Sneek Peak at Long Gone Man by Phyllis Smallman

Here’s an advance look at a new mystery series by Award Winning Author Phyllis Smallman.  The Singer Brown Mystery Series.  If this short blurb gets your interest, then you need to put it on your TBR list and pre-order it as soon as it hits the usual bookseller’s sites.

 

Long Gone Man

By: Phyllis Smallman

Copyright: September 2013

Publisher: TouchWood Editions

Singer Brown’s life takes a nosedive after the suspicious death of her lover, Michael, a roadie for a rock band called Vortex. Twenty years later, she is looking for revenge. In a thick fog, a ferry docks on Glenphiddie Island and Singer’s decrepit van unloads. The homeless singer is there to find the man who destroyed her life all those years ago. But she arrives too late. Someone has already killed Vortex’s lead singer, Johnny Vibes. And now the murderer is coming after Singer.

Each of the former band members is hiding sins, both old and new—secrets worth killing for. But Singer has one potential ally: Johnny Vibes’s wife, who has just as much to lose as Singer. While trying to clear her name and solve the mystery of Michael’s death, Singer enters a dangerous and deadly world of jealousy, greed, and murder.

Set in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, this series follows Singer Brown, a homeless woman who sings on the streets for coins and watches life ebb and flow around her. With a knack for being in the right place at the wrong time, Singer is one of society’s invisible people. And being unseen is an incredible advantage to have when you’re digging for secrets.

FTC Full Disclosure: I received this book from the publisher who only asks for a fair review.

Elaine Viets – New Book Trailer

 

This latest Dead End Job Mystery will be released on May 7, 2013

The Hard Cover book is published by NAL Hardcover

Order it now so you can be the first of your friends to read it.

 

Back Cover Blurb

Husband and wife PI team Helen Hawthorne and Phil Sagemont won’t be sparing the sunscreen on their latest assignment, but they’re about to find out murder is no day at the beach….

Will the Real Paddleboard Killer Please Stand Up?

There’s a dark cloud over Sunny Jim’s Safety First Parasailing and Stand-Up Paddleboarding business on Florida’s Riggs Beach—especially after one of his clients is killed in a tragic paddleboarding mishap. Sunny Jim is sure it was no accident, and he hires Helen and Phil to find the murderer.

Between cutthroat competitors poaching his territory, the city threatening to revoke his license, a restaurant owner wanting his beach spot for a parking lot, and a wrongful death suit filed by the victim’s husband, Sunny Jim may soon be up the creek without a paddle.

But he does have Helen and Phil on his side, and as the couple start to investigate, they discover dark undercurrents of corruption behind the cheerful facades of the beachfront businesses, as well as domestic secrets. But the sands of time are running out, and if they don’t catch the killer soon, Sunny Jim won’t be the only one to go under….

My April and May book release lists

Multi Genre and oh so good.

April 2013

Honey Pie – Cupcake Club #4 – Donna Kauffman
Parrots Prove Deadly – A Pru Marlow Mystery – Clea Simon
Chihuahua Confidential – A Barking Detective Mystery – Waverly Curtis
If He’s Tempted – The Sherlockes – Hannah Howell
The Killer Clown – Terry Sullivan with Peter T. Malken
Sinner’s Heart – The Hellraisers – Zoe Archer
Strong and Sexy – The Sky High Series – Jill Shalvis
Oak and Dagger – White House Gardener Mystery #3 – Dorothy St. James
Bronze Gods – An Apparatus Infernem Novel #1 – A.A. Aguirre
The Good, the Bad, and the Witchy – Wishcraft Mystery #3 – Heather Blake
The Darkling – R.B. Chesterton (Carolyn Haines)
Falling Blind – The Sentinel Wars – Shannon K. Butcher
One For the Wicked – A Dark Mission Novel – Karina Cooper
Going, Going, Ganache – A Cupcake Bakery Mystery – Jenn McKinlay
That Old Flame of Mine – A Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery – J.J. Cook
Malled to Death – A Mall Cop Mystery – Laura Disilverio
Curse of the PTA – Laura Alden
Widow’s Tears – Susan Wittig Albert
A Broth of Betrayal – A Soup Lover’s Mystery #1 – Connie Archer
The Good, the Bad, and the Witchy – Heather Blake
Dark Triumph – Robin LaFevers
Warrior Rogue – Drift Lords #2 – Nancy J. Cohen
Nameless – Tales of Beauty & Madness #1 – Lili St. John
Echo – SciFi/Fantasy – Alicia Wright Brewster
Final Settlement – Darby Farr Mystery #4 – Vicki Doudera

May 2013

Touch of the Angel – Rosalie Lario
Dead Ever After – Last Sookie Book – Charlaine Harris
Killer in Crinolines – Consignment Shop #2 – Duffy Brown
Tempest Reborn – Jane True – Nicole Peeler
The Cat, the Mill, and the Murder – A Cats in Trouble Mystery – Leann Sweeney
Twice Tempted – A Night Prince Novel – Jeanine Frost
Fall of Night – Morganville Vampire Novel – Rachel Caine
Smarty Bones – Sarah Booth Delaney #13 – Carolyn Haines
The League of the Black Swan – Alyssa Day
Frost Burned – Patricia Briggs
Topped Chef – Third book in series – Lucy Burdette
Alien in the House – Gini Koch
Board Stiff – A Dead End Job Mystery #11 – Elaine Viets
Heard it Through the Grapevine – A Dead Sister Talking Mystery – Lizbeth Lipperman
Brush With Death – Karen MacInerney
Hex on the Ex – Book #3 – Rochelle Staab
Picture Perfect Corpse – Joanna Campbell Slan
Drop Dead Beauty – Wendy Roberts
Loki’s Wolves – K.L. Armstrong & M.A. Marr
Binding the Shadows – Jenn Bennett
A Spear of Summer Grass – Deanna Raybourn
A Witch’s Handbook of Kisses and Curses – Molly Harper
Dead Man’s Deal – The Asylum Tales #2 – Jocelynn Drake
The Cursed – A new Paranormal Romance Series – Alyssa Day
It Had to be You – Lucky Harbor Novel #7 – Jill Shalvis
Born of Illusion – Terri Brown
Dead, White and Blue – Death on Demand #23 – Carolyn Hart
Time Thief – A Time Thief Novel – Katie MacAlister
South of Surrender – Hearts of the Anemoi Book #3 – Laura Kaye

A Look Ahead Into 2013

My latest 2013 new release update list…. for additions and corrections please contact me.

January 2013

Murder for the Halibut – A Clueless Cook Mystery #3 – Liz Lipperman
What a Ghoul Wants – Ghost Hunters #6 – Victoria Laurie
Crimson Frost – Jennifer Estep
The Archived – Victoria Schwabb
Malice in Wonderland – Dulcie Book #5 – H.P. Mallory
Blessed by a Demon’s Mark – E.S. Moore
House of Lies – Linda Rosencrance
Never Love a Lord – Heather Grothaus
Reckless Seduction – Jane Feather
Scrapped: A Cumberland Creek Mystery – Mollie Cox Bryan
A Passion for Him – Sylva Day
Easter Bunny Murder – Lucy Stone #19 – Leslie Meier
Othermoon – Nina Berry
The Importance of Being Wicked – Victoria Alexander
That Night on Thistle Lane – Carla Neggers
Revenge of the Crafty Corpse – Anastasia Pollack #3 – Lois Winston
The Llama of Death – Gunn Zoo #3 – Betty Webb
Between – Kerry Shafer
The Alpine Xanadu – Emma Lord #24 – Mary Daheim
Shattered Souls – Delilah Devlin
Grounds to Kill – Wendy Roberts *
Haunted Moon – Otherworld #13 – Yasmine Galenorn *

February 2013

Haunted Moon – Otherworld #13 – Yasmine Galenorn
Etiquette & Espionage – The Finishing School #1 – Gail Carriger
The Resurrectionist – Devyn Quinn (possibly sooner)
House Rules – Chicagoland Vampires #7 – Chloe Neill
Cat Trick – Magical Cats Mystery #3 – Sofie Kelly
All Natural Murder – A Blossom Valley Mystery – Staci McLaughlin
Slow Death – Jim Fielder
Under the Gun – Underworld Detective Chronicles #3 – Hannah Jayne
Lady of Ashes – Christine Trent
Moonglow – The Darkborn Legacy – Michael Griffo
Murder at Fenway Park – Troy Soos
One Night With a Cowboy – Oklahoma Nights Romance – Cat Johnson
Red Velvet Cupcake Murder – Joanne Fluke
The Indigo Spell – Bloodline’s #3 – Richelle Mead
Buried in a Bog – County Cork Mystery #1 – Sheila Connolly
The Midnight Spell – Rhiannon Frater and Kody Boye
Every Trick in the Book – A Novel Idea Mystery – Lucy Arlington
Out of Circulation – Cat in the Stacks – Miranda James
One Hot Murder – A Victoria Square Mystery – Lorraine Bartlett
To Brie or Not to Brie – Cheese Shop Mystery – Avery Aames
Antique Discovery – Alison Trent Mystery #3 – Eileen Harris *
Veiled Revenge – Ellen Byerrum *
Chance of a Ghost – Haunted Guest House #4 – E.J. Copperman *
Town in a Pumpkin Bash – B.B. Haywood *
Oodles of Poodles – Linda O. Johnston *
All Natural Murder – Staci McLaughlin *
Bonnie of Evidence – Maddy Hunter *
Veiled Threat – Alice Loweecey *
A Plain Scandal – Amanda Flowers *

March 2013

Trouble in the Tarot – Fortune Teller Mystery #3 – Kari Lee Townsend
Bowled Over – Vintage Kitchen Mystery #2 – Victoria Hamilton
Frost Burned – Mercy Thompson #7 – Patricia Briggs
The Collector – A Dante Walker Novel – Victoria Scott
Undead and Underwater – MaryJanice Davidson
Real Vampires Know Hips Happen – Real Vampires #9 – Gerry Bartlett
The Christie Curse – Mystery Book Collector # 1 – Victoria Abbott
Blood and Magic – James R. Tuck
The Chosen – Book 3 of The Legend Chronicles – Theresa Meyers
Cats and Daughters: They Don’t Always Come When Called – Helen Brown
Killer Honeymoon – G.A. McKevett
Murder at Ebbet’s Field – Troy Soos
The Cherry Cola Book Club – Ashton Lee
Kitty Rocks the House – Carrie Vaughn
Hammer of Angels – Shadowstorm #2 – G.T. Almasi
Deadly Sting – Elemental Assassin #8 – Jennifer Estep
The Corpse With the Golden Nose – Cait Morgan Mystery #2 – Cathy Ace
Lucky Stiff – Mattie Winston Mystery #4 – Annelise Ryan
The Phoenix Girls – Book 1: The Conjuring Glass – Brian Knight
Peach Pies and Alibis – A Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery – Ellery Adams
Assaulted Pretzel – An Amish Mystery – Laura Bradford
Dead Suite – Wendy Roberts *
Wave Goodbye – Lila Dare *
Bowled Over – Victoria Hamilton *
Nickeled and Dimed to Death – Denise Swanson *
Killer Honeymoon – G. A. McKevett *
Legacy of the Clockwork Key – Kristin Bailey *

April 2013

Honey Pie – Cupcake Club #4 – Donna Kauffman
Parrots Prove Deadly – A Pru Marlow Mystery – Clea Simon
Chihuahua Confidential – A Barking Detective Mystery – Waverly Curtis
If He’s Tempted – The Sherlockes – Hannah Howell
The Killer Clown – Terry Sullivan with Peter T. Malken
Sinner’s Heart – The Hellraisers – Zoe Archer
Strong and Sexy – The Sky High Series – Jill Shalvis
Oak and Dagger – White House Gardener Mystery – Dorothy St. James
Bronze Gods – An Apparatus Infernem Novel #1 – A.A. Aguirre
The Good, the Bad, and the Witchy – Wishcraft Mystery #3 – Heather Blake
The Darkling – R.B. Chesterton (Carolyn Haines)
Falling Blind – The Sentinel Wars – Shannon K. Butcher
One For the Wicked – A Dark Mission Novel – Karina Cooper
Going, Going, Ganache – A Cupcake Bakery Mystery – Jenn McKinlay
That Old Flame of Mine – A Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery – J.J. Cook
Malled to Death – A Mall Cop Mystery – Laura Disilverio
Curse of the PTA – Laura Alden *
Widow’s Tears – Susan Wittig Albert *
A Broth of Betrayal – Connie Archer *
The Good, the Bad, and the Witchy – Heather Blake *
Dark Triumph – Robin LaFevers *

May 2013

Touch of the Angel – Rosalie Lario
Dead Ever After – Last Sookie Book – Charlaine Harris
Killer in Crinolines – Consignment Shop #2 – Duffy Brown
Tempest Reborn – Jane True – Nicole Peeler
The Cat, the Mill, and the Murder – A Cats in Trouble Mystery – Leann Sweeney
Twice Tempted – A Night Prince Novel – Jeanine Frost
Fall of Night – Morganville Vampire Novel – Rachel Caine
Smarty Bones – Carolyn Haines
The League of the Black Swan – Alyssa Day
Frost Burned – Patricia Briggs
Topped Chef – Third book in series – Lucy Burdette
Alien in the House – Gini Koch
Board Stiff – A Dead End Job Mystery – Elaine Viets
Heard it Through the Grapevine – A Dead Sister Talking Mystery – Lizbeth Lipperman
Brush With Death – Karen MacInerney *
Hex on the Ex – Book #3 – Rochelle Staab *
Picture Perfect Corpse – Joanna Campbell Slan *
Drop Dead Beauty – Wendy Roberts *
Loki’s Wolves – K.L. Armstrong & M.A. Marr *
Binding the Shadows – Jenn Bennett *

June 2013

Hungry Like A Wolf – A Novel of the Others – Christine Warren
Death, Taxes, and Hot Pink Leg Warmers – A Tara Holloway Mystery – Diane Kelley
Fatal Descent – An RM Outdoor Adventure Mystery – Beth Groundwater
The Diva Frosts a Cupcake – Domestic Diva Mystery – Krista Davis
Steamed to Death – A Gourmet De-lite Mystery – Peg Cochran
A Hot Time in the Old Town – Lorraine Bartlett *
Thread and Buried – Janet Bolin *
A Cookbook Conspiracy – Kate Carlisle *
Monument to the Dead – Sheila Connolly *
Shapeshifted – Cassie Alexander *

July 2013

Night Vision – Indigo Court #4 – Yasmine Galenorn
Deadly Forcast – Abby #11 – Victoria Laurie
Cold Copper – The Age of Steam – Devon Monk
Magic Rises – Ilona Andrews
Yarn to Go – A Yarn Retreat Mystery – Betty Hechtman
Grace Takes Off – A Manor House Mystery – Julie Hyzy
Not the Killing Type – A Booktown Mystery – Lorna Barrett
Laced With Poison – A Sweet Nothings Mystery – Meg London
Rubbed Out – Riley Adams *
Tarnished and Torn – Juliet Blackwell *
Tulle Death Do Us Part – Annette Blair *
A Custom-Fit Crime – Melissa Bourbon *
Final Sentence – Daryl Wood Gerber *
Death of a Coupon Clipper – Lee Hollis *
One Dead Cookie – Victoria Lowell *
Dyeing Wishes – Molly MacRae *
The Hen of the Baskervilles – Donna Andrews *

August 2013

Seed No Evil – Kate Collins
Biting Bad – Chicagoland #8 – Chloe Neill
Death al Dente – The Food Lover’s Village Mystery #1- Leslie Budewitz
Remnants of a Murder – A Southern Sewing Circle Mystery – Elizabeth Lynn Casey *
Cloche and Dagger – A Hat Shop Mystery – Jenn Mckinlay
Little Black Book of Murder – Blackbird Sisters Mystery – Nancy Martin
Cover Story – An Ashton Corners Mystery – Erika Chase
Seed No Evil – A Flower Shop Mystery – Kate Collins
Cross Stitch Before Dying – An Embroidery Mystery – Amanda Lee
Poisoned Politics – A Molly Malone Mystery – Maggie Sefton
From Herring to Eternity – Delia Rosen
If Bread Could Rise to the Occasion – Paige Shelton
Death al Dente – Food Lovers Village #1 – Leslie Ann Bedewitz
Midnight Frost – Mythos Academy #5 – Jennifer Estep *

September 2013

Gone With the Woof – Laurien Berenson
The Cakes of Wrath – A Piece of Cake Mystery – Jacklyn Brady
Going Through the Notions – A Deadly Notions Mystery – Cate Price
Silent Knife – Celebration Bay Mystery #2 – Shelley Freydont
Murder Plain and Simple – An Amish Quilt Shop Mystery – Isabella Alan
Bran New Death – A Merry Muffin Mystery – Victoria Hamilton
Murder of a Stacked Librarian – A Scumble River Mystery – Denise Swanson
Momma Gets Trashed – Deborah Sharp *
Skating Uphill – Joelle Charbonneau *
Heart of Venom – Elemental Assassin #9 – Jennifer Estep *

October 2013

Chicken Caccia-Killer – A Clueless Cook Mystery #4 – Liz Lipperman
Call of the Siren – Rosalie Lario
Poisoned Prose – Books by the Bay Mystery – Ellery Adams
Charms and Chocolate Chips – A Magical Bakery Mystery – Bailey Cates
Billionaire Blend – A Coffee House Mystery – Cleo Coyle
Accused – A Rosatto & Associates Mystery – Lisa Scottoline
Spanish Moss – Malice, and Murder – Sara Rosette
Final Catcall – A Magical Cats Mystery – Sofie Kelley
The Chocolate Book Bandit – A Chocoholic Mystery – JoAnna Carl
Afoot on St. Croix – A Mystery in the Islands novel – Rebecca M. Hale

November 2013

Autumn Whispers – Otherworld #14 – Yasmine Galenorn
Curtsies & Conspiracies – The Finishing School Book 2 – Gail Carriger

December 2013

Real Vampires Know Size Matters – Real Vampires #10 – Gerry Bartlett
Untitled – DIY #7 Mystery – Jennie Bentley
Sweeper: Die Once More – Book 1 Romantic Suspense – Liz Lipperman *

Sometime in 2013

The Hanged Man – On Her Majesty’s Psychic Service #1 – P.N. Elrod
Beewitched – Hanna Reed
Quick Fix – In a Fix #2 – Linda Grimes
Vampires, Bones, and Treacle Scones – Liss MacCrimmon Mystery – Kaitlyn Dunnett

February 2014

Crimson Veil – Otherworld #15 – Yasmine Galenorn

March 2014

Prudence – The Parasol Protectorate Abroad #1 – Gail Carriger

April 2014

Ghost of a Gamble – Granny Apple #4 – Sue Ann Jaffarian

May 2014
Jail House Crock – Dead Sister Talking #2 – Liz Lipperman *

July 2014

Night’s End – Indigo Court #5 – Yasmine Galenorn

INTERGALACTIC UNVEILING OF ALIEN IN THE HOUSE

MAY 7, 2013

Mark your calendars, smartphones, or whatever you use to important reminders!

 

Alien In the House can be pre-ordered currently from Amazon.

Cover Artist: Daniel Dos Santos

Now for the Back cover details!!!!

Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini have learned the ins and outs of Washington politics, not to mention how to prevail in intergalactic war and foil dangerous plots. But, in the aftermath of Operation Destruction, the Gower girls’ powers are burned out, the entire A-C population has been “outed” as the aliens living on Earth that they are, and, worst of all, ACE is nowhere to be found.

Then murder and mayhem are served up at an important dinner party at the American Centaurion Embassy, and when the dust settles Alpha Team and the Diplomatic Corps have more problems than just a dead Congressman.
Is there a single criminal mastermind—or multiple enemies—behind all the conspiracies that want Kitty dead and the A-Cs gone or co-opted to become the War Division?

The return of the best assassins in the business, the reappearance of two
individuals long-presumed dead, Agent Malcolm Buchanan felled by something
no one can identify or cure, and new technology that can block even the most
powerful empath on Earth … all of this means the game’s officially afoot.
Then Vance Beaumont comes to Kitty with a wild theory that someone is systematically killing off the House of Representatives…

It’s up to Kitty and the rest of the gang to find out what’s really going on and why. But will they be able to stop the killer or killers before the rest of the U.S. House of Representatives become casualties? And will the replacement Representative for New Mexico’s 2nd District, who happens to be Jeff Martini, be the next to die?   ~  Courtesy of Gini Koch

 

My list of August and September Releases

Remember, I don’t put these in by dates, only the month.  You’ll also notice the mix of genres posted here.  Some I wont read, I post them for the readers that do.

NoraA

 

August 2012

Car Wash Blues – A Mick Murphy Key West Mystery – Michael Haskins

Deadly Politics – Molly Malone Mystery #1 – Maggie Sefton

Biting Cold – Chicagoland Vampires #6 – Chloe Neill

SeaWitch – A Greywalker Novel #7 – Kat Richardson

When the Cookie Crumbles – Cookie Cutter Shop #3 – Virginia Lowell

A Witch Before Dying – Heather Blake

Death of a School Girl – The Jane Eyre Chronicles – Joanna Campbell Slan

Death of a Neighborhood Witch – Laura Levine

Allergic to Death – Gourmet de-lite Mystery #1 – Peg Chochan

Peril in Paperback – Kate Carlisle

Sour Apples – Orchard Mystery #6 – Sheila Connolly

Blood and Silver – James R. Tuck

I Ate the Sheriff – Mallory Caine, Zombie at Law – K. Bennett

A Brew to a Kill – Coffee House Mystery – Cleo Coyle

Perils in Paperback –  Bibliophile Mystery #5 – Kate Carlisle

Never Say Pie – Pie Shop Mystery #2 – Carol Culver

The Iron Wyrm Affair – Bannon and Claire #1 – Lilith Saintcrow

You Don’t Want to Know – Lisa Jackson

Haunted – Anna Strong #8 – Jeanne C. Stein

Kitty Steals the Show- Kitty Norville #10 – Carrie Vaughn

Losing Lila – Lila #2 – Sarah Alderson

Incantation – The Witching Hours #1 – Devyn Quinn

The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires – Molly Harper

Blood Bath & Beyond – Immortality Bites #1 – Michelle Rowen

Soul Trade – Black London #5 – Caitlyn Kittredge  *

The Lady is a Vamp – Argeneau #17 – Lynsay Sands *

Blood Fever – The Watchers #3 YA – Veronica Wolff *

Dying for You – Anthology – MaryJanice Davidson *

Time Untime – Dark-Hunter #17 – Sherrilyn Kenyon *

Two Weeks’ Notice – Revivalist #2 – Rachel Caine *

The Unnaturalists – YA Novel- Tiffany Trent *

Widow’s Web – Elemental Assassin #7 – Jennifer Estep *

Immortally Yours – Monster M.A.S.H. #1 – Angie Fox *

The Iron Legends – Iron Fey Novella Anthology – Julie Kagawa *

Much Ado About Magic – Shanna Swendson *

 

September 2012

 My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century – Rachel Harris

Death in Four Courses – A Key West Food Critic Mystery – Lucy Burdette

Supernatural Born Killer – A Pepper Martin Mystery – Casey Daniels

Murder of the Cat’s Meow – A Scumble River Mystery – Denise Swanson

How to Tail a Cat – Cats and Curios #4 – Rebecca M. Hale

Hanging by a Thread – Sophie Littlefield

Hide and Snoop – Odelia Grey Mystery #7 – Sue Ann Jaffarian

To Catch a Vampire – A F.R.E.A.K.S. Squad Investigation #2 – Jennifer Harlow

Wall to Wall – DIY #6 – Jennie Bentley

Alice in Zombieland – Gena Showalter

Casual Vacancy – J.K. Rowling

Alchemistic – Spellmason Chronicles #1 – Anton Strout

Incarnation – Emma Cornwall

The Raven Boys – Raven Cycle #1- Maggie Stiefvater

Widow’s Web – Gin Blanco #7 – Jennifer Estep

Fang Girl – Helen Keeble

My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century – Rachel Harris

Warrior Prince – Book One Drift Lord Series – Nancy J. Cohen

Something Witchy This Way Comes – Jolie #5 – H.P. Mallory

Murder Unmentionable – A Sweet Nothings Lingerie Mystery – Meg London *

Carnival of Souls – Melissa Marr *

Lanai of the Tiger – (kindle) Islands of Aloha Mystery #3 – JoAnn Haberer *

 

 

Trailer for Nancy Cohen’s New Paranormal Romance Series.

Warrior Prince by Nancy Cohen is her new Paranormal Romance Series.

It’s being released on September 21st. of this year….

Pre-order it now.

The Wedding You’ll Never Forget – Bagpipes, Brides, and Homicides

I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of this book to preview and review. It is definitely a Beach Book, and a Summer Vacation take along. You wont be sorry you bought it. 

 

Bagpipes, Brides, and Homicides

By Kaitlyn Dunnett

Copyright August 2012

Publisher Kensington

 

Moosetookalook, Maine, has never seen so many bare legs walking its streets. It could only mean one thing: the Western Maine Highland Games are in town for the weekend. But instead of wondering who’ll win the hammer throw, everyone’s asking who got kilt…

Even if Liss MacCrimmon, soon to be Mrs. Dan Ruskin, spends her days running the Moosetookalook Scottish Emporium, all she wants is a simple white wedding as she walks down the aisle accompanied by her father. When it comes to weddings, however, her mother, Vi, has another idea about tradition. Instead of white, Vi sees tartan, tartan, and more tartan.

What bonnie luck then that Liss and Dan’s wedding is scheduled on the same weekend as the Western Maine Highland Games. What could make a nuptial weekend more memorable than a hammer throw or medieval reenactment group to go along with the tossing of the bouquet? How about a charming college professor found slashed to death by his own reproduction of a broadsword?

But who’d go medieval on a professor, no matter how nutty? Turns out the deceased had plenty of enemies, including a line of female conquests stretching back to the dark ages, a band of picketers protesting his historically questionable theories, and a strapping collegiate with a howdy-doody smile. And topping the suspect list is Liss’s own father, Donald “Mac” MacCrimmon!

As much as Liss tries to keep her fingers out of the sleuthing cake, she finds herself again dead center of a Moosetookalook murder mystery. If Liss doesn’t solve this one, and quick, she might never say “I do,” let alone “’til death do us part.” 

 

Liss is a very nervous bride to be. It’s not just the plans for the wedding (which her mother wants to take over), it’s also finding a dress (which her mom has already designed in  her head), keeping up with her online sales, and spending quality time with her fiancé.  On top of all that she’s got another murder to solve so that the nuptials can take place on schedule.

Why is Liss involved in another murder you might ask… well her dad’s under suspicion of killing a college professor that his wife once had an affair with.  Don’t you just love it when your past comes back to bite you in the butt?

All Liss wanted was a romantic Church Wedding, something that was simple and elegant.  I totally loved the book and the fact that the romance between Liss and Dan is there to be seen, and even the love between her parents. All in all this is a great summer read for anyone looking for a cozy to take along to the beach or on summer vacation.

FTC Full Disclosure: I received an ARC of this book from the publisher who only asked for a fair review in return.

New Titles Updated Release List 2012 – 2014

As always, new additions to the list are marked with an ( * ).  All corrections and additions are welcome.  Just leave a note and it will be added to the next update.

 

May 2012

The Christie Curse – Victoria Abbott (MJM & Daughter)

Timeless – Gail Carriger

Final Sail – Dead End Job Mystery – Elaine Viets

Barefoot in the Sand – Barefoot Bay #1 – Roxanne St. Claire

A Deadly Grind – Vintage Kitchen Mystery #1 – Victoria Hamilton

The Golden City – Bloodlines #2 – Richelle Mead

Zombie Island – Shakespeare Undead – Lori Handeland

Nightshifted – Cassie Alexander

Deadlocked – Sookie Stackhouse #12 – Charlaine Harris

Under Suspicion – Underworld Detection Agency #3 – Hannah Jayne

Dark Frost – Mythos Academy #3 – Jennifer Estep

Awaited – Wasteland #2 – Lynn Rush

Wicked Eddies – RM Outdoor Adventures #2 – Beth Groundwater

How to Date an Alien – My Alien Romance #1 – Magan Vernon

Crystal Gardens – Ladies of Lantern Street #1 – Amanda Quick

Brownies and Broomsticks – A Magical Bakery Mystery – Bailey Cates

Clutches and Curses – Dorothy Howell

At the Hands of a Stranger – Lee Butcher

Demon’s Bride – Zoe Archer

Don’t Die Under the Apple Tree – Amy Patricia Meade

Last Writes – Laura Levine

Under Suspicion – Underworld Detection Agency – Hannah Jayne

Devilishly Sexy – Kathy Love

Tote Bags and Toe Tags -  Dorothy Howell

Embrase of the Damned – Anya Bast

Karma – Serendipity #3 – Carly Phillips

Carolina Home – A Dare Island Novel #1 – Virginia Kantra

Monkey Wrench – Quilting Mystery #4 – Terri Thayer

Embrace the Damned – Brotherhood of the Damned – Anya Bast *

Copycat Killing – A Magical Cats Mystery – Sofie Kelly *

No Tan Lines – Kate Angell *

Beach Season – Lisa Jackson, Cathy Lamb, Holly Chamberlin, Rosalind Noonan *

The Taming of a Scottish Princess – Karen Hawkins *

The Renegade Hunter – Argeneau #12 – Lynsay Sands *

All Sales Fatal – Laura Disilvario *

Sparks Fly – A Novel of the Light Dragons – Katie MacAlister *

June 2012

Corpse in the Crystal Ball – Kari Lee Townsend

Wicked Business – Lizzy and Diesel #2 – Janet Evanovich

Murder on the Half Shelf – Booktown #6 – Lorna Barrett

Timepiece – Hourglass #2 – Myra McEntire

The Taken – Celestial Blues #1 – Vicki Petterson

Gone Missing – Kate Burkholder Mystery #4 – Linda Castillo

Threaded for Trouble – Threadville Mystery series – Janet Bolin

Alexander Outland – Space Pirate #1 – G.J. Koch

Once Burned – Night Prince #1 – Jeanine Frost

The Golden Lily – Bloodlines #2 – Richelle Mead

Blue-Blooded Vamp – Sabina Kane #5 – Jaye Wells

Quilt or Innocence – Elizabeth Craig

Blood of Innocence – Tami Dane

Killing Bridezilla – Laura Levine

Mimosas, Mischief, and Murder – Sara Rosett

Afraid to Die – Lisa Jackson

Angel Betrayed – Cynthia Eden

Killer Critique – Alexander Campion

Water Born – Katherine Irons

Hide and Snake Murder – Jessie Chandler

Kiss the Dead – Anita Blake #21- Laurell K. Hamilton *

Tempest’s Fury – Jane True #5 – Nicole Peeler *

Tuesday’s Child – Fern Michaels *

July 2012

Beef Stolen – Off – A Clueless Cook Mystery #2 – Liz Lipperman

The Charmed Pie Shoppe – Pie Shoppe #1 – Ellery Adams

Something Strange & Deadly – Susan Dennard

Thirteen – Women of the Otherworld #13 – Kelley Armstrong

Tin Swift – Age of Steam #2 – Devon Monk

In Between – YA novel – Tara Fuller

Otherkin – YA novel – Nina Berry

Tainted Night, Tainted Blood – E.S. Moore

Dark Destiny – Dark Mirror #3 – M.J. Putney

Blood of the Demon – Rosalie Lario

Pies and Prejudice – A Charmed Pie Shop Mystery – Ellery Adams

Some Like it Hawk – Donna Andrews

Murder on the Half Shelf – A Booktown Mystery – Lorna Barrett

Because of You – Janet Dailey

Always with Love – Janet Dailey
Dead Ringer – Mary Burton

Fire Kissed – Erin Kellison

Going Organic can Kill You – Staci McLaughlin

Stalking the Others – Jess Haines

Tainted Night, Tainted Blood – E.S. Moore

Bagpipes, Brides, and Homicides – Kaitlyn Dunnett

Demon Hunting in the Deep South – Lexi George

Don’t Say a Word – Beverly Barton

Nowhere to Run – Nancy Bush

Thirst: The Vampire Legacy – Karen E. Taylor

Cloaked in MALICE – Vintage Magic #5 – Annette Blair

Stick a Fork in It – Poppy Markham Culinary Cop #2 – Robin Allen

The Wurst is Yet to Come – B&B Mystery – Mary Daheim

Some Like it Hawk – Donna Andrews *

Carolina Home – Dare Island Series #1 – Virginia Kantra *

Night Seeker – Indigo Court #3 – Yasmine Galenorn *

Blue Blooded Vamp – Sabina Kane #5 – Jaye Wells *

God Save the Queen – The Immortal Empire #1 – Kate Locke *

In a Witch’s Wardrobe – A Witchcraft Mystery #4 – Juliet Blackwell *

Lethal Outlook – A Psychic Eye Mystery – Victoria Laurie *

The Chocolate Thief – Laura Florand *

August 2012

Car Wash Blues – A Mick Murphy Key West Mystery – Michael Haskins

Deadly Politics – Molly Malone Mystery #1 – Maggie Sefton

Biting Cold – Chloe Neill

SeaWitch – A Greywalker Novel – Kat Richardson

When the Cookie Crumbles – Cookie Cutter Shop #3 – Virginia Lowell

A Witch Before Dying – Heather Blake

Death of a School Girl – The Jane Eyre Chronicles – Joanna Campbell Slan

Widow’s Web – Gin Blanco #7 – Jennifer Estep

Death of a Neighborhood Witch – Laura Levine

Allergic to Death – Gourmet de-lite Mystery #1 – Peg Chochan

Peril in Paperback – Kate Carlisle

Sour Apples – Orchard Mystery #6 – Sheila Connolly

Blood and Silver – James R. Tuck

I Ate the Sheriff – Mallory Caine, Zombie at Law – K. Bennett

A Brew to a Kill – Coffee House Mystery – Cleo Coyle

Perils in Paperback –  Bibliophile Mystery #5 – Kate Carlisle

Never Say Pie – Pie Shop Mystery #2 – Carol Culver

The Iron Worm – Bannon and Claire #1 – Lilith Saintcrow *

You Don’t Want to Know – Lisa Jackson *

Haunted – Anna Strong #8 – Jeanne C. Stein *

September 2012

My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century – Rachel Harris

Death in Four Courses – A Key West Food Critic Mystery – Lucy Burdette

Supernatural Born Killer – A Pepper Martin Mystery – Casey Daniels

Murder of the Cat’s Meow – A Scumble River Mystery – Denise Swanson

How to Tail a Cat – Cats and Curios #4 – Rebecca M. Hale

Hanging by a Thread – Sophie Littlefield

Hide and Snoop – Odelia Grey Mystery #7 – Sue Ann Jaffarian

To Catch a Vampire – A F.R.E.A.K.S. Squad Investigation #2 – Jennifer Harlow

Wall to Wall – DIY #6 – Jennie Bentley *

Alice in Zombieland – Gena Showalter *

Casual Vacancy – J.K. Rowling *

Alchemistic – Spellmason Chronicles #1 – Anton Strout *

Incarnation – Emma Cornwall *

The Raven Boys – Raven Cycle #1- Maggie Stiefvater *

October 2012

Baby Cakes – Cupcake Club #3 – Donna Kauffman

The Chocolate Moose Motive – A  Chocoholic Mystery – JoAnna Carl

Postcards from the Dead – A Scrapbooking Mystery – Laura Child

If Mashed Potatoes Could Dance – Paige Shelton

A Grid for Murder – Murder by the Numbers Mystery – Casey Mayes

Deadly Patterns – Magical Dressmaking Mystery – Melissa Bourbon

What the Cat Saw – Carolyn Hart

Shadow Rising – Otherworld #12 – Yasmine Galenorn *

The Moonstone and Miss. Jones – Paranormal Investigations #2 – Jillian Stone *

November 2012

Out of Circulation – Charlie and Diesel #4 – Miranda James

Shadow Rising – Other World #12 – Yasmine Galenorn

Wedding Cake Killer – A Fresh Baked Mystery – Livia Washburn

Arsenic and Old Cake – A Piece of Cake Mystery – Jacklyn Brady

Written in Stone – Books by the Bay – Ellery Adams

Paws of Death – Black Cat Bookshop Mystery – Ali Brandon

Nightshade on Elm Street – Flower Shop Mystery – Kate Collins

Murder is a Piece of Cake – Josie Marcus Mystery Shopper – Elaine Viets

Let it Sew – Southern Sewing Circle Mystery – Elizabeth Lynn Casey

If Hooks Could Kill – A Crochet Mystery – Bette Hechtman

Holiday Buzz – Coffee House Mystery – Cleo Coyle

Death of a Country Fried Redneck – Hayley Powell Mystery #2 – Lee Harris

The Wedding Cake Killer – Livia Washburn

Fortune’s Hero – Jennie Bentley *

Lord’s Fall – A Novel of the Elder Races – Thea Harrison *

December 2012

Alien in the House – Gini Koch

Mark of the Sylph – Rosalie Lario

Beeline for Trouble – Hannah Reed *

The Friday Society – A Steampunk Novel – Adrienne Kress *

Sometime in 2012

The Christie Caper – Mystery Book Collector # 1 – Victoria Abbott

You Light Up My Death – Camilla MacPhee #6 – Mary Jane Maffini

 

January 2013

Murder for the Halibut – A Clueless Cook Mystery #3 – Liz Lipperman

What a Ghoul Wants – Ghost Hunters #6 – Victoria Laurie

February 2013

Bowled Over – Vintage Kitchen Mystery #2 – Victoria Hamilton

Haunted Moon – Otherworld #13 – Yasmine Galenorn *

Etiquette & Espionage – The Finishing School #1 – Gail Carriger *

March 2013

Trouble in the Tarot – Kari Lee Townsend

Frost Burned – Mercy Burns – Patricia Briggs

April 2013

Honey Pie – Cupcake Club #4 – Donna Kauffman

May 2013

Touch of the Angel – Rosalie Lario

July 2013

Night Vision – Indigo Court #4 – Yasmine Galenorn *

October 2013

Chicken Caccia-Killer – A Clueless Cook Mystery #4 – Liz Lipperman

Call of the Siren – Rosalie Lario

November 2013

Autumn Whispers – Otherworld #14 – Yasmine Galenorn *

Sometime in 2013

The Hanged Man – On Her Majesty’s Psychic Service #1 – P.N. Elrod

Beewitched – Hanna Reed *

 

February 2014

Crimson Veil – Otherworld #15 – Yasmine Galenorn *

April 2014

Ghost of a Gamble – Granny Apple #4 – Sue Ann Jaffarian *

July 2014

Night’s End – Indigo Court #5 – Yasmine Galenorn *

What’s in YOUR Mail Box? March 19, 2012

I was happy to receive some of my March/April books from Kensington today and totally looking forward to reading them.  Once I get all of them, and have read them I will decide which books I will not only review but do a giveaway on.

I also received two books from indie publisher Perseverance Press.  I get a couple of books a year from them automatically and they are always a pleasant read.

So, let’s show the books and their covers.

Nora
The Lingering Dead by J.N. Duncan

Release Date April 12, 2012 Kensington Publishing

ISBN 0758255659 (ISBN13: 9780758255655)

Jackie Rutledge has faced down everything from the darkest sorcery to uber-vengeful revenants. But heading up the Bureaus special paranormal unit is presenting unexpected challenges. Handling otherworldly egos and politics has never come easy to this loner agent. And opening up to her sexy, vampire lover, Nick, is as unnerving as her unwanted new ability to slip between the realms of the living and the dead…

Now an insidious power holding helpless ghosts in thrall is using any means necessary to discredit Jackie and split her team apart for good. The only chance she has means baiting the terrifying Deadworld being stalking her dreams, hunting her every step–and growing ever more hungry for her ultimate sacrifice….

Buried in Buttercream by G.A. McKevett

Release Date April 1, 2012 Kensington

ISBN 0758238126 (ISBN13: 9780758238122)

After a recent brush with death, plus-sized P.I. and bride-to-be Savannah Reid has decided to stop sweating the small stuff. But when an event planner comes in to arrange her wedding, Savannah discovers that murder can ruin even the best laid plans…

Hailed as the wedding planner to the stars, Madeline Aberson has orchestrated some of the most exclusive soirees in Hollywood. But when Madeline becomes embroiled in a nasty divorce, her life falls apart, and rumors swirl that her parties have become total duds. Desperate for work, Madeline finds herself planning far less glamorous affairs, including none other than Savannah Reid’s wedding to Dirk Coulter.

It doesn’t take long for the opinionated Madeline to get on Savannah’s last nerve, and when the big day finally arrives, Savannah can’t wait to send Madeline packing. But when the bride finds Madeline’s body face down in the pool, floating among an elegant array of rose petals, it’s clear that someone has already hastened the diva’s departure. For better or for worse Savannah and Dirk put their wedding on hold, vowing instead to find out who killed Madeline and why…
Barnstorming by Laura Crum

Release Date April 15, 2012 Perseverance Press

ISBN 9781564745088

Gail McCarthy has turned fifty, and is considering resuming her career as a horse veterinarian. Life interrupts her plans when she embarks on a solitary ride and finds a fellow equestrian shot dead. Gail’s friend, Detective Jeri Ward, heads up the investigation, and Gail is drawn into the escalating chain of events when a second rider is murdered. She must make sense of this threat to her beloved hills and trails… or she may be the sniper’s next victim.

Mix-Up in Miniature by Margaret Grace
ISBN 978-1-56474-510-1
Publication Date: April 15, 2012

Geraldine Porter is thrilled to meet bestselling author and miniatures enthusiast Varena Young. The celebrity seems to seek friendship with Gerry and her crafts group, and makes a generous offer of a house from her collection for a library fund-raiser. But Young is suddenly murdered, and Gerry is left to investigate the crime. She and her eleven-year-old granddaughter Maddie delve for information on Young’s mysterious past, and they find a clue to her murder in a secret room…of a dollhouse.

I can’t wait to get into these stories and then share my thoughts with you. So keep watching this site for my next review.