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Cozy Mystery Fall 2021 Bookshelf – Part 1
HBS Author's Spotlight Showcases Cozy Mystery Fall 2021 Bookshelf – Part 1
Project Dogway by Sparkle Abbey @sparkleabbey Two Bestselling Mystery Authors writing under the name Sparkle Abbey have written the bestselling Pampered Pet Mystery Series.
Davenport Designs by Lorraine Bartlett @LLBartlettbooks Lorraine is a NYTimes bestselling author. She writes Mystery & Thrillers.
Death on the Beach by Susan Boles @SusanBAuthor Susan is the award-winning author of the Lily Gayle Lambert Mystery Series
A Killer Christmas Wish by Lynn Cahoon @LynnCahoon Lynn is the author of the NYT and USA Today best-selling Tourist Trap cozy mystery series.
Death of a Suitor by Elizabeth Spann Craig @elizabethscraig Elizabeth is the bestselling Mystery & Thrillers author.
Dead Sprint by Caroline Fardig @carolinefardig Caroline writes Mystery, Romance and Chick Lit. She is the author of the Java Jive Mysteries and the Lizzie Hart Mysteries series.
Murder in a Scottish Garden by Traci Hall @Tracihallauthor Traci is a USA Today best-selling mystery and romance author.
The Trailer Park Princess is a Dazzling Dumpster Fire by Kim Hunt Harris @kimhuntharris Kim writes mysteries. She is the author of the Trailer Park Princess cozy mystery series.
Wouldn't It Be Deadly by D.E. Ireland @DEIrelandAuthor Author D.E. Ireland (Meg Mims and Sharon Pisacreta) are award-winning Historical Mystery authors.
A Death at Candlewick Castle by Emma Jameson @msemmajameson Emma is the NYT bestselling author of the Lord & Lady Hetheridge series and the Dr. Benjamin Bones Mysteries.
A Crone to Pick by Amanda M. Lee @yodaoneforme Amanda writes Mystery, Chick Lit, Paranormal, nad Young Adult novels.
Body Brace by Patricia McLinn @PatriciaMcLinn Patricia is an award-winning, best-selling author. She writes Romance, Women's Fiction,and Mystery novels.
18 1/2 Disguises by Larissa Reinhart @LarissaReinhart Larissa is a bestselling author who writes award-winning Mystery & Thrillers, Romance, and Humor.
The Friday Night Mystery Club by Joanna Campbell Slan @joannaslan Joanna is a National bestselling who writes Mystery, Romance, Historical Fiction novels.
Project Dogway
The Pampered Pets Series Short Read 1
Author: Sparkle Abbey
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Canines are on the “catwalk” at this Laguna Beach dog fashion show—a heartworm awareness fundraiser—where former Texas beauty queens and currently-not-speaking-to-each-other cousins, Caro and Mel, are in attendance. When award-winning show beagle, Shadow’s, owner drops dead from eating a deadly scallop ceviche, the cousins find themselves embroiled in much more than a fashion “faux paw.”
Former Texas beauty queen cousins, Caro Lamont and Melinda Langston are at it again – attempting to solve murders that is. This time they’re both in attendance at a Laguna Beach dog fashion show- a heartworm fundraiser when show beagle owner, Phil Tawney, drops dead and his dog, Shadow, goes missing.
Pet therapist, Caro, is on the lookout for the missing pup, and Bow Wow Boutique owner, Mel, is sniffing out the truth behind the rumored reality show, Behind the Curtain of Best in Show. While the cousins are doing their best to stay out of Detective Judd Malone’s investigation, it’s really no surprise they soon find themselves on the tail of the killer. Was it the fame-hungry soon-to-be ex-wife, the rabid Shadow fan, or the aspiring actor who served the deadly appetizer? Or did someone else have a hidden agenda?
Can Caro and Mel chase down the clues before someone gets away with murder?
Author Genre: Mystery, Crime, Humor And Comedy
Website: Sparkle Abbey - pampered pet mysteries
Author's Blog: Sparkle Abbey
Twitter: @sparkleabbey
E-Mail: SparkleAbbey@gmail.com
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Our author picture is a shot of us with the real Sparkle and the real Abbey. Don't you love the stare down? Our real names are Mary Lee Woods and Anita Carter. We write the Pampered Pets mystery series together. We're also friends and neighbors so you'll often find us writing at ML's dining room table or at our local Starbucks.
We chose to use Sparkle Abbey as our pen name on this series because we liked the idea of combining the names of our two rescue pets - Sparkle (ML's cat) and Abbey (Anita's dog).
We live in the Midwest, but if we could write anywhere, you would find us on the beach with our laptops and depending on the time of day either an iced tea or a margarita.
We have had so much fun writing this series and we hope you enjoy Caro and Mel's adventures!
Davenport Designs
Life On Victoria Square Book 10
Author: Lorraine Bartlett
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Former Sheriff's Office detective Ray Davenport now owns the Wood U gift shop on Victoria Square, but it’s his talented younger daughters who steal the show with their displays and packaging designs. The girls believe they can earn money by their window dressing skills for the other businesses on the Square, but the only merchant who hires them conspires to reap the rewards of their labor without paying a cent. Will they have to swallow their pride and ask Katie Bonner for help to get what’s owed them?
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers
Website: NYTimes bestselling author L.L. Bartlett
Author's Blog: Lorna Barrett writing as Lorranine Bartlett
Twitter: @LLBartlettbooks
E-Mail: llb@llbartlett.com
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The immensely popular Booktown Mystery series is what put L.L. Bartlett’s pen name Lorna Barrett on the New York Times Bestseller list, but it’s her talent — whether writing as Lorna, or L.L. Bartlett, or Lorraine Bartlett — that keeps her there. This multi-published, Agatha-nominated author pens the exciting Jeff Resnick Mysteries as well as the acclaimed Victoria Square Mystery series and has many short stories and novellas to her name(s).
L.L. Bartlett has done it all–from drilling holes for NASA, to typing scripts in Hollywood. She has also been a copy editor, an MSDS coordinator, a data-entry clerk, a secretary, a used-book seller, an antiques dealer, and an Administrative Assistant. In her writing life she has been a man, a woman, a scientist, an investigator, a cop, a bookseller, a jilted bride, a widower, a doctor, a nurse, a car, an extraterrestrial, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Death on the Beach
A Genetic Anomaly Mystery - Book 4
Author: Susan Boles
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Destin, daiquiris…and a dead body?A girl’s weekend at the beach should have been relaxing, but mysterious things begin happening almost immediately.Lily Gayle and Dixie are surprised to discover that the handsome stranger who helped them on the road is staying in the same condo building. Throw in the arrival of the stranger’s sister, an overheard conversation about gene sequencing, the arrival of a long lost college acquaintance of Lily Gayle’s and a retired couple trying to put the squeeze on Lily Gayle for hush money and you have a mix that’s just waiting to explode. When the handsome stranger is found dead on the beach – and Lily Gayle was the last person seen with him, the friends from Mercy find themselves in a race against the local police force for to prove her innocent.
Author Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Website: Susan Boles
Twitter: @SusanBAuthor
E-Mail: susan at susanbolesauthor.com
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Susan is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author of the Lily Gayle Lambert Mystery Series and a contributing author to the Brotherhood Protectors World.
A lifelong long love of all things mysterious led Susan to write cozy mysteries. Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden were the first to show her that girls can be crime solvers. Agatha Christie showed her that even small towns have big secrets. And Phryne Fisher showed her lady detectives can be outrageously individual. She lives in Mississippi with her rescue mini dachshund, Lucy, and her rescue cat of no particular breed, Zimba. She currently writes the Lily Gayle Lambert mystery series set in the fictional town of Mercy, Mississippi featuring a multi-generational cast of female sleuths and romantic suspense in the Brotherhood Protectors Kindle World.
A Killer Christmas Wish
A Cat Latimer Mystery
Author: Lynn Cahoon
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From NYT bestselling author, Lynn Cahoon, comes a new Cat Latimer mystery. Santa's on his way, but the house Cat shares with her best friend and a monthly writing retreat isn't even decorated yet.Christmas is coming early to Cat Latimer's Writers Retreat. Cat and the gang aren't feeling the Christmas spirit. First up on her to do list, the last retreat of the year. A group of non-fiction authors dying to get into the Covington library. When one writer is found dead before the first retreat session, Cat must find the killer before he puts her on his naughty list.
Author Genre: Romance, Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Website: Lynn Cahoon
Author's Blog: Lynn Cahoon
Twitter: @LynnCahoon
E-Mail: lynn@lynncahoon.com
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Lynn Cahoon is the author of the NYT and USA Today best-selling Tourist Trap cozy mystery series. She also pens the Cat Latimer series, the Farm to Fork series, and the Kitchen Witch series. Small town setting, big time fun with a bit of murder to keep it interesting. Romance novels are published under the pen name, Lynn Collins. She lives in a small river town like Mark Twain with her husband and three fur kids.
Death of a Suitor
A Myrtle Clover Cozy Mystery Book 18
Author: Elizabeth S. Craig
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The course of true love never did run smooth. According to Myrtle, Eloise Crane set her cap for Miles long ago. Although Miles is now dating Eloise, he doesn’t seem overly enthusiastic about it. Myrtle figures he’s simply given in after running out of plausible excuses. Eloise drives Myrtle batty, so she’s intent on avoiding her as much as possible. This isn’t easy since Eloise is determined to join in whenever Miles and Myrtle are together. When Myrtle spots Eloise at a restaurant canoodling with a different gentleman, she likes Eloise even less. And she decides that Eloise has caused no end of problems when her other suitor is found dead. With Miles a suspect, Myrtle must jump into gear to clear his name and find the killer before he strikes again.
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers
Website: Elizabeth Spann Craig
Author's Blog: Elizabeth Spann Craig
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Twitter: @elizabethscraig
E-Mail: elizabethspanncraig (at) gmail (dot) com
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Elizabeth is the bestselling cozy mystery author of the Southern Quilting mysteries, the Myrtle Clover Cozy Mysteries, the Village Library Mysteries, and Memphis Barbeque mysteries for Penguin Random House, Midnight Ink, and independently. She is a library-loving, avid mystery reader. A pet-owning Southerner, her four series are full of cats, corgis, and cheese grits. The mother of two, she lives with her husband, a fun-loving corgi, and a shy fluffball of a cat.
Dead Sprint
Ellie Matthews Novels Book 3
Author: Caroline Fardig
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Criminalist Ellie Matthews has turned over a new leaf. For the first time in her life, she’s working on herself and putting the past behind her with the encouragement of the new man she’s seeing, FBI Agent Vic Manetti. Her first attempt at competitive running is cut short when a woman is found dead along the trail. At first, the case seems to be open and shut. But when a gruesome photo of the victim goes viral, tagged with a chilling caption threatening more violence, Ellie must delve into the mind of a deranged killer to get to the truth. Though Ellie’s relationship with Detective Nick Baxter has been strained to its breaking point, the two find themselves teaming up once again in a race to bring down the killer before he takes another life.
Author Genre: Mystery, Romance, Chick Lit
Website: Caroline Fardig
Author's Blog: Caroline Fardig
Twitter: @carolinefardig
E-Mail: caroline@carolinefardig.com
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CAROLINE FARDIG is the USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR of over a dozen mystery novels. Fardig’s BAD MEDICINE was named one of the "Best Books of 2015" by Suspense Magazine. She worked as a schoolteacher, church organist, insurance agent, funeral parlor associate, and stay-at-home mom before she realized that she wanted to be a writer when she grew up. Born and raised in a small town in Indiana, Fardig still lives in that same town with an understanding husband, two sweet kids, two energetic dogs, and one malevolent cat.
Murder in a Scottish Garden
A Scottish Shire Mystery Book 2
Author: Traci Hall
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In the charming Scottish shire of Nairn,sweater shop owner Paislee Shaw must root out a garden variety killer. . . Paislee’s custom sweater and yarn business, Cashmere Crush, is the sole support for not only the single mum and her ten-year-old son Brody, but also her eccentric Gramps and Wallace, their black Scottish terrier.So when her landlord, Shawn Marcus, serves her an eviction notice and then pulls a disappearing act, she’ll go to any lengths to find the man and reason with him. Shawn is heir to the Leery Estate, which Brody’s class will be visiting on a field trip. So Paislee volunteers to chaperone in the hopes of tracking down Shawn and killing two birds with one stone. Unfortunately, the only one killed is a man Paislee sees falling out of the hedges after being shot. It’s not her missing landlord, but Lady Leery’s nephew, Charles Thomson. Gruff DI Mack Zeffer is on the case, but Paislee also has a stake in flushing out the shooter. With suspects sprouting up like weeds, Paislee may need to hedge her bets until she can determine who is trying to lead her down the garden path . . .
Author Genre: Mystery, Romance, Paranormal, Young Adult
Website: Traci Hall
Twitter: @Tracihallauthor
E-Mail: Traci@TraciHall.com
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From contemporary seaside romances to cozy mysteries, USA Today bestselling author Traci Hall writes stories that captivate her readers. As a hybrid author with over fifty published works, Ms. Hall has a favorite story for everyone.
Mystery lovers, be on the lookout for her Salem B&B Mystery series, co-written as Traci Wilton, and her Scottish Shire series, which takes place in the seaside town of Nairn, as Traci Hall. Whether it's her ever popular By the Sea series or a fun who-done-it, Traci finds her inspiration in sunny South Florida, by living right near the ocean.
The Trailer Park Princess is a Dazzling Dumpster Fire
Author: Kim Hunt Harris
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After nearly two years of hard-fought sobriety, Salem Grimes thinks she's on the right track to reclaim a ‘normal’ life, with her husband, Tony, by her side. She is ready to take a break from her amateur sleuth adventures with her octogenarian partner-in-crime-solving friend, Viv, and work on building a family of her own. Until ghosts from her past reappear. A teenage girl has run away and no one has a clue where she could be. But Salem fears she knows what the girl ran from. They share a mutual acquaintance who left deep scars on Salem's heart. Embarking on a road trip to search for the missing girl, Salem faces down a gang of bullying raccoons and her own flaring addictions on her mission to right the wrongs that weigh on her. Will finding the runaway girl allow Salem to heal from the old wounds she carries with her? Or send her spiraling back into self-destructive habits?
Author Genre: Mystery
Website: The Trailer Park Princess
Twitter: @kimhuntharris
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Kim Hunt Harris is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Trailer Park Princess Christian cozy mystery series.
Kim knew she wanted to be a writer before she even knew how to write. When her parents read bedtime stories to her, she knew she wanted to be a part of the story world. She started out writing children's stories, and her stories grew as she did. She discovered a gift for humor and a love for making people laugh with her tales, and the Trailer Park Princess series was born.
Kim loves to not only make her readers laugh and entertain them with a good mystery, but also to examine the issues the everyday people face...well, every day. Issues like faith and forgiveness, perseverance and tolerance. Set in Lubbock, Texas, the fun books feature a cast of quirky characters, outrageous situations, a drama queen of a dog, and from time to time, a tear or two.
Kim lives with her husband of more than thirty years and two teenage kids in Texas.
Wouldn't It Be Deadly
Author: D.E. Ireland
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After Eliza Doolittle won Professor Henry Higgins' bet of passing a Cockney flower seller her off as a duchess, she becomes an assistant to his chief rival phonetics instructor. After Higgins proves the man is a fraud, Emil Nepommuck is found with a dagger in his back - and Higgins is now Scotland Yard's prime suspect. Eliza and Higgins realize they must discover which of his rival's many blackmail targets could have been the real killer.
Author Genre: Historical Mysteries, Humor And Comedy, Mystery
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Twitter: @DEIrelandAuthor
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D.E. Ireland is the pseudonym of long time friends and award-winning authors, Meg Mims and Sharon Pisacreta. In 2013 they decided to collaborate on a unique series based on George Bernard Shaw’s wonderfully witty play Pygmalion, which inspired the classic musical My Fair Lady. At work on Book Four of their Agatha nominated series, they also pursue separate writing careers.
Currently both of them write cozy mysteries for Kensington under their respective new pen names: Sharon Farrow and Meg Macy. Sharon’s Berry Basket series debuted in October 2016, and Meg’s Shamelessly Adorable Teddy Bear series will be released in May 2017. The two Michigan authors have patient husbands, brilliant daughters, and share a love of tea, books, and history.
A Death at Candlewick Castle
A Jemima Jago Mystery Book 2
Author: Emma Jameson
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Librarian Jemima Jago is enjoying a peaceful summer in the Isles of Scilly – until a puzzling crime comes in with the tide… Between her work in Cornwall’s oldest library and catching up with old friends over tea and chocolate biscuits, Jemima Jago is spending the season the only way she knows how: sunbathing, swimming and sailing. But her postcard-perfect summer is turned upside down when the body of well-to-do businessman Hermie Castleberry is found on the sweeping white sands at the foot of Candlewick Castle. Jem doesn’t mean to get involved, but when her old flame Rhys Tremayne is arrested for murder, she springs into action to prove his innocence. With her gift for uncovering hard-to-find information, Jem discovers Hermie had been keeping secrets and ruffling a few feathers in the ordinarily tranquil islands. Did the quiet wife, the belittled business partner or the slimy salesman want Hermie out of the way? The discovery of a pair of silver gloves by little dog Buck could be just the clue Jem needs to crack the case. But can she catch the real culprit, and keep her heart in check, before the killer sends her down to Davy Jones’ locker too?
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers
Website: Emma Jameson
Twitter: @msemmajameson
E-Mail: emmajamesonbooks@gmail.com
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Emma Jameson is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Lord & Lady Hetheridge cozy mystery series. Book #1, ICE BLUE, Book #2, BLUE MURDER, Book #3, SOMETHING BLUE, Book #4, BLACK & BLUE, Book #5, BLUE BLOODED, and Book #6, BLUE CHRISTMAS are available now. She is currently at work on Book #7, UNTRUE BLUE.
Her new venture with digital publisher extraordinaire BOOKOUTURE is the Jem Jago cozy mystery series. Book 1, A DEATH AT SEASCAPE HOUSE, and Book 2, A DEATH AT CANDLEWICK CASTLE, are available now. Book #3, as yet untitled, is already on the horizon.
Ms. Jameson is also the creator of amateur sleuth Dr. Benjamin Bones. Set in Cornwall during the Second World War, book #1 is MARRIAGE CAN BE MURDER; book #2 is DIVORCE CAN BE DEADLY. Dr. Bones fans will also want to read the companion series, Magic of Cornwall. This includes DR. BONES AND THE CHRISTMAS WISH and DR. BONES AND THE LOST LOVE LETTER, two charming novellas set in untamed, romantic Cornwall.
Her newest book is DIVORCE CAN BE DEADLY, the second of her new series starring amateur sleuth Dr. Benjamin Bones. Set in Cornwall during the Second World War, the first book of that series is called MARRIAGE CAN BE MURDER. Dr. Bones fans will also want to read the companion series, Magic of Cornwall. This includes DR. BONES AND THE CHRISTMAS WISH and DR. BONES AND THE LOST LOVE LETTER, two charming novellas set in untamed, romantic Cornwall.
Ms. Jameson is currently at work on the fifth Lord & Lady Hetheridge mystery, BLUE BLOODED.
A Crone to Pick
A Spell's Angels Cozy Mystery Book 6
Author: Amanda M. Lee
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Scout Randall knows what she is, more than a witch, more powerful than she ever thought imaginable. She’s only hit the tip of the iceberg on what she can do. Now she has to grapple with another problem. When her former partner Evan was believed dead in a vampire attack, she blamed herself, mourned, and tried to move on. Now he’s back, and he’s more than anybody ever imagined, too. Unfortunately, nobody can find him. When news reaches Scout that there’s been a potential vampire attack in neighboring Hemlock Cove, she packs her bags and hits the parnormal tourist destination with her boyfriend Gunner as backup. She’s not prepared for what she finds, including a gaggle of witches who like to cause trouble wherever they go. Evan is there, lurking in the shadows and struggling with an identity he didn’t ask for, but death is stalking the town from multiple directions. Murder, mayhem, and monsters are afoot and Scout is determined to get to the bottom of it all … even if her life is in danger in the process. The baddest motorcycle gang in the Midwest is about to meet the Winchester witches. The world will never be the same.
Author Genre: Chick Lit, Paranormal, Young Adult
Twitter: @yodaoneforme
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When I was a kid, I was torn between whether or not I was going to grow up and be the Incredible Hulk or Wonder Woman. I flirted with being a Jedi Knight for awhile, but I wasn't up for the intense travel associated with the gig. In my teens, I settled on being a writer -- although I had no idea the effort that would entail.
Not only am I a writer now, but I'm a writer in several different mediums. I'm a longtime newspaper reporter, an avid reader and a voracious science fiction fanatic.
Body Brace
Caught Dead in Wyoming, Book 10
Author: Patricia McLinn
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Everything can change … except murder.In the television production world, a body brace is used to shift the weight of the camera to the operator's shoulder. This allows for smoother shots than might be obtainable by handheld operation. Braces also reduce stress on the arms, which reduces tiredness and muscle cramps during filming. And, at the small-town Wyoming TV station KWMT, cameras are older and bulkier than those used in network news-gathering. Almost as old as some of the equipment used in a historical re-creation that draws Elizabeth “E.M.” Danniher and friends into another investigation. When there’s rumbling underfoot, a body brace helps keep what’s important in focus.After some upheavals in Elizabeth’s professional and personal life in Wyoming, not to mention those of her closest friends, she has some recalculating to do. With her former KWMT colleague Mike now at a Chicago TV station and tech whiz Jennifer also in the city on a visit, Elizabeth’s investigation of a death discovered at the historical reenactment relies on a widening team of fellow sleuths. And rancher Tom Burrell and the usually forthcoming Mrs. Parens -- two of the town's most solid citizens -- are keeping their distance.
Author Genre: Romance, Women's Fiction,Mystery
Website: Patricia McLinn
Twitter: @PatriciaMcLinn
E-Mail: Patricia@PatriciaMcLinn.com
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Patricia McLinn's books have put her name on bestseller lists and her journalism career took her to the Washington Post for 20-mumble-mumble years. But it all started with secrets.
She learned to read at a tender age as a matter of self-preservation, because older siblings spelled words to keep secrets from her. Once Patricia discovered that the magic of written words allowed her to know people she hadn't met and experience places she hadn't visited, she was hooked.
She wanted to be a novelist from then on, though there was a detour. She received a BA in English Composition from Northwestern University. (Have you ever seen a job posting for an English Composition major? No. And you never will.) With her parents holding out for more practical pursuits, she added a masters in journalism from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism in her fourth year. (Two degrees for the price of one! It was the precursor of a career in coupon-clipping.)
Not willing to be too practical, she became a sportswriter at a time when women doing that was quite rare, starting at the Rockford (Ill.) Register-Star and becoming assistant sports editor at the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer before moving on to The Washington Post.
But the dream of writing fiction kept calling. And journalism proved an excellent training ground, with enduring lessons in clarity, dialogue, research, drama, deadlines, conflict. Plus, it provided lots of characters. Lots and lots of characters.
February I’m doing a special project with some writing buddies that’s still hush-hush - follow-up to mystery “Sign Off” will be released this summer
18 1/2 Disguises
Maizie Albright Star Detective Book 7
Author: Larissa Reinhart
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#DisguisedDetectiving Maizie Albright might have once played a (teenage) private investigator on TV, but she’s now living the (adult) part. Her (mother’s) name is on her business cards. Her (boss’s) appointment book is brimming with new clients. And her bank account has grown large enough to finally trade in her dirt bike for an actual new (pre-owned) vehicle. And then there’s Wyatt Nash. Love of her life. Future father of her… Wait. And then there’s Wyatt Nash. Future partner in her business. Not now. Later. Right now, they’re waiting for Maizie to get her PI license and for Nash to get out of the red so they can get on with… Just what, Maizie isn’t so sure. But she is sure about one thing. She’s ready to take on her own cases. To prove she’s more than just a (washed-up actress) assistant private eye. When Maizie finds her costume designer friend killed during a masquerade gala, it’s the opportunity Maizie hoped she’d never get. An investigation into an old friend’s murder. But one that’s also put her new friend in jeopardy. While the police begin their inquiries, Maizie starts her own case. She’s needling Black Pine’s wealthy do-gooders, threading through lies, stitching together clues, and ripping out false leads. Her investigation may cost Maizie her job, her relationships, and her life. But by unspooling the truth, Maizie’s darned if they stop her from catching a killer who’s sew evil, it’s shear madness.
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Romance, Humor
Website: Larissa Reinhart
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A Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Larissa writes the award-winning Cherry Tucker Mystery, Maizie Albright Star Detective, and Finley Goodhart Crime Caper series. She loves to tell funny stories about women, looking for love (and dead bodies) in all the wrong places.
Larissa, her family, and Cairn Terrier, Biscuit, lived in Nagoya, Japan, but have returned to Peachtree City, Georgia. You can see them on HGTV's House Hunters International "Living for the Weekend in Nagoya" episode. Larissa loves books, food, and traveling with her family. You can often see her adventures on Instagram (and her little dog, too).
The Friday Night Mystery Club
Author: Joanna Campbell Slan
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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?
Author Genre: Mystery, Romance, Historical Fiction
Website: Joanna Campbell Slan
Twitter: @joannaslan
E-Mail: jcslan@joannaslan.com
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"Our best friend, our next-door neighbor and ourselves with just a touch of the outrageous." That's how RT Book Review describes Joanna's protagonist, Kiki Lowenstein. The truth is that's a pretty good description of Joanna as well.
Joanna is a New York Times Bestselling, USA Today Bestselling, and Amazon Bestselling author as well as a woman prone to frequent bursts of crafting frenzy, leaving her with burns from her hot glue gun and paint on her clothes. And the mess? Let's not even go there.
Otherwise, she's a productive author with more than 80 written projects to her credit. Her non-fiction work includes how to books, a college textbook for public speakers, and books of personal essays (think Chicken Soup for the Soul).
Currently she writes four fiction series: The Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series (Agatha Award Finalist, contemporary, St. Louis setting, crafting), the Cara Mia Delgatto Mystery Series (contemporary, Florida setting, DIY and recycling), the Jane Eyre Chronicles (Daphne du Maurier Award Winner, 1830s England, based on Charlotte Brontë's classic), and the Sherlock Holmes Fantasy Thrillers (late 1800s, based on Arthur Conan Doyle's books).
A former TV talk show host, college teacher, and public relations specialist, Joanna was one of the early Chicken Soup for the Soul contributors. She won a Silver Anvil for her work on the original FarmAid concert to benefit farmers.
In her ongoing quest never to see snow again, Joanna lives with her husband and their Havanese puppy, Jax, on an island off the coast of Florida.
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