Mystery Reads

Buyer’s Guide: Happy Homicides: 13 Cozy Holiday Mysteries by Joanna Campbell Slan, Neil Plakcy, Lois Winston, Annie Adams, Jenna Bennett, Nancy Jill Thames, Sara Rosett, Camille Minichino, Nancy Warren, Linda Gordon Hengerer, Joyce and Jim Lavene, and Teresa Trent.

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Targeted Age Group:: adult
Category: Mystery Books
Book Price Ranges
Print book: N/A
Audiobook:
eBook: .99

About Happy Homicides: 13 Cozy Holiday Mysteries:
A huge collection of heartwarming, brain-puzzling, and character-driven traditional mysteries that’ll keep you entertained for hours. (At 213,000 words, this is 627 pages of reading material!) Plus, you can email to get a FREE Bonus File with recipes and holiday craft ideas. Celebrate the holidays with stories by these thirteen bestselling and award-winning authors.

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Buyer’s Guide: On the Road to Where the Bells Toll by M. J. Williams

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Targeted Age Group:: Adults of all ages
Category: Mystery Books
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Print book: $11.49
Audiobook:
eBook: $2.99

About On the Road to Where the Bells Toll:
Emily and Stan Remington pack up the RV and head to Boston for some R & R with the grandkids and a chance to immerse themselves in colonial history. But their Fourth of July celebration comes to an abrupt halt when they stumble over a body on the Boston Esplanade and then another hanging in the steeple of the Old North Church. Now the couple must unravel a tangle of forged clues and flush out the perpetrator before their own untimely epitaphs are written onto the historical landscape. “A clever blend of history, tourism, Bean Town traffic, and murder rockets this new Emily and Stan adventure into the category of wickedly fun entertainment.” ~ Maddy Hunter, author of the Peril to Passport Mystery series.

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Featured Book: The Book of Secrets by Sylvia A. Nash

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The Book of Secrets, a new release, will be $0.99 from 9/11 to 9/15. It will then return to its regular price of $3.99. (Cozy Mystery, Christian Fiction)

Someone had a secret to kill for. Now the secret keeper is dead, and the Book of Secrets is missing. Grief turns to fear and suspicion as six childhood friends try to protect their secrets. The task of protecting their lives falls to Millicent Anderson, professor turned sleuth. However, to do so, she must find the book and expose their secrets.

“Secrets are similar to seeds buried in the ground. They remain under but near the surface until the moment they burst through and become more than they were, whether weed or flower. What will you do then?”

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Featured Book: Slow Dancing by Suzanne Jenkins

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The aftermath surrounding a woman whose car breaks down in a small town when she takes a wrong turn. Margaret Fisher decides to stay, moving in to the home of the local auto mechanic with her young daughter Ellen.

Years later, after midnight a mysterious stranger appears at the edge of the woods and the peaceful life fifteen-year-old Ellen Fisher has with her beloved stepfather, Frank is turned upside down. Small town gossip, jealousy and murder strive to tear them apart in a tale of secrets and unrequited love.

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On the Road to Death’s Door by M. J. Williams

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Emily and Stan Remington’s maiden voyage in their newly inherited, second-hand RV goes awry when a body falls off the top of their vehicle. The retired small town police officer and her husband, a retired history professor, find themselves at the center of a murder investigation involving a politician, a corporate executive, and a hippie priest. Emily butts heads with the local sheriff as their search takes them from a backwoods cabin in Wisconsin’s scenic Door County to the Bishop’s Chancery in Madison to an abandoned island in the infamous Death’s Door Straits.

Targeted Age Group:: Adults

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
We (co-authors Peggy & Mary Joy) love to travel and we love mysteries. When we travel–together or separately–we are always wondering “what kind of trouble can our characters Emily and Stan get into here?”

Slow Dancing by Suzanne Jenkins

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After midnight, a mysterious stranger appears at the edge of the woods and the peaceful life fifteen-year-old Ellen has with her beloved stepfather Frank is turned upside down. Small town gossip, jealousy and murder strive to tear them apart in a tale of secrets and unrequited love. Clues to the outcome hide throughout the book!

“This stand alone story is fabulous. It was a little nostalgia for me. The setting and all the drama surrounding a woman who’s car breaks down in a small town when she takes a wrong turn. There is love, a mystery and a lot of emotions.” Amazon reviewer

Targeted Age Group:: 16 and older

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
A recurring idea to follow the course of a young girl in a healthy relationship with her stepfather was my inspiration. The relationship between the mother and a friend was inspired by Norah Lofts book Lovers All Untrue which is pretty dark. The mother is at the mercy of her friend and because of her situation isn’t able to circumvent the relationship. The daughter, Ellen, figures out what’s happening on her own, and the knowledge guides her to the end.

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The Lost City of the Condor by Vickie Britton

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A Reader’s Favorite 2013 Finalist in Adventure.
While traveling on a local bus in Chinchero, Peru, Arla is approached by a mysterious female peddler who shows her a small, silver warrior. The statue is identical to those found only in rare Inca tombs located high in the Andes. Arla suspects this is a genuine artifact, perhaps stolen from the same Capacocha burial site her co-worker, Lance Hayden, is seeking. When the woman tells her she has many more items for sale, Arla follows her to an abandoned house. Too late, Arla realizes she has fallen into a trap! Arla gets kidnapped by a group of ruthless thieves who are holding Lance Hayden hostage. They believe Arla’s in possession of a journal, which is the final link to the Lost City and the secret it holds. A race against time takes Arla to a snowy mountain peak and a clash with the looters for the most priceless treasure of all – the golden condor!

Targeted Age Group:: General Readership

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
An exciting trip to Peru and a trek up to Machu Picchu inspired us to write about the Inca. The story developed from the setting and the fascinating history of this area.

Featured Book: Mystery at Pima Point by J B Clemmens

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While waiting for the wedding of his nephew, Lieutenant Eli James enjoys a mini vacation at the fabulous Pima Point Resort near Phoenix. When the bride disappears and one of her bridesmaids is murdered, he reverts to his NYPD homicide detective status and investigates some shady business at the spa and resort. But drug trafficking and illegal plastic surgery are secondary to finding the killer and his nephew’s bride-to-be before the wedding.

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Featured Mystery Book: Four Pieces For Power : Book One of the Vendicatori by Marc Estes

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Four Pieces For Power : Book One of the Vendicatori by Marc Estes

When mysterious strangers arrive at the home of Andrew Correo, they provide him with life changing news. He learns of the Vedicatori, a secret organization established by his ancestors, an organization he now has the chance to inherit control over. In order to gain this control, he needs to compete with Robert Stavero in a global scavenger hunt. They must search for four illusive crystals that, when brought together, will tell them their final destination.

Also in Edson, Monica Correo is planning a wedding to her love, John Weaver. With the wedding so close to Halloween, the pair decide to have a masquerade ball for the wedding reception. It will be an event no one in Edson will ever forget.

With just a clue and limited guidance, both Andrew and Robert set out on their secretive journey. For both, the path leads to mystery, suspense, and self-discovery. As Andrew looks forward to his future, while putting parts of his past behind him, Robert grows greedy and develops a love for deception and hate. The hunt brings them through the ruins of Teotihuacan to the Eternal City and its history, but who will have the cunning to come out on top?

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