruption in Chinatown. Now a mysterious dark car follows the Slaters every where they go. Sam and Amelia discover a hidden world of corrupt cops, gambling parlors, brothels and human trafficking exists right under their noses. 

At the same time, a rising California politician hires Sam and Amelia to find his daughter who disappeared without a trace three years earlier. The search is prompted by the sudden appearance of a letter from the woman, who was presumed dead. 

As Sam and Amelia pursue these cases, they discover that all the clues lead them back to Chinatown. The Slaters want to avoid taking on the San Francisco crime lords head-on. However, when Amelia is kidnapped in an alley during the Chinese New Year’s celebration, Sam plunges himself into danger desperately searching Chinatown to find her before it’s too late. 

The reader will be drawn into fast moving events which culminate in a harrowing conclusion as Sam Slater races against the clock on a foggy night in Chinatown.

Shadows In The Fog is the fifth book in the the award winning Sam Slater Mysteries Series but is a stand-alone thriller in the tradition of great whodunits.

Shadows in the Fog by Greg Messel 

Series: Sam Slater Mystery, #5

Genre: Mystery Thriller

Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing

Publication Date: October 14, 2014

Format: Paperback, Kindle

Paperback: 353 pages

ISBN-13: 978-0985485986

E-Book File Size: 6352 KB

ASIN: B00OJ69HKU

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The Excerpt

Broken Bonds by Karen Harper | Blog Tour with Excerpt, Author Interview, and Giveaway

The Blurb

Three very different sisters…
          Three desirable, dangerous men…
          Three endangered lives…
THE COLD CREEK TRILOGY is set in Appalachia in a small town where the enemy is us.

Haunted by the past…

Cold Creek is a place with a dark history, especially for the Lockwoods. Now adults, the three Lockwood sisters are still recovering from the events that led to the destruction of their family when they were children. Determined to move forward, Tess and Kate are making fresh starts, ready to put bad — even deadly — memories to rest and settle happily in the small but booming town. And they're hoping their older sister, Charlene, can do the same.

Char is back in town seeking comfort as she figures out her next move. A social worker used to difficult situations, she soon runs afoul of some locals who think she's sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. She's certain something sinister is being covered up, and when she witnesses Matt Rowan being run off the road, she knows she's right.

Working together, Matt and Char figure uncovering the truth will be dangerous, but living in Cold Creek won't be safe for any of them until its secrets are revealed. 

Title: Broken Bonds
Author: Karen Harper
Publisher: MIRA
Pages: 384
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Format: Hardback, Paperback, Kindle

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Other books in the trilogy include:

Shattered Secrets:

“Harper, a master of suspense, keeps readers guessing about crime and love until the very end.”  --Booklist, starred review on Fall from Pride.

ISBN-13: 9780778316473
Publisher: Harlequin
Imprint: MIRA
Publication date: 8/26/2014
Series: Cold Creek Series , #1
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 400

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Forbidden Ground:

“Masterfully drawing the reader in, Harper has delivered the best, once again.”  --Suspense Magazine on Upon a Winter’s Night.

ISBN-13: 9780778316701

Publisher: Harlequin

Imprint: MIRA

Publication date: 10/28/2014

Series: Cold Creek Series , #2

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Pages: 352

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The Excerpt

Fallen by Leslie Tentler | Blog Tour with Review and Excerpt

 The Blurb

“If it wasn’t an armed robbery, it was a hit. An execution.”

Amid a sultry Atlanta summer, someone is targeting police…

The investigation becomes personal for APD Detective Ryan Winter when a colleague and friend is shot dead, the second victim in just weeks. But even as he finds himself being drawn into the tense hunt for a serial cop killer, he is forced to re-examine his own shattering personal tragedy.

An ER physician at Atlanta’s busy Mercy Hospital, Dr. Lydia Costa is no stranger to suffering. Still, the recent police slayings reopen barely healed wounds — and bring her face-to-face with her ex-husband, Ryan Winter. 

As the body count rises and paranoia tightens its grip on the police force, Lydia and Ryan are pulled together by circumstances and fate… causing old passions to reignite despite their painful shared past. But as Ryan moves closer to discovering the killer’s identity, someone is watching, placing both him and Lydia in mortal danger.

Fallen by Leslie Tentler

Publisher: Left Field Press

Pages: 396

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Format: Paperback/Kindle

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The Excerpt

Pigeon River Blues by Wayne Zurl | Book Blast with Excerpt

 The Blurb

Winter in the Smokies can be a tranquil time of year — unless Sam Jenkins sticks his thumb into the sweet potato pie. 

The retired New York detective turned Tennessee police chief is minding his own business one quiet day in February when Mayor Ronnie Shields asks him to act as a bodyguard for a famous country and western star.

C.J. Profitt’s return to her hometown of Prospect receives lots of publicity . . . and threats from a rightwing group calling themselves The Coalition for American Family Values.

The beautiful, publicity seeking Ms. Proffit never fails to capitalize on her abrasive personality by flaunting her lifestyle — a way of living the Coalition hates.

Reluctantly, Jenkins accepts the assignment of keeping C.J. safe while she performs at a charity benefit. But Sam’s job becomes more difficult when the object of his protection refuses to cooperate. 

During this misadventure, Sam hires a down-on-his-luck ex-New York detective and finds himself thrown back in time, meeting old Army acquaintances who factor into how he foils a complicated plot of attempted murder, the destruction of a Dollywood music hall, and other general insurrection on the “peaceful side of the Smokies.”

Pigeon River Blues by Wayne Zurl
Series: A Sam Jenkins Mystery
 Genre: Mystery, Police Procedural

Format: eBook / Paperback / PDF
Publisher: Iconic Publishing

Publication Date: May 31, 2014

ASIN: B00M7HHIDG

eBook, Kindle, $2.99
eBook File Size: 1377 KB

ISBN-10: 1938844025
ISBN-13: 978-1938844027

Pages: 258

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The Excerpt

The Murders at Astaire Castle by Lauren Carr | Book Blitz with Excerpt and Giveaway

 The Blurb

Mac Faraday Meets the Wolf Man!

Never tell Mac Faraday not to do something. 

In The Murders at Astaire Castle, Spencer’s police chief, David O’Callaghan, learns this lesson the hard way when he orders Mac Faraday to stay away from the south end of Spencer’s mountaintop — even though he owns the property. It doesn’t take long for Mac to find out what lies on the other side of the stone wall and locked gate, on which hangs a sign warning visitors to Keep Out!

Topping the list of the ten most haunted places in America, Astaire Castle is associated with two suicides, three mysterious disappearances, and four murders since it was built almost a century ago — and Mac Faraday owns it! 

In spite of David’s warning, Mac can’t resist unlocking the gate to see the castle that supposedly hasn’t seen a living soul since his late mother had ordered it closed up after the double homicide and disappearance of Damian Wagner, a world-famous master of horror novels. 

“Halloween has always been a fun time,” best-selling author Lauren Carr explains in a note at the beginning of her fifth Mac Faraday mystery. “It’s the time to break out and be someone else. As a child, I would pretend to be one of the Bobbsey Twins searching for clues to lead me to a secret treasure. If I was lucky, it was made up of chocolate. As a teenager, I was Nancy Drew. Always, when October rolled around, I craved mysteries with something extra added — something beyond the normal — something supernatural. As an author, I couldn’t resist taking this one Mac Faraday Mystery on a scary Halloween adventure.” 

In this latest installment of Carr’s hit series, what starts out as a quick tour of a dusty old castle turns into another Mac Faraday adventure when Astaire Castle becomes the scene of even more murders. Mac is going to need to put all of his investigative talents to work to sort out this case that involves the strangest characters he has run into yet — including a wolf man. No, we’re not talking about Gnarly. 

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The Murders at Astaire Castle by Lauren Carr
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Genre: Mystery, Police Procedural

Publication Date: July 18, 2013

ASIN: B00E1IVPB0

eBook, Kindle, $0.99
eBook File Size: 7167 KB

ISBN-10: 0989180425
ISBN-13: 978-0-989180429

Trade Paperback, $12.99

Pages: 284

The Excerpt

The Baker’s Men by Donald Levin | Blog Tour Spotlight with Excerpt

 

 The Blurb

Easter, 2009. The nation is still reeling from the previous year’s financial crisis. Ferndale Police detective Martin Preuss is spending a quiet evening with his son when he’s called out to investigate a savage after-hours shooting at a bakery in his suburban Detroit community. Was it a random burglary gone bad? A cold-blooded execution linked to Detroit’s drug trade? Most frightening of all, is there a terrorist connection with the Iraqi War vets who work at the store?

Struggling with these questions, frustrated by the dizzying uncertainties of the case and hindered by the treachery of his own colleagues who scheme against him, Preuss is drawn into a whirlwind of greed, violence, and revenge that spans generations across metropolitan Detroit.

The Baker's Men by Donald Levin

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Genre: Mystery / Crime Fiction / Police Procedural

Publication Date: April 20, 2014

Pages: 338 

ISBN: 978-0615968568

Format: Paperback, eBook, PDF

The Excerpt

The Big Disrupter, by Paul Markun | Blog Tour, Guest Post, and Giveaway

 

 The Blurb

An anonymous donor creates a prize for One Billion Dollars to inspire social entrepreneurs to promote world change. Lionel Lane, an idealistic entrepreneur, partners with his brilliant ex-girlfriend Maxine Gold to turn around his struggling San Francisco-based company Double Vision Beverages to compete for the Big Disrupter Award. 

With the help of a venture capitalist and an eccentric financier, Double Vision expands into energy drinks using the pure water from the mountains of Telluride, Colorado. Talented 21-year-old extreme skier, Reddi Christiansen, becomes the face of their quest for the youth market.

One by one the leading competitors in the Big Disrupter fall victim to unexplained tragedies. The police are mystified. The prize for social good becomes a death trap, but too rich to resist. Desperate for protection, Lionel, Maxine and Reddi enlist a former Navy SEAL cyber guru. The faster they race towards the approaching award deadline, the more the escalating dangers threaten to spin them off a cliff.

The Big Disrupter by Paul Markun

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Genre: Thriller

Publication Date: June 13, 2014

Pages: 454

ISBN: 978-0-9914862-0-5

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