Devil's Chew Toy by Rob Osler | Blog Tour with Excerpt, Interview, and Guest Post

Devil's Chew Toy

By Rob Osler

On Tour August 22 - 26, 2022

The Blurb

Perfect for fans of Carl Hiaasen and Armistead Maupin, this debut LGBTQ+ cozy mystery (or Quozy Mystery, as coined by Rob himself) follows an unlucky in love-and-life gay relationship blogger who teams up with a take-charge lesbian and a feisty bull terrier to find a missing go-go boy and bring down an international crime ring.

 

Seattle teacher and part-time blogger Hayden McCall wakes sporting one hell of a shiner, with the police knocking at his door. It seems that his new crush, dancer Camilo Rodriguez, has gone missing and they suspect foul play. What happened the night before? And where is Camilo?

 

Determined to find answers, pint-sized, good-hearted Hayden seeks out two of Camilo’s friends — Hollister and Burley — both lesbians and both fiercely devoted to their friend. From them, Hayden learns that Camilo is a “Dreamer” whose parents had been deported years earlier, and whose sister, Daniela, is presumed to have returned to Venezuela with them. Convinced that the cops won’t take a brown boy’s disappearance seriously, the girls join Hayden’s hunt for Camilo. 

 

The first clues turn up at Barkingham Palace, a pet store where Camilo had taken a part-time job. The store’s owner, Della Rupert, claims ignorance, but Hayden knows something is up. And then there’s Camilo’s ex-boyfriend, Ryan, who’s suddenly grown inexplicably wealthy. When Hayden and Hollister follow Ryan to a secure airport warehouse, they make a shocking connection between him and Della — and uncover the twisted scheme that’s made both of them rich.

 

The trail of clues leads them to the grounds of a magnificent estate on an island in Puget Sound, where they’ll finally learn the truth about Camilo’s disappearance — and the fate of his family.

Devil's Chew Toy by Rob Osler

Series: Hayden & Friends, #1

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Publication Date: February 8, 2022

Published by: Crooked Lane Books

Hardcover: 320 pages

ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-64385-943-9

ISBN (ebook): 978-1-64385-944-6

ASIN (Kindle): B094GP6P7M

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The Excerpt

The Friday Night Mystery Club by Joanna Campbell Slan | Blog Tour with Character Guest Post, Excerpt, and Giveaway

 

The Friday Night Mystery Club (Friday Night Mystery Club Series) by Joanna Campbell Slan

About The Friday Night Mystery Club

 

The Friday Night Mystery Club (Friday Night Mystery Club Series)

Cozy Mystery

1st in Series

Setting - Illinois

Spot On Publishing (September 18, 2021)

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 346 pages

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8469766247

Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09FFQ5YQB

Decatur, Illinois/1986 - A nasty divorce leaves Cragan Collins with a mountain of bills and her grandmother to support. She takes a job as an ad salesperson for The Gazette. The market is tough, but Cragan finds a mentor in business reporter, Robert Smithson. One icy January day, Robert is found dead in a city park. His murder is dismissed as gay-on-gay crime. Cragan asks The Friday Night Mystery Club to find justice for Robert. Will Cragan's quest for the truth land her on the obituary page?

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Five Belles Too Many by Debra H Goldstein | Blog Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

 

Five Belles Too Many (A Sarah Blair Mystery) by Debra H. Goldstein

About Five Belles Too Many

Five Belles Too Many (A Sarah Blair Mystery)
Cozy Mystery

5th in the Series

Setting - Alabama

Kensington Cozies (June 28, 2022)

Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1496732235

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1496732231

Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09HRCV4TN

 

When Sarah Blair’s mother participates in a reality show competition for brides in Wheaton, Alabama, things get a little too real as a murderer crashes the wedding party . . . 

Sometimes Sarah’s mother, Maybelle, can be higher maintenance than her Siamese cat RahRah. Maybelle and her friend, Mr. George Rogers, have been chosen to be one of five couples competing for a small-town “perfect” wedding and dream honeymoon on a Southern Belles reality show — and guess who has to be chaperone. Even more vexing, the producers have decided to put up the crew and participants at the restaurant / bed and breakfast owned by Sarah’s nemesis Jane Clark. 

But when someone turns up dead with Jane kneeling by the body with blood on her hands, she goes from being Sarah’s chief rival to the police’s chief suspect. Neither Sarah nor her twin, Chef Emily Johnson, can stand Jane — still, they don’t think she’s a murderer. The producers vow the show must go on, but to protect their mother and the other contestants, Sarah vows to find the true killer before someone else gets eliminated . . .

Includes quick and easy recipes!

 

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Stitch, Bake, Die! by Lois Winston | Blog Tour with Excerpt, Character Guest Post, and Giveaway

Stitch, Bake, Die! (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery)
by Lois Winston

About Stitch, Bake, Die!

Stitch, Bake, Die! (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

10th in Series

Setting: New Jersey

Independently Published (October 4, 2021)

Print Length: 218 pages

Digital ASIN: B09D5VZFRX

 

With massive debt, a communist mother-in-law, a Shakespeare-quoting parrot, and a photojournalist boyfriend who may or may not be a spy, crafts editor Anastasia Pollack already juggles too much in her life. So she’s not thrilled when her magazine volunteers her to present workshops and judge a needlework contest at the inaugural conference of the NJ chapter of the Stitch and Bake Society, a national organization of retired professional women. At least her best friend and cooking editor Cloris McWerther has also been roped into similar duties for the culinary side of the 3-day event taking place on the grounds of the exclusive Beckwith Chateau Country Club.

 

Marlene Beckwith, wife of the multi-millionaire pharmaceutical magnate and country club owner, is both the chapter president and conference chairperson. The only thing greater than her ego is her sense of entitlement. She hates to lose at anything and fully expects to win both the needlework and baking competitions.

 

When Anastasia and Cloris arrive at the conference, they discover cash bribes in their registration packets. The Society members, few of whom are fans of Marlene, stick up for the accused and instead suggest that Marlene orchestrated the bribes to eliminate her stiffest competition.

 

The next morning when Marlene is found dead, Anastasia questions whether she really died peacefully in her sleep. After Marlene’s husband immediately has her cremated, Anastasia once again finds herself back in reluctant amateur sleuth mode.

 

With the help of Cloris, Marlene’s personal assistant Rhetta, and a laptop someone will stop at nothing to find, Anastasia soon unravels evidence of insurance scams, medical fraud, an opioid ring, long-buried family secrets, and too many possible suspects. And that’s before she not only stumbles over the body of yet another member of the Stitch and Bake Society but also finds Rhetta unconscious. 

Can Anastasia piece together the various clues before she becomes the killer’s next target?

Crafting tips included.

 

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Whole Latte Murder by Lena Gregory | Blog Tour with Character Guest Post and Giveaway

 Whole Latte Murder (All-Day Breakfast Cafe Mystery) by Lena Gregory

About Whole Latte Murder

 

Whole Latte Murder (All-Day Breakfast Cafe Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

5th in Series

Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation Lyrical Press (April 27, 2021)

Paperback: 206 pages

ISBN-10: 1516110498

ISBN-13: 978-1516110490

Digital ASIN: B08F2X8NGW

 

Ex-New Yorker and local diner owner Gia Morelli is still getting used to the sweltering Florida sun. But this summer she’ll have to deal with a more dangerous kind of heat — when she’s hot on the trail of another murderer . . .

Summer in Boggy Creek has arrived, and Gia’s best friend, successful real estate agent Savannah, is getting hitched. Now she’s enlisted Gia’s sleuthing talents in a desperate search for the perfect wedding dress. But when Savannah mysteriously vanishes after showing a mansion to a bigwig client, Gia investigates the house Savannah was trying to sell. 

The first clue she finds is Savannah’s car in the driveway. Inside the house, they stumble on Savannah’s potential buyer — dead. Someone had apparently closed the deal — with a two by four full of nails to the client’s head. Soon afterward, a woman’s body is fished from the lake near the same house. The townsfolk are now sweating bullets over the murders, and the heat comes down on poor Gia to find her missing friend, and track down the killer . . .

  

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A Deadly Edition by Victoria Gilbert | Blog Tour with Excerpt, Guest Post, and Giveaway

 

A Deadly Edition: A Blue Ridge Library Mystery by Victoria Gilbert

About A Deadly Edition

 

A Deadly Edition: A Blue Ridge Library Mystery

Cozy Mystery

5th in Series

Publisher: Crooked Lane Books (December 8, 2020)

Hardcover: 368 pages

ISBN-13: 978-1643854762

Kindle ASIN: B085N3KN7L

 

'Til death do us part" could be closer than the bride realizes in Victoria Gilbert's tantalizing fifth Blue Ridge Library mystery."

The pursuit to acquire a rare illustrated book turns deadly, and on the eve of her upcoming wedding, library director Amy Webber is drawn into a web of treachery and betrayal that could derail her happy day -- and maybe just claim her life.

Planning a wedding can be murder -- sometimes literally. At a party celebrating their upcoming nuptials, Taylorsford, Virginia library director Amy Webber and her fiancé Richard Muir discover the body of art dealer Oscar Selvaggio -- a bitter rival of their host, Kurt Kendrick.

Both had been in a heated battle to purchase a rare illustrated volume created by William Morris's Kelmscott Press, so suspicion immediately falls upon Kurt. Amy knows that Kurt has a closet-full of skeletons from his past -- but she can't believe he's guilty of murder. 

Amidst an avalanche of wedding preparations, Amy begins an investigation with the help of her aunt Lydia Talbot and the new mayor of Taylorsford, Sunshine "Sunny" Fields. Much to Lydia's dismay, her boyfriend, art expert Hugh Chen, becomes convinced of Kurt's guilt and launches an investigation of his own. As the case hits painfully close to home, the stakes become impossibly high -- and the danger all too real.

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Cat Conundrum by Mollie Hunt | Blog Tour with Guest Post and Giveaway

Cat Conundrum (Crazy Cat Lady Cozy Mysteries) by Mollie Hunt

About Cat Conundrum

Cat Conundrum (Crazy Cat Lady Cozy Mysteries)

Cozy Mystery

7th in Series

Independently Published (October 29, 2020)

Number of Pages: 292

Digital ASIN: B08KSK1531

 

A locked room. A dead man. The cat is the only witness, and he isn’t talking. 

Locked-room murders are being committed in sleepy little Long Beach, Washington. As to the killer, Sheriff Matt Boulder has no idea who or why. 

The sheriff needs help. He calls his friend, animal cop Denny Paris, and gets a surprise bonus: Lynley Cannon, amateur sleuth. This isn’t how the sixty-something cat shelter volunteer envisioned her beach vacation, but when Denny asks her to join him in the search, how can she refuse?

While the officers investigate one line of inquiry, Lynley takes a different approach. Her only clues, a cat found at the murder scene and a rich man’s missing wife, lead her thread by thread to a scheme more insidious than fiction.

But who will she tell when she turns out to be the one in the locked room?

 

 

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