Pride and Principal: A Silicon Valley Mystery by Marc Jedel Virtual Book Tour!

About Pride and Principal

Pride and Principal: A Silicon Valley Mystery

Cozy Mystery

6th in Series

Setting - California

BGM Press (April 23, 2024)

Number of Pages: 23

Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D1WFL2HQ

The school secretary has a sharp tongue but is she a killer? Can Marty do the math or will he get schooled by a criminal mastermind?

Marty Golden is frazzled. Struggling to juggle nieces, a rambunctious dog, a demanding job, and a serious relationship, the software engineer is never quite sure whether he’s coming or going. But when his nemesis begs for help after she’s accused of offing the school principal, the amateur sleuth agrees to hunt down the real culprit.

Confounded to discover the cantankerous woman stood to take the dead man’s position, he strives to find anyone who could benefit from discrediting the grump. And when his brilliant deductions and personal life implode, not even Marty’s groan-worthy dad-jokes can save him from an explosive threat.

Does this bumbling amateur sleuth have what it takes to capture the real killer?

Pride and Principal is the rollicking sixth book in the Silicon Valley cozy mystery series. If you like heroes in over their head, family hijinks, and plenty of wit and charm, then you’ll love Marc Jedel’s wild ride.

Try Pride and Principal to put two and two together today!

Marc Jedel writes humorous murder mysteries. He credits his years of marketing leadership positions in Silicon Valley for honing his writing skills and sense of humor. While his high-tech marketing roles involved crafting plenty of fiction, these were just called emails, ads, and marketing collateral.

For most of Marc’s life, he’s been inventing stories. It’s a skill that’s served him well as both an author and marketer. The publication of Marc’s first novel, Uncle and Ants, gave him permission to claim “author” as his job. This leads to much more interesting conversations with people than answering, “marketing.”

Like his character, Marty from the Silicon Valley Mystery series, Marc now lives in Silicon Valley, works in high-tech, and enjoys bad puns. Like his characters Jonas and Elizabeth from the Ozarks Lake Mystery series, he grew up in the South and spent plenty of time in and around Arkansas. Like his character, Andy, from the Redwoods Country Mystery series, Marc continues to grow older and would prefer not to run a bed-and-breakfast inn when he retires. Like all his protagonists, Marc too has a dog, although his is neurotic, sweet, and small, with little appreciation for Marc’s humor.

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• Website and mailing list: www.marcjedel.com

• Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Marc-Jedel/e/B07H7MVKJL

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• Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/18403497.Marc_Jedel

• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mjedel/

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Connected by Fate Who Killed Melissa Witt? Book 2 by LaDonna Humphrey Book Tour! @SilverDaggerBookTours #ConnectedByFate #TheGirlINeverKnew @LaDonnaMHumphrey @whokilledmissywitt

Who Killed Melissa Witt? 

Connected by Fate

Who Killed Melissa Witt? Book 2

by LaDonna Humphrey

Genre: True Crime

We Know Who Did it.
We Know His Name.

Connected by Fate unfolds against the haunting backdrop of the Ozark National Forest, where the unresolved murder of Melissa Witt has cast a long shadow over the dense woodlands for almost three decades. 

The mystery, woven into the fabric of the remote mountaintop, has become a part of the lore of the land, with the true identity of the murderer eluding capture, concealed by the forest's imposing presence.

Enter LaDonna Humphrey, driven by a profound sense of justice and a personal commitment to uncovering the truth, despite never having met Melissa Witt. LaDonna's connection to the case transcends the ordinary, fueling her with a relentless determination that has defined her life for almost a decade.

LaDonna's investigation is a riveting narrative of courage, resilience, and an unwavering pursuit of truth in the face of overwhelming odds. Each breakthrough and setback, each clue unearthed and lead followed, draws her deeper into a web of intrigue that extends far beyond the initial crime.

Connected by Fate is more than a true crime story; it's a testament to the power of human spirit and determination fueled by the knowledge that solving Melissa's murder is not just about bringing a killer to justice—it's about restoring dignity to a life cut tragically short, and offering closure to a community haunted by the specter of an unsolved crime.

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The Girl I Never Knew

Who Killed Melissa Witt? Book 1

For over two decades the identity of Melissa Witt’s murderer has been hidden among the dense trees and thorny undergrowth rooted deeply in the uneven ground of a remote mountaintop in the Ozark National Forest.

Determined to find answers, LaDonna Humphrey has spent the past seven years hunting for Melissa’s killer. Her investigation, both thrilling and unpredictable, has led her on a journey like no other.

The Girl I Never Knew is an edge-of-your-seat account of LaDonna Humphrey’s passionate fight for justice in the decades-old murder case of a girl she never met in person. Her unstoppable quest for the truth has gained the attention of some incredibly dangerous people, some of whom would like to keep Melissa’s murder a mystery forever.

“LaDonna Humphrey restores my faith in all of humanity. The Girl I Never Knew is a painstaking labor of love, masterfully woven together to create a riveting page-turner that describes her hunt for a killer and the traction she is gaining to solve this cold case.”
-Joshua Kessler, twice Emmy nominated Television Producer and Director, Unsolved Mysteries and Drug Lords (Netflix), Breaking Homicide and Unusual Suspects (Investigation Discovery)

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LaDonna Humphrey is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, investigative journalist, executive director of Oasis of Northwest Arkansas and an advocate for victims of crime.  Her passions include advocating for missing adults, crime victims, children in foster care, and for women in recovery.  LaDonna is the co-founder of All the Lost Girls and True Crime Fest NWA, as well as the co-host of the Deep Dark Secrets Podcast and the Legends in Blue Podcast. 

LaDonna and her husband, Danny, have seven children and they live in Northwest Arkansas.

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The Light Beside the Sea by Connie di Marco: A Zodiac Mystery!

 

About The Light Beside the Sea

 

The Light Beside the Sea (A Zodiac Mystery) 

Traditional Mystery 5th in Series 

Setting - San Francisco, California 

Publisher – CMA Literary (May 6, 2024) 

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 341 pages 

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8989009596 

Digital Print length ‏ : ‎ 318 pages 

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D393JQ87

San Francisco astrologer Julia Bonatti has been haunted for years by the hit and run death of her fiancé, Michael Sefton. The driver of the vehicle was never apprehended. The lone witness to the accident spoke to no one and now is dead. Even the cold case detective assigned to the case died before any resolution was found. Every time Julia thought she might be getting close to an answer, each clue led only to a dead end.

Michael, a graduate student, had just returned from an archeological dig in Guatemala when he was killed. But why did he mail his journal to Julia for safekeeping before his return home? What was he afraid of? Why did another graduate student fall to his death on that trip? And now, another man connected with that journey has been murdered closer to home. And the murderer hasn’t finished.

When Julia finally finds the courage to delve into the journal Michael sent to her years before, she learns of the undercurrents, jealousies and anger between members of the group. She begins to understand the pressure and fear her fiancé was coping with and his suspicions of their University mentor who was most likely engaged in unethical and illegal behavior. But events soon take a darker turn when Julia finds a likeness of the Maya god Hunhau, god of death and the underworld, on her doorstep. A strange man covered with markings and tattoos keeps appearing to her but no one else seems to see him. With guidance from another professor she’s introduced to a world she never knew existed.

Is the man she sees human? And is he under the sway of the Maya god of death?

Will he unleash evil or is he here to right a wrong done to his people?

Julia must move quickly or her death will be the next.

About Connie di Marco

Connie di Marco is the author of the Zodiac Mysteries featuring San Francisco astrologer Julia Bonatti, a woman who never thought murder would be part of her practice. The fifth book in this series, The Light Beside the Sea, has just been released.

Writing as Connie Archer, she is also the author of the national bestselling Soup Lover’s Mysteries from Berkley Prime Crime. You can find her excerpts and recipes in The Cozy Cookbook and The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook. Connie is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Crime Writers Association, International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime.

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We, Adults by Peter Stenson Book Spotlight!

Elliot Svendson has returned to her childhood Minnesota home to lick her wounds after catching her professor husband between the legs of one of his grad students. Leaving behind a promising academic career, she finds herself raising her five-year-old son solo and working at a Talbot’ s in the mall to make ends meet. It’ s there that she meets Madison Johnson, a young man with a penchant for skateboards, weed, and older women. What Elliot doesn’ t know is that Madison is only seventeen years old. When Madison and Elliot’ s affair is exposed, the news sends shockwaves that will rock their lives and the lives of those around them.

298 pages, Paperback Published March 26, 2024 

About WE, ADULTS 

Elliot Svendson has returned to her childhood Minnesota home to lick her wounds after catching her professor husband having an affair with one of his grad students. Leaving behind a promising academic career, she finds herself raising her five-year-old son solo and working at a Talbot' s in the mall to make ends meet.

 It' s there that she meets Madison Johnson, a young man with a penchant for skateboards, weed, and older women. What Elliot doesn't know is that Madison is only seventeen years old. When Madison and Elliot's affair is exposed, the news sends shockwaves that will rock their lives and the lives of those around them.

WE, ADULTS is told in four parts (Elliot’s own narration, chapters from her ex’s unpublished memoir, Madison’s screenplay version of the events, and young Jacob Svendson’s eventual college application essays). 

The novel is both epic and intimate, striving to balance rage, resignation, humor and heartbreak through the dissection of the brief affair that sends these four lives spinning out of control.

Peter Stenson is the author of the novels FIEND (Random House), THIRTY-SEVEN (DZANC), and THE SEXUAL LIVES OF SUBURBANITES (forthcoming from Jackleg Press). He has stories and essays published in The Sun , Bellevue Literary Review , The Greensboro Review , Confrontation , Harpur Palate , and Post Road , among others. He teaches writing at Colorado State University.

Peter Stenson on his inspiration for writing the novel

Says Peter on his inspiration for the book, "I was kicked out of high school. I moved across the country to a halfway house for boys. I got better, at least partially. I was eighteen. I earned my GED. I started eating and even working out. I planned on applying to colleges. And then I met a thirty-year-old woman.

She had a crow tattooed across her back and a gap between her two front teeth and smiled with her eyes, like the whole of them, all of which is to say I fell in love or infatuation or at least I fell victim to the idea that she could provide me with the esteem I so desperately craved. 

The halfway house had a strict no fraternization rule. I lasted two dates with this woman before the guilt overpowered the fragile consciousness I was trying the develop. I moved out that afternoon and into a Section-8 apartment with the woman and her four-year-old daughter. This novel is my attempt to make sense of this experience."

Shockingly personal...Shaun of the Dead meets Trainspotting.” — MTV.com on FIEND

“This novel is a provocative, thoroughly gripping ride.” — Publishers Weekly on THIRTY-SEVEN

“A book that manages to break your heart, make you dizzy, and punch you in the gut all at once. You will be hard-pressed to find a novel as dark or intense in any bookstore.”  — Kirkus Reviews *Starred* review on THIRTY-SEVEN

Kirkus Reviews praises the novel as "a memorable, enticing account of conflicting lovers," Booklist says, "Stenson's brilliantly vivid prose and striking characters deserve the widest possible audience," and Criminal Element enthuses: "Stenson is one of the best-kept secrets in transgressive fiction." From a voice and stylistic standpoint, WE, ADULTS celebrates the storied tradition of counterculture and transgressive fiction, and is a must-read for fans of Homes, Palahniuk, McCarthy, Welsh, and Easton Ellis.

Cornbread, Ribs, and Murder (Chocolate Martini Sisters Mystery) by Brenda Whiteside and Joyce Proell Book Tour!

  

About Cornbread, Ribs, and Murder

 

Cornbread, Ribs, and Murder (Chocolate Martini Sisters Mystery) 

Cozy Mystery 

3rd in Series Setting - Arizona 

Independently Published (April 20, 2024)

Digital Print length ‏ : ‎ 271 pages 

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CW1GPJR7

It’s a rib cookoff…with a recipe for murder.

Nicole Earp and Emma Banefield are celebrating another birthday at the Dulce Inn with the added fun of a rib cookoff in the park. Not only are chocolate martinis in their plans, Nic has her heart set on winning the cornbread contest. But as the excitement bakes, someone is stirring up trouble for the inn and its employees.

Strange occurrences at the Dulce are on the rise. Slashed tires, menacing phone calls, and unsavory characters add a vibe that threatens the sisters’ anticipated fun-filled stay. When the hot-headed hotel owner is caught wielding a bloody letter opener over a dead coworker, the sisters are embroiled in a caper to help the one person who finds their sleuthing as welcomed as a rattlesnake in her bed. But is she innocent?

The Chocolate Martini Sisters are primed to find out. First, they’ll have to eliminate a host of suspects that includes a dishonest restaurant owner, a jilted girlfriend, an ex-wife, the barkeeper, and a masseuse with a crush. If they can stay off the radar of the surly chief homicide detective long enough, they can put out the fire…unless the killer burns them first.

The third book in this amateur sleuths, cozy mystery series will have you chuckling and on the edge of your seat as the sisters solve the murder.

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“Oh, gawd,” her sister said. This time Em nudged her back toward the elevator.

“Not too far.” She tugged on Em’s sleeve. She wanted to be within hearing distance when he detectives reached the administrative hallway.

Detective Guthrie hadn’t changed in the six months since they’d been instrumental in solving a murder in the inn. His tawny-amber eyes appeared all-seeing, even from this distance. He still wore his mix of brown and silver hair in a close cropped, military style. His suit was obviously well-tailored and expensive. An open-neck Oxford shirt in pale yellow completed his professional appearance. He was a handsome early to mid-fifties man—in a conservative, tight-ass sort of way. Her sister had gone toe to toe with the irascible detective they’d nicknamed Dawg on more than one occasion and enjoyed coming out the victor. “Why so reluctant for an encounter with Dawg?”

“Not in the mood.”

This had been a rollercoaster day for Em: the mess at her house had her down, the expectant fun and the cornbread contest had her up, the discovery of a bloody body threw her back down. “Well, pull up your big girl panties because we’d have to do this sooner or later. We’re smack in the middle of another murder mystery.” Could she feel awful for Leo, for Jillian, yet still feel pumped to dive into an investigation? And they would, wouldn’t they? She peered at Em, wondering if this one was too grisly.

“How could I not expect to see the sisters at yet another Dulce Inn mystery?” Guthrie quirked a brow. “If I didn’t know better, I’d think the Dulce is your permanent residence.”

She swore a chuckle rose and died in Em’s throat.

About the Authors

Brenda Whiteside is the award-winning author of romantic suspense, romance, and cozy mystery. She writes children’s books under the pen name, Brenda Sue.

After living in six states and two countries so far, she and her husband have settled in Central Arizona. They admit to being gypsies at heart and won't discount the possibility of another move. 

They share their home with a rescue dog named Amigo. While FDW fishes, Brenda writes.

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After hearing countless stories as a mental health professional, Joyce Proell retired to create her own tales. As an award-winning author, she writes historical romance and cozy mystery where all endings are guaranteed happy.

She shares her home on the prairie with a husband and a little dog with a big personality. When she isn’t reading or writing, she likes to swim and finds baking almost as relaxing as a day at the spa.

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Waking Tamara A Dragon’s Fated Heart Book 4 by Beverly Ovalle Book Tour! @SilverDaggerBookTours #aDragonsFatedHeart #WakingTamara @BeverlyOvalleAuthor @ovalleba #books #

 The apocalypse has been and gone.

Generations have passed.

The old world wakes up to a future they never imagined.

Waking Tamara

A Dragon’s Fated Heart Book 4

by Beverly Ovalle

Genre

Paranormal Romance  

 The apocalypse has been and gone.

Generations have passed.

The old world wakes up to a future they never imagined.

Indra answers a mating call and is plunged into his future. He’s drawn to a beauty frozen in the

past. He wants more than a kiss when he wakes her. But he has to have patience.

Gazing into Indra’s eyes, Mara is instantly smitten. One surprise after another has her believing

in fairy tales. But there are no princes in her story, only dragons.

Believing in dragons isn’t the hard part. Even becoming a dragon brings her more pleasure than

she’d ever dreamed. But being told she’s becoming a parent without her consent.

Nope

Indra has some groveling to do.

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Beverly Ovalle dabbled with writing on and off for years when her best friend finally dared her to submit a story to a writing contest. Beverly decided she had nothing to lose and since she'd always wanted to be an author sent it in and agonized for months waiting to hear back. Contract in hand she has never looked back.

Beverly Ovalle has been obsessed with dragons and romance since she was a young girl, collecting dragon books and reading everything she could find on them even down to the care of real-life dragons. She's always been slightly panicked that the world as we know it will end, so has prepped for it, haunting survivalist pages and prepper projects she felt she needed in the event SHTF (shit hit the fan).

An avid fan of all romance, Beverly's goal is to share her love of the written word and write the spicy romances that she enjoys. She writes what she loves to read and it was only a matter of time before her obsessions crept into her writing for her to share. She hopes you enjoy her tales as much as she loves writing them.

A United States Navy Veteran, Beverly has traveled around the world and the United States enabling her to bring her settings to life. Reading romances since the fourth grade she's followed as the genre changed and spread into the vast cornucopia of romance offered today.

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