Posts Categorized: Book Spotlight

Feb 07 2022
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Scones and Scofflaws by Jane Gorman – Spotlight & Giveaway

Scones and Scofflaws by Jane Gorman – Spotlight & Giveaway

Scones and Scofflaws: Cape May Cozy Mysteries with a Twist
by Jane Gorman
About Scones and Scofflaws

Scones and Scofflaws: Cape May Cozy Mysteries with a Twist
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Cape May, New Jersey
Blue Eagle Press (December 19, 2020)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 278 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0999110047
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0999110041
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08PW7M9JC

When a gorgeous man dressed as Bridgette Bardot buys her a Scofflaw and asks her out on a date, Anna McGregor begins to suspect her murder investigation has taken a wrong turn. Her previous work as a medical anthropologist exposed her to a variety …

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Feb 04 2022
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The Twist and Shout Murder by Teresa Trent – Spotlight & Giveaway

The Twist and Shout Murder by Teresa Trent – Spotlight & Giveaway

The Twist and Shout Murder: A Swinging Sixties Mystery
by Teresa Trent
About Twist and Shout Murder

The Twist and Shout Murder: A Swinging Sixties Mystery
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Historia (January 4, 2022)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 212 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1685120709
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1685120702
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09NQWZTGR

In 1962, Dot Morgan was told the best thing she could do besides being a nurse or teacher was to learn to type. While attending secretarial school, she decides to rub elbows with an elite ladies’ club to help her father with a struggling campaign for city council. Instead of getting the help …

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Feb 03 2022
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The Prisoner of Paradise by Rob Samborn – Showcase & Giveaway

The Prisoner of Paradise by Rob Samborn – Showcase & Giveaway

The Prisoner of Paradise
by Rob Samborn
January 24 – February 18, 2022 Virtual Book Tour

Synopsis:

The world’s largest oil painting. A 400-year-old murder. A disembodied whisper: “Amore mio.” My love.

Nick and Julia O’Connor’s dream trip to Venice collapses when a haunting voice reaches out to Nick from Tintoretto’s Paradise, a monumental depiction of Heaven. Convinced his delusions are the result of a concussion, Julia insists her husband see a doctor, though Nick is adamant the voice was real.

Blacking out in the museum, Nick flashes back to a life as a 16th century Venetian peasant swordsman. He recalls precisely who the voice belongs to: Isabella Scalfini, a married aristocrat he was tasked to seduce but …

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Jan 29 2022
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Ice Cold Murder by Michele Pariza Wacek – Spotlight & Giveaway

Ice Cold Murder by Michele Pariza Wacek – Spotlight & Giveaway

Ice Cold Murder (Charlie Kingsley Mysteries)
by Michele Pariza Wacek
About Ice Cold Murder

Ice Cold Murder (Charlie Kingsley Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Love-Based Publishing (January 25, 2022)
Number of Pages ~250
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09L1JN8J3

When Charlie agrees to accompany her friend Claire to her late grandmother’s reading of the will, she assumes she is simply there for moral support.

She doesn’t expect things to get so … strange.

 

It’s odd enough that it takes place over a weekend, but that’s just the beginning …

 

They also need to stay in Claire’s grandma’s supposedly haunted house with Claire’s estranged family.

 

Things get even …

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Jan 24 2022
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Frozen in Motion by Lori Roberts Herbst – Spotlight & Giveaway

Frozen in Motion by Lori Roberts Herbst – Spotlight & Giveaway

Frozen in Motion (Callie Cassidy Mysteries)
by Lori Roberts Herbst
About Frozen in Motion

Frozen in Motion (Callie Cassidy Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – Colorado
Number of Pages ~275

A murder at the local hockey rink leaves photographer Callie Cassidy nursing a few injuries of her own, but that won’t stop her from trying to catch the killer—before someone else gets iced…

 

When hockey coach Renata Sanchez asks for Callie’s help exposing her ex-husband’s nefarious activities, Callie hesitates. After all, Renata’s brother, Detective Raul Sanchez, has been known to bristle at Callie’s interference. But with her own second-chance romance on rocky turf and her best friend’s engagement to a man Callie doesn’t entirely trust, she could use the distraction of …

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Jan 19 2022
4

French Ghost by Corinne Labalme – Spotlight & Giveaway

French Ghost by Corinne Labalme – Spotlight & Giveaway

French Ghost (Paris Ghost Writer Series)
by Corinne LaBalme

 

About French Ghost

French Ghost (Paris Ghost Writer Series)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Paris
Wild Rose Press (January 10, 2022)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1509239197
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1509239191
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09KK62XR1

Ghost-writer Melody Layne is stranded in Paris when the over-sexed but unloved French movie star who hired her to produce his memoir accidentally drowns before the interviews begin. It’s a major financial relief when his enigmatic Spanish son re-hires her, but the seductive Carlos Ortega is strangely silent about his reasons for funding a feel-good bio about a father that he clearly …

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Jan 05 2022
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Murder in Second Position by Lori Robbins – Spotlight & Giveaway

Murder in Second Position by Lori Robbins – Spotlight & Giveaway

Murder in Second Position: An On Pointe Mystery
by Lori Robbins
About Murder in Second Position

Murder in Second Position: An On Pointe Mystery
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Level Best Books (November 23, 2021)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 258 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1685120210
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1685120214
Kindle ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09FM1JTFL

Ballerina Leah Siderova belongs onstage. Not in an interrogation room at Manhattan’s Twentieth Precinct. And yet, for the second time in less than a year, that’s where she has a starring role. It wasn’t her fault someone killed the autocratic new director of the American Ballet Company. And it wasn’t her job to …

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Dec 19 2021
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The Burden of Innocence by John Nardizzi

The Burden of Innocence by John Nardizzi

The Burden of Innocence
by John Nardizzi
December 6, 2021 – January 31, 2022 Virtual Book Tour

Synopsis:

Private investigators Ray Infantino and Tania Kong take on the case of Sam Langford, framed for a murder committed by a crime boss at the height of his powers.

But a decade later, Boston has changed. The old ethnic tribes have weakened. As the PIs range across the city, witnesses remember the past in dangerous ways. The gangsters know that, in the new Boston, vulnerable witnesses they manipulated years ago are shaky. Old bones will not stay buried forever.

As the gang sabotages the investigation, will Ray and Tania solve the case in time to save an innocent man?

Book Details:

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Dec 16 2021
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The Little Town of Summerville by Robert Douglass

The Little Town of Summerville by Robert Douglass

The Little Town of Summerville
A Dog Named Chubby
by Robert Douglass
December 1-31, 2021 Virtual Book Tour

Synopsis:

Jack Wellington moves from the big city to make a new start. He jumps at the opportunity to become a detective in Summerville.

A peculiar case is assigned to him as artwork has been stolen and a dog is missing. Fellow detective Charlie Finch, a man adorned with decades of service, uncovers clues with Jack. They become intrigued by the words and actions of a neighborhood boy and wonder how much he might know.

Clues are followed but it’s the kids in the neighborhood who provide the most relevant clues. As the detectives get closer to them with their questions, the pressure of the kids struggle unfolds.

Kids, dogs, …

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Dec 16 2021
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Pickled Pink in Paris by PJ Peterson – Showcase & Giveaway

Pickled Pink in Paris by PJ Peterson – Showcase & Giveaway

Pickled Pink in Paris
by PJ Peterson
December 1-31, 2021 Virtual Book Tour

Synopsis:

A major business deal is disrupted by murder.

But a young physician has the key to the case…

A dying man’s last word whispered in her ear: “…mushroom…”

When medical internist Julia Fairchild receives an invitation to Paris from her long-distance beau, Josh, she packs a bag, grabs her sister Carly, and jets off for the City of Lights. But once they arrive, death and suspicion take the place of champagne and escargot. Josh’s business partner is dying in the hospital, and the gendarmes are convinced Josh is behind it.

Naturally curious and driven to seek justice, Julia jumps at the chance to clear Josh’s name …

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