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Featured Book: Evi’s Curse by Kathleen Grasso

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Evi Morris is excitedly planning her wedding. She’s so busy with designer wedding gowns and stilettos, the last thing on her mind is the rumored family curse. After all, everyone knows there's no such thing as psychics.
When Evi trips and hits her head, she has a vision of the wealthy Richard Bennigan being murdered by an unknown assailant.
Evi sets out on a quest to save a man who refuses to believe he’s in danger.

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Yellowhead Blues by R.E. Donald

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Just west of the Rocky Mountains, a frightened horse with a bloody saddle is found running loose on the Yellowhead highway. Former RCMP investigator Hunter Rayne is on the road in his eighteen-wheeler when he is flagged down to help calm the horse and find its missing rider.

The horse with the bloody saddle leads Hunter and a good-natured French Canadian cowboy into a complicated murder mystery. The police are none too happy with his interference, but Hunter strongly believes the RCMP have arrested the wrong man and sets out to uncover who stood to gain from the death of a wealthy ranch owner.

His belief in the suspect’s innocence is shared by a rookie female RCMP constable who joins him in the search for the truth. She befriends the dead man’s young fiancé in an effort to get answers, and discovers that the vulnerable Texas beauty is not who the victim believed her to be.

Yellowhead Blues was one of three finalists for the 2020 Whistler Independent Book Award in Fiction. It has earned an average of 4.7 stars in ratings on Amazon.com, and is the fifth novel in a unique mystery series set on the highways of North America.

Targeted Age Group:: Adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I love mysteries. I especially love mystery series that feature realistic characters and situations, with stories that make me believe those characters actually exist. Of course, that's the type of books I have always aspired to write.

Among the excellent crime series that inspired me to write the Highway Mysteries are Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley series, Martha Grimes' Richard Jury series, Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series and John Lescroart's Dismas Hardy series.

As for the unique setting of the Highway Mysteries, I spent a good part of my life working in the transportation industry, and was fortunate to get to know many of the interesting people working as truck drivers, customs brokers and other support workers who help get goods to every corner of North America.

Murder at Mile Marker 18 by Denise Jaden

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The widow of a mystery author and a cat who thinks he’s a dog are launched into their own investigations in this first-in-series cozy mystery.

“Denise Jaden delivers fun and charming mystery in Murder at Mile Marker 18 that every cozy lover will want to have on their shelf.” – Readers Favorite 5-star review

“The mystery is fast-paced and kept me reading through the night. The ending was a surprise and all the pieces fit together perfectly! I can’t wait for the next visit with Mallory and Hunch!” – Jerri Cachero from Cozy Mystery Corner Book Reviews

“This was a cute story with lots of humor throughout. I liked the characters, their interactions, and the pacing of the story line.” – Emily Pennington, Amazon Top 500 Reviewer

Perfect for fans of Molly Fitz and Christy Barritt…

An unlucky amateur sleuth, an adorable cop, and a cat with a hunch…

If anyone had told Mallory Beck she would become Honeysuckle Grove’s next unschooled detective, she would have thought they were ten noodles short of a lasagna. Her late husband had been the mystery novelist with a penchant for the suspicious. She was born for the Crock-Pot, not the magnifying glass, and yet here she is elbow deep in fettuccine, cat treats, and teenagers with an attitude, the combination of which lands her smack-dab in the middle of a murder investigation.

Maybe she should have thought twice about delivering a casserole to a grieving family. Maybe she should have avoided the ever-changing green eyes of her seventh-grade crush—now the most heart-stopping cop in town. Maybe she should have stopped listening to the insightful mewls of her antagonistic cat, Hunch, who most likely wants her to be the town’s next murder victim.

Whatever the case, Mallory Beck got herself into this investigation, and she has a distraught teenage girl counting on her to deliver the truth.

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Targeted Age Group:: Adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I had been co-writing cozy mysteries with author Lee Strauss. Once I got the hang of plotting a good mystery, I was hooked and wanted to jump right into plotting my own solo series.

Featured Book: The Secrets of Riverbottom Road by C. G. Haberman

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About Featured Book: The Secrets of Riverbottom Road by C. G. Haberman

For Jack Wiley, a respected writer, hell begins during a contentious meeting with his new supervisor. The hellfire continues with an emotionally charged trip to his hometown, where battering and bettering change him but does not prepare him for the fateful night that nearly destroys him.
From the moment Jack Wiley leaves his home in Loveland, Colorado, the odd feelings begin. His emotions of anger, annoyance, contempt, and sadness ebb and flow until he reaches his first stop in Kansas, where he begins to feel at home after thirty years away. The next day, as Jack descends into the river valley south of Lohfton, Nebraska, nostalgia grips him. The latent images of friends and adversaries come into focus as he leans against his vehicle parked at the highway and Riverbottom Road intersection.
In the next four days, Jack is welcomed, buffeted, denigrated, wined, dined, and humbled. Each day builds strength and love for his family, friends and unlocking the secrets of Riverbottom Road. The last night in Lohfton explodes with a fury that leaves him at the mercy of the reliable, decisive friends in his life.

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Featured Book: Devil’s Realm by Julie Jones

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On a searing summer’s day on an idyllic beach in South Devon, a young boy plunges to a horrific death from the overhanging cliffs. The tragic event graphically captured on film by the enigmatic Salcombe painter and entrepreneur Lois St John. Five years later, the boy’s father suffers the identical fate at the same location. Called to the scene, Moorland Forensic Consultants uncover a prophetic link between Liam Mercer’s fatal fall and a controversial painting of his son’s death titled ‘Falling Memories’. James, Fiona and Katie Sinclair draw upon their professional expertise as a string of mysterious deaths follow.

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Featured Book: Escape to Osprey Cove by Luisa Marietta Gold

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FREE–NOVEMBER 29-30, 2020 The mystery begins with an unusual find in the secret compartment of Doug’s new Corvette, changing his and Catherine’s life forever. Doug’s mysterious behavior afterward forces Catherine to escape to The Osprey Cove Lodge, where she finds something even more valuable. The series is uniquely written, spanning seven geographic locations, from the scenic Canadian region of the Rideau Lakes to the beautiful shores of the Caribbean. An exciting web of mystery develops as the characters’ lives intertwine. The description of the lodge is so inviting that you will want to pack your bags and head there.

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Featured Book: Murder in St-Rémy by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

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Some say St.Rémy is the most beautiful village in France. But when American expat Maggie Newberry finds a pregnant, homeless teenager there, Maggie is thrust into a maelstrom of enmity and treachery which quickly reveals that not all families are created equal. In fact, some are so badly damaged nothing can fix them. Except possibly murder.

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Featured Book: Miz Scarlet and the Holiday Houseguests by Sara M. Barton

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One of two perma-free books in the Scarlet Wilson Mystery Series!….Divorced parents who won’t stop bickering, a sassy teenager, and a killer stalking her are just what homicide investigator Laurencia “Larry” Rivera doesn’t need for Christmas! The short-handed state police investigator can’t get a handle on the latest murder case…things just keep going wrong. Is someone trying to intimidate Larry and her team, to protect the killer and prevent him from being caught?

Innkeeper Scarlet Wilson is a good friend. That’s why she invites the entire Rivera family to spend Christmas at the Four Acorns Inn. But a killer comes a-calling in the middle of their holiday preparations. “Miz Scarlet” may not have Larry’s professional cop training, but that doesn’t stop her from enlisting boyfriend Kenny Tolliver and Larry’s former partner, Max, to rescue the uncooperative damsel in distress. If only she stuck to guest services….Before the Rivera visit to the Four Acorns Inn ends, not only will a killer be sent packing, everyone will learn two things: the shocking reason for the bitter divorce of “The Spitball King” and the “Queen of Clean”, and how the granddaughter of a Red Sox assistant coach came to be named after a famous Yankee center fielder.

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Featured Book: SAY YOU LOVE ME by Willow Rose

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Former FBI-profiler Eva Rae Thomas is back and embedded in a true nightmare reaching deep into her own family.

What would you do if your brother was accused of a horrible crime, and you were certain he didn’t do it?
Life is not done throwing Eva Rae Thomas curveballs.

A phone call turns her life upside down – once again. The call is from her father, the man she hasn’t seen in thirty-six years, not since he kidnapped her sister in a supermarket.

Now, he is back in Florida, and he needs her help. Her younger brother – who she didn’t know existed – has been arrested on Amelia Island. The boy is in a coma after being shot by an officer during the incident. But his father doesn’t believe the police, and he asks for Eva Rae’s help to prove it.

At the same time, a serial killer is planning one of the most horrific mass killings in history.

Will Eva Rae find it in her heart to help her father after what he did to her? Will facing him again set her free or pull her under?

SAY YOU LOVE ME is the fourth book in the Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Series and can be read as a standalone.

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In a Flash by William Mangieri

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Jimmy was a good cop, but age and changing times were getting the better of him. If he could only get an edge, take advantage of some of that new-fangled tech – what would be the harm? I mean, everybody cheats a little, don’t they? Just be careful not to get caught… Read “In a Flash” to see how Jimmy gets himself out of trouble.
“In a Flash” is a sci-fi/crime short story, the first in the Detective Jimmy Delaney series (and it’s FREE.) If you like a little self-deprecation and humor with some sci-fi elements thrown in (think “The Rockford Files” mashed up with the old BBC “The Avengers”) this is the series for you.

Targeted Age Group:: 16+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
An associate mentioned how he wished he could just plug a flash drive into his brain and acquire skills, instead of having to spend years studying. I wondered about the convenience, and the mind-hacking dangers, and "In a Flash" was born (And Jimmy Delaney liked the gig and kept finding other ways to get in trouble.)