Cozy Week at An Indie Adventure!

L.A. Sartor the owner of the blog An Indie Adventure has set up a whole week at her blog with 6 mystery authors blogging about aspects that make a mystery a cozy. Readers and writers are going to want to check this out! 

Lois Winston the author of the Anastasia Pollock Crafting Mysteries is on Monday April 3rd.

http://anindieadventure.blogspot.com/2017/04/cozy-mystery-week-lois-winston-on-can.html

“So when I began writing mysteries, I knew I wanted to write humorous amateur sleuth mysteries, not police procedurals, thrillers about terrorists who want to blow up cities, or dark, gritty serial killer fare.”

 

Marilyn Leach the author of the Berdie Elliott Mystery series is up on Tuesday April 4th

http://anindieadventure.blogspot.com/2017/04/cozy-mystery-week-with-marilyn-leach-on.html

“The term red herring, as we know it, means to set a false trail, disguise the scent of the real antagonist…”

 

I'm up on Wednesday April 5th talking about locations for cozy mysteries and my Shandra Higheagle Mystery series.

http://anindieadventure.blogspot.com/2017/03/cozy-mystery-week-paty-jager-on.html

“Most cozy mystery books and series are set in a small town or village where if the amateur sleuth doesn’t know someone, they do know someone who knows that person.”

 

Nancy Haddock author of the Silver Six Mystery series will be up on Thursday April 6th

http://anindieadventure.blogspot.com/2017/03/cozy-mystery-week-nancy-haddock-on-cozy.html

“Did you know that crafts and foods figure largely in a majority of cozies?”

 

Kathleen Kaska author of the Sydney Lockhart Mystery series will define a cozy book on Friday April 7th

http://anindieadventure.blogspot.com/2017/04/cozy-mystery-week-kathleen-kaska-on.html

 “I define a “cozy” as a mystery that makes me feel good…”

Cynthia Hickey author of the Shady Acres Mystery series will be the last post on Saturday April 8th

http://anindieadventure.blogspot.com/2017/04/cozy-mystery-week-cynthia-hickey-on.html

“What is more fun than trying to figure out a clever crime along with a beloved character?”

Cover revive, Finishing up a series, #FREE audio book

The last two months have been chaotic to say the least! I've been gone or on the road for most of January and February. I'm trying to get out my Shandra Higheagle series in audio, The Halsey Brother Series had covers revived, and I'm trying to write the last book of the Letters of Fate series.


I'm excited that you can now purchase Double Duplicity the first book of the Shandra Higheagle mystery series in Audio.  Ann Thompson is the narrator. She has a been a dream to work for. Even if I have one little thing in a chapter that I want tweaked she is willing to do it. She is a Cincinnati radio news anchor. Here are the links where you can find Double Duplicity in audio and if you leave a comment I'll pick a winner on Sunday who will win a code to download the audio book for free! 

Book one of the Shandra Higheagle Native American Mystery Series
Dreams…Visions…Murder
On the eve of the biggest art event at Huckleberry Mountain Resort, potter Shandra Higheagle finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation. She’s ruled out as a suspect, but now it’s up to her to prove the friend she witnessed fleeing the scene was just as innocent. With help from her recently deceased Nez Perce grandmother, Shandra becomes more confused than ever but just as determined to discover the truth. While Shandra is hesitant to trust her dreams, Detective Ryan Greer believes in them and believes in her.
Can the pair uncover enough clues for Ryan to make an arrest before one of them becomes the next victim?

Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/Mysteries-Thrillers/Double-Duplicity-Audiobook/B01MZH4T06

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Double-Duplicity-Shandra-Higheagle-Mystery/dp/B01N3BA7K1

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/double-duplicity-a-shandra-higheagle-mystery-unabridged/id1203452394

I'm currently working on the next and last Letters of Fate book. The reason it is the last, comes from a survey I conducted with my western readers. They say they would rather have a series that is connected by the community or family than a premise. So, Henri, will be my last Letters of Fate book, and ironically, it  has been my toughest LOF book to date. I started with a real couple that I took their combustible love for one another and infused that in my characters. This was fine, but the book I started was too sweet for their love. Then I intentionally picked what I thought was an obscure mission in Idaho, only after a third of the way into the book, discovered a load of information about the mission and had to rewrite the firs third of the book. This put me behind. So please bear with me as I get this book finished. 

What is the new series going to be about? Ladies of the Silver Dollar Saloon. I am stoked to write this series. No, they aren't prostitutes though one or two who straggle into the saloon for employment may have that in their background. As it sounds the stories will be written about the men each girl finds, loves, and marries. So the community and secondary characters from the landlady at the boarding house, the gossipy bitties on the street, the store owner, dressmaker, and others will be the same in all the books. Many of the girls will be around in the book before they find their true love. Even the handsome man who owns the saloon will find his one true love. It should be fun and I hope you all will find it so. 

And in the last few months I've had the covers to the Halsey Brothers series revived. After making Marshal in Petticoats an audio book, it had to have a new cover to conform to the cover policies. That made it look different than the other four. Now those books are all updated to the new look.  

DON'T FORGET if you leave a comment you'll be in the running for a free download of the audio book, Double Duplicity!

Halloween Stories for your Reading Pleasure

Guardian of the Grimoire

Karen McCullough

Blurb: Librarian Jess O’Rourke already has her hands full with her father’s declining health and the under-staffed, under-funded library she runs. A new preacher in town waging war on her books is just an annoyance at first, but an attractive mysterious stranger warns her that there’s more behind the reverend’s campaign than she can guess. The new preacher is a human possessed by a demon and he’s searching for an old grimoire that’s part of an uncatalogued collection of books stored in the library’s basement.

Gabriel Sutton has been the guardian of the book for a long time, a very long time, he claims, since that has been his penance for crimes he committed as a soldier during the Civil War. He convinces Jess that she needs to find the grimoire and use it to return the demon to where he belongs.

Their time gets short when the reverend realizes she’s searching for the book and resorts to desperate measures to either retrieve or destroy it.

Buy Links:

Amazon/ Nook / Smashwords / Kobo / iTunes   

Unmasking (short story)

Karen McCullough

Note: the story is free at most ebook sellers except Amazon

Blurb: Trace Handley hates social events of any kind, but she has reluctantly agreed to go to a Halloween party to deliver an important message. Before she can accomplish the mission, though, she has to identify the intended recipient despite costumes, her own shyness, and the dubious assistance of the source of the instruction. The source is a ghost and he wants her to deliver his message to the man accused of his murder.

Buy Links:

Amazon / Nook / Smashwords / Kobo / iTunes

Spirit Shapes: A Tempe Crabtree Mystery
Marilyn Meredith

Ghost hunters stumble upon a murdered teen in a haunted house. Deputy Tempe Crabtree's investigation pulls her into a whirlwind of restless spirits, good and evil, intertwined with the past and the present, and demons and angels at war. 

Buy Link:
Amazon










Maggie Dove's Detective Agency
Susan Breen

After catching the killer who shook her small Hudson River town, former Sunday School teacher Maggie Dove stumbled onto an exciting new career and found a way to take her mind off her own tragic past. Now, despite her best efforts to promote the agency, Maggie can’t seem to land any new cases—until Racine Stern, one of the village’s wealthiest residents, offers her a thousand dollars to convince her “evil” sister, Domino, to stay out of town.

While Maggie’s business partner thinks she’s crazy for turning down a potential client, she doesn’t want her agency to get a reputation for accommodating bizarre requests. However, Maggie is soon caught up in the family drama anyway. Racine may fear for her life—and her inheritance—but it’s Domino who takes the fall when she plunges to her death from a tower at Stern Manor. Was it an accident or something more sinister? Maggie’s investigation will test her faith—and her ability to survive. 

Buy Link: Random House 

Catch a Clue- Find an Author

Every Monday catch a clue about a new to you mystery, thriller, or suspense book or author. 

Authors: In comments give readers a five sentence passage from one of your books. 

Include:
Title
Author
genre (mystery, thriller, suspense)
buy link
Website or Amazon Author page link. 

Go here for easy to follow instruction on how to hyper link your the buy link and your website or Author Page.  https://exquisitequills.blogspot.com/p/how-to-use-active-links-in-comments.html


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