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19 October 2024

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Motive (The Redemption Detective Agency) by Michele Pariza Wacek Book Tour!

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Motive (The

Redemption Detective Agency)

Cozy Mystery

1st in Series

Setting

Wisconsin

Publisher ‏

‎ Love-Based Publishing (October 15, 2024)

Number of Pages

200 page

Digital ASIN ‏

B0CL7YVSJN

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or maybe a gin and tonic.

Emily Hildebrandt has run into a bit of a rough patch. She's lost her job, her fiance and her apartment. Still, she never expected to be desperate enough to accept an invitation to live with her eccentric Aunt Tilde in Redemption, Wisconsin.

But, beggars can't be choosers. Even if part of the deal is she has to pretend to work at her aunt's latest hair-brained scheme, The Redemption Detective Agency.

Seriously, the woman is a retired nurse. Why does she think she's remotely qualified to run a detective agency, especially in a creepy little town like Redemption?

But, when a strange phone call suddenly thrusts them into an actual case, Emily finds herself hoping her aunt really does know what she's doing ... or an innocent person may be the one to suffer the consequences.

A spin-off from the Charlie Kingsley Mystery series! The Redemption Detective Agency is a funny, twisty cozy mystery series set in the 1990s featuring silver sleuths solving cold cases. Great for fans of the Thursday Murder Club.

About Michele Pariza Wacek

A USA Today Bestselling, award-winning author, Michele taught herself to read at 3 years old because she wanted to write stories so badly. It took some time (and some detours) but now she does spend much of her time writing stories. Mystery stories, to be exact. They're clean and twisty, and range from psychological thrillers to cozies, with a dash of romance and supernatural thrown into the mix. If that wasn't enough, she posts lots of fun things on her blog, including short stories, puzzles, recipes, and more, at MPWNovels.com.

Michele grew up in Wisconsin, (hence why all her books take place there), and still visits regularly, but she herself escaped the cold and now lives in the mountains of Prescott, Arizona with her husband and southern squirrel hunter Cassie.

When she's not writing, she's usually reading, hanging out with her dog, or watching the Food Network and imagining she's an awesome cook. (Spoiler alert, she's not. Luckily for the whole family, Mr. PW is in charge of the cooking.)

Author Links

Website
https://MPWNovels.com

Facebook

https://Facebook.com/MichelePWauthor

Instagram

https://instagram.com/themichelepw

Purchase Links

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18 October 2024

The Claire Deveraux Series Book 1 -3 By Alan Brenham Book Tour!

What you can't hear can be deadly.

Every Silent Thing

The Claire Deveraux Series Book 1

By Alan Brenham

Genre

Crime Fiction

Shy and deaf, twenty-three-year-old Claire Deveraux has worked hard to land her dream job as a foreign service officer at the U.S. Embassy in Paris. Yet her idyllic life is shattered when she finds a woman lying on the restroom floor dying from a gunshot wound.

The dying woman utters three words to Claire and conceals a thumb drive in Claire’s pocket. The items are keys to the location of proceeds from a bank robbery. The killer, certain Claire now has sole possession of those items, must find her, recover the code words and the drive, then kill her before she can solve the puzzle and recover the money.

Knowing he is determined to find and kill her, Claire must do whatever she can to keep her heart beating.

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Never Say a Word

The Claire Deveraux Series Book 2

A political storm erupts when Claire Deveraux, a deaf employee of the U.S. Embassy in France, is abducted at a conference in Rome. The kidnapper, Franco Lazzari, is a wealthy pharmacist who has been scouring Italy for the perfect wife.

Unable to hear, and with time against her, Claire must use all of her wits to escape Lazzari’s remote home in the Italian countryside. Yet neither Claire nor the police know the actual danger she is in. Lazzari is in league with a senior official at the U.S. embassy—a man who is willing to leverage all of his clout to stop Claire being found.

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Breaking Silence

The Claire Deveraux Series Book 3

Silence is like trust: easily broken.

The first time Claire and Megan Deveraux receive a cryptic text from the anonymous “AMZ”, they decide it’s a sophisticated scam. But when further evidence of a long-lost sibling starts to add up, Claire begins to wonder whether there is merit to AMZ’s wild claims...or just photoshop and dumb luck?

As the sisters weigh up the risks of pursuing a ruthless blackmailer’s trail, another victim is scrambling to keep his secret safe, whatever the cost. Because no amount of money can make a man bulletproof...

From the streets of Paris to Texan suburbia, Breaking Silence cracks open a nail-biting mystery that spans decades — and the globe.

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Every Silent Thing

Claire stood there, watching her brother head toward Terminal 2F and his flight to Amsterdam, hoping he would find Megan and bring her back to Paris. When he returned, hopefully with Megan, Claire would meet them at the train station.

Claire rode the train and walked the rest of the way home. She had only gotten three steps inside her apartment when she realized he was there. The color drained from her face when she saw the gun. Her father had told her once that what goes around comes around. Right here, right now, it had come around for her. A sickening cold wrapped around her like a blanket as she waited for him to end her life in the same room where he had ended Barbara’s.

Everything she ever wanted to do, every place she ever wanted to visit and photograph, flashed before her eyes. She thought about Megan and Boyd and hoped he’d find her and be able to keep her safe. She thought about her parents and wished she could’ve told them she loved them one more time. Same for Boyd and Megan. Claire wondered if she’d see her father on the other side. She wondered if Heaven was as beautiful as they say.

Claire thought about all the things she’d failed to do—things she probably won’t be forgiven for, those she’d let down, and things she wished she could do over. If only she had time to go back and square things up with all of them to make things right. Her mother might cry the whole way over when she came to claim her body. But this guy wasn’t going to see her cry or beg.

“Bonjour, mademoiselle Deveraux. We meet again.”

Claire looked around her living room, hoping to spot a weapon or anything she could use to defend herself. She backed up past the coffee table, quickly glanced toward the bedroom, and then back at him.

She was able to lip-read most of what he said.

“Fate has its changing moments,” he said to her. “I’m here now to let you know this is that moment for you.”

He pointed at her purse, then dragged his finger to point at a spot on the sofa closest to him.

Claire figured he was afraid she’d throw it at him like she did with the patisserie stuff. She would’ve if he weren’t pointing that gun at her. Claire gave her purse a gentle toss across to the sofa. She watched him remove her cell phone. Why he did that made no sense. He was there to kill her, so why was her cell phone so important? In fact, why bother having her toss her purse away? Why didn’t he just shoot her and get it over with? She assumed he wanted to drag it out so she’d break down and cry and plead. That was how he got off.

“Sit,” he told her.

That puzzled her. Was he some psycho who got off by shooting women while they sat on the sofa? He didn’t make Barbara sit when he killed her. He killed her in the middle of the living room floor. Then it hit her. He couldn’t kill her. He wanted the thumb drive and those three words first.

He grabbed a chair from the dining table, carried it over, and then straddled it, his gaze fixed on her. Then he held out the palm of his hand and made a writing gesture.

Alan Brenham is the pen name of Alan Behr. He worked as a Texas law enforcement officer for over twenty years and as a criminal prosecutor and later criminal defense attorney for over twenty-five years. Today he lives in Texas with his wife, Lillian, where he's working on his eleventh novel.

His first crime novel, Price of Justice, won several awards including best in police/crime fiction. It also became a top 100 international bestseller. A second novel, Cornered, was released on July 13, 2014. Rampage, a sequel to Price of Justice, was released on July 4, 2015. His fourth book, Game Piece, was released in October 2018. A fifth novel, Hidden Intentions, was released on December 3, 2020. His sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth novels have now been published.

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Dark desires, secrets and fiery passions crash together

for a thrilling ride in the Dragon Drillers MC trilogy.

Backstabbed and Bitchslapped

Dragon Drillers MC Book 1

by Dani Carr

Genre

Reverse Harem MC Romance

I often wonder why some people have all the luck while others have none.

I found out the hard way that I was in the second category.

When my husband dies of an overdose while banging my best friend, a long list of unfortunate events unravels before me.

I believed I was leaving behind all the devastation that tore my world to shreds. I was wrong.

When my beloved uncle left me a vast inheritance, it came just in time to help me make my escape. But nowhere in the paperwork did it mention anything about inheriting his enemies, too.

I’ve caught the eye of more than one local man, but I’m no longer interested in being tied down.

Little do they know, change is inevitable. These men will have to stay out of my way or learn to reap what they sow.

Warning

This book is a dark reverse harem. This book may

contain profanity, drug and alcohol abuse, scenes of

violence, nudity, BDSM, human trafficking and death. It

may contain mention of rape, child abuse, and spousal

abuse. Please do not read if these are things that

could harm your mental state.

Thank you.

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Backhanded and Bloodthirsty

Dragon Drillers MC Book 2

I often wonder why nice guys finish last while scum wins the race of life.

I try to be a good person, a loving mother, an understanding partner. I did everything I was supposed to do.

But maybe selfishness overcame me

I’m living on my family’s farm with my amazing daughter. There are wonderful men in my life, and I get to do what I love every day.

Until I woke up in pain, my world crumbling around me.

I despise being weak, hate needing to lean on anyone. And I told myself I would never be that helpless woman again.

Those asshole bikers with their godlike superiority weren’t responsible for the crimes I laid at their feet. But they did too much damage to forgive or forget their indiscretions.

Dare I offer amnesty to those who have harmed me in the past?

Am I strong enough to survive if they turn on me a second time?

Warning

This book is a dark reverse harem. This book may contain profanity, drug and alcohol abuse, scenes of violence, nudity, BDSM, human trafficking and death. It may contain mention of rape, child abuse, and spousal abuse. Please do not read if these are things that could harm your mental state. Thank you.

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Backlash and Bloodshed

Dragon Drillers MC Book 3

I often wonder why there is so much evil in this world and why more than my fair share comes knocking at my door.

I’m forced to become someone I never knew I could be, but no one harms my family.

I’m lucky to have an entire motorcycle club, willing to do whatever it takes to help me destroy my enemies and I’m not afraid to let the Dragon Drillers do their worst.

Gone is the helpless damsel I used to be and if the men in my life can’t accept that…well, that is a them problem.

Warning: This book is a dark reverse harem. This book may contain profanity, drug and alcohol abuse, scenes of violence, nudity, BDSM, human trafficking and death. It may contain mention of rape, child abuse, and spousal abuse. Please do not read if these are things that could harm your mental state. Thank you.

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