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Category: Mystery

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Q & A with Author Mally Becker

11 Oct 2022
Giveaway Ends 10/14 What does it mean to you to be called an author?  Being an author means that I get to share my stories and characters with readers. That’s…
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Author Q and A with R.G. Belsky

5 Oct 2022
Giveaway Ends 10/31 What does it mean to you to be called an author?  I think it means whatever you want it to mean. If you write – whether or…
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QandA: Author Richard Doetsch talks about The 13th Hour: Chaos

6 Sep 2022
 IR– Can you tell us a bit about the story and its main characters? RD–The 13th Hour: Chaos is a thriller that starts at the last chapter and goes backwards. …
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Book Bites: Heroes Ever Die by J. A. Crawford

31 Aug 2022September 3, 2022
Comic books are a fun vacation from reality, taking the reader into an alternate universe where things are normal but just a bit different, a bit more sensational. After reading…
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Guest Post: Tam Binh talks Travel and Adventure and A Shot in the 80% Dark

30 Aug 2022
Giveaway Ends 9/1 Travel and Adventureby Tam Binh I’m Tam Binh Saveur.  Maybe you’ve heard of me.  My husband Stewart and I are travel and food bloggers, and we homeschool…
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Book Bites: In Danger of Judgment

29 Aug 2022
Giveaway Ends 9/2 As a rule, there is a word minimum for a proper review. The Kindle app puts it at 20. Some book promoters want at least 300 -…
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Book Blast: The Refuge Bid by Jude Tresswell

26 Aug 2022
Giveaway Ends 8/30 Book Title: The Refuge Bid (County Durham Quad 8) Author and Publisher: Jude TresswellRelease Date: August 1, 2022Genre:  Contemporary crime/mystery, gay male protagonistsTropes: Cold case investigation, self-awareness journeyThemes:…
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Guest Post: Meet Baby by Valerie Burns #Review

26 Aug 2022
Giveaway Ends 9/4 Meet Baby, the English Mastiffby Valerie Burns In my upcoming release, Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder, Maddy Montgomery inherits a bakery, a house in the fictional…
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A Conversation with author Linda Hurtado Bond

24 Aug 2022
Giveaway Ends 9/16 What does it mean to you to be called an author?  I’ve always wanted to be a writer. In high school, I went part-time to a school…
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A conversation with author J. A. Crawford

23 Aug 2022August 23, 2022
Giveaway Ends 8/31 Come back later this month for a full review of Heroes Ever Die (Ken Allen Super Sleuth). For now, enjoy this humorous glimpse in the inner workings…
Book of the Day…

GUEST POST: Introducing Rook Campbell from Devil’s Kiss by  Michelle Bennington

18 Aug 2022August 18, 2022
Giveaway Ends 8/24 Introducing Rook Campbell from Devil’s Kissby  Michelle Bennington Family is everything. Especially to someone like me because, you see, my mom was murdered when I was a…
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Spotlight: A Dark and Stormy Tea (A Tea Shop Mystery)

17 Aug 2022
Giveaway Ends 8/21 A Dark and Stormy Tea (A Tea Shop Mystery) A possible serial killer on the loose sends tea maven Theodosia Browning into a whirlwind of investigation in this…
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Guest Post: My Writing Journey By Stacy Wilder

17 Aug 2022August 17, 2022
Giveaway Ends 8/24 My Writing Journeyby Stacy Wilder My first major in college was Journalism.  I switched to business and embarked on a career in accounting and human resources, leaving…
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A Conversation with Author Amy L. Bernstein

16 Aug 2022
Giveaway Ends 8/31  What does it mean to you to be called an author?  The word “author,” for me, carries a lot of weight. It signals that as a writer,…
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Read An Excerpt from Hook, Line and Sinker by Marc Jedel

12 Aug 2022August 13, 2022
Giveaway Ends 8/17 Read An Excerpt from Hook, Line, and Sinker: An Ozarks Lake Mystery (Book 3) by Marc Jedel “What?” Trent cut me off before my rant could spiral…
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A Conversation with Author Katharine Schellman

10 Aug 2022August 11, 2022
Giveaway Ends 9/2 What does it mean to you to be called an author?  It’s a dream come true, in so many ways! I’ve wanted to be a writer since…
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Guest Post: My Favorite Fan Moments By Elizabeth pantley

6 Aug 2022
My Favorite Fan Moments By Elizabeth pantley One of the unexpected joys of being an author is finding a fan out there in the world randomly. Not at a conference…
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A Conversation with Author Laura Oles

5 Aug 2022
Giveaway Ends 8/22 IR– What inspired the idea for your book? LO– I believe it’s the feeling of being an outsider. I grew up in a military family, moving regularly,…
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A Conversation with Author Sharon Michalove

2 Aug 2022
Giveaway Ends 8/15 IR– What inspired the idea for your book? SM– I just woke up one morning and the idea and the characters were there. The whole thing was…
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Book Bites: The Fragrance of Death by Leslie Karst

31 Jul 2022August 14, 2022
giveaway ends 8/7 When a fellow contestant at the artichoke festival is found dead with the vegetable stuffed in his mouth, Sally Solari, restaurant owner/amateur sleuth is off and running.…
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A Conversation with Author Jan Drexler

25 Jul 2022August 14, 2022
Giveaway Ends 7/27 What does it mean to you to be called an author?  When I was a child, I was one of those readers who would read the authors’…
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Book Bites and a QandA: End of the Line by AG Meiers

22 Jul 2022August 14, 2022
What does it mean to you to be called an author?  Oh wow, that’s a great question. I don’t know if anybody has actually ever asked me this before. Well,…
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A Conversation with Author Mary Alford

22 Jul 2022August 14, 2022
Giveaway Ends 7/31 IR– What inspired the idea for your book? MA– I loved the idea of writing a suspense story that takes place in an innocent Amish community. In…
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A Conversation with Author Debbie De Louise

21 Jul 2022August 14, 2022
Giveaway Ends 7/25 What does it mean to you to be called an author?  It’s a title I’ve wanted all my life. As a child, I admired authors. I wanted…
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A Conversation with Author Tom Mead

20 Jul 2022August 14, 2022
Giveaway ends 7/24 https://amzn.to/3PpWuwb IR-- Which book are we talking about today? TM-- My book is called Death and the Conjuror, and it’s a mystery set in 1930s London, written…
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Guest Post: Making Your Story Perfect by Terry Korth Fischer

19 Jul 2022August 14, 2022
Giveaway Ends 7/25 Making Your Story Perfectby Terry Korth Fischer Writing, revising, and editing are part of the writing process. The trick is to know when to do each and…
Book of the Day…

A Conversation With Author Sarah Hualde

18 Jul 2022
Giveaway Ends 7/24  IR– What does it mean to you to be called an author?  SH– Being a writer means you write. Anything. Everything. On anything and everything. Being an…
Book Blasts…

Spotlight: Double Exposure by Anne Barwell

15 Jul 2022
giveaway ends 7/16 Book Title:  Double Exposure (Pōneke Shadows Book 1) Author: Anne BarwellPublisher:  LaceDragon Publishing Cover Artist: T.L. BlandRelease Date: July 11, 2022Genre: Paranormal, Mystery, Detective, MM RomanceTropes: Found family, fated…
Book of the Day…

A Conversation with Author Leslie Wheeler

14 Jul 2022July 14, 2022
giveaway ends 7/31 IR– What inspired the idea for the book?  LAW–I was inspired to write Wolf Bog on a hike organized by my Berkshire town of New Marlborough’s land…
Book of the Day…

Character Guest Post: Meet Gary Presser!

13 Jul 2022
Giveaway Ends 7/18 Meet Gary Presser! Hello, my name is Gary Presser, better known as the Watson to Shell McMillan’s Holmes in the Urban Tails Pet Shop Mysteries! I didn’t…

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    When will Cadmium Red Dead be published=

  2. Aimee E on Author Q&A with Hawk MacKinneyOctober 16, 2022

    Thhis was lovely to read

  3. Wendy B on Q & A with Author Mally BeckerOctober 12, 2022

    Awesome interview! "old books and fresh coffee" - Yes, please!

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    Great interview! Fun :-)

  5. Brooke L. French on Book Blast: Inhuman Acts by Brooke L. FrenchOctober 6, 2022

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