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New Audiobook from Sgt. Windflower Mysteries: A Long Ways from Home

Narrated once again by the great Frank Kearney, A Long Ways from Home, Book #5 in the award-winning Sgt. Windflower Mystery series continues the adventures of Sgt. Windflower as he tries to solve crime and experience the joy and the sadness of life in a small maritime community. Follow along as he feels the sometimes bitter taste of an east coast winter and the unique culinary delights of this part of the world.

Below is a retail sample. Come back and visit Grand Bank with Sgt. Windflower and all the gang. A welcome break from the troubles of the world:

a-long-ways-from-home-retail-sampleDownload

A Long Ways from Home audiobook is available from Audible in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom

Canada

https://www.audible.ca/pd/B09W379C6B?qid=1647916334&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=b278ed0a-c3b2-4491-808c-7cb2190a487c&pf_rd_r=2P2NV2CP5488GSJS39W2

United States

https://www.audible.ca/pd/B09W379C6B?qid=1647916397&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=b278ed0a-c3b2-4491-808c-7cb2190a487c&pf_rd_r=CWG58FER6VVFKY88BA4D

Four other books in the series are also available in audiobook format. The Walker on the Cape, The Body on the T, Beneath the Surface and A Twist of Fortune are also available wherever audiobooks are sold.

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Maple Leaf Mystery Conference

You are all invited to attend Canada’s first Virtual Mystery Conference. With International Guest Ian Rankin and Canadian mystery superstars like Maureen Jennings of Murdoch Mysteries and Author Spotlights include sessions with Vicki Delany, Rick Mofina and Iona Whishaw.

The Conference takes place over 5 days May 24th-28th and will be virtual thrill for mystery lovers, with daily Author Spotlight sessions and panel discussions with renowned authors like Barbara Fradkin and yours truly, Mike Martin from Sgt. Windflower Mysteries. There will be panels on Cozy, Humour, Thriller and more!

View any or all of our panels including It Really Happened, Cozy Corner, Thrilling and Chilling, Changing Faces in Crime/Mystery Writing, Love with a Murderous Twist, Deadly Laughter, The Big Short, Maple Leaf Murder East, Maple Leaf Murder West and New Voices in Canadian Mystery. At the Maple Leaf Mystery conference, there is something for everyone!

There will be an Online Bookstore hosted by Books & Nooks and guests who register before April 1st will receive a complimentary conference tote bag. Share your excitement by tagging #MapleLeafMurderConference and #MurderSheTote!

Tickets for the entire 5-day event can be purchased for just $25! Register today at https://writers-first.com/registration/.

Visit https://writers-first.com/maple-leaf-mystery-conference/ for full conference details.

Happy New Year from Sgt. Windflower Mysteries

To celebrate the new year we are having a giveaway. Share this post with your FB/ Twitter friends and become eligible to win one of 3 prizes. All mailed to a person or an address you choose. Could be you or whomever you like. You could win:

A signed copy of Buried Secrets, the new Sgt. Windflower Mystery

or

A signed copy of Christmas in Newfoundland: Memories and Mysteries

or

A signed copy of the Le promeneur sur le cap. The French translation of Book 1 in the series, The Walker on the Cape.

You can find these books in paperback and Kindle on Amazon all over the world

Buried Secrets

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=buried+secrets%2C+mike+martin&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Christmas in Newfoundland: Memories and Mysteries

Le promeneur sur le cap

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Sgt. Windflower en français

Sgt. Windflower Mysteries is pleased to announce the publication of Le promeneur sur le cap. It is the French translation of Book 1 in the series, The Walker on the Cape. J’espère que vous apprécierez le livre.

With an excellent translation by Sandra Ouellet this opens the Sgt. Windflower Mystery series to francophone readers in Canada and beyond.

We hope you enjoy the adventure. Nous espérons que vous apprécierez l’aventure

The Walker on the Cape is also available in Spanish as El caminante del cabo

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Update # 2 on the 9th Annual Windflower Holiday Book Sale.

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We are getting there. Thanks to the generosity of Sgt. Windflower readers we are at $800. Only $200 left to meet our goal. Continuedthanks to those who made individual contributions to Minwaashin Lodge. You are helping to make Christmas happier for hundreds of families this year.

Just a reminder about Minwaashin Lodge.

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.

Here’s how you can still participate.

Make a Donation

I am making an upfront donation of $500.00 to Minwaashin Lodge. I know that this money 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. If you want to make a donation please visit http://www.minlodge.com

Canadian donors can receive a tax receipt for their contribution.

Make a Donation and Get a Free Book

If you make a donation, I will send you or a person of your choice a signed copy of Christmas in Newfoundland: Memories and Mysteries, absolutely free of charge. Simply send me an email or FB message or comment below with the details of where you would like the book to go. And I will pop it in the mail. It’s that simple.

Thank you for supporting the Annual Windflower Holiday Book Sale and Minwaashin Lodge

Buy a Book

Of course, you can support Sgt. Windflower Mysteries by buying a book. This year the latest releases are Buried Secrets and Safe Harbour. They are available in local bookstores in Ottawa like Perfect Books and Books on Beechwood and worldwide through Amazon.

Thank you again for supporting the Annual Windflower Holiday Book Sale and Minwaashin Lodge

Follow Sgt. Windflower Mysteries

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWalkerOnTheCapeReviewsAndMore?ref=hl

Twitter:

@mike54martin

A Grand Bank Christmas

Sending best wishes for the happiest Christmas ever to friends of Sgt. Windflower Mysteries all over the world. A special Merry Christmas to my friends in Grand Bank and in my home town of St. John’s. Here is a story from Christmas in Newfoundland: Memories and Mysteries. It was told to me by two very special Grand Bankers. Great memories of Christmas past.

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Merry Christmas from Sgt. Windflower Mysteries

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You can buy Christmas in Newfoundland: Memories and Mysteries in bookstores all over Canada. And online from Amazon

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Update # 1 on the 9th Annual Windflower Holiday Book Sale.

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Happy to report that we are almost halfway to our goal of $1000.00. Thanks to the generosity of readers we are at $400. Special thanks to those who made individual contributions to Minwaashin Lodge. You are helping to make Christmas happier for hundreds of families this year.

Just a reminder about Minwaashin Lodge.

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.

Here’s how you can still participate.

Make a Donation

I am making an upfront donation of $500.00 to Minwaashin Lodge. I know that this money 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. If you want to make a donation please visit http://www.minlodge.com

Canadian donors can receive a tax receipt for their contribution.

Make a Donation and Get a Free Book

If you make a donation, I will send you or a person of your choice a signed copy of Christmas in Newfoundland: Memories and Mysteries, absolutely free of charge. Simply send me an email or FB message or comment below with the details of where you would like the book to go. And I will pop it in the mail. It’s that simple.

Thank you for supporting the Annual Windflower Holiday Book Sale and Minwaashin Lodge

Buy a Book

Of course, you can support Sgt. Windflower Mysteries by buying a book. This year the latest releases are Buried Secrets and Safe Harbour. They are available in local bookstores in Ottawa like Perfect Books and Books on Beechwood and worldwide through Amazon.

Thank you again for supporting the Annual Windflower Holiday Book Sale and Minwaashin Lodge

Follow Sgt. Windflower Mysteries

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWalkerOnTheCapeReviewsAndMore?ref=hl

Twitter:

@mike54martin

Annual Windflower Holiday Book Event

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It’s time for the 9th Annual Windflower Holiday Book Event. For the last eight years I have been donating most of the profits from December book sales of Sgt. Windflower Mysteries to a worthy community cause. It’s a great way for me to give back a little to people and organizations who need so much, especially this time of year.

In the last eight years we have been able to donate over $5,000.00 to community groups who really need our support. We will be doing things a little different this year, so check out the information below as to how you can participate and help this great cause.

This year our chosen organization will again be 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.

Here’s how you can participate.

Make a Donation

I am making an upfront donation of $500.00 to Minwaashin Lodge. I know that this money 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. If you want to make a donation please visit http://www.minlodge.com

Canadian donors can receive a tax receipt for their contribution.

Make a Donation and Get a Free Book

If you make a donation, I will send you or a person of your choice a signed copy of Christmas in Newfoundland: Memories and Mysteries, absolutely free of charge. Simply send me an email or FB message or comment below with the details of where you would like the book to go. And I will pop it in the mail. It’s that simple.

Thank you for supporting the Annual Windflower Holiday Book Event and Minwaashin Lodge

Buy a Book

Of course, you can support Sgt. Windflower Mysteries by buying a book. This year the latest releases are Buried Secrets and Safe Harbour. They are available in local bookstores in Ottawa like Perfect Books and Books on Beechwood and worldwide through Amazon.

Thank you again for supporting the Annual Windflower Holiday Book Event and Minwaashin Lodge

Follow Sgt. Windflower Mysteries

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheWalkerOnTheCapeReviewsAndMore?ref=hl

Twitter:

@mike54martin

Why I’m Giving Books Away: The Sgt. Windflower Reading Equality Program

I have now published eleven books in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series (plus Christmas in Newfoundland: Memories and Mysteries) and each time I have chosen to give away a number of copies, absolutely free. Not only that, but I actively seek out strangers or near strangers on social media to give them away to. Now, I am not giving away all copies of my books. I am neither rich nor daft and I am not particularly altruistic, but I do believe in helping people to read my book.

And quite honestly not everyone can afford to buy a book, especially new books. Tons of people are living on a tight budget, on social assistance or on a fixed income because of disability or not being able to work anymore. It’s hard to comprehend in this world of plenty, but twenty bucks is a lot of money if you haven’t got it and one of the ‘luxuries’ that many people give up is purchasing new books. They wait until they are available from the library or get them from friends or from the second-hand bookstore. I support libraries, but why do some people have to wait?

I realize that I can’t give anybody a raise in their monthly stipend to help them with their book budget, but I can help at least a few of them enjoy my new books, fresh out of the printer’s box. I believe in an idea called Reading Equality, a radically new concept that everyone should have access to quality, new release books. That’s why I am making 25 copies of Buried Secrets available to people on a low or fixed income. I am advertising this offer on Facebook and Twitter and as the time of writing there are still a few copies left.

If you want one or know of someone who could use one but can’t afford it, just message me with the mailing address and I will send a copy in the mail. And yes, I will even sign them. No questions asked. You can send me a message thru Sgt. Windflower Mysteries or Facebook.

Of course, if you have the money, I hope you will consider buying a copy for yourself. Maybe even one for somebody you know doesn’t have the cash. Pay it forward. It works for me.

And if you want to help get this book into even more hands, ask your local library to order a copy. They’re looking for your suggestions. And if they don’t have the budget, tell them to contact me and we’ll make them an offer they can’t refuse.

You can get Buried Secrets from these fine independent bookstores:

Ottawa

Books on Beechwood

Perfect Books

Toronto

Sleuth of Baker Street

St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador

Downhome Shoppe and Gallery

You can purchase a copy of Buried Secrets online:

Paperback

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1988437784  (US)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1988437784 (UK)

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1988437784 (CA)

https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/1988437784 (AUS)

E-book

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09J2S71WT  (US)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09J2S71WT (UK)

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09J2S71WT (CA)

https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09J2S71WT (AUS)

Chapters/ Indigo

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/buried-secrets/9781988437774-item.html?ikwid=buried+secrets%2c+mike+martin&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=b870cb33425d51c4dc5961b33c2a35bf

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Release Day for Buried Secrets

Buried Secrets the new Sgt. Windflower Mystery has landed. It may take a few more days for physical books to be in stores but you can order it on Amazon or directly from Ottawa Press and Publishing https://www.ottawapressandpublishing.com/products/buried-secrets-by-mike-martin

Here are the Amazon links;

Canada

United States

United Kingdom

Early Praise for Buried Secrets

“It feels like coming home to read about Winston, his wife and children, the cozy dinners, delicious recipes of fish and meats, friendships, and the beautiful community of Grand Bank. Mike Martin has created a likable character in Winston. He is a kind, caring and dedicated member of the RCMP. The men under his command respect and look up to him for counsel. An enjoyable read that I hope will continue with the next chapter of Sgt.Winston Windflower”

“I have enjoyed each book in this series and Book 11 was no exception. The plot was topical (Covid, governmental shenanigans, girls trying to get out of the sex trade, office politics, religious interference in one of the murder investigations) and well-handled. There’s a good balance of investigation and home life. I appreciate that real world topics are sensitively addressed. The stories hold my interest, but don’t give me agita.

I am always sad when I finish a Windflower book, because it’s like leaving an old friend. I’m more anxious with this book 11 because I really want to know which path Windflower chooses and what happens in his life. I hope there are more in this series”

Buried Secrets will soon be available in these fine independent bookstores

Sleuth of Baker Street bookstore, Toronto

Books on Beechwood, Ottawa

Perfect Books, Ottawa

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