Tyler Colins's Blog, page 35
May 13, 2021
Ninety-Nine . . . so Divine
Starting today through the 17th, you can get Can You Hula Like Hilo Hattie? for 99 cents!
It’s Linda on post patrol today—and on time too (not like that little Forever Poi fiasco).
Hula’s our first official—paying—case. Yes, Rey, JJ and I are true-blue (novice) private investigators now and we’ve been hired to learn what an elderly millionaire’s pretty, young wife is up to. Is she having an affair, as hubby believes?
There’s a twist: said wife is found murdered along the beautiful shores of Oahu. And there’s a secret all right, one of many in fact, and they don’t all belong to the deceased woman. Who of this unconventional cast of characters is the murderer? We’ve dealt with a sundry of murderers in past, thanks to a weird week at a haunted mansion in Connecticut, but this new set of quirky personalities proves taxing.
What initially seemed a straightforward task is anything but. And what do the worlds of drugs and gangs have to do with what’s transpired?
As we’re attempting to fit puzzle pieces together, we stumble across a few more bodies. Here’s an opportunity for us to prove we made a wise choice in becoming bona-fide detectives. But can we do so before the murderer strikes again?
If you’d like to read about our thrills-and-chills-filled case (as Rey just called it), please check us out at . . .
https://www.amazon.ca/Hula-Hattie-Triple-Threat-Mystery-ebook/dp/B01KEEBNOS
https://www.amazon.com/Tyler-Colins/e/B01KHOZAL2%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
May 12, 2021
Ninety-Nine is Rea-eal Fine
Forever Poi is available for 99 cents for one more day—as in today.
Hey, it’s Rey again, tootin’ my horn, hopin’ you’ll invest 99 pennies in our third professional caper, uh, case.
This time, JJ, Linda and I are out to solve a double-arson and murder. Who torched two Chinatown art galleries and left two charred bodies in the rubble? Are the arsonist and killer one and the same? We think so. But as we try to prove that, we encounter a plethora of possible culprits (JJ just loves—what’s it called again—ah, yeah, alliteration).
The day before the fire, Carlos Kawena, one of the arson victims, had a nasty break-up with his partner, James-Henri Ossature. There were financial issues, too. Could James-Henri have done the dastardly deed to collect insurance and be rid of his lover? What about the second victim, Mary-Louise Crabtree, a former queenpin? Given her super sketchy past, maybe a former foe murdered her? And, if that’s the case, maybe Carlos was simply collateral damage.
When we’re hired by insurance adjuster Xavier Shillingford to assist in the investigation, it soon becomes evident that professional arsonists didn’t set the fires. As they immerse themselves in the challenging case, a host of curious characters again materializes.
Here’s a taste . . .
“Is this the Triple Threat Investigation Agency?” a soft, prickly voice asked.
. . . Crispy? Sleep slipped from my body. “It is. It’s just shy of midnight. Are you okay?”
“Yeah, sure. Which chick’s this?”
I swallowed a retort. “The one with the honey highlights.”
“And black-flow-lava eyes?”
“One and the same. The name’s JJ.”
“JJ, right.” His soft, thin whistle was reminiscent of a White-Throated Sparrow. “I tried A and he’s not answering.”
“Maybe he turned his phone off.” A wave of weariness washed over me and I leaned into a wall. “The guy’s been working long hours.”
“Maybe, but it’s not like him not to be available.”
I forced a neutral tone. “What can I help you with, Crispy?”
“I been asking around. The fire wasn’t set by anyone in my circles.”
“You mean your firebug friends?” I asked dryly.
“Incendiary friends, if you don’t mind,” he gibed.
Please check us out . . .
https://www.amazon.com/Tyler-Colins/e/B01KHOZAL2%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
And Still Free on the Fifth . . .
. . . day of . . . The Connecticut Corpse Caper promotion.
It’s Rey today, hey! It’s the last day to get Caper for free!
A week-long stay in a creepy colossal Connecticut mansion has us tripping over disappearing and reappearing corpses, hearing weird [scary] sounds from behind walls, and walking down shadowy hidden passageways. Why? Because seven quirky inheritors have gathered to collect their share of the money that wacky Aunt Mat left for them in her will. And if dead bodies aren’t enough to make for hair-raising moments on a secluded storm-bound estate, how about a ghost named Fred?
There’s a clause in the will: if a guest leaves early, his or her share will be divided among those remaining. The first one to leave—permanently—dies just hours after arriving.
Cousin JJ and my BFF Linda and I pull on amateur sleuth caps and determine to solve the mystifying murders. We don’t do too badly, either. Our “results” result (he-he) in the three of us opening the Triple Threat Investigation Agency and becoming professional private eyes.
Won’t you please check us out at . . .
https://www.amazon.ca/Connecticut-Corpse-Triple-Threat-Mystery-ebook/dp/B01KEDWHMG
No Whine when Ninety-Nine
Forever Poi is available for 99 cents through the 13th.
Hey, it’s Rey . . . and am I embarrassed! I thought JJ was posting about this promotion, starting May 9th, and she thought Linda was, and Linda thought I was. OMG. Just tattoo an “L” on our foreheads—with washable ink, of course.
It’s our third official case (and the fourth book in the series of our crazy adventures as amateur sleuths turned professional private eyes).
JJ, Linda and I are hired to find the person responsible for torching two Chinatown art galleries, which left two bodies in the rubble. Suspects include a self-important gallery owner with a curious if not questionable past, an art consultant as treacherous as she is beautiful, a risk-loving photographer who lives on the edge, and an up-and-coming art manager with a dicey history.
And there are certainly a number of motives. Take your pick: a sizeable insurance pay-out, a super ugly relationship break-up, out-and-out revenge, and/or a cover-up for past wrongdoings.
It’s a complicated case with some very precarious situations (and a few dodgy individuals you wouldn’t wanna meet in a dark alley).
Maybe you’d like to check Forever Poi out . . . ? (We’d love—and appreciate—it if you did.)
Amazon links include:
https://www.amazon.com/Tyler-Colins/e/B01KHOZAL2%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
May 10, 2021
Free on the Fourth . . .
. . . day of the free promotion for The Connecticut Corpse Caper.
You have Linda today and I’m here to tell you a little about our first sleuthing “adventure”, before we became official private investigators and proud owners of the Triple Threat Investigation Agency.
Caper has the three of us at Rey and JJ’s eccentric aunt’s haunted mansion for a week-long “collect your inheritance” event with a few other guests. Yes, it’s truly haunted, but that’s nothing in comparison to the crazy goings-on . . . and multiple murders. Is someone hoping that everyone dies so that the inheritance pot contains all shares? That would be rather obvious, but as JJ likes to say, never say never.
Things go bump in the night, as do we when we saunter down dark/dank hidden passageways. Creepy sounds resound—and hair-raising oddities found—throughout the eerie place. Who in the cast of curious characters is the culprit? We endeavor to find out, hoping we don’t end up victims as we discover a few unsettling secrets.
If you’d like to check us out—and as Rey pointed out, it’s free so whaddya have to lose?—please check us out at . . .
https://www.amazon.ca/Connecticut-Corpse-Triple-Threat-Mystery-ebook/dp/B01KEDWHMG
Us Three, Still Free
It’s Linda posting today to let you know that the adventures of us three solving our first unofficial case is still free! The Connecticut Corpse Caper shares how my BFF, Rey, and her cousin, JJ, and I track down a crazed killer.
It begins with a week-long stay at Rey and JJ’s eccentric (wacky, if you ask me) Aunt Mat’s haunted mansion. Several guests must remain there for a full week to collect their portion of the inheritance; if anyone departs early, they forfeit the money and it goes back into the pot.
Not long after arrival, someone passes, and it’s not courtesy of natural causes. Within a few hours, another guest departs, not the mansion but this earthly plain. We’re all on edge, which goes without saying, and it’s not because we’re stuck in a creepy haunted mansion with a homicidal maniac on the loose.
The three of us become amateur detectives—Nancy Drews, as JJ’s boyfriend calls us (I’d prefer Sherlock Holmes, but whatever). Hidden passageways, a resident ghost, weird sounds and happenings keep us on our toes, and—despite the odds, accusations and finger-pointing—we manage to figure out what’s what and who’s who. Yes, I’m being cryptic, but I’m hoping I’m enticing you to read how the Triple Threat Investigation Agency came to be.
If I’ve succeeded, please check us out at . . .
https://www.amazon.ca/Connecticut-Corpse-Triple-Threat-Mystery-ebook/dp/B01KEDWHMG
May 9, 2021
We’re . . . Free
. . . The Connecticut Corpse Caper is, actually. Hi, it’s JJ today.
Today, through May 12th, you can get our first unofficial “case” for free.
In Corpse, my cousin Rey and I meet up again (we’d not seen each other in years) at a week-long stay at our eccentric Aunt Mat’s haunted antebellum mansion. Linda, Rey’s BFF, is along for the ride, as is my beau, Adwin.
We, with a few other guests, have to stay the seven-day course; if anyone leaves early, his/her portion of the inheritance is put into the pot for the others to share. Someone bows out—permanently—not a few hours after arrival. Soon, more guests drop.
It’s creepy enough staying in the old eerie mansion with weird sounds and dark winding hidden passageways, a resident ghost and bizarre happenings, but a nasty storm is rapidly approaching, threatening to take down power lines. Before there are more victims, we don amateur sleuthing caps and determine to find the killer.
If you’re interested in finding out how the Triple Threat Investigation Agency came to be, please check us out at . . .
https://www.amazon.ca/Connecticut-Corpse-Triple-Threat-Mystery-ebook/dp/B01KEDWHMG
May 7, 2021
It’s so Good . . . to be Free
. . . free as in no $ required. He-he. It’s Rey today, hey. The Connecticut Corpse Caper is gratis today through May 12th. A real deal.
For those not in the know, Caper launched the Triple Threat Investigation Agency and our P.I. careers. It was our first unofficial case, and JJ, Linda and I did pretty good.
The three of us have to spend a week at our wacky aunt’s haunted mansion with some other [weird] guests. If anyone leaves before that week is over, they forfeit their portion of the inheritance . . . which goes into the pot for the others (those left alive, er, remaining) to share. The first night, someone dies—and not of natural causes, either. And, before anyone can say “ghost” ten times, a few more bodies fall.
Maybe you’d like to check it out (we’d love it if you did) . . .
https://www.amazon.ca/Connecticut-Corpse-Triple-Threat-Mystery-ebook/dp/B01KEDWHMG
May 4, 2021
Another B-Day Cometh/Goeth
Hey, it’s Rey!
And you’ve also got JJ, having a great day!
You’ve got me, Linda, too, scooby-doo-oo!
…Scooby-doo-oo? Like what the ?
Listen, Rey, I can be cute, too.
That’s not cute, Lindy-Loo, it’s just peee-u.
Ha-ha. You’re so not funny.
Uh-huh. As the narrator of the Triple Threat Investigation Agency series, maybe I should take over, ladies. You two can continue that petty arguing outside—hey, don’t you dare, Cousin Reynalda! Not one word.
Good, now that she’s buttoned those lips and is [begrudgingly] following her BFF into the yard, I just wanted to give a head’s up that there’s no post of note today. The Boss has the day off—we gave it to her. Birthdays come but once a year.
She doesn’t care much; as she said, “b-days cometh and goeth”.
Still, it’s a special day, one where you can be a kid again if you so choose, eat [and/or drink] as much as you want, enjoy the day that’s just for you.
Have at it, Boss!
April 30, 2021
Short & Sweet Today
Hey, it’s Rey! Hope you’re havin’ a fabulous Saturday. The three of us are, he-he.
We were fooling around with the new FB pic—to include our latest Triple Threat Investigation Agency case, HA-HA-HA-HA.
Another drum roll, pul-leeze ……..
And another ta-da!
Whadya think? Nice, huh, huh, huh?
Catchya later!
