Death by Proxy: A DIY Diva Mystery by Paula Darnell Book Tour and Giveaway!

Death by Proxy: A DIY Diva Mystery by Paula Darnell

About Death by Proxy

 

Death by Proxy: A DIY Diva Mystery 

Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series 

Cozy Cat Press (November 2019) 

Print Length ~220 Pages

With preparations for her upcoming wedding to handsome Wes Wesson, a Center City police lieutenant, on track and her DIY Bridal Crafts class at Hawkeye Haven's community center wrapped up, DIY Diva Laurel McMillan looks forward to a calm pre-nuptial week to finalize her wedding plans. There's only one problem: the week turns out to be anything but calm. Laurel and Wes narrowly escape being run down in the parking lot of their favorite restaurant. Laurel's bridal shower is interrupted by a mysterious stranger who sends Laurel's lovable chocolate Labrador retriever Bear into a frenzy, and when Laurel and Wes go to meet Lisa, their real estate agent, at a house she promised to show them, they discover Lisa's sister's body floating in the pool. Strangely, Lisa seems more concerned with selling houses than she does with her sister's death. After Lisa's mother inadvertently reveals family secrets, Laurel wonders whether Lisa could have killed her own sister. Will the mayhem and murder stop before Laurel discovers the key to the killer's game plan?

About Paula Darnell

An instructor at five colleges over the years, Paula Darnell most often taught the dreaded first-year English composition classes, but she’s also been happy to teach some fun classes, such as fashion design, sewing, and jewelry making. Paula has a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and a Master’s degree in English from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Like Laurel, the main character in Death by Association, Paula enjoys all kinds of arts and crafts. Some of her memorable projects include making a hat and a cape to wear to Royal Ascot, sewing wedding gowns for both her daughters, exhibiting her textile and mixed-media artwork in juried art shows, and having one of her jewelry projects accepted for inclusion in Leather Jewelry, published by Lark Books. She sells some of her jewelry and hair accessories in her Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/PaulaDJewelry.

Paula’s interest in DIY craft projects and fashion led to her writing hundreds of articles for print and online national publications.

Living in a guard-gated community governed by a homeowners’ association gave Paula the idea for the setting of Death by Association. She finds that residing in an HOA community can be both a blessing and a curse. A Happy-New-Year greeting from her community association called on residents to “start the new year by reviewing your Rules and Regulations booklet,” something unlikely to top anyone’s list of New Year’s resolutions.

Paula lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, with her husband Gary and their 110-pound dog Rocky, whose favorite pastime is lurking in the kitchen, hoping for a handout.

Author Links Author’s website 
 https://www.pauladarnellauthor.com/ 
  Twitter – https://twitter.com/PaulaJDarnell 
  Goodreads – https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18782445.Paula_Darnell 
  Pinterest – https://www.pinterest.com/paulad0057/ 
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December 9 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW

December 9 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT

December 10 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW

December 10 – Hearts & Scribbles – RECIPE

December 11 – I Read What You Write – REVIEW

December 11 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT

December 12 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLGHT

December 12 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – GUEST POST

December 13 – Carla Loves To Read – REVIEW

December 13 – Diane Reviews Books – GUEST POST

December 14 – Sneaky the Library Cat’s Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

December 14 – My Journey Back – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

December 15 – Cozy Up With Kathy – SPOTLIGHT

December 15 – Readeropolis – SPOTLIGHT

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Death By Library (Pismawallops PTA Mysteries) by Rebecca M. Douglass Book Tour and Giveaway! @Douglass_RM

Death By Library (Pismawallops PTA Mysteries) by Rebecca M. Douglass

About Death by Library

 

Death By Library (Pismawallops PTA Mysteries) 

Cozy Mystery 4th in Series Independently 

Published (December 6, 2019 

Number of Pages — ~280

ASIN: B07XFBJW3B 

The library can save your life… can it kill you, too? JJ has a new job at the library, which ought to make her happy. But with all those books to shelve, the PTA to run, and a 16-year-old son to raise, there’s never enough time to spend with her sweetheart, police chief Ron Karlson. That’s especially true with Thanksgiving on the horizon and her mother coming to visit, not to mention the PTA’s Holiday Bazaar looming ahead. When things turn deadly in the library stacks, JJ needs some answers fast, before she loses her job—or her life. She’s determined to learn everything about the victim, and for once the library doesn’t hold all the answers. JJ and Kitty may have to face the ultimate peril: a visit to Mrs. Halsey, the oldest—and crankiest—person on the island.

About Rebecca M. Douglass

After a lifetime of reading, and a decade or more of slinging books at the library and herding cats with the PTA, Rebecca began to turn her experiences into books of her own, publishing her first in 2012. That failed to quiet the voices in her head, but seemed to entertain a number of readers, so she wrote some more, which generated still more voices. Despite the unlimited distractions provided by raising sons to the point of leaving home (and preparing to move without forwarding address if necessary to retain that empty nest), not to mention the mountains that keep calling (very hard to resist the urging of something the size of the Sierra Nevada), she has managed to pen a total of 9 books so far.

For those who enjoy murder and mayhem with a sense of humor, Rebecca’s Pismawallops PTA mysteries (Death By Ice Cream and Death By Trombone, Death By Adverb, and Death By Library) provide insights into what PTA moms are really like. If you prefer tall tales and even less of a grip on reality, visit Skunk Corners in The Ninja Librarian and the sequels Return to Skunk Corners and The Problem of Peggy. For those who’ve always thought that fantasy was a bit too high-minded, a stumble through rescues and escapes with Halitor the Hero, possibly the most hapless hero to ever run in fear from any and all fair maidens, should set you straight.

Why does Rebecca write so many different kinds of books (there’s even an alphabet picture book in the mix!)? We could argue that it’s because she has a rich lifetime of experience that requires expression in—squirrel!

Author Links 
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  Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5755891.Rebecca_M_Douglass 
  Twitter: @Douglass_RM 
  Blog: https://www.ninjalibrarian.com 

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December 2 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

December 2 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT

December 3 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

December 4 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – GUEST POST

December 5 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 5 – Eskimo Princess Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 6 – Devilishly Delicious Book Reviews – REVIEW

December 6 – I Read What You Write – SPOTLIGHT

December 7 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 8 – Laura’s Interests – SPOTLIGHT

December 8 – Brianne’s Book Reviews – REVIEW

December 9 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

December 10 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

December 10 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT

December 11 – Jemima Pett, Author – REVIEW

December 12 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 13 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW

December 13 – This Is My Truth Now – SPOTLIGHT

December 13 – Melina’s Book Blog – REVIEW

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A Little Assassination by Lawrence Troyna Book Spotlight!

About the book

Most people will have heard of the saying "set a thief to catch a thief". So what do you do when an assassination attempt goes wrong? Simple: you send another assassin to find and eliminate the first assassin. The story follows the misadventures of Nero, a British assassin, as he tries to escape the long and vengeful arm of a major American crime family who has employed their own specialist hitman to find and kill him. The book follows the actions of the two assassins as they jockey for position against each other in Los Angeles, London and then across the continent of Europe. They finally meet, but which one is the hunter, and which one is the prey? 

About the Author After spending over thirty years traveling the world as an international financer, Lawrence Troyna retired and began writing books that encompass some of the weird and wonderful characters he met. 

A Little Assassination by Lawrence Troyna is published by Austin Macauley Publishers and is available on Austinmacauley.com and Amazon and all good booksellers. 

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NetGalley and Edelweiss Reading Challenge 2020 “Sign-Up” #NGEW2020 #readingchallenge

December 11, 2019Tina WoodburWelcome to the seventh annual

NetGalley and Edelweiss Reading Challenge!

What the challenge is all about…

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the number of NetGalley/Edelweiss books sitting on your shelf to be read?
Have you lost your 80% rating and would love to get it back?
Do you want to challenge yourself to read more NetGalley/Edelweiss books?
Do you need extra inspiration to achieve that next badge?

If the answer is “YES” to any of these questions then this is the challenge for you!

Challenge guidelines… 

• The challenge runs from January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020. There is no deadline to sign up.
• Everyone is welcome to participate – you do not need to have a blog.
• Any genre, release date, length, etc. counts – it just needs to be a book from NetGalley or Edelweiss.
• Books can count for more than one challenge that you are participating in.
• The first day of each month I will post a monthly “link-up” for you to link your reviews. If you forget one month, no worries, just catch up the next month.
• Questions: Feel free to leave a comment below or use the contact page at the top of this post.
• Help spread the book love and use the hashtag: #NGEW2020

The Levels…

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• Make a blog post stating the level you intend to read in 2020 and link that blog post to Inlinkz (blue box below).
• If you do not have a blog then state your reading level in the comments below and how you will be sharing your book reviews.
• Last but not least, be sure to come back every month and link in those reviews. This is really the hardest part – remember to do the monthly “link-ups”! Be sure to follow me via WordPress or email for my monthly link-up reminders.

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I can’t wait to see all the fabulous books you will be reading!
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Murder in Montague Falls by Russ Colchamiro, Sawney Hatton, Patrick Thomas Book Tour and Giveaways!

 Murder in Montague Falls

by Russ Colchamiro, Sawney Hatton, Patrick Thomas

on Tour December 1-31, 2019

Synopsis:

WHITE HOT THRILLS! PITCH BLACK DEEDS!

3 TALES OF TEENS TACKLING THEIR DARKEST RITES OF PASSAGE

Acclaimed storytellers Russ Colchamiro, Sawney Hatton, and Patrick Thomas each present an original novella brimming with enough danger, intrigue, and murder to get readers’ blood pounding and hearts racing.

In Colchamiro’s RED INK, a paperboy with an overactive imagination witnesses a brutal killing on his route—or has he taken his fantasy spy games a step too far?

In Hatton’s THE DEVIL’S DELINQUENTS, a trio of teenage misfits in pursuit of success, power, and revenge practice amateurish occult rituals… with deadly consequences.

In Thomas’s A MANY SPLENDID THING, a sultry high school teacher enrolls one of her students to get rid of her husband. But will the young man really graduate to murder?

Book Details:

Genre: Crime
Published by: Crazy 8 Press
Publication Date: October 1st 2019
Number of Pages: 250
ISBN: 0998364185 (ISBN13: 9780998364186)
Purchase Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads

The Turnback - You Kill Me:

"You Kill Me" is the official soundtrack to the book MURDER IN MONTAGUE FALLS (Noir-Inspired Novellas by Russ Colchamiro, Sawney Hatton & Patrick Thomas). Russ Colchamiro (a long time friend and fellow creator) asked the band to write what would be considered a closing credit tune for the book. We were happy to do so!

Read an excerpt:

RED INK

An infrared scope cut through the suburban tree line.
Perched on a high-angle branch in the neighbor’s spruce tree, Isaac could see her through the living room window, six houses away.
The M21 semi-automatic sniper rifle with fiberglass stock and 20-round box magazine was snug against his shoulder.
One bullet. One body.
Though camouflaged within a thicket of evergreen leaves, he had a clean shot.
“Come on,” he whispered, his eye against the scope. “Give me the signal.”
In perfect synchronicity, Isaac’s earpiece crackled. “Target confirmed. Kill shot approved.”

THE DEVIL'S DELINQUENTS

Natalie exits her room with the ritual kit, locking the door behind her.
Her father, swathed in a cornucopia-pattern quilt, sits in his wheelchair in the den, positioned near enough the window so that he can be in the daylight. Maybe he enjoys it, but one cannot tell for certain since his face registers no enjoyment, nor any other emotion.
Natalie kneels down before him, flips up the quilt, and undoes the bottom three buttons of his shirt, exposing his stomach. Between her fingertips, she wields the double-edged blade for a safety razor. She carefully nicks the skin above his father’s belly button. She looks up at him, detects no reaction.
She makes intersecting six-inch-long slices into his stomach, then carves a large circle around the lines, working around the seeping blood. Upon finishing, she evaluates her work and nods.
“I’m going to bring you back, daddy,” Natalie says to him, kissing his knuckles. “I promise.”

A MANY SPLENDID THING

Rosa went from smiling to bawling in less time than it took to blink. I pulled her in and held her against my bare chest. She pounded my ribs with her closed fists.
“Why won’t you understand! There is no other way! If we don’t kill him soon, you’ll come to school one day and find that he killed me. How are you going to feel then? Especially if he figures out that you’re my lover! You would follow me to the Pearly Gates.”
“Rosa, this talk of killing is crazy.”
She pushed herself back and slapped me hard across the face. “You think I’m crazy?”
***
Excerpt from Murder in Montague Falls. Copyright 2019 by Russ Colchamiro, Sawney Hatton, Patrick Thomas. Reproduced with permission from Russ Colchamiro, Sawney Hatton, Patrick Thomas. All rights reserved.

 Russ Colchamiro:

RUSS COLCHAMIRO is the author of the rollicking space adventure, Crossline, the zany sci-fi backpacking series Finders Keepers, Genius de Milo, and Astropalooza, editor of the sci-fi mystery anthology, Love, Murder & Mayhem, and contributing author for his newest project, Murder in Montague Falls, a noir novella collection, all with Crazy 8 Press.
Russ has contributed to several other anthologies including Tales of the Crimson Keep, Pangaea, They Keep Killing Glenn, Altered States of the Union, Thrilling Adventure Yarns, Brave New Girls vols. 3&4, Camelot 13, TV Gods 2, and Footprints in the Stars.
He is now finalizing the first in an ongoing SFF mystery series featuring his hard-boiled private eye Angela Hardwicke and has several other SFF, crime fiction, and children’s book projects in the works.
Russ lives in New Jersey with his wife, their twin ninjas, and their crazy dog, Simon. For more on Russ’s works, visit:

russcolchamiro.com, Goodreads, Twitter, & Facebook!

Sawney Hatton:

SAWNEY HATTON is an author, editor, and screenwriter who has long loved playing in the dark. His published works include the Dark Comedy novel Dead Size, the YA Noir novella Uglyville, and the Dark Fiction short story collection Everyone Is a Moon. He also edited the Sci-Fi Horror anthology What Has Two Heads, Ten Eyes, and Terrifying Table Manners?
Other incarnations of Sawney have produced marketing videos, attended chili cook-offs, and played the banjo and sousaphone (not at the same time). As of this writing, he is still very much alive.

For more semi-unseemly insights into Sawney, visit:
sawneyhatton.com, Goodreads, Twitter, & Facebook!

 Patrick Thomas:

PATRICK THOMAS is the award-winning author of the beloved Murphy’s Lore series and the darkly hilarious Dear Cthulhu advice empire.
His 40+ books include Fairy with a Gun, By Darkness Cursed, Lore & Dysorder, Dead to Rites, Startenders, As the Gears Turn, Cthulhu Explains It All, and Exile and Entrance. His is the co-author of the Mystic Investigators series, The Santa Heist, and the Jack Gardner mysteries.
Patrick is the co-editor of Camelot 13 (with John French), New Blood (with Diane Raetz), and Hear Them Roar (with CJ Henderson), co-created The Wildsidhe Chronicles YA series and is the creator of the Agents of the Abyss series.
He has had more than 150 short stories published in magazines and anthologies, with his work for YA and children including the Ughabooz books, the Undead Kid Diaries, the Joy Reaper books, and the Babe B. Bear Mysteries as Patrick T. Fibbs.
Visit him online at:
patthomas.net, Goodreads, Twitter, & Facebook!


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Christmas Countdown! Day 11

"Mindy loves all things history and romance, which makes reading and writing romance right up her alley. Since she was a little girl, playing in her closet “elevator,” she has always had stories running through her mind. But it wasn’t until she was well into adulthood, that she realized she could write those stories down. Now they occupy her dreams and most every quiet moment she has-she often washes her hair two or three times because she wasn't paying attention when she did it the first time. Which usually means really clean hair and a fixed plot hole. When she isn’t living in her alternate realities, she is married to her real-life Mr. Darcy and trying to raise five proper boys. They live happily in the beautiful mountains of Utah. 

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Peter Blythe, Earl of Rockwell fled England when he was thrown over in favor of his father. Now after nearly ten years, he has returned to England to assume his family title. When he asks a young woman to dance at a masquerade ball, he is intrigued by her wit and charm. The only problem is she refuses to give him her name. When Lady Caroline unexpectedly meets the man she has always loved at a masquerade ball and he does not recognize her, she is determined to keep her name a secret. What starts out as a game soon becomes much more when she realizes she still loves him, all the while knowing if he knew her true identity, he would never feel the same for her. When they both return home to their neighboring estates for the holidays, acquaintances from years past threaten to sever more than just their childhood friendship. 

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His eyes flitted closed briefly. “I love your voice. Have I ever told you that?” He opened his eyes and stared at her. “It makes me feel like I’m floating in the pond with sunlight warming my body.”

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A Fatal Fondness (Mary MacDougall Mysteries) by Richard Audry Book Tour and Giveaway!

A Fatal Fondness (Mary MacDougall Mysteries) by Richard Audry

 About A Fatal Fondness

A Fatal Fondness (Mary MacDougall Mysteries) Historical Mystery 4th in Series 

Conger Road Press (November 15, 2019) 

Print Length: 300 pages

It’s September 1902, and Mary MacDougall has fulfilled her greatest dream—opening her own detective agency. But this achievement doesn’t come without complication.

Mary’s father insists that an older cousin come to work with her—as both secretary and minder. Jeanette Harrison pledges to keep the plucky sleuth away from danger, as well as from her unsuitable suitor Edmond Roy. This arrangement, embarrassingly, makes Mary the only detective in the state with a chaperone.

The new agency’s first cases hardly seem to portend danger or significance. There’s the affair of the nicked napkin rings…the problem of the purloined pocket watch...and the matter of the four filched felines.

Mary and Jeanette have not the slightest notion that one of these modest little jobs will blow up into the most consequential and perilous case of the heiress-sleuth’s budding career. What begins in triviality mushrooms into disappearance, betrayal, international intrigue, and murder. As she learns more and more, Mary’s prospects for making the acquaintance of an assassin’s blade improve exponentially.

Witty, fast-paced, and enthralling, A Fatal Fondness—the fourth tale in the series—delves deeply into Mary’s world and paints the portrait of an unconventional young woman ever-ready to defy propriety for the sake of justice.

“In the spirit of Nancy Drew and the Corner House Girls… [The author] captures the turn-of-the-century period perfectly, when young women like Mary were trying to burst out of Victorian expectations to become their own person.” —Mary Ann Grossmann, St. Paul Pioneer Press

About Richard Audry

Richard Audry is the pen name of D. R. Martin. He is the author of the Mary MacDougall historical mysteries (four titles) and the King Harald canine cozy series (three titles). Under his own name, he has written the Johnny Graphic ghost adventure trilogy, the Marta Hjelm hardboiled mystery Smoking Ruin, and two books on some of his favorite authors: Travis McGee & Me and Four Science Fiction Masters. 
  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/richardaudryauthor/ 
  Website - https://drmartinbooks.com/ 
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December 2 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER GUEST POST

December 3 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

December 4 – I Read What You Write – REVIEW, GUEST POST

December 5 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW 

December 6 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT

December 6 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST

December 7 – StoreyBook Reviews – GUEST POST

December 8 – Baroness’ Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT

December 8 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

December 9 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

December 10 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 10 – Ascroft, eh? – GUEST POST

December 11 – The Book Decoder – REVIEW

December 12 – Here’s How It Happened – REVIEW

December 13 – MJB Reviewers – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

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