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December 8, 2021
Cozy up with Snowbound Mysteries
It’s a classic mystery plot—the sleuth and a few others are snowed in at a resort or inn, or even on a train or at a remote private residence. The sleuth is there for a rest or vacation, not to investigate a case. But while he or she is there, someone dies. It’s murder, of course. There is no way to get out, no way to reach the authorities. They are all trapped there with a killer, and it is up to the sleuth to figure out who it is.
If you enjoy the trope, you are going to love this blog post. Here is a treasure trove (or a snow pile?) of snowbound mysteries for your reading pleasure.
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-c06d719 .ugb-img{width:640px;height:auto !important}}Dosed to DeathOut of the frying pan and into the fire!
Kenzie Kirsch needs a vacation from the dead bodies in the Medical Examiner’s Office, so she arranges for a Thanksgiving resort vacation.
Who knew she would be dealing with more deaths there than if she had stayed at home? At first, she and partner Zachary Goldman assume that it is just a weird coincidence, but as the snow starts to pile up outside their doors, so do the bodies.
Trapped with a killer, it’s up to Kenzie to gather what clues she can from the remains of her fellow holidayers.
But the killer isn’t going to just sit around and wait for her to figure it out.
another well-crafted mystery full of suspense, plot twists, and nail-biting tension as Kenzie and Zachary work diligently to unravel the clues to the bizarre happenings at the lodge where they were hoping to enjoy a peaceful and relaxing vacation.
If you are a reader of the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series, you have already met Kenzie Kirsch. This series is a spinoff from Zachary Goldman Mysteries, giving Kenzie a front-and-center position in solving medical mysteries.
Looking for a strong female lead in an engaging medical mystery? This will be right up your alley.
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Christmas 1939 was a Christmas like no other.
With war declared just a few months ago, any thoughts of celebration are overshadowed with worries about loved ones who have gone off to fight. And it is not just those who are fighting who are a cause for concern.
When Philip discovers his best friend, Ronnie, is missing he knows that it is up to him to track him down. Winter has arrived with a vengeance and the heavy snowfall makes the search difficult, even worse when there is the blackout to cope with.
This story explores the conflicting realities of a war that asked so much from so many.
This range of novellas explores life during World War Two for many of the characters in Isabella Muir’s popular Sussex Crime series.
Look out for the other novellas in the Sussex Crime series – More than Ashes, Waiting for Sunshine,The Harvest and Choices – to discover the stories behind the Sussex Crime characters in these heart-warming tales.
A murdered chef. A poisoned pastry. Can a young barista deliver a killer their just desserts?
Maddy dreams of opening her own detective agency with her best friend. Fresh off her A-levels and looking to save up funds, she and her BFF take a gap-year job serving coffee to rich tourists at an Austrian ski resort. But when someone tampers with one of Maddy’s sweet creations to snuff out a snooty pastry chef, the offending doughnut becomes a recipe for disaster…
With her dreams of becoming a PI in serious danger, Maddy has next to no time to preserve the cafe’s reputation and clear her name. But as the suspect list rises and the trail of breadcrumbs grows stale, her future rests on bringing the killer to justice.
Can Maddy close her very first case before she’s cooked?
Dead on Doughnuts is a deliciously sweet culinary cozy mystery. If you like quirky characters, a heaping measure of intrigue, and tasty twists and turns, then you’ll love Sarah Jane Weldon’s scrumptious whodunit.
Buy Dead on Doughnuts to pin a sticky suspect today!
.ugb-276e660 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-276e660 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-276e660 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-276e660 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-276e660 .ugb-img{width:304px;height:auto !important}}Aunt Dimity: SnowboundIn their latest adventure, a pleasant woodland stroll through the English countryside is rudely cut short by the blizzard of the century, forcing Lori to take shelter in Ladythorne Abbey—an old pile still haunted by the presence of the madwoman whose prison it once was.
But the abbey’s greatest secret is the priceless jewel it conceals somewhere within its cloisters—an heirloom that hides a treacherous past that Lori’s fellow guests can’t wait to get their hands on.
Only Aunt Dimity’s indispensable wisdom can help Lori unravel a mystery that is considerably thicker than the accumulating snow in this page-turning treat.
.ugb-10b8adb .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-10b8adb .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-10b8adb .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-10b8adb .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-10b8adb .ugb-img{width:327px;height:auto !important}}Nailed: Resort to MurderJulienne is snow bound in the middle of the Rocky Mountains with a killer striking at will.
Julienne LaMere gets to attend a Resort Management conference at a prestigious ski resort in the Colorado Mountains. What should be an enjoyable getaway attending workshops by day and shopping and enjoying the resort by night comes to a screeching halt when a loud-mouthed guest is murdered plus the roads and town shut down for an epic blizzard.
In addition to attending the conference, dodging a smitten teen boy, and seeking clues among the gossiping – and increasingly tense – guests, her best friend’s heart has warmed to an unlikely man and may get broken. As if her mind isn’t already fully occupied, Julienne and her new boyfriend Mason are skiing down troubled slopes in their relationship. Will Julienne put the scant clues together and unveil the culprit before a murderer gets away?
Nailed is the second book in Avery Daniel’s Resort to Murder series is contemporary cozy mystery. If you like Cleo Coyle, Maddy Hunter, Duffy Brown, and Annette Dashofy, then you’ll love this series with a strong intelligent sleuth, lavish settings, and tantalizing mysteries.
Buy this spunky and clean cozy mystery and start enjoying Julienne’s adventures today!
.ugb-f2dacd5 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-f2dacd5 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-f2dacd5 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-f2dacd5 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-f2dacd5 .ugb-img{width:310px;height:auto !important}}A Highland ChristmasCelebrate the holidays with M. C. Beaton, the queen of cozy mysteries!
In the dark, wintry highlands of Lochdubh, Scotland, where the local Calvinist element resists the secular trimmings of Christmas, the spirit of Old St. Nick is about as welcome as a flat tire on a deserted road. Nor is crime taking a holiday, as Constable Hamish Macbeth soon finds himself protecting an unhappy girl, unlocking the secrets of a frightened old woman, and retrieving some stolen holiday goods.
Now the lanky lawman must use all his Highland charm and detective skills to make things right. And he had better do it quickly, for the church bells will soon toll and all of Lochdubh will be forced to face another dreary winter without the comforting embrace of Yuletide cheer.
.ugb-9d3b93f .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-9d3b93f .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-9d3b93f .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-9d3b93f .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-9d3b93f .ugb-img{width:332px;height:auto !important}}Hercule Poirot’s ChristmasIn Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder—and the notoriously fastidious investigator is quickly on the case.
Christmas Eve, and the Lee family’s reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed.
When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man…
.ugb-a850a92 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-a850a92 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-a850a92 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-a850a92 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-a850a92 .ugb-img{width:333px;height:auto !important}}Frozen FearAll injured cop Claire Beckett wants is to clear her name and get her job back.
After being shot in the line of duty, the detective constable is recovering in cottage country, along with her friend’s dog, Kojak. But it’s more than a vacation. Much more.
The death of a look-alike friend brings danger right to the front door of Claire’s quaint log cabin. And, the picturesque village of Falcon Lake serves up murder, kidnapping, a mysterious new neighbor, and a blizzard of clues and suspects.
Claire has to face facts. She has no badge, no gun, and no backup. But she’s right in the path of a killer. All she knows how to do is act like a cop and investigate.
Her neighbor is newcomer Miles Gallagher. He’s distant and as chilly as the winter weather. But helping Claire stay alive and stop a killer may thaw his heart.
Meanwhile things aren’t adding up for Claire at work. The tragedy of her boss’s ambush, where she was injured, is being laid at her doorstep. How can she clear her name and get back to work?
Frozen Fear is Book 1 of the Murder In Season cozy mystery trilogy.
This fast-paced cozy mystery has lots of action but no graphic violence, sex or swearing.
When Charlie agrees to accompany her friend Claire to her late grandmother’s reading of the will, she assumes she is simply there for moral support.
She doesn’t expect things to get so … strange.
It’s odd enough that it takes place over a weekend, but that’s just the beginning …
They also need to stay in Claire’s grandma’s supposedly haunted house with Claire’s estranged family.
Things get even worse when a huge storm snows them in. No electricity, no phone, and no way out.
Throw a dead body into the mix, and there’s no question it’s now the world’s worst family gathering. Ever.
At least Charlie brought lots of tea, which she’s going to need as she races to solve this closed-circle mystery before her friend’s dysfunctional family get-together results in anyone else being murdered.
Meet Charlie. Better known as “Aunt Charlie” from the award-winning Secrets of Redemption series. She’s back, making teas and solving cases in this funny, twisty, cozy mystery series set in the 1990s in Redemption, Wisconsin.
.ugb-1988cae .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-1988cae .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-1988cae .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-1988cae .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-1988cae .ugb-img{width:299px;height:auto !important}}Mistletoe MurderAs if baking holiday cookies, knitting a sweater for her husband’s gift, and making her daughter’s angel costume for the church pageant weren’t enough things for Lucy Stone’s busy Christmas schedule, she’s also working nights at the famous mail-order company Country Cousins. But when she discovers Sam Miller, its very wealthy founder, dead in his car from an apparent suicide, the sleuth in her knows something just doesn’t smell right.
Taking time out from her hectic holiday life to find out what really happened, her investigation leads to a backlog of secrets as long as Santa’s Christmas Eve route. Lucy is convinced that someone murdered Sam Miller. But who and why? With each harrowing twist she uncovers in this bizarre case, another shocking revelation is exposed. Now, as Christmas draws near and Lucy gets dangerously closer to the truth, she’s about to receive a present from Santa she didn’t ask for—a killer who won’t be satisfied until everyone on his shopping list is dead, including Lucy herself.…
.ugb-1615e79 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-1615e79 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-1615e79 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-1615e79 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-1615e79 .ugb-img{width:333px;height:auto !important}}Cordial KillingA fun Colorado bed and breakfast who-dun-it perfect for days stuck inside.
When the Brandywine Inn guests are trapped with a killer in their midst, Anne Freemont tries to uncover the killer before anyone else dies. But as the blizzard approaches, is there a ghost in the bed and breakfast too?
Anne Freemont is excited about the opening of the Brandywine Inn. When the guests arrive, it’s easy to see that there’s bad blood in the group. When one of the guests dies, it seems to have been of natural causes but when another person dies, Anne knows that a killer will stop at nothing for revenge. As a blizzard bears down on the inn, can Anne uncover the killer before someone else dies?
Cordial Killing is the second book in the Backyard Farming series by Vikki Walton. The backyard farming series can be read in any order. Each book has a theme and Cordial Killer is about elderberry cordial, along with the theme of friendship.
.ugb-37e2e27 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-37e2e27 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-37e2e27 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-37e2e27 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-37e2e27 .ugb-img{width:309px;height:auto !important}}Sugar Cookie MurderThe holidays are the icing on the cake for bakery owner Hannah Swensen. Surrounded by her loved ones, she has all the ingredients for a perfect Christmas—until murder is added to the mix… When it comes to holidays, Minnesotans rise to the occasion—and the little town of Lake Eden is baking up a storm with Hannah leading the way. The annual Christmas Buffet is the final test of the recipes Hannah has collected for the Lake Eden Holiday Buffet Cookbook.
The recently divorced Martin Dubinski arrives at the buffet with his new Vegas showgirl wife—all wrapped up in glitter and fur. His ex-wife, however, seems as cool as chilled eggnog. And when Hannah’s mother’s antique Christmas cake knife disappears, its discovery in the décolletage of the new—and now late—Mrs. Dubinski puts the festivities on ice.
With everyone stranded at the community center by a blizzard, Hannah puts her investigative skills to the test, using the ingredients at hand: half the town of Lake Eden—and a killer. Now, as the snowdrifts get higher, it’s up to Hannah to dig out all the clues—and make sure that this white Christmas doesn’t bring any more deadly tidings…
.ugb-62c9be9 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-62c9be9 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-62c9be9 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-62c9be9 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-62c9be9 .ugb-img{width:333px;height:auto !important}}Dead Mule Swamp: MistletoeAnastasia Raven accepts an invitation to accompany her friends Cora and Jerry on a Christmas ski holiday at the historic Janes Mill Bed and Breakfast. The rambling Victorian house, deep within Thousand Lakes State Forest, is being renovated by the new owners, Frank and Betty Farnsworth, who want to show off the beautiful home and location.
A winter storm isolates the party. What could possibly go wrong? Ana is joined by her son Chad on this adventure, and Jimmie Mosher’s family joins the fun and mayhem to cater the party as Cherry Blossom Cuisine.
December 7, 2021
A quirky book – Holy Orders
Did you get a chance to pick up Dosed to Death for $0.99 this weekend? You may be able to still catch it at the lower price today, but it is going back up! And check out some of the other free and $0.99 books included in my sale blog to see if there is anything else that interests you!
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
I don’t think that I have read anything by Benjamin Black before. Today I started on Holy Orders, book 6 in the Quirke series. A quirky (if I may say so) pathologist taking on the role of detective to find the culprit who murdered a friend of his daughter. The Quirke series has apparently been adapted for television, though I have never seen any of the episodes.
Good action and description so far. I am curious about the main characters and their back stories, which I will hopefully learn a little more about as I read on. Black weaves enough description into the book that you know what is going on, even though it is later in the series.
“There’s a new one in,” he said. “Fished out of the canal in the small hours. Young fellow.”
Benjamin Black, Holy Orders
When the body of his daughter’s friend is brought to his autopsy table, Quirke is plunged into a world of corruption that takes him to the darkest corners of the Irish Church and State.
“At first they thought it was the body of a child. Later, when they got it out of the water and saw the pubic hair and the nicotine stains on the fingers, they realized their mistake.”
So begins Holy Orders, the latest Quirke case set in Dublin at a moment when newspapers are censored, social conventions are strictly defined, and appalling crimes are hushed up. Why? Because in 1950s Ireland the Catholic Church controls the lives of nearly everyone. But when Quirke’s daughter Phoebe loses her close friend Jimmy Minor to murder, Quirke can no longer play by the Church’s rules. Along with Inspector Hackett, his sometime partner, Quirke investigates Jimmy’s death and learns just how far the Church and its supporters will go to protect their own interests.
Haunting, fierce, and brilliantly plotted, this is Benjamin Black writing at the top of his form. His inimitable creation, the endlessly curious Quirke, brings a pathologist’s unique understanding of death to unlock the most dangerous of secrets.
December 6, 2021
Writing a novel in Markdown
Why Markdown?Markdown files are plain text, with a few added characters or symbols used to format it for conversation to HTML or other formats. Being plain text files, they are very small and not likely to become corrupted. Writing one scene or one chapter per file also keeps them very small and can be opened in an instant. Since they are written in plain text, they can be edited with any text processor or word processor.
Versioning and file backupI use Dropbox to sync all of my data files across all of my devices, and the license that I pay for includes versioning, so I can roll any file back at any time if it becomes corrupted, overwritten, or something else disastrous happens, like a hard drive failure. I also use Mac OS Time Machine backups to four different hard drives so that I always have additional copies which can also be rolled back. And when I am actively drafting a new book, I also compile and save a backup every few days.
My file folder structure for a novelWritingMy booksSeries folder (Obsidian vault)Novel folder (Longform project folder)archived (old drafts/versions of anything)backup (compiled backups of book made every few days)characters (character motivations/notes for this book, different than the general notes on the characters in the series wiki)Drafts (Longform drafts folder)draft 0 – preplanning – snowflake, outline, etc.draft 1 … 2 … 3 …editing notes (notes of things to look at later, formatting, things to bring to the attention of my editor)graphics (covers, promotional graphics, ads, etc.)published (Vellum output folder for this novel)queries (saved search templates for Obsidian)research and notes (background for this novel)templates (character notes, snowflake template, word count tracking)Series wiki (linked “series Bible”)Best practices for drafting a book using Markdown files for eventual use in VellumFile namesI like to use descriptive file name for the chapter or scene. Numbered so that they can be sorted sequentially in any file viewer or editor. I eliminate the description in Vellum and just use numbered chapters. If you use named chapters in your final copy, then use them as your file names.
Front matterI put searchable metadata in the front matter of each md file. There are a number of different ways to do this, depending on which editor you want to use as your main Markdown editor. This metadata is “commented out” so that it will not appear in the final file, but can be used during the drafting stages to quickly find scenes or necessary information.
Commenting outYAML--- metadata ---Three hyphens as the first characters in the markdown file, followed by the metadata, followed by three more hyphens. YAML is a standard format for front matter, but is not recognized by all apps (like Notebooks). It is recognized by Obsidian.
The information normally included in a YAML header is things like title, author, and date (examples). Some apps or plugins (such as Obsidian Dataview) may make use of other variables to be included in the YAML header. You can put other Dataview fields anywhere in your file, so they can be inserted between any of the other pairings below as well.
If you are using the Obsidian Longform plugin to compile your scenes into one document, you can’t put a YAML header in each scene, only the first will actually convert to a header. Choose the Percents or HTML comments format below instead.
Percents%% metadata %%Recognized in some apps but not in others. Does not work for Notebooks App. Can be used anywhere in the document.
If you are using the Obsidian Word Count Dashboard to track your word count, use this method to comment out your metadata so that they will not be counted with your novel’s words.
Slashes// metadata //Recognized in some apps but not in others. Does not work for Obsidian. Can be used anywhere in the document.
HTML commentsWorks in the majority of apps. (I won’t say all, because, who knows, but this one has worked pretty universally for me.) Can be used anywhere in the document.
This is the only method I could find that works for both Notebooks App and Obsidian. It is not recognized by the Obsidian Word Count Dashboard, but you can nest %% inside of the html comment to make it ignore the metadata.
Metadata I UseI use metadata in the front matter of the document to tag each chapter or scene with information that I want to filter on or track later. My metadata may include something like this.
%%Character:: !KiaraCharacter:: !MalachiCharacter:: !NurseSetting:: ~DoctorPOV:: KiaraDay:: 1Note:: Draft:: 2Grammarly:: √%%I precede character names with ! and setting names with ~ so that I can also search/filter them quickly from any file explorer. Why would I not just search Malachi instead of !Malachi? Because I don’t want to bring up every scene that Malachi is mentioned in, only the ones where he is a main character in the scene.
I only use POV in books that have multiple points of view. If there is only one POV in the book, I don’t need to track it. Similarly, if every scene in the book uses Joe Blow’s POV, then I don’t include !Joe in the list of characters, because he would be listed for every single scene, there’s never any need to filter on him.
Day helps me to keep track of day of the week or month, length of time between scenes, etc.
Note is anything that I need to remember for later.
Draft is the draft number
Grammarly indicates whether I have run the scene through Grammarly. Yes, you can copy and paste Markdown text into Grammarly and it will not screw up the paragraph breaks, italics, etc. You can check the file and paste the results back into your Markdown file, and everything will still be properly formatted, unlike trying to copy and paste other formats into/out of Grammarly.
As well as letting me search or filter by these variables in any file browser, I can also use Obsidian’s Dataview plugin to produce a tabulated summary.
Special formattingIf you are going to draft one scene or chapter per file, then you are going to need (a) a tool to combine those chapters into one long file and (b) a tool to convert that file into docx format for your editor and/or for import into Vellum and/or to convert into epub and pdf for publication. I am going to focus on getting from Markdown to Vellum here, you will need to experiment and adapt for other formats.
Compiling toolsThe two compiling tools that I have used are:
Notebooks AppYou can compile all files in a folder to one HTML file by clicking the three dots at the top of the panel and selecting compile. By default, the first line of the file becomes an H1 header.
Obsidian Longform PluginYou can compile all files in the draft folder of a Longform project by going to the Longform panel compile tab and clicking compile. Select the checkbox to make the Scene titles become H1 headers.
Why H1 headers?H1 headers are automatically recognized by Vellum as chapter titles.
Marking scene breaksIf you are importing into Vellum, then you want all of your scene breaks to be properly marked. You don’t want to have to input all of your scene breaks after the file has been imported.
If you use *** or --- to mark your scene breaks, then they will be converted to a horizontal line when you convert to HTML. And horizontal lines are not recognized by Vellum as scene breaks.
If you use to mark your scene breaks (you don’t need to center it), it will not be converted to a horizontal line when you convert to HTML. It will stay as a . And is recognized as as scene break by Vellum.
Converting to your final file formatIn order to import cleanly into Vellum, you want to convert to HTML first. Converting to HTML first will retain chapter names as H1 headers, which Vellum will recognize as chapter names. Converting directly to docx will not retain the H1 headers.
Notebooks AppYou can compile directly to HTML as mentioned above.
PandocThe Obsidian Longform Plugin will compile all of the Scenes into one long MD (markdown) file.
To convert from MD to HTML, you will want to use Pandoc. Pandoc is a command line file converter that lets you convert from one file format to another in Terminal. But don’t panic. If you used the Obsidian Longform Plugin to create your compiled MD file, then install the Pandoc Plugin in Obsidian. (If you are using another Markdown editor, you will need to see what the options are there, learn Pandoc command line prompts, or use an online tool such as StackEdit to convert the file from MD to HTML.)
In Obsidian, navigate to the compiled MD file and click on it. Pull up the command palette (cmd-p) and type HTML. You should see “Pandoc Plugin: Export as HTML (without Pandoc)” Select it to convert your MD file to an HTML file.
HTML to docxHere is the magical step to convert your HTML file to a docx file for import into Vellum, retaining those H1 headers so that Vellum splits the chapters on the H1 header, using the H1 header as the chapter name.
Find the HTML file in your File Finder. Right click and select “Open With” and click either Word or your word processor. I have only tested this with Word and LibreOffice. I can confirm that it works with both of these apps. Then you can “save as” a docx file.
This file can be imported into Vellum and all Chapter and Scene breaks will be properly converted. Of course, you may want to send it to your editor first. If you don’t want your chapters to have names, you can select all of your chapters on the left navigation panel and clear the titles. Then they will just show up as Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc.
Vellum does not retain formatting such as block quotes, so if you have sections that will need to be converted to alignment blocks or other special formatting, I suggest that you use a symbol combination to mark each of those sections while working in Markdown, and then search for that combination in the Vellum file and format it accordingly.
eg. use “999 alignment block” and search for 999 in the text in Vellum.
Other formatsYou can use Pandoc to create pdf files, epub files, etc. I have not experimented with this for novels. I have used Pandoc to create very nice formatted pdf files for printed newsletters (for people who want print copies rather than emails), but that is a topic for a separate article.
Writing in Obsidian Longform pluginYou can format your editing and preview screens in Obsidian using CSS formatting that only applies to Longform project files.
My edit screen:
My preview screen:
My sample CSS/* Font for the markdown source panel */.Longform-leaf .cm-s-Obsidian{ font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 2em;}.Longform-leaf .cm-comment{ font-family: monospace; font-size: .8em; line-height: 1em;}.Longform-leaf .cm-header-1{ font-family: Garamond; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 2em;}/* Font for the markdown preview panel */.Longform-leaf .markdown-preview-view { font-family: Garamond; font-size: 1.2em; text-indent: 1em; text-align: justify;}.Longform-leaf h1 { font-family: Garamond; font-size: 2em; text-indent: 0em; margin-top: 1em;}.Longform-leaf p { margin-bottom: -15px; line-height: 1.3em;}.Longform-leaf { --background-primary: antiquewhite; --background-primary-alt: white; --background-secondary: white; --background-secondary-alt: white; --text-selection: #aaa; --text-normal: black; --text-faint: blue; color: black;}.Longform-leaf .suggestion-item.is-selected { background-color: var(--text-accent);}.Longform-leaf .markdown-preview-view blockquote { border-color: darkgrey; font-size: 95%; text-align: left; hyphens: auto; word-break: keep-all; color: black; # you need to define font-color: #aacdbe; line-height: 1.3; padding: 10px 2% 10px 2%; margin-top: 15pt; margin-bottom: 15pt;}Using Word Count Dashboard in ObsidianI use the Word Count Dashboard to keep track of the word count in my Longform Project Draft folder. It is a little complex to set up and took a bit of playing around to get right.
This is what the top portion of my query template looks like:
---cssclass: wordcountTable---%%## Configuration**Folder containing Notes**folderPath:: ZG 11/Drafts/Draft 1**set to 0 to ignore**charTarget:: 0wordTarget:: 80000includeFootnotes:: truecharactersIncludeSpaces:: trueexcludeComments:: true**Notes to exclude**Leave empty to disable.Notes with the yaml-key "status" and value "exclude" for that key are also excluded excludeTag:: #exclude **Bibliography estimate for Pandoc Citations**includeBibliographyEstimate:: falsewordsPerCitation:: 22charsPerCitation:: 155**purely visual**thousandSeperator:: ,naChar:: —%%And this is what the query results look like:
Other settings/plugins that I find helpful drafting novels in ObsidianAs well as the Longform and Pandoc plugins, I also find these to be useful when drafting novels.
Dataview PluginNeeded to produce the data summaries you see above with my metadata and word count.
Obsidian Tabs PluginI prefer to have multiple documents open in tabs rather than panes. I’ll have my current scene open, my tabular summaries, my outline, and research documents, and they all show up as tabs that I can switch between. You cannot vertically or horizontally split with this plugin turned on.
Smart Typography PluginI want curly quotes and apostrophes. I want my ellipses converted. Other than that, I turn the rest off.
I recommend that if you use Smart Typography, you turn off “auto pair brackets” in your editor preferences. Otherwise things can get a little wonky.
Templates Plugin (Core)I use templates for my character notes and my snowflake planning. I could also use them to automatically insert my metadata template. Alternatively, you could use TextExpander or another utility for this.
Starred Plugin (Core)I like to star certain reference documents, such as my outline, word count dashboard, etc.
Wikilinks (Preferences)I use Wikilinks to set up my series wiki (series Bible).
December 2, 2021
A deal on Dosed to Death and other books
If you haven’t yet purchased Dosed to Death, book #3 in the Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thrillers yet, this is your chance get it at a discounted price.
For a limited time, you can get this latest Kenzie Kirsch book for just $0.99. It can be read as a stand alone medical mystery or as part of the series.
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-c06d719 .ugb-img{width:640px;height:auto !important}}Dosed to DeathOut of the frying pan and into the fire!
Kenzie Kirsch needs a vacation from the dead bodies in the Medical Examiner’s Office, so she arranges for a Thanksgiving resort vacation.
Who knew she would be dealing with more deaths there than if she had stayed at home? At first, she and partner Zachary Goldman assume that it is just a weird coincidence, but as the snow starts to pile up outside their doors, so do the bodies.
Trapped with a killer, it’s up to Kenzie to gather what clues she can from the remains of her fellow holidayers.
But the killer isn’t going to just sit around and wait for her to figure it out. another well-crafted mystery full of suspense, plot twists, and nail-biting tension as Kenzie and Zachary work diligently to unravel the clues to the bizarre happenings at the lodge where they were hoping to enjoy a peaceful and relaxing vacation.
If you are a reader of the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series, you have already met Kenzie Kirsch. This series is a spinoff from Zachary Goldman Mysteries, giving Kenzie a front-and-center position in solving medical mysteries.
Looking for a strong female lead in an engaging medical mystery? This will be right up your alley.
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.ugb-09ecd66 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-09ecd66 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-09ecd66 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-09ecd66 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-09ecd66 .ugb-img{width:333px;height:auto !important}}The Mercy of SnakesA series of suspicious deaths in a retirement home draws Nameless into the confidence of a terrified former resident—and into the dark heart of a shocking conspiracy. In part five of the Nameless series, it’s time to hunt.
Oakshore Park is Michigan’s most exclusive assisted-living community. Presided over by two killer angels of mercy, it’s also the go-to facility in assisted dying. For a cut, they make impatient heirs happy. Nameless must concoct a scheme just as cunning. But righteous retribution stirs disquiet in the avenger as light starts to shine on the black hole of his past. Should he welcome it or keep running?
.ugb-12bbece .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-12bbece .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-12bbece .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-12bbece .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-12bbece .ugb-img{width:332px;height:auto !important}}The Reluctant CoronerBlood is thicker than oil–until murder is involved.
Fenway Stevenson doesn’t want to return to the coastal town where her estranged father is practically king. But the death of her mother draws her back home–and the murder of the county coroner draws her into a deepening conspiracy.
As the body count rises and all signs seem to point toward her father’s oil company, will Fenway uncover the truth before family bonds become deadly?
Did Ernest Hemingway’s lost manuscripts contain deadly secrets?
Details of a murderous cult with only one ambition?
A secret society out to achieve ultimate power?
Ryan R.B. Bodean and Megan Simons are back. However,The Congregation For The Light is out for revenge.
While on a relaxing train ride through Europe, Ryan and his business partner Megan encounter a man who claims he knows what happened to Ernest Hemingway’s infamous lost manuscripts.
To solve the mystery of these century-old documents, and uncover the mind-blowing revelations they conceal, R.B. and Megan must escape a powerful secret society hell-bent on covering those secrets up — an enigmatic cult willing to buy elections, destroy their enemies, and kill anyone who impedes their claim for ultimate power.
This cutting-edge action thriller will keep you turning pages deep into the night. If you like relentless, edge-of-your-seat and unputdownable thrill rides, you’re going to devour this book.
.ugb-32244d0 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-32244d0 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-32244d0 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-32244d0 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-32244d0 .ugb-img{width:333px;height:auto !important}}Bad MedicineBook 2 in the award-winning Medical Students series
From busy hospitals in San Diego to the barren deserts of Arizona, this tension-filled thriller, the second installment of The Medical Students series, follows the life and death challenges, the surprising twists and turns, and the ethical dilemmas of two young doctors in their quest to rid the profession of bad doctors who practice bad medicine resulting in bad outcomes.
Book One, Do No Harm, introduced Torrey Jamison and Matthew Preston. Torrey, with her genius IQ, gained acceptance to Stanford Medical School to pursue her dream of becoming a pediatric neurosurgeon in honor of her little sister, Leia, who died of brain cancer. At Stanford, she met her future husband, Matthew, who pursued medical school for the sole purpose of becoming a prison doctor in order to gain access to—and kill—his father’s murderer who was incarcerated in San Quentin. As their relationship deepened, Torrey was forced to confront the potential value and moral ambiguity of vigilantism.
In this page-turning, stand-alone suspense sequel, Bad Medicine, newlyweds Torrey and Matthew have graduated from medical school and are now new doctors at Kaiser hospital in San Diego. While there, they learn of a friend’s young niece who has fallen victim to a doctor who is running a phony cancer treatment center. Putting their careers and marriage in jeopardy, Dr. Jamison and Dr. Preston agree to help their friend’s family seek the ultimate revenge.
.ugb-69e8d8e .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-69e8d8e .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-69e8d8e .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-69e8d8e .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-69e8d8e .ugb-img{width:313px;height:auto !important}}Every Trick in the BookTurning over a new leaf doesn’t always go according to plan…
When Jemma James takes a job at Burns Books, the second-worst secondhand bookshop in London, she finds her ambition to turn it around thwarted at every step. Raphael, the owner, is more interested in his newspaper than sales. Folio the bookshop cat has it in for Jemma, and the shop itself appears to have a mind of its own. Or is it more than that?
Gradually Jemma starts to make a difference … and then the anonymous letters start arriving. Who is behind them, and why?
As the threats escalate, and the shop becomes increasingly turbulent, Jemma and Raphael must work together to find the culprit. And what else will Jemma find in her investigations?
Every Trick In The Book is the first in the Magical Bookshop humorous mystery series, set in modern London.
.ugb-af8e6c9 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-af8e6c9 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-af8e6c9 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-af8e6c9 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-af8e6c9 .ugb-img{width:316px;height:auto !important}}A Sample DeathA bemused, rotund, medical examiner in his 60’s with anger management issues, Dr. Jonathan Watson has a run of unfortunate events despite his good intent. Recently divorced and relocated from Canada to a Maine coast town to start his new job, he’s confronted by a series of suspicious deaths in patients with unexplained psychosis– deaths that others too eagerly call routine. With help from Maine Detective Jessica Snow, he uncovers a shady deal by doctors, a lethal web extending well beyond his town, tangling even Snow’s family.
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.ugb-353348d .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-353348d .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-353348d .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-353348d .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-353348d .ugb-img{width:333px;height:auto !important}}The VinesDescription for this block. Use this space for describing In the shadows of New York City lies forbidden North Brother Island, where the remains of a shuttered hospital hide the haunting memories of century-old quarantines and human experiments. The ruins conceal the scarred and beautiful Cora, imprisoned by contagions and the doctors who torment her.
When Finn, a young urban explorer, arrives on the island and glimpses an enigmatic beauty through the foliage, intrigue turns to obsession as he seeks to uncover her past–and his own family’s dark secrets. By unraveling these mysteries, will he be able to save Cora? Will Cora meet the same tragic ending as the thousands who’ve already perished on the island?
The Vines intertwines North Brother Island’s horrific and elusive history with a captivating tale of love, betrayal, survival, and loss.
.ugb-e81ab8a .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-e81ab8a .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-e81ab8a .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-e81ab8a .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-e81ab8a .ugb-img{width:335px;height:auto !important}}Kiss, Marry, KillOne chosen for a kiss …
The second picked to be a wife …
And the third, condemned to die.
July 2016, Classen High School Alumni celebrate thirty years since they walked the halls of their alma mater. It’s a night of toasts, laughs, and fond memories. While flipping through the pages of a yearbook, twelve people decide the fate of twelve others when they play a random game of chance.
None recognize that there was a vengeful soul mingling among them that night. His psychotic, depraved thoughts take their innocent picks and twists them into a perverted game of murder.
Kiss, Marry, Kill is the Prequel Episode of the new crime thriller series, Reunion Pact by Martha Henley. If you’re looking for a new novella length thriller series with realistic characters and psychological twists on the pages, then you’ll love these episodes.
Reunion Pact is an episodic novella series, written to be read in order and in its entirety. Each episode tells a complete story, but they are one part of the whole incredible tale. Start it today with this prequel episode, Kiss, Marry, Kill!
.ugb-005058e .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-005058e .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-005058e .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-005058e .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-005058e .ugb-img{width:326px;height:auto !important}}The NurseWhen you hear her story, will you believe her?
Rose Marlowe is a hard-working nurse, a loving wife, and a merciless killer. Or so she says. Despite her confession, it is hard to believe that this beautiful, kind woman could have killed her vulnerable patient in cold blood.
Down-on-his-luck true crime author, Theo Hazel, is convinced that there’s more to what happened than Rose is telling, and so decides to visit her behind bars to write her story. His first surprise comes when Rose reveals that the victim was not a stranger to her.
As time goes on, it seems that Rose is letting Theo see behind her perfect mask. With each new visit, he learns terrible new things about her heart-breaking past. With each new visit, he becomes more and more convinced that she can’t be a killer.
But is he trying to free an innocent woman, or falling prey to a calculating murderer?
.ugb-a51de2e .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-a51de2e .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-a51de2e .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-a51de2e .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-a51de2e .ugb-img{width:313px;height:auto !important}}Maya HopeA doctor stumbling through life. A North Korean bioterrorist plot.
The two collide in an unforgettable tale.
Dr. Nicklaus Hart, a gifted trauma surgeon, searches for meaning in his life. His self-reliant spirit is broken with the death of his missionary best friend, found sacrificed at the base of a Maya Temple. Going to Guatemala to fill the shoes of his friend at the mission hospital, he discovers God’s redemption and peace in the smiles of the children he cares for. But his own life is in danger as he and his team stumble onto a deadly North Korean plot.
As Nick delves into the mystery of his friend’s death, he exposes the very cause of the extermination of the Maya race…a virus which is about to be released upon the entire world through a bioterrorist scheme of global proportions. Will Nick and his team stop them in time?
Maya Hope is the first book in a series of skillfully crafted medical thrillers. If you like fast-paced adventure, international settings, sizzling medical suspense, then you’ll love this heart-pounding thriller by Timothy Browne.
.ugb-3e9b4a1 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-3e9b4a1 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-3e9b4a1 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-3e9b4a1 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-3e9b4a1 .ugb-img{width:328px;height:auto !important}}The AppointmentHe’s a doctor . . . but can you trust him?
With his marriage collapsing and grief-stricken following the death of his baby son, surgeon Dan Lewis is struggling to make sense of it all.
His work is his lifeline. But when he fixates on a child patient he thinks has a potentially lethal disease, no one believes the diagnosis. They all think he’s losing his mind.
When one of Dan’s critics is senselessly murdered and the evidence points to the damaged doctor as the prime suspect, his bad situation becomes desperate.
But there’s a dark secret linking the ill child and the murder victim. One that no one other than Dan can see.
.ugb-153af8a .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-153af8a .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-153af8a .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-153af8a .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-153af8a .ugb-img{width:400px;height:auto !important}}The Messiah ConspiracyCould this really happen in the near future?
A young student at Oxford University has an idea for his doctor’s thesis (PhD), which fulfils not only the criteria for ‘originality’, but goes far beyond it. For if Jason Dyke is right, his idea will soon change the world and shift the delicate balance of power from one nation to another. Jason’s idea is simple: In the genetics laboratory at Oxford University, he will clone Jesus Christ.
But when the CIA finds out about his plan, the President of America realises that if the UK succeeds, the balance of power will shift from the USA to Europe. And he realises that the only way to stop this happening is for America to create its very own clone of Jesus Christ. The race is on…
.ugb-53dd6c5 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-53dd6c5 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-53dd6c5 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-53dd6c5 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-53dd6c5 .ugb-img{width:333px;height:auto !important}}ShockKatie Boles finds her life turned upside when she finds a dead body on her driveway. The mysterious death is reminiscent of the work of a serial killer who terrorized Katie’s hometown five years ago. The police arrested Katie’s brother for the murders, but the trial and her brother’s behavior left her with plenty of questions.
After a second killing nearby, Katie is afraid that the Shock Killer, the man who had forced her into hiding, was back to involve her in a second round of murders. Even more frightening is the fact that Katie might have to come face-to-face with her brother and learn the truth of the murders.
November 30, 2021
Reading Verses for the Dead
Are you wiped out after Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday preparations, shopping, and deals? Relax with a few books from my Thanksgiving post. And don’t forget that today is Giving Tuesday. Lots of charities have matching donation programs today, so check out your favourite cause and see how you can multiply your donation to help out others today.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
Verses for the Dead is book #18 in the Pendergast series by Preston & Child. If you have read any of the rest of the series, you know that Agent Pendergast (FBI) prefers to work on his own, but in this case he is paired up with a junior agent to “assist” him (ie. spy on him and report any rogue behaviour to their boss.) A serial killer is on the loose, and Pendergast is the only one who seems to have any idea how to pursue the investigation.
As always, Preston & Child bring a good thriller to publication, with plenty of interesting characters and a truly evil serial killer operating behind the scenes. I will say, though, that there was some stuff in the behavioural profiling explained by a character in the book that is way off base. But to be fair I don’t know yet whether that is because the character was intentionally misleading the agents, whether it was a red herring planted by the authors, or if it really was just a mistake. I’ll know in a few more days!
I noticed that you can pick up the first four chapters of this book for free, if you want to check it out.
Pickett’s fingers tightened on the sheet as Pendergast reached for it. “There’s just one thing. You’ll be working with a partner.”
Preston & Child, Verses for the Dead
After an overhaul of leadership at the FBI’s New York field office, A. X. L. Pendergast is abruptly forced to accept an unthinkable condition of continued employment: the famously rogue agent must now work with a partner.
Pendergast and his new colleague, junior agent Coldmoon, are assigned to investigate a rash of killings in Miami Beach, where a bloodthirsty psychopath is cutting out the hearts of his victims and leaving them with cryptic handwritten letters at local gravestones. The graves are unconnected save in one bizarre way: all belong to women who committed suicide.
But the seeming lack of connection between the old suicides and the new murders is soon the least of Pendergast’s worries. Because as he digs deeper, he realizes the brutal new crimes may be just the tip of the iceberg: a conspiracy of death that reaches back decades.
November 24, 2021
Giving thanks for books!
There is so much to give thanks for, even in tough times. We had a week of challenges last week, but have been blessed in so many things. Showing gratitude for the good things and blessings in our life is important, so it is nice to have a day set apart to do so. (Even if you are not in the USA, you are probably aware of US Thanksgiving this week.)
And one thing to be thankful for—books! You wouldn’t be here if you weren’t a reader, so I assume you are looking for some fresh news reads to accompany your turkey and gratitude.
In my most recent release, Dosed to Death, Kenzie Kirsch and Zachary Goldman head off to a mountain resort for a Thanksgiving vacation. Turkey, trees, and… well… a snowstorm that isolates them from the rest of the world. And seeing as it is a mystery/medical thriller, you can guess that they don’t just bunk down and nap until the snow stops.
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-c06d719 .ugb-img{width:640px;height:auto !important}}Dosed to DeathOut of the frying pan and into the fire!
Kenzie Kirsch needs a vacation from the dead bodies in the Medical Examiner’s Office, so she arranges for a Thanksgiving resort vacation.
Who knew she would be dealing with more deaths there than if she had stayed at home? At first, she and partner Zachary Goldman assume that it is just a weird coincidence, but as the snow starts to pile up outside their doors, so do the bodies.
Trapped with a killer, it’s up to Kenzie to gather what clues she can from the remains of her fellow holidayers.
But the killer isn’t going to just sit around and wait for her to figure it out. another well-crafted mystery full of suspense, plot twists, and nail-biting tension as Kenzie and Zachary work diligently to unravel the clues to the bizarre happenings at the lodge where they were hoping to enjoy a peaceful and relaxing vacation.
If you are a reader of the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series, you have already met Kenzie Kirsch. This series is a spinoff from Zachary Goldman Mysteries, giving Kenzie a front-and-center position in solving medical mysteries.
Looking for a strong female lead in an engaging medical mystery? This will be right up your alley.
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November 23, 2021
Investigating A Most Curious Murder
Have you picked up Dosed to Death, my latest release, yet? Hop on over to find my new releases blog post for Dosed to Death, A Kenzie Kirsch Mystery #3, and other new releases to add to your TBR pile.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
This is a new cozy mystery series and author for me. Book #1 in the Little Library Mystery series, A Most Curious Murder by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli features protagonist Jenny returning to her hometown after a nasty divorce. She is confronted by first, the destruction of her mother’s little library, and then by something even worse…
A have just started reading, so I am not sure if the little person next door, talk of fairy houses and magic are just whimsical tie-ins to the fairy tales that are discussed, or whether this is a paranormal mystery series. I guess I’ll find out before too long! If there is any magic or real fairies, they should reveal themselves soon!
Jenny is a little tougher than your average cozy mystery amateur sleuth. She snaps, she shoves, she was a “hellion” in her teens. She doesn’t like the neighbours. She constantly refers to her sister as “the good Lisa” and prior to this hasn’t been home for five years. But she obviously still has a soft spot for those in distress, and winds up entangled in the small-town murder.
Jenny squeezed her eyes tight enough to hurt. She wiped rain from her face. Maybe, she thought, if I keep my eyes closed and click my heels, this smart-aleck kid will disappear.
Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli, A Most Curious Murder
Jenny Weston moves home to Bear Falls, Michigan to nurse her bruised ego back to health after a bitter divorce. But the idyllic vision of her charming hometown crumbles when her mother’s little library is destroyed.
The next door neighbor, Zoe Zola, a little person and Lewis Carroll enthusiast, suspects local curmudgeon Adam Cane, but when he’s suddenly found dead in Zoe’s fairy garden, all roads lead back to her. Jenny, however, believes Zoe innocent, so the two women team up to find the true culprit, investigating the richest family in Bear Falls, interrogating a few odd townspeople and delving into old, hidden transgressions — until another body turns up.
November 18, 2021
Dosed to Death and other new releases
Happy (almost) Thanksgiving! It is release day for Dosed to Death, A Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thriller #3. Dosed to Death can be read as a stand alone mystery or as part of the Kenzie Kirsch series. You will also be familiar with Kenzie, Zachary, and their other friends and family members if you have been reading the Zachary Goldman Mysteries.
Kenzie and Zachary have decided to take a Thanksgiving vacation at a mountain resort. Well, of course a storm blows in so no one can get in or out, and you know what’s going to happen, right? I mean, it is a medical thriller…
@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-c06d719 .ugb-img{width:640px;height:auto !important}}Dosed to DeathOut of the frying pan and into the fire!
Kenzie Kirsch needs a vacation from the dead bodies in the Medical Examiner’s Office, so she arranges for a Thanksgiving resort vacation.
Who knew she would be dealing with more deaths there than if she had stayed at home? At first, she and partner Zachary Goldman assume that it is just a weird coincidence, but as the snow starts to pile up outside their doors, so do the bodies.
Trapped with a killer, it’s up to Kenzie to gather what clues she can from the remains of her fellow holidayers.
But the killer isn’t going to just sit around and wait for her to figure it out. another well-crafted mystery full of suspense, plot twists, and nail-biting tension as Kenzie and Zachary work diligently to unravel the clues to the bizarre happenings at the lodge where they were hoping to enjoy a peaceful and relaxing vacation.
If you are a reader of the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series, you have already met Kenzie Kirsch. This series is a spinoff from Zachary Goldman Mysteries, giving Kenzie a front-and-center position in solving medical mysteries.
Looking for a strong female lead in an engaging medical mystery? This will be right up your alley.
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If you need some more books to fill up your ebook reader or stack on the bedside table for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday (and even of those who aren’t in the USA can still celebrate by reading books…) scroll down!
.ugb-91d0894 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-91d0894 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-91d0894 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-91d0894 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-91d0894 .ugb-img{width:329px;height:auto !important}}The Madness of CrowdsYou’re a coward.
Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache.
It starts innocently enough.
While the residents of the Québec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request.
He’s asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university.
While he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec would be assigned this task, it sounds easy enough. That is until Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture.
They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice. Before long, Professor Robinson’s views start seeping into conversations. Spreading and infecting. So that truth and fact, reality and delusion are so confused it’s near impossible to tell them apart.
Discussions become debates, debates become arguments, which turn into fights. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold.
Abigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, ça va bien aller. All will be well. But not, Gamache and his team know, for everyone.
When a murder is committed it falls to Armand Gamache, his second-in-command Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and their team to investigate the crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion.
And the madness of crowds.
.ugb-84aab72 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-84aab72 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-84aab72 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-84aab72 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-84aab72 .ugb-img{width:217px;height:auto !important}}Shadowed FootstepsTo protect her daughter, she will do anything—lie, cheat, and steal. But at what cost?
Lana has found her child’s father. She thinks. But he’s homeless. Or is he? In trying to reveal the truth, she uncovers way more than she bargained for. He appears to be working with Lana’s mother to protect her jewelry. An old, expensive piece that as far as Lana can tell is connected to her mom’s past, something she knows nothing about. Determined to find answers, Lana soon discovers that she has put her family in the direct line of sight of a man who is out to get what he believes is his.
Jordie has been running and lying his whole life but now he is using his skills and position for one thing, to take down the notorious Joe Brown. His father. But he can’t do it alone. The last attempt almost got him killed.
Lana forces Jordie to work with her and to use his skills and connections to protect her family. But she’s truly not sure if he’s the problem… or the solution… He has a connection to the man they are trying to stop. So, is Jordie really working with her? Or for him?
Can they stop a man notorious for his brutality and his success before he takes the one thing that means the world to Lana?
Sheila grew up in a Foster Home run by Mrs. Stephanos. Now, thirty-five years later, the bauble she played with as a child, has arrived. And it is worth over a million dollars. She is the second of the foster sisters to receive her jewelry. But who is sending them out? And what is their end game?
.ugb-41ef295 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-41ef295 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-41ef295 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-41ef295 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-41ef295 .ugb-img{width:313px;height:auto !important}}Dark GreedJealousy is evil. Greed is deadly.
When a young man is found hanging inside a barn, it seems like an open-and-shut suicide. But the boy in question is none other than Bryce Mowery, son and only heir of the richest family in Savannah, and Bryce’s father is claiming foul play. Much to her chagrin, Detective Charli Cross is sent to investigate and appease the farm and real estate magnate.
But soon, it’s no longer a question of if Bryce was killed, but by who. The Mowerys have made plenty of enemies in town, but why would anyone want to kill the happy-go-lucky playboy? As Charli and her partner Matthew delve deeper into the cutthroat world of land development, the killer is waiting. Not only does he like to play games, but he’s covering his tracks . . . and he’s developed a taste for murder.
.ugb-d300c03 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-d300c03 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-d300c03 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-d300c03 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-d300c03 .ugb-img{width:333px;height:auto !important}}Reasons WhyWhat would make a mother sell her children?
Sally made choices – choices you might not agree with, like sacrificing her kids to give herself a better life. But what if she truly believed that was the best thing for her daughter and sons?
The Sally on the book cover has two sides – one warmed by the sun’s rays, the other buffeted by storms.
Doesn’t that happen to all of us? Which side dominates our world view?
Do we have a choice?
Do life’s events shape us, or do they just show us who we really were all along?
This is Sally’s story. See what made Sally the woman she is today.
.ugb-484c16e .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-484c16e .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-484c16e .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-484c16e .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-484c16e .ugb-img{width:313px;height:auto !important}}Buried at the LakeThe presumption was murder.
Everyone assumed they knew the killer…
…but what if they were wrong about the crime?
It was the most beautiful house on the lake. When a girl’s remains are found on the property, Bill Miller seems to know something. For ten years, there had been whispers about what happened to the girl.
What was he hiding?
Her case wasn’t Luca’s priority.
Between his sick wife and The Park Shore Murder, his plate was full. The press was all over it and he needed to find out who murdered the innocent woman relaxing in her backyard. Worth millions, but without any known enemies, what was the motive?
Was it mistaken identity?
Or something sinister?
Those thoughts danced through his head as he tried to get a handle on what happened to the girl. He shouldn’t be focused on her, with the other murder unsolved, but he couldn’t help it.
Something was off.
It didn’t add up.
If he could just figure out what that something was, Luca’s gut said the rest would fall into place.
.ugb-52fd607 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-52fd607 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-52fd607 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-52fd607 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-52fd607 .ugb-img{width:333px;height:auto !important}}Keepsakes, Karma & MurderThe perfect first date. Good food, romantic setting, good vibes. Until a woman screams and a shot is fired.
As a trauma counselor, Stacie Maroni, doesn’t hesitate to barge through the fray. Nor does her date, Detective O’Hare. With the case falling outside his jurisdiction, O’Hare and Stacie should simply be witnesses.
Emphasis on should.
As contradictory information emerges, things get complicated and Stacie’s involved whether she likes it or not. Good thing O’Hare has her back. Mystery with a side of romance.
.ugb-88e2e09 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-88e2e09 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-88e2e09 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-88e2e09 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-88e2e09 .ugb-img{width:313px;height:auto !important}}Sewing SuspicionSecrets and a patchwork of lies. Can Alex string together the truth before her life unravels?
Alex Bailey’s heart feels threadbare. Struggling with the dubious practices of her NYC law firm, she’s left her high-profile career and is eager to clear her conscience with a trip home to care for the woman who raised her. But when an ill fate befalls the quilting matriarch, the shocked lawyer suspects someone is covering up murder.
Unpicking the strands of her beloved grandmother’s life, Alex patches together clues that prove her loved one’s death was no accident. And when the practice’s stained history weaves into the culprit’s devious handiwork, she’ll need to stay alive long enough to expose a heartless killer.
Can Alex get to the bottom of a sinister pattern before she ends up buried in a flower garden?
Sewing Suspicion is the captivating first book in a series of Quilting Cozy Mysteries. If you like troubled heroines, pulse-pounding twists, and intriguing howdunits, then you’ll love Kathryn Mykel’s cleverly woven tale.
.ugb-d2fecd2 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-d2fecd2 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-d2fecd2 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-d2fecd2 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-d2fecd2 .ugb-img{width:313px;height:auto !important}}The Mystery of Mistletoe HallWhen Lord Edgington receives an invitation to spend the Christmas holiday with an old colleague from the police, he expects fine food, good conversation and the warmth of a roaring fire. But on arriving at Mistletoe Hall with his family, they discover the house deserted and no explanation for where their host or his servants could be.
As more guests appear, the master detective begins to question what could connect the disparate group of newcomers. A teacher, a comedian, a thief, a sportsman, a singer, a policeman and a racing driver will all have their roles to play when a killer crashes the party. Cut off from the outside world by the worsening weather, and with bodies piling up, Lord Edgington must rely on his wits, his years of experience, and the help of his bumbling grandson Christopher in order to solve “The Mystery of Mistletoe Hall”.
With hints of “And Then There Were None” and “The Sittaford Mystery”, the fourth “Lord Edgington Investigates…” novel is a spoiler-free, standalone whodunit with a wicked resolution all of its own. Filled with warmth, humour, a fiendishly twisting plot, an adorable canine sidekick and plenty of Yuletide spirit, “The Mystery of Mistletoe Hall” is an Agatha-Christie-style Christmas cracker that will baffle and charm you in equal measure.
.ugb-5205569 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-5205569 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-5205569 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-5205569 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-5205569 .ugb-img{width:217px;height:auto !important}}I, VigilanteShe fought her way back from certain death.
A predator is still hunting her…
Alex Ridley knows there are only three certainties in life… taxes, death, and that if you try to kill her, that death will be yours.
After escaping from a vile human trafficking ring, Ridley dedicates her life to liberating more innocent victims from a future of misery and administering her own special brand of justice. She’ll take the fight to them, tracking them to their lair and bringing them down from within, one by one by one.
But there’s a problem.
Ridley had left her nemesis for dead in her desperate fight for survival. Somehow, the Korean gangster lived, and is hell-bent on a revenge he will stop at nothing to get.
From the mountains of Tibet, to the filth and flamboyance of Mumbai, a nerve-shredding rampage for justice leads Ridley to the ‘City of Dreams’ and to an inevitable war.
Colorful Christmas lights dapple the family homes in the idyllic lakeside town of Sweet Haven when Jennifer Dean, a young librarian at the local elementary school, is brutally murdered. There are witnesses and her boyfriend Travis Blake confesses to the crime… but something doesn’t quite add up. Blake is a third generation Army Ranger, awarded the Silver Star for his heroism in Afghanistan—how could a beloved son of this tight-knit burgh commit such a grisly deed?
As a community of military families a few miles down the road from an Army base, no one in Sweet Haven wants to investigate a war hero like Blake, not even the top brass at the police department. In steps Cameron Winter, a rugged and lonesome English professor haunted by the ghosts of his own Christmas past, whose former lover asks him to prove Blake innocent. The Sweet Haven murder reverberates in his mind, echoing a horrific yuletide memory from his youth, and Winter knows there are darker powers at play here than a simple domestic dispute. If he can solve this small-town mystery, just maybe he can find peace from his inner demons as well.
.ugb-8739502 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-8739502 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-8739502 .ugb-button svg:not(.ugb-custom-icon){color:#ffffff !important}.ugb-8739502 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-8739502 .ugb-img{width:333px;height:auto !important}}Be Still My HeartSkelm Island, Maine has always been known for two things: lobsters and its broken lighthouse.
But when corpses start showing up in the water, the isolated town becomes the face of a cryptic investigation.
At the heart of which stands Lincoln Porter, a grumpy ex-SEAL whose lobstering business seems to attract more dead bodies than fish.
When homicide expert Detective Sloane is called in to assist with the case, she begins digging up skeletons; ones that Lincoln would rather stay buried.
Forced to work together, Sloane’s suspicious attitude and optimistic demeanor grate on the lobsterman’s nerves, resulting in a rivalry that’s as addicting as it is volatile.
But as everything unravels and they have no one else to trust, Lincoln and Sloane must depend on each other to figure out what secrets should be brought to light…
…and which secrets should stay hidden.
November 16, 2021
On the Slab Pie
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From USA Today Bestselling Author, P.D. Workman!It all starts with a body.
Erin thought she’d seen and heard it all. In Bald Eagle Falls, everyone seemed not only to know everyone else’s business, but to discuss it at length. Yet she had always assumed that her neighbor Mrs. Peach, who had no man in her life, was widowed.
Mr. Peach’s unexpected reappearance, a prison breaking, and a body in the woods combine to form the toughest case yet for the gluten-free baker to solve!
The author has the ability to pull you into her story and keep you firmly rooted there until the end. Her characters are interest and have depth. She isn’t afraid to explore the areas of our society that many would rather sweep under the rug.
Like baking mysteries? Cats, dogs, and other pets? Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author P.D. Workman brings readers back to small town Bald Eagle Falls for another culinary cozy mystery to be solved by gluten-free baker Erin Price and her friends.
Have your gluten-free cake and eat it too. Sink your teeth into this sweet treat now!+ Praise for Auntie Clem's Bakery Series
—This lady knows how to write!! I read this during hurricane Irma on my Kindle so I didn’t care the power was out!
—It was very good! But made me hungry!
—Oh my goodness I loved it! The murder mystery was so awesome… I couldn’t put this book down. Props to you again for another amazing read!
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—This very enjoyable story with uncomplicated characters and a sweet and easy storyline was well done.
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“Every single one of [P.D. Workman’s] books has spoken to me in ways no one or almost anything else has. And I have found strength in the books I’ve read.”
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“Every book by PD Workman that I’ve read has been a gripping one, however different the genres are, going from lighter mysteries to really dark ones… this is one of my favourite, most dependable authors.”
“P.D. Workman is an incredibly versatile writer. No matter which of her books I read I am drawn into a great story and honestly, I don’t think I’ve followed another author that could go from cozy mystery to YA to a PI series dealing with mental health issues. Really enjoy her books!”
“[P.D. Workman’s] stories are so believable and you can’t help but feel like you know these people. You find yourself crying, laughing and feeling the characters emotions. Now if an author can make you cry and feel every emotion in a story, she is one hell of an author.”
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P.D. (Pamela) Workman writes riveting mystery/suspense and young adult books dealing with mental illness, addiction, abuse, and other real-life issues. For as long as she can remember, the blank page has held an incredible allure and from a very young age she was trying to write her own books.
Workman wrote her first complete novel at the age of twelve and continued to write as a hobby for many years. She started publishing in 2013. She has won several literary awards from Library Services for Youth in Custody for her young adult fiction. She made the USA Today Bestseller list in 2019. She currently has over 50 published titles and can be found at pdworkman.com.
Born and raised in Alberta, Workman has been married for over 25 years and has one son.
Gamache Explores The Madness of Crowds
Are you doing Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) or have you ever wondered why anyone else does it? If so, check out last week’s post about Nanowrimo—Why or Why not?
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
This week I picked up Louise Penny’s newest Chief Inspector Gamache book, The Madness of Crowds. I posted about the previous book in this series, which is All the Devils Are Here. I have enjoyed all of the Inspector Gamache books that I have read, and this one is no difference.
Lots of description of Gamache’s native Quebec and small-town life in Three Pines, his family and friends and Ruth and her duck. And of course, plenty of suspense and sufficiently twisty mysteries to keep me guessing until the end, when Penny brings it all together.
This particular volume is set in a post-pandemic timeline, so while there is mention of the impact of the pandemic on the economy and society in Quebec, it is not a focus of the book. I have not yet reached the murder, but things are definitely tense and heating up!
Even before Isabelle said it, he’d felt it himself. In his gut. In the tingle on his skin. In the pricking of his thumbs…
Louise Penny, The Madness of Crowds
You’re a coward.
Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache.
It starts innocently enough.
While the residents of the Québec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request.
He’s asked to provide security for what promises to be a non-event. A visiting Professor of Statistics will be giving a lecture at the nearby university.
While he is perplexed as to why the head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec would be assigned this task, it sounds easy enough. That is until Gamache starts looking into Professor Abigail Robinson and discovers an agenda so repulsive he begs the university to cancel the lecture.
They refuse, citing academic freedom, and accuse Gamache of censorship and intellectual cowardice. Before long, Professor Robinson’s views start seeping into conversations. Spreading and infecting. So that truth and fact, reality and delusion are so confused it’s near impossible to tell them apart.
Discussions become debates, debates become arguments, which turn into fights. As sides are declared, a madness takes hold.
Abigail Robinson promises that, if they follow her, ça va bien aller. All will be well. But not, Gamache and his team know, for everyone.
When a murder is committed it falls to Armand Gamache, his second-in-command Jean-Guy Beauvoir, and their team to investigate the crime as well as this extraordinary popular delusion.
And the madness of crowds.
