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September 1, 2016
Sgt. Windflower Mysteries: The Story So Far
For those of you who are just discovering the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series here is some more information about the first four books in the series. They can be read as stand-alone stories, but if you want all of the flavour and colour of Sgt. Windflower’s adventures you can pick up the rest of the series anytime. They are all available online through Amazon all over the world and through Chapters/Indigo in Canada.
Here is a snap shot and a cover shot of the first three books in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series.
The Walker on the Cape (Book 1 in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series)
A man’s body is found in a small fishing community on the East Coast. First everyone thinks it’s a heart attack or stroke but then it’s discovered that he was poisoned. Who would do this and why? Finding that out falls to Winston Windflower and his side-kick Eddie Tizzard. Along the way they discover there are many more secrets hidden in this small community and powerful people who want to keep it that way.
Amazon Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A95U6JQ
Barnes and Noble Nook:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-walker-on-the-cape-mike-martin/1113728332?ean=2940015727500
Chapters/Indigo:
The Body on the T (Book 2 in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series)
Sgt. Winston Windflower is enjoying an idyllic life in the small town of Grand Bank, Newfoundland when a mysterious and very dead body washes up on a nearby beach. Follow along with Windflower and his team as he tries to solve this mystery and uncovers a whole lot more lurking under the fog on the southeast coast off Atlantic Canada. Windflower is the ultimate outsider, an RCMP officer and a Cree from northern Alberta, yet he feels right at home with the rich culture, food and history of this part of the world. But his world is shaken by a series of events that threaten his new-found happiness. And it all starts with the discovery of The Body on the T.
The Body on the T
Amazon
Chapters/Indigo
Beneath the Surface (Book 3 in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series)
Sgt. Windflower is back!!! This time he faces down an international crime syndicate. Murder, mayhem and the Russian Mafia. Windflower is joined again by his trusted ally Eddie Tizzard, his rock-steady girl, Sheila, and a cast of supporters from the new Mayor to an old Crown Attorney. Together they fight the bad guys, at home and abroad. Windflower has to take on modern challenges like sexual harassment while re-discovering his roots and inner strength.
Beneath the Surface
Chapters/Indigo:
Amazon:
Barnes and Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beneath-the-surface-mike-martin/1119417270?ean=9781632631138
A Twist of Fortune (Book 4 in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series)
It’s stormy weather for Sgt. Winston Windflower. This time there’s a blizzard of snow and an avalanche of prescription drug abuse that are threatening the community. And storm clouds are hovering over his long-term relationship. Follow Sgt. Windflower as he experiences both the joy and the sometimes sadness of life in a small town. Plus there’s always another great meal to savour and enjoy. Good food, great friends and a few more dead bodies.
A Twist of Fortune
Canada
Chapters Indigo
United States
Amazon
United Kingdom
Amazon UK
A Long Ways from Home
Coming soon…
Pre-Order Here:
http://www.friesenpress.com/bookstore/title/119734000033871183/Mike-Martin-A-Long-Ways-from-Home
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August 29, 2016
A Long Ways from Home is Now Available for Pre-Order
The new Sgt. Windflower Mystery is now available for pre-order from Friesen Press. It’s not out online or in the bookstores yet, but you can order your copy of A Long Ways from Home right here:
http://www.friesenpress.com/bookstore/title/119734000033871183
This is very exciting. Hope you enjoy the book. If you do, please consider posting a review on Amazon or Goodreads. If you don’t please let me know. Thank you for your continuing support of Sgt. Windflower Mysteries.
A weekend visit to picturesque Newfoundland by a large crew of outlaw bikers leaves behind another mess for Sgt. Windflower to clean up. This time he’s facing violence, murder, mystery and intrigue. This adventure has Windflower questioning everything he thought he knew. There are troubles on the home front, cutbacks in the policing budget, old friends leaving and new ones not quite here yet. Windflower is seeking to find answers in territory that is both dangerous and unfamiliar.
This instalment in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery series has our hero dashing all over the beautiful little island of Newfoundland. Along the way he never wavers in his pursuit of justice. But he stills tries to find a way to enjoy the natural beauty that lays all around him, and to bring out the best from everybody he meets.
A Long Ways from Home is about more than just homicides or the dirty dealings of outlaw bikers. It is also about helping people and communities face up to and overcome new and very difficult challenges. Windflower relies on his friends and allies, including some four-legged ones, to help him and them find the answers. He also discovers that we are never really alone, even when we are a long ways from home.
Follow me and Windflower on Facebook and Twitter and feel free to share with your family and friends.
www.sgtwindflowermysteries.com
Twitter @mike54martin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWalkerOnTheCapeReviewsAndMore?ref=hl
August 23, 2016
Coming Soon: A Long Ways from Home
The new Sgt. Windflower Mystery is on its way. A Long Ways from Home is at the printers and will be released in the next few weeks. Here’s a little taste to whet your appetite.
A Long Ways from Home opens with the discovery of two bodies. Found in a park in Bishop Falls with their hands tied behind their back. Sgt. Windflower is seconded to lead the investigation and heads out to Central Newfoundland. There he finds a snake pit of outlaw bikers who have taken over the town.
Join Windflower as he uncovers the truth and rediscovers part of him that he thought were lost forever. The whole Windflower gang is back. Sheila, of course, along with Tizzard and Quigley and Herb Stoodley. Lady is back too, and she plays an important part in the story. So too do a whole new gang of good guys, and some very, very bad ones as well.
Plus, it wouldn’t be Windflower without some great meals. Like an arctic char curry and maybe even a piece or two of peanut butter chocolate cheesecake. If you would like a piece, you’ll have to read A Long Ways from Home.
Stay tuned and thank you for your on-going support of Sgt. Windflower Mysteries. Follow me and Windflower on Facebook and Twitter and feel free to share with your family and friends.
www.sgtwindflowermysteries.com
Twitter @mike54martin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWalkerOnTheCapeReviewsAndMore?ref=hl
April 18, 2016
New Windflower Book Coming But………………..
Dear Friends
The good news is that I am putting the finishing touches on the latest book in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series. I’m just working with my fab beta readers to do a final touch up. And I have a new publisher for the series. Friesen Press from Victoria, British Columbia will be publishing the next book in the series and they are already working on putting it together. The not so good news is that this will delay the publication of A Long Ways from Home. Given the time it will take, this will likely mean a late Summer/Fall publication date, but that is yet to be confirmed.
Thank you for your patience and on-going support of my work and of the Windflower series. It has been a great journey so far and I am so pleased that you have been with me. To thank you and to keep Windflower alive while I am not so patiently going waiting for the publication process to evolve, I am going to do 2 things. One is I am going to start another Windflower book. The ideas are bubbling up so I am getting back to work. Hopefully, that can mean another book release early in the new year.
The second thing involves you. I am thinking about releasing one chapter of A Long Ways from Home every couple of weeks until the book gets published. I will do this through my blog and on the Sgt. Windflower Facebook page. I would also send it directly by e-mail to anyone who wanted it as well. My question for you is this. Do you think this is a good idea and would you like me to do this? I do not want to interfere with anyone’s pleasure in reading the full book and will try and limit the release of information that would give too much away. But my thinking is that this is a way for everybody who loves Windflower to stay in touch, while we’re waiting.
Drop me a line at mike54martin@yahoo.ca
Tell me what you think. Also, for anyone who’s new here or hasn’t read any of the Windflower mysteries, let me know and I’ll send you a Kindle version of the first book, The Walker on the Cape.
Sgt. Windflower Mysteries
March 7, 2016
Lots of Exciting Things happening at Sgt. Windflower Mysteries
Lots of Exciting Things happening at Sgt. Windflower Mysteries including an update about the TV series, an up-coming TV appearance and a Goodreads Giveaway
WFTV (Windflower TV)
The Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series is still moving towards a television series. Pelee Entertainment has renewed the TV option for another year and is working on a presentation to a major network. In other WFTV news they have engaged aboriginal writer Jordan Wheeler as the chief writer for the series. Jordan has written a number of children’s books and perhaps is most famous for this writing work on the CBC TV series North of 60. Welcome to WFTV, Jordan!!
Rogers TV Ottawa Wednesday March 10
There’s a new TV program on Rogers Ottawa. It’s called Ellie’s Read on Ottawa. It is hosted by Ellie Potvin and feature stories, interviews, and special features about writers and writing in Ottawa. This week I am pleased to be part of a Mystery panel discussion on this week’s show along with Barbara Fradkin and Brenda Chapman. The show will air on Channel 22 at 7pm on March 10 and then will repeated at 10am on Thursday, 3;30 on Monday and 6pm on Tuesday.
Goodreads Giveaway
Enter to win one of 3 signed copies of A Twist of Fortune, the latest Sgt. Windflower Mystery. Contest opens at midnight on March 8 and runs until March 30, 2016. Open to anyone from Canada, the United States, United Kingdom or Australia.
Here is a link to the contest:
Stay tuned. We think there may be even be Bigger News Soon at Sgt. Windflower Mysteries!!!
The Sgt. Windflower books are available in Chapters/Indigo stores across Canada and at Chapters.ca
You can also find them online:
In Canada on Amazon.ca at
http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sgt+windflower+mysteries
In the United States from Amazon.com at
In the United Kingdom at Amazon.co.uk at
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%
http://www.sgtwindflowermysteries.com/
Twitter @mike54martin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWalkerOnTheCapeReviewsAndMore?ref=hl
January 4, 2016
Thank You from Sgt. Windflower Mysteries and Minwaashin Lodge
Thank you for supporting Minwaashin Lodge and the Annual Windflower Holiday Book Sale. Our final report came in and the total number of books sold in November and December was 99 books. That is amazing and a cheque for $500 is on its way to Minwaashin Lodge!!
Thank you as well to all of you who made your own contribution to Minwaashin Lodge. The work that they are doing is remarkable and deserves our on-going support. You can still make a donation to them at any time throughout the year. Here is what they do every day in our community:
Minwaashin Lodge is a healing centre in Ottawa that provides a range of programs and services to First Nations, Inuit and Metis women and children who are survivors of domestic and other forms of violence, and who may also be suffering the effects of the residential school system.
The mission of Minwaashin Lodge is to provide wholistic programs and services for grandmothers, women, children and youth impacted by family violence and residential schooling. All programs and services are provided in the context of cultural beliefs and values as part of the healing journey.
All money donated will go to support First Nations, Inuit and Metis women and children to have a safe and warm place to stay throughout the cold winter still ahead.
For more information about Minwaashin Lodge and to make your own donation please visit:
The Sgt. Windflower books are available in Chapters/Indigo stores across Canada and at Chapters.ca
You can also find them online:
In Canada on Amazon.ca at
http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sgt+windflower+mysteries
In the United States from Amazon.com at
In the United Kingdom at Amazon.co.uk at
Thank you again for supporting Minwaashin Lodge.
http://www.sgtwindflowermysteries.com/
Twitter @mike54martin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWalkerOnTheCapeReviewsAndMore?ref=hl
January 1, 2016
Update Week Four: Annual Windflower Holiday Book Sale
Happy New Year and thank you for supporting Minwaashin Lodge and the Annual Windflower Holiday Book Sale. More sales from the last week bring our totals up to 84 books!!! That is amazing. But we are still aiming for 100 and are waiting for one more report that we hope will put us over the top.
Why we ‘re doing this is more important than ever. We are donating $5.00 from the sale of every Windflower book in November and December to Minwaashin Lodge . Here’s what they do:
Minwaashin Lodge is a healing centre in Ottawa that provides a range of programs and services to First Nations, Inuit and Metis women and children who are survivors of domestic and other forms of violence, and who may also be suffering the effects of the residential school system.
The mission of Minwaashin Lodge is to provide wholistic programs and services for grandmothers, women, children and youth impacted by family violence and residential schooling. All programs and services are provided in the context of cultural beliefs and values as part of the healing journey.
All money donated will go to support First Nations, Inuit and Metis women and children to have a safe and warm place to stay throughout the cold winter still ahead.
You don’t even have to buy a book to participate in this event. You can make your own donation (See Special Offer below). For more information about Minwaashin Lodge and to make your own donation please visit:
Special Offer
If you make a donation to Minwaashin Lodge I will donate an additional $5.00. Just let me know that you’ve made a contribution. In addition I will send a signed copy of the latest Sgt. Windflower Mystery, A Twist of Fortune, to you, or a friend or relative of choice, anywhere in the world.
E-mail me at mike54martin@yahoo.ca and I’ll send the other book along. And of course, add my additional donation to the cause.
The Windflower books are available in Chapters/Indigo stores across Canada and at Chapters.ca
You can also find them online:
In Canada on Amazon.ca at
http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sgt+windflower+mysteries
In the United States from Amazon.com at
In the United Kingdom at Amazon.co.uk at
Thank you for supporting Minwaashin Lodge.
http://www.sgtwindflowermysteries.com/
Twitter @mike54martin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWalkerOnTheCapeReviewsAndMore?ref=hl
December 21, 2015
Update Week Three: Annual Windflower Holiday Book Sale
Thank you for supporting Minwaashin Lodge and the Annual Windflower Holiday Book Sale. More sales from the last week bring our totals up to 59 books!!! We are aiming for 100 by the end of the month, so be sure to put Sgt. Windflower on your holiday lists!!
More importantly please support Minwaashin Lodge. We are donating $5.00 from the sale of every Windflower book in November and December to this great cause. Here’s what they do:
Minwaashin Lodge is a healing centre in Ottawa that provides a range of programs and services to First Nations, Inuit and Metis women and children who are survivors of domestic and other forms of violence, and who may also be suffering the effects of the residential school system.
The mission of Minwaashin Lodge is to provide wholistic programs and services for grandmothers, women, children and youth impacted by family violence and residential schooling. All programs and services are provided in the context of cultural beliefs and values as part of the healing journey.
All money donated will go to support First Nations, Inuit and Metis women and children to have a good meal and presents from Santa under the tree on Christmas morning.
You don’t even have to buy a book to participate in this event. You can make your own donation (See Special Offer below). For more information about Minwaashin Lodge and to make your own donation please visit:
Special Offer
If you make a donation to Minwaashin Lodge I will donate an additional $5.00. Just let me know that you’ve made a contribution. In addition I will send a signed copy of the latest Sgt. Windflower Mystery, A Twist of Fortune, to you, or a friend or relative of choice, anywhere in the world.
E-mail me at mike54martin@yahoo.ca and I’ll send the other book along. And of course, add my additional donation to the cause.
The Windflower books are available in Chapters/Indigo stores across Canada and at Chapters.ca
You can also find them online:
In Canada on Amazon.ca at
http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sgt+windflower+mysteries
In the United States from Amazon.com at
In the United Kingdom at Amazon.co.uk at
Thank you for supporting Minwaashin Lodge.
http://www.sgtwindflowermysteries.com/
Twitter @mike54martin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWalkerOnTheCapeReviewsAndMore?ref=hl
December 13, 2015
Update Week Two: Windflower Annual Holiday Book Sale
Another great week and sales keep rolling in. 17 more books this week. That makes a total to date of 47 books for this year’s version of the Annual Windflower Holiday Book Sale. Thank you very much!!
Even better that’s more money in the bank for Minwaashin Lodge. And that’s the whole point!! At Sgt. Windflower Mysteries during the months of December and November, we are donating $5.00 from the sale of every Windflower book to the Minwaashin Lodge in Ottawa. Minwaashin Lodge is a healing centre in Ottawa that provides a range of programs and services to First Nations, Inuit and Metis women and children who are survivors of domestic and other forms of violence, and who may also be suffering the effects of the residential school system.
The mission of Minwaashin Lodge is to provide wholistic programs and services for grandmothers, women, children and youth impacted by family violence and residential schooling. All programs and services are provided in the context of cultural beliefs and values as part of the healing journey.
The money donated will go to support First Nations, Inuit and Metis women and children to have a good meal and presents from Santa under the tree on Christmas morning.
You don’t even have to buy a book to participate in this event. You can make your own donation (See Special Offer below). For more information about Minwaashin Lodge and to make your own donation please visit:
Special Offer
If you make a donation to Minwaashin Lodge I will donate an additional $5.00. Just let me know that you’ve made a contribution. In addition I will send a signed copy of the latest Sgt. Windflower Mystery, A Twist of Fortune, to you, or a friend or relative of choice, anywhere in the world.
E-mail me at mike54martin@yahoo.ca and I’ll send the other book along. And of course, add my additional donation to the cause.
The Windflower books are available in Chapters/Indigo stores across Canada and at Chapters.ca
You can also find them online:
In Canada on Amazon.ca at
http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sgt+windflower+mysteries
In the United States from Amazon.com at
In the United Kingdom at Amazon.co.uk at
Thank you for supporting Minwaashin Lodge.
http://www.sgtwindflowermysteries.com/
Twitter @mike54martin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWalkerOnTheCapeReviewsAndMore?ref=hl
December 6, 2015
Update Week One: Annual Windflower Holiday Book Sale
What a great week and kickoff to the Annual Windflower Holiday Sale. We now have preliminary sales from November: 23 books!! Thank you very much!! And we have 7 more to add to the total from the first week in December. That gives us 30 and a great start to this year’s sale. More importantly, that is $150.00 in the bank for Minwaashin Lodge.
That’s the whole point!! This year during the months of December and November, I will be donating $5.00 from the sale of every Windflower book to the Minwaashin Lodge in Ottawa. Minwaashin Lodge is a healing centre in Ottawa that provides a range of programs and services to First Nations, Inuit and Metis women and children who are survivors of domestic and other forms of violence, and who may also be suffering the effects of the residential school system.
The mission of Minwaashin Lodge is to provide wholistic programs and services for grandmothers, women, children and youth impacted by family violence and residential schooling. All programs and services are provided in the context of cultural beliefs and values as part of the healing journey.
The money donated will go to support First Nations, Inuit and Metis women and children to have a good meal and presents from Santa under the tree on Christmas morning.
You don’t even have to buy a book to participate in this event. You can make your own donation (See Special Offer below). For more information about Minwaashin Lodge and to make your own donation please visit:
Special Offer
If you make a donation to Minwaashin Lodge I will donate an additional $5.00. Just let me know that you’ve made a contribution. In addition I will send a signed copy of the latest Sgt. Windflower Mystery, A Twist of Fortune, to you, or a friend or relative of choice, anywhere in the world.
E-mail me at mike54martin@yahoo.ca and I’ll send the other book along. And of course, add my additional donation to the cause.
The Windflower books are available in Chapters/Indigo stores across Canada and at Chapters.ca
You can also find them online:
In Canada on Amazon.ca at
http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sgt+windflower+mysteries
In the United States from Amazon.com at
In the United Kingdom at Amazon.co.uk at
Thank you for supporting Minwaashin Lodge.
http://www.sgtwindflowermysteries.com/
Twitter @mike54martin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWalkerOnTheCapeReviewsAndMore?ref=hl
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