Beth Groundwater's Blog - Posts Tagged "handbasket"
First BIG review for To Hell in a Handbasket
My publisher recently received a heads-up on the following review that appears in Kirkus Review (one of the big four review publications) in their 4-1-09 issue, and they forwarded it to me. I'm absolutely thrilled!
This title will publish in May 2009
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TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET
Author: Groundwater, Beth
Review Date: APRIL 01, 2009
Publisher:Five Star
Pages: 268
Price (hardback): $$25.95
Publication Date: 5/15/2009 0:00:00
ISBN: 978-1-59414-759-3
ISBN (hardback): 978-1-59414-759-3
Category: FICTION
Classification: MYSTERY
A family's ski vacation turns deadly when they find out their social connections are a little more connected than they thought.
All gift-basket designer Claire Hanover (A Real Basket Case, 2007) wants is some quality time with her family, especially daughter Judy, who's been away in Paris for her senior year of college. A ski trip to Breckenridge seems ideal: close enough to their Colorado Springs home for Judy to swing by and do her laundry on the way from the airport, with plenty of opportunity for family bonding as moguls zing past on the upper slopes of Ptarmigan. But willful Judy has more interest in bonding with tall, dark Nick Contino than with Claire, and it's only because Nick and his father Anthony are off skiing the back bowls of Copper Mountain that Judy agrees to spend the day on Peak Eight with her parents and Nick's sister Stephanie. When the two girls start down Ptarmigan's Claimjumper run, Stephanie crashes into a tree, sustaining fatal injuries. Though Judy thinks a showoff snowboarder ran Stephanie off the trail, Claire finds ski tracks leading from the crash site into the woods. Her suspicions grow when the snowboarder, Boyd Naylor, is run down by an SUV with plates similar to Anthony's. The Continos' Russian pal Ivanov, who supplied the vehicle to them in return for unspecified favors, brings out Claire's inner Mama Bear, determined to protect her cub.
Groundwater's second leaves the bunny slope behind, offering some genuine black-diamond thrills.
This title will publish in May 2009
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TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET
Author: Groundwater, Beth
Review Date: APRIL 01, 2009
Publisher:Five Star
Pages: 268
Price (hardback): $$25.95
Publication Date: 5/15/2009 0:00:00
ISBN: 978-1-59414-759-3
ISBN (hardback): 978-1-59414-759-3
Category: FICTION
Classification: MYSTERY
A family's ski vacation turns deadly when they find out their social connections are a little more connected than they thought.
All gift-basket designer Claire Hanover (A Real Basket Case, 2007) wants is some quality time with her family, especially daughter Judy, who's been away in Paris for her senior year of college. A ski trip to Breckenridge seems ideal: close enough to their Colorado Springs home for Judy to swing by and do her laundry on the way from the airport, with plenty of opportunity for family bonding as moguls zing past on the upper slopes of Ptarmigan. But willful Judy has more interest in bonding with tall, dark Nick Contino than with Claire, and it's only because Nick and his father Anthony are off skiing the back bowls of Copper Mountain that Judy agrees to spend the day on Peak Eight with her parents and Nick's sister Stephanie. When the two girls start down Ptarmigan's Claimjumper run, Stephanie crashes into a tree, sustaining fatal injuries. Though Judy thinks a showoff snowboarder ran Stephanie off the trail, Claire finds ski tracks leading from the crash site into the woods. Her suspicions grow when the snowboarder, Boyd Naylor, is run down by an SUV with plates similar to Anthony's. The Continos' Russian pal Ivanov, who supplied the vehicle to them in return for unspecified favors, brings out Claire's inner Mama Bear, determined to protect her cub.
Groundwater's second leaves the bunny slope behind, offering some genuine black-diamond thrills.
To Hell in a Handbasket Blog Book Tour Starts
Today is the first day of my blog book tour. During the month of May, I will visit sixteen blogs, be interviewed twice on Internet radio shows, and visit the Barnes & Noble online mystery book club to promote the May 15 release of the second book in my Claire Hanover gift basket designer mystery series, To Hell in a Handbasket.
I’ll discuss the book, give behind-the-scenes glimpses of how it was written and my life as an author, and answer your questions about my blog posts. You may even get a chance to chat with my protagonist, Claire Hanover, and other characters from the book!
Every time you comment on one of my guest blog posts, or comment on my blog (http://bethgroundwater.blogspot.com/) during the tour, you will be entered into a drawing for an autographed set of both books in the Claire Hanover gift basket designer mystery series: A Real Basket Case and To Hell in a Handbasket. Good luck!
If you are interested in ordering an autographed copy of To Hell in a Handbasket during the tour, go to the website for Black Cat Books (http://manitoubooks.com/) and click on the "Contact Us" menu option. Either call the phone number listed or fill out the form with your contact information and in the message box, say you want an autographed copy of To Hell in a Handbasket. If you need an autographed copy of the first book in the series, A Real Basket Case, I'm sure they'll fill that order, too.
You'll find the schedule on My Website (http://bethgroundwater.com/Book_Blog_...). Please join in the fun!
I’ll discuss the book, give behind-the-scenes glimpses of how it was written and my life as an author, and answer your questions about my blog posts. You may even get a chance to chat with my protagonist, Claire Hanover, and other characters from the book!
Every time you comment on one of my guest blog posts, or comment on my blog (http://bethgroundwater.blogspot.com/) during the tour, you will be entered into a drawing for an autographed set of both books in the Claire Hanover gift basket designer mystery series: A Real Basket Case and To Hell in a Handbasket. Good luck!
If you are interested in ordering an autographed copy of To Hell in a Handbasket during the tour, go to the website for Black Cat Books (http://manitoubooks.com/) and click on the "Contact Us" menu option. Either call the phone number listed or fill out the form with your contact information and in the message box, say you want an autographed copy of To Hell in a Handbasket. If you need an autographed copy of the first book in the series, A Real Basket Case, I'm sure they'll fill that order, too.
You'll find the schedule on My Website (http://bethgroundwater.com/Book_Blog_...). Please join in the fun!
Two Lovely Reviews for TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET
I am absolutely thrilled with the review that Gumshoe Review gave to my second Claire Hanover gift basket designer mystery, TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET! To read the full text, go to http://www.gumshoereview.com/php/Revi... . Here's the last paragraph:
"How it all plays out makes for an engrossing and entertaining mystery that keeps you reading until the final page. Tightly plotted and very current, the story manages to keep you on the edge of your seat. Even though the physical violence is off screen, the tension comes from the potential danger to the characters you've met and come to be concerned about."
Also, Kevin Tipple has posted a wonderful review at his Kevin's Corner blog and other locations. Please read the full text at: http://kevintipplescorner.blogspot.co... . Here's the last sentence:
"This cozy mystery packs quite a punch and proves that good story telling is good story telling no matter what the label of the sub genre."
"How it all plays out makes for an engrossing and entertaining mystery that keeps you reading until the final page. Tightly plotted and very current, the story manages to keep you on the edge of your seat. Even though the physical violence is off screen, the tension comes from the potential danger to the characters you've met and come to be concerned about."
Also, Kevin Tipple has posted a wonderful review at his Kevin's Corner blog and other locations. Please read the full text at: http://kevintipplescorner.blogspot.co... . Here's the last sentence:
"This cozy mystery packs quite a punch and proves that good story telling is good story telling no matter what the label of the sub genre."
My northwest book signing tour
For a description of my 2-week northwest book signing tour, complete with photos, go to: http://bethgroundwater.blogspot.com/
I had a great time meeting readers, esp. the Goodreads members who came in to chat with me!
I had a great time meeting readers, esp. the Goodreads members who came in to chat with me!
Signings, Fishy Research, and How-To Writing Books
At my regular blog, http://bethgroundwater.blogspot.com/ , the last few topics have been about recent signings at Colorado independent bookstores (Beth Anne's Book Corner in Colorado Springs and Weber's Books & Drawings in Breckenridge, CO) complete with photos, a discussion of my recent research into fly fishing tournaments for a future manuscript complete with a photo of me in waders, and a list of my favorite how-to writing books, with lots of comments from other authors on their favorites. Check it out!
