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December 27, 2019
Unlawful Harvest and other freebies this weekend
A New Year and… a new book?
Now is your chance to pick up Unlawful Harvest, the first Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thriller.
Free this weekend through New Year’s Day only. Start the year off right with a brand new book on your Kindle device or app. (Yes, even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can still read Kindle books. Just pick your operating system or read it in your browser.)
About Unlawful Harvest
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Unlawful Harvest is a Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thriller. If you have been reading the Zachary Goldman Mysteries, then you have met Kenzie Kirsch, who works in the medical examiner’s office.
This story will take you back to before Kenzie started medical school, to the case that first attracted her to medical investigation.
When an Urban Legend becomes the truth
Kenzie Kirsch had led a sheltered life; daughter of a wealthy lobbyist, her way had been paved for her, and she wasn’t really required to do much in life. There were events to make an appearance at, boards to sit on, fundraisers to support, but she could pick and choose what she wanted to do and how busy she wanted to be.
When she set out to find out why her sister Amanda was so ill, she had no idea where her amateur investigation would take her. Amanda’s illness had never been discussed. Amanda deserved her privacy.
As Kenzie’s questions take her deeper and deeper into the murky world of transplant tourism, Kenzie starts to wonder just what her parents have been covering up, and who else’s life might hang in the balance.
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Praise for Unlawful Harvest
— P D Workman has done it again. she has managed to write a book that will push your buttons. If it doesn’t then you need to take a another look.
— Omg! This book is fabulous, brutal, sorta scary and very descriptive mystery all rolled into one. I can’t wait to read more!
— This is an excellent book. I love the characters and the very interesting story line. I will definitely read the next book in this series.
Other freebies
I have worked hard to gather some other freebies for you!
One-click to add all freebies to your Amazon cart at once, or you can choose to download them individually.
As always, check prices before you check out, as prices may change without warning or not be free all days or in all markets.
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What would you do if you faced a serial killer?
Meet lawyer Kate Lange. She has one chance to prove herself—and to prove to herself that she can make it—in a firm where everyone wants her to fail. But landing this job is what Kate believes will lead to redemption in the tragic death of her sister years ago. Instead, Kate makes the biggest mistake of her career… and becomes the target of a serial killer.
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Practicing Buddhist and retired forensic pathologist Bodhi King seeks peace. Unfortunately, death keeps finding him.
After solving a series of unexplained deaths and exposing a sordid political scandal, Bodhi retreated from the limelight. But he’s called out of early retirement to help investigate a death cluster on a private island in the Florida Keys.
Healthy residents of a ritzy assisted living facility are dying in the middle of the night … their faces frozen in terror.
Bodhi arrives on Golden Island to find a community gripped by fear. And beneath the surface, conflict simmers, threatening to boil over. The charismatic leader of the Golden Island Church, the dying Cuban-Americans, and the local Catholic priest all have secrets to protect.
It’s up to Bodhi to bring the truth to light … before another resident dies.
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A 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.
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Fed up with her lazy, unruly neighbor, Mary Pritchard sprints across the street, determined to give Darryl a piece of her mind.
She arrives to find he’s been shot, the bullet piercing the center of his forehead. He’s been executed, and that’s not all. A mysterious woman is sprawled out on the floor in Darryl’s hallway. She’s dead too. Who is the woman? Why is she there? And why have they both been murdered?
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He’d done his part during the Great Pandemic to help defeat the deadliest threat to face mankind in modern history. At last he can live his life, alone and on his terms. He finally has a chance at peace.
But just when things return to normal after a decade of chaos, the devastating virus returns–this time as a weapon. The unique properties of Chad’s blood provide the tools needed to craft a cure but not everyone wants the plague stopped. A team of Army Rangers is sent to retrieve and defend The Source at all costs and Chad finds himself in the crossfire. He may be the last best hope for mankind, but only as long as he can stay alive.
The sacrifices made to secure The Source will be in vain if the scientist who spearheaded the original effort to stop The Pandemic can’t be found. The invasion of America has begun and foreign soldiers are willing to tear the country apart to find him. Cooper Braaten’s Navy SEALs race to secure the virologist and his critical research but it will take all their skills and more than a little luck to succeed when Apache Dawn is declared.
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When an unconscious British businessman arrives at New York City’s Bellevue Hospital, Dr. Mei Ling unwittingly finds herself in the midst of an infectious outbreak.
Meanwhile, Professor Tony Simmons, her ex-lover, and a world-renowned geneticist at Georgetown University receives an enigmatic telephone call that hints at a genetic threat, unlike anything the world has ever seen.
As the pandemic spreads, governments close their borders and quarantine cities. Simmons is taken to a secret military laboratory to search for a cure. But it’s the truth he finds instead, and now he, Ling, and an odd group of survivors are on the run as civilization collapses around them.
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With billions in the bank and my own venture capital firm, I’m living the American dream. My only problem? A car accident that leaves my mother with memory problems.
Brainocytes, a new technology that can transform our brains, could be the answer to all of my problems—but I’m not the only one who sees its potential.
Plunged into a criminal underworld darker than anything I could’ve imagined, my life-saving technology might be the death of me.
My name is Mike Cohen, and this is how I became more than human.
December 24, 2019
Excerpt from Before the Fall
Did you get a chance to pick up my latest release, Unlawful Harvest on the weekend? If not, you can get it now! Unlawful Harvest is the first of the Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thrillers, and provides Kenzie’s backstory, which you may be particularly interested in if you have been reading the Zachary Goldman Mysteries.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
I have been reading Before the Fall, by Noah Hawley. The book begins with the end – protagonist Scott saving a four-year-old boy after their plane goes down in the ocean. It then examines the lives of each of the passengers and how they got there, Scott processing the accident and the investigators trying to figure out what happened. It has been a fascinating story so far. Sensitive readers beware that there is some crude language in this one.
“Ladies and gentlemen, please prepare for takeoff,” he says.
Maggie looks over at her two kids, Rachel sitting with one leg folded under her … and little JJ hunched in slumber, slack-faced with childish oblivion.
Noah Hawley, Before the Fall
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On a foggy summer night, eleven people — ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter — depart Martha’s Vineyard on a private jet headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are the painter Scott Burroughs and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of an immensely wealthy and powerful media mogul’s family.
Was it by chance that so many influential people perished? Or was something more sinister at work? A storm of media attention brings Scott fame that quickly morphs into notoriety and accusations, and he scrambles to learn truth about the crash. Amid trauma and chaos, the fragile relationship between Scott and the young boy grows and glows at the heart of this stunning novel, raising questions of fate, morality, and the inextricable ties that bind us together.
December 19, 2019
An early Christmas Present – Unlawful Harvest and other new releases
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I know it isn’t quite Christmas yet, but I can’t wait to offer you my new book, Unlawful Harvest. And to point you toward a few other new releases.
About Unlawful Harvest
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Unlawful Harvest is a Kenzie Kirsch Medical Thriller. If you have been reading the Zachary Goldman Mysteries, then you have met Kenzie Kirsch, who works in the medical examiner’s office.
This story will take you back to before Kenzie started medical school, to the case that first attracted her to medical investigation.
When an Urban Legend becomes the truth
Kenzie Kirsch had led a sheltered life; daughter of a wealthy lobbyist, her way had been paved for her, and she wasn’t really required to do much in life. There were events to make an appearance at, boards to sit on, fundraisers to support, but she could pick and choose what she wanted to do and how busy she wanted to be.
When she set out to find out why her sister Amanda was so ill, she had no idea where her amateur investigation would take her. Amanda’s illness had never been discussed. Amanda deserved her privacy.
As Kenzie’s questions take her deeper and deeper into the murky world of transplant tourism, Kenzie starts to wonder just what her parents have been covering up, and who else’s life might hang in the balance.
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Praise for Unlawful Harvest
— P D Workman has done it again. she has managed to write a book that will push your buttons. If it doesn’t then you need to take a another look.
— Omg! This book is fabulous, brutal, sorta scary and very descriptive mystery all rolled into one. I can’t wait to read more!
— This is an excellent book. I love the characters and the very interesting story line. I will definitely read the next book in this series.
Other new releases
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Are you ready for holiday thrills?
It’s that time of year again…
The days are icy and chilling. The nights are dark and ominous. It’s thriller season…
From your favorite thriller authors…
Get into the holiday spirit with eight tales of thrills, chills, and twists and turns. Eight best-selling and award-winning authors leave you breathless with their high-octane novellas designed to bring their signature heroes and villains to life against the backdrop of the holiday season.
Plane crashes, assassins, archeology and nonstop action. This anthology has it all.
Your favorite action heroes, in brand-new, never-before-seen stories
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When the body of twenty-eight-year-old social worker Kera Jacobsen shows up on Chief New York City Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery’s autopsy table, at first it appears she was the victim of a tragic yet routine drug overdose. But for Laurie and her new pathology resident, the brilliant but enigmatic Dr. Aria Nichols, little things aren’t adding up. Kera’s family and friends swear she never touched drugs. Administrators from the hospital where Kera worked are insisting the case be shrouded in silence. And although Kera was ten weeks pregnant, nobody seems to know who the father was–or whether he holds the key to Kera’s final moments alive.
As a medical emergency temporarily sidelines Laurie, impulsive Aria turns to a controversial new technique: using genealogic DNA databases to track down those who don’t want to be found. Working with experts at a start-up ancestry website, she plans to trace the fetus’s DNA back to likely male relatives in the hopes of identifying the mystery father. But when Kera’s closest friend and fellow social worker is murdered, the need for answers becomes even more urgent. Because someone out there clearly doesn’t want Kera’s secrets to come to light . . . and if Aria gets any closer to the truth, she and Laurie might find themselves a killer’s next targets.
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Dr. Zora Smyth has only one choice: fight the enemy or end up dead.
Chief surgical resident Zora Smyth only planned to solve the nameless patients case that landed on her operating table and complete the rest of her residency in peace. It shouldn’t be as difficult as facing false murder charges from a serial killer, or enduring a brush with death, right?
But her search for the truth makes her the target of a ruthless adversary—much closer to her than she imagines— obsessed with turning her most feared nightmare into reality.
With a larger-than-life enemy nipping at her heels, Zora races to clear her name, save her medical license, and stay alive while doing so.
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When CIA agent Cameron Hansen receives a call from his friend Mitzi Lenz, an FBI pathologist, regarding her missing father, they soon are embroiled in a desperate race to thwart Hansen’s old enemy, Juan Carlos Perez, a powerful tech magnate and international drug trafficker. Perez is doing secret experimental brain implant operations on victims kidnapped from Mexican farms. As Cameron and Mitzi struggle to understand the purpose of the hi-tech implants, Perez draws closer to his ambitious goal. He ensnares the brilliant and enigmatic Dr. Overbridge, one of the world’s top neurosurgeons, to perform the complex surgery by promising redemption for a past mistake that led to a terrible tragedy.
Overbridge is haunted by the woman he killed and the son he maimed, but also by the dozens of men he killed as a sniper in Vietnam. He is determined to use the new technology to exorcise his demons. As the experiments continue, Perez’s men try to clean up all the loose ends, including Cameron, Mitzi, and anyone who has seen the surgery. If Perez can’t be located, and stopped, the consequences for the entire world will be devastating.
.ugb-0e0d353 .ugb-feature__item{border-radius:0px !important;background-color:#F8E7E9 !important}.ugb-0e0d353 .ugb-feature__item:before{background-color:#F8E7E9 !important}.ugb-0e0d353 .ugb-img{width:313px;height:auto !important}.ugb-0e0d353 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-0e0d353 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-0e0d353 .ugb-button svg{color:#ffffff}.ugb-0e0d353 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}A Striking Similarity
The first murder was a tragedy.
The second was a mystery.
The third was an epiphany.
Detective Terry Millar doesn’t believe in coincidences. As a criminal profiler, he’s built his reputation on identifying patterns and perpetrators.
But he’s never encountered a killer like this.
Millar and his team are being led of a macabre treasure hunt around the city of Ottawa, and they’re desperate to find a connection between the crimes before the killer strikes again.
The murders bear a striking similarity to one another, which should make it easier for the renowned profiler, but the evidence seems to point in an impossible direction.
With every secret that’s revealed, Millar is a step closer to realising that nothing will ever be the same again.
If you like dark, witty crime novels that will keep you guessing, then you’ll love the first installment of Kevin Hopkins’ page turning Ottawa Detective Series.
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Maya and Josh, two kids as different as black and white collide in the heat of a North Carolina summer. The billboard leading into town reads Historic Maxton: A Good Place To Live. Though it was good for many, it wasn’t for everyone. It was a place where goodhearted salt-of-the-earth folks lived alongside the narrow-minded and intolerant.
Decades later: Maya and Josh have realized their intellectual potentials teaching and researching genetic engineering at Harvard. Diseases long ignored and vastly underestimated by the World Health Organization now threaten a global pandemic. In their hour of greatest need, the government and private sector turn to Maya and Josh for a solution to the planet’s impending crisis.
As Maya and Josh work to stem the tide of imminent global disaster, they face challenges both personal and professional and are beset upon by forces that seem to defy explanation—a shadowy figure drifts in and out of their lives over the course of decades causing irreparable damage, and the powers who once turned to them for help now seem to conspire against them making Josh’s life a living hell. The weight of the world rests on his shoulders but is he still the altruistic youth who set out to change the world or has he become someone very different, and will the results of his work be those everyone expects?
.ugb-00fcbb4 .ugb-feature__item{border-radius:0px !important;background-color:#F8E7E9 !important}.ugb-00fcbb4 .ugb-feature__item:before{background-color:#F8E7E9 !important}.ugb-00fcbb4 .ugb-img{width:640px;height:auto !important}.ugb-00fcbb4 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-00fcbb4 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-00fcbb4 .ugb-button svg{color:#ffffff}.ugb-00fcbb4 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Get Down
A madman with a taste for explosives has a city under siege.
And only a wild-card hero can stop him.
Dale Conley has never played by the rules. That’s how he’s able to unravel the world’s deepest conspiracies, to capture the darkest of enemies.
But when a new shadow presents himself in the form of a revenge-driven madman replicating—and amplifying—the crimes of history’s infamous Mad Bomber, Dale faces an adversary who’s his equal in both intellect and ingenuity.
With a city in a panic—and with more deadly blasts, more people dying—Dale must find a way to decipher the bomber’s clues and methods … before the lunatic exacts his ultimate revenge.
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Ragan Jensen is in need of help. Her body sounds the alarm, leaving her desperately seeking the attention of the medical professionals at her assigned healthcare organization, Kellogg Premier. Practically ignored at every turn, Ragan is left to wonder if she will ever find someone who will listen long enough to address her obvious needs.
Elaine Cooper is a caring and patient-oriented nurse at Kellogg Premier, her new employer. She meets Ragan at Urgent Care, the department she was assigned to, and it struck her immediately as odd how little everyone else around them seemed to care. As she began to notice more, she becomes acutely aware that something is not quite right there. Unable to let it go, Elaine follows a dangerous path right into the clutches of those who work to protect those secrets.
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Tempest gets a gift she wasn’t expecting this Christmas!
Tempest Crypt and Wiggles are looking forward to festive fun in Willow Tree Falls. Snow is falling, the decorations are up, and the Christmas parties are in full swing.
A visit to the Christmas tree lot reveals a gorgeous new arrival. Lowther Zanzibar claims to be in the village to simply sell trees, but whenever a fallen cupid is around, trouble follows.
And when relationships start going wrong, Tempest tries to figure out what’s happening. The problem is, she’s distracted by the strange new feelings she has for someone who’s not her boyfriend!
Wiggles must take on the challenge of figuring out why the village is suddenly full of terrible love matches. If he fails, this Christmas will turn into the weirdest time of the year, not the most joyful.
Grab a mince pie and a glass of eggnog, and enjoy this fun cozy mystery.
This is a short novel (31,000 words) featuring your favorite Crypt witch characters. Expect red herrings, some unusual suspects, and a fun, festive happy ending.
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Dora Stephens can’t refuse this case.
When she witnesses Sheila, the aunt of her best friend, stagger out of the hospital and die from a traffic accident, Dora’s private eye instincts kick in. Something’s not right. Sheila had no known enemies… but someone wanted her dead.
Digging into the circumstances of Sheila’s death leads Dora on a devious path where she encounters lies, drugs, betrayal, and infidelity. She uncovers another mysterious death and stumbles upon a dark secret kept by some of the hospital’s top staff and privileged doctors.
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At long last French policeman, Pascal d’Onscon, a beloved character in the Bennett Sisters Mysteries, has his own adventure in wine and France.
Pascal is ready for a long break with his live-in love, Merle Bennett, at their cottage in the Dordogne. But a favor is called in from his boss and off he goes to Champagne, to investigate a fraudulent labelling of wine at a swanky domaine. Thus starts Pascal’s first adventure in the Bennett Sisters Mystery series, as a wine fraud cop working with the Police Nationale.
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People are again dropping like flies in Dr. Steele’s ER. She is facing another string of unexplained deaths, but this time it’s even harder. Why? Because she doesn’t mind seeing them dead. They are the worst of the worst: wife beaters, child abusers, pet killers, and downright psychopaths that the law failed to punish. Even worse, it fails to protect their innocent victims. Can this be God’s work? Did God get busy cleaning their community of evil? Emma doesn’t think so. She finds the answer disturbingly near. It isn’t God; it’s a human, way too close for comfort.
As she struggles to decide, she finds herself engaged in the fight of her life to protect everything she holds dear. Will she destroy the evil, or will it crush her first? If you like Patricia Cornwell, Robin Cook, and Tess Gerritsen, you’ll love Rada Jones. Strong, flawed, charismatic characters engaged in everchanging conflicts clash in the fight of their life. Stakes couldn’t be higher.
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Coast Guard Commander Brice Bannon and his team of highly-skilled operatives must race against time and risk everything to rescue the President of the United States, held hostage in an experimental city under the sea in the thrilling new novel in David DeLee’s adrenaline-filled seacoast adventure series.
During a submersible hydrofoil race for charity, Coast Guard Commander Brice Bannon’s best friend Skyjack McMurphy is nearly killed. Was the incident an accident…or intentional?
Before they can determine the truth, Bannon is invited to join the Director of Homeland Security and the President of the United States to tour Tiamat Bluff, an experimental city built one-thousand feet under the sea in the Gulf of Maine. When the city is seized by terrorists and the President’s taken hostage, it’s up to Bannon and his team, Skyjack McMurphy and Tara “Blades” Sardana, to rescue the President before time runs out.
But first Bannon must uncover the truth behind the terror group’s secret agenda, expose a potential clandestine conspiracy, and unravel the secret connection between the mercenary leader and his boss and friend Director of Homeland Security, Elizabeth Grayson.
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Spring is beginning to brighten Sorenson, Wisconsin, for Mattie and Steve Hurley and their family. While their son Matthew may be in his terrible twos and Steve’s daughter Emily a moody teenager, the kids bring light to their lives when their work is dark by its nature—Steve is a homicide detective and Mattie is a medicolegal death investigator, aka medical examiner. They deal in corpses.
The latest corpse, a Jane Doe, was clearly an addict, but drugs didn’t kill her, at least not directly. She’s been stabbed multiple times in a pattern that is disturbingly familiar to Mattie. When she discovers flower petals from yellow carnations stuffed into the stab wounds, she recognizes a very specific M.O.—belonging to a convicted serial killer who’s currently serving a life sentence.
The details of the flower petals were never made public in the last case, so it can’t be a copycat crime. It looks like the wrong man is in prison, and the murderer is still at large. Now it’s up to Mattie and Steve to get the case reopened—and catch the real carnation killer…
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Amy Penrose knows how it feels to grow up in a home where your parents harm you more than raise you.
Now an adult, she’s newly qualified as a child psychologist and hopes to help children who’ve gone through struggles of their own.
When a father brings a twelve-year-old boy into her office, she recognises the bruises and the way the boy withdraws into himself. And she wants to help.
But life is never that simple. With a boyfriend at home who believes her career shouldn’t be more important than getting married and having children, and with a boss who seems to want her to stay late all the time, but not for work reasons, and with other patients who need her, Amy is torn.
As she delves into the family’s past, and starts to feel unsafe in her own home, she starts to wonder if this is one child beyond her help.
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Do You Know Your Enemies? Have You Lost Your Credibility?
“I am only aware of fear. It so consumes me that every cell in my body screams for relief. My life goes on and there is nothing in it but fear, loss and terror.”
Retired Army Major and physician Sonia Amon, weak, brutalized and incapacitated from injuries received from her terrorist father, travels to Germany with CIA handler Jeff Hansen. As she struggles to deplane she wonders who ordered the assassination of her fiance, Colonel Paul Grayson. At Ramstein AFB, Sonia learns that things are not as they appear but residual damage from a flash-bang grenade and PTSD damage her credibility.
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Devoted wife and mother by day. Sleepwalker by night.
Iris Goddard is missing. She’s left the bed, and the front door is wide open…
Her husband, Nicholas, and their son are terrified for her safety. Chrome Valley’s streets aren’t safe on a Friday night, and for a sleepwalker dressed only in her nightgown, it’s as dangerous as hell.
The truth about Iris’s condition simmers deep in her subconscious—and it needs avenging, no matter the cost to herself or her family. Now, Nicholas must brave Chrome Valley’s underworld to rescue her. The countdown to retribution has begun, and Iris has no idea of the nightmare she’s sleepwalking into… or does she?
*Note: The Chrome Valley Thrillers are interconnecting tales of mind-bending suspense, and contain adult themes and language. For mature audiences only.
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Katie and Jack go away to the Lake District, for the weekend. This is meant to be a romantic getaway, but instead of romance, they find… another body.
How come Ms Liu fell out of her balcony? Why was she killed and whom by? Who is lying and why? Where is the ring and does it even matter?
Try to separate red herrings from real clues, as you’re solving the case, alongside Katie and Jack. And don’t forget to keep an eye on what’s happening on the personal level for both of them.
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The pigs at the trough are addicted to money and will do anything to get more.
The client said he’d never seen her before. Yet there she was, in his hotel room. Borman figured she’d been dead for several hours.
His client, O’Connor, said he was going to put an end to the cronyism and backroom deals that sucked billions out of the economy and gave nothing in return. That didn’t sit well with some people.
They wanted him out of the way and a murder rap would do it.
Borman was there to protect him, but what could he do to get O’Connor out of this mess? And if he managed to clean this up, would they try again?
Reg Rawlins, Psychic Investigator 1-3
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P D Workman has done it again; created a cast of characters and a storyline that are captivating and enthralling. Once I started this cozy I didn't want to put it down (which can be a bad thing when you have a family to take care of...lol). I can't wait for the other books in this series. I think Reg is going to turn out to be one of my favorite new characters.
+ About Reg Rawlins, Psychic Investigator 1-3
Get the first three books in the Reg Rawlins series for one low price!
A self-professed con artist practicing as a contact to the dead, a drop dead gorgeous warlock , and a psychic cat – what could go wrong?
This set includes:
1. What the Cat Knew
The fortune teller gig started as a scam, but Reg suddenly finds herself tangled up in the case of Warren Blake, a man who she thought was dead. It turns out he may still be alive, but in mortal peril.
2. A Psychic with Catitude
Reg Rawlins is back in business, asked by Detective Jessup to consult on a missing persons case. Little does she know that it’s not your average teen runaway or kidnapping. There is something strange going on and time is running out for the teen.
3. A Catastrophic Theft
Reg’s relationship with Sarah, who has been her loyal friend and protector since she arrived becomes strained when Sarah’s precious emerald necklace disappears. There is no shortage of suspects, with Reg herself at the front of the line.
Get your paws on these three books now!
+ Praise for Reg Rawlins Psychic Detective Series
—Another great work of art by Ms. Workman. I am amazed at the diversity of her writing and how much I really enjoy them all. She can write cozy mystery, YA books that should be read by all, medical thrillers, Zach Goldman series and now a paranormal series. I am so glad to have found this author. I am honored that I get to read them early also.
—This book has all my favourite things: heart, great writing, nearly-flawless editing, something unusual in the air, and a cat. I needed a light read, and this fit the bill perfectly. Recommended.
—This book actually surprised me. I knew that a psychic cat would be entertaining. I just didn’t expect it to be this good. You really do get wrapped up in the people and story. It sounds like a fairly gentle story, but there is a lot of suspense involved. Add a bunch of humor to the mix and you are in for a treat. I love the characters. Wish I had some friends like them. And the cat is so very well done. Acts like a typical cat, but a lot smarter than his human. This is a story that you don’t want to put down.
—Extremely well written as are all of P.D. Workman’s books, the characters well developed. I’m a character reader, I get into the characters. Who and what they are. Why they do the things they do. The things that make a reader get invested into the characters and thereby the book. I look forward to P.D. Workman’s next book.
—P D Workman has done it again; created a cast of characters and a storyline that are captivating and enthralling. Once I started this cozy I didn’t want to put it down (which can be a bad thing when you have a family to take care of…lol). I can’t wait for the other books in this series. I think Reg is going to turn out to be one of my favorite new characters. Pick up your copy as soon as possible.
+ Praise for P.D. Workman
“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.”
“The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book.”
“This is one author I certainly will be looking out for, I can’t recommend her enough.”
“I’ll read anything by P. D. Workman that I can get my hands on.”
“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!”
+ Reg Rawlins on my Blog
Flash sale on A Catastrophic Theft
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Excerpt from Dan Brown’s Origin
It’s my bookiversary
National Cozy Mystery Day
What’s on the drawing board?
Writers in the House
Hoppy Easter Reading
A Catastrophic Theft and other March freebies
Excerpt from The Last Anniversary
Consent is Magical
Excerpt from First Family
A Catastrophic Theft and other New Releases
Excerpt from the Shack
A Psychic with Catitude and other Freebies
A Psychic with Catitude and other New Releases
Excerpt from Gray Mountain
What the Cat Knew and other new releases
Upcoming in 2019
Release of A Psychic with Catitude
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What’s coming up
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About P. D. Workman
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 2015. 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.
December 17, 2019
Excerpt from A Spark of Light
How is your Christmas season coming along? I finally got our tree up on Sunday. With a crazy kitten, I’m not sure how long it is going to stay up…
We have had at least one year where we didn’t get the tree up until Christmas Eve, so I’m at least ahead of that. December is a busy time, and a difficult time for many.
Check out this year’s Christmas posts so far:
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
I quite enjoy Jodi Picoult and the way that she portrays her characters, each individuals with unique backstories and relationships. And she is not afraid to tackle difficult issues, as you’ll find when you read this one!
I am currently reading A Spark of Light, which juxtapositions an armed hostage situation with the very personal situations the various women and men are facing.
She shouldn’t have come to the Center.
She should have stayed a little girl.
Because now she might not live to become anything else.
—Jodi Picoult, A Spark of Light
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At Mississippi’s sole remaining women’s reproductive services clinic, a gunman bursts in and takes its patients and staff hostage. The stories that brought these individuals to the clinic vary, from a woman awaiting cancer screening results to a protestor hoping to catch the clinic in a scandal that could be used in a pro-life campaign. Then there is the police hostage negotiator, whose daughter is also trapped inside the facility, and the gunman himself, who has a vendetta to carry out. Meanwhile, across the state, a seventeen-year-old woman lands in the hospital after an attempt to self-terminate her pregnancy and is subsequently charged by the pro-life DA for the murder of her unborn child. They, too, are connected to the events unfolding in the clinic.
As the book moves backward in time, each chapter set one hour earlier than the last, we learn how all these people and their stories are unwittingly connected–and that none of these characters’ reasons for being where they are at this fateful place and time are exactly what it appears at first glance.
December 13, 2019
Delusions of the Past
Coming Soon!
Series: Reg Rawlins Psychic Investigator #6
Genres: Cozy Mystery
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She saw the tip of Starlight’s tail behind the kitchen island and was relieved.
“You finally decided to come out of the tree?”
His tail didn’t twitch. Reg rounded the island and gasped.
+ About Delusions of the Past
What kind of a monster poisons a psychic’s cat?
When Starlight first fell ill, Reg thought that she was the cause of it. She should have been watching him more carefully. She should have found out about household plants and chemicals that could hurt her familiar. She was clearly a negligent owner.
But it soon becomes clear that there is some darker force at work, and Reg is going to need all of her resources to find the culprit before it is too late if she is to have any chance of saving her furry companion’s life.
+ Praise for Reg Rawlins Psychic Detective Series
—Another great work of art by Ms. Workman. I am amazed at the diversity of her writing and how much I really enjoy them all. She can write cozy mystery, YA books that should be read by all, medical thrillers, Zach Goldman series and now a paranormal series. I am so glad to have found this author. I am honored that I get to read them early also.
—This book has all my favourite things: heart, great writing, nearly-flawless editing, something unusual in the air, and a cat. I needed a light read, and this fit the bill perfectly. Recommended.
—This book actually surprised me. I knew that a psychic cat would be entertaining. I just didn’t expect it to be this good. You really do get wrapped up in the people and story. It sounds like a fairly gentle story, but there is a lot of suspense involved. Add a bunch of humor to the mix and you are in for a treat. I love the characters. Wish I had some friends like them. And the cat is so very well done. Acts like a typical cat, but a lot smarter than his human. This is a story that you don’t want to put down.
—Extremely well written as are all of P.D. Workman’s books, the characters well developed. I’m a character reader, I get into the characters. Who and what they are. Why they do the things they do. The things that make a reader get invested into the characters and thereby the book. I look forward to P.D. Workman’s next book.
—P D Workman has done it again; created a cast of characters and a storyline that are captivating and enthralling. Once I started this cozy I didn’t want to put it down (which can be a bad thing when you have a family to take care of…lol). I can’t wait for the other books in this series. I think Reg is going to turn out to be one of my favorite new characters. Pick up your copy as soon as possible.
+ Book Club Resources
Pinterest Board on foster care
If your Animal Companion is Shot or Poisoned
March Is Pet Poison Awareness Month
Why Icelanders are wary of elves living beneath the rocks
How to celebrate Yule
13 ways to celebrate Yuletide
Using fire to Heal and Purify
+ Praise for P.D. Workman
“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.”
“The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book.”
“This is one author I certainly will be looking out for, I can’t recommend her enough.”
“I’ll read anything by P. D. Workman that I can get my hands on.”
“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!”
+ Delusions of the Past on my Blog
Observing World Schizophrenia Day
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About P. D. Workman
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 2015. 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.
Telepathy of Gardens
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Series: Reg Rawlins Psychic Investigator #5
Genres: Cozy Mystery
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As she stood next to the coffee pot, waiting for it to finish dripping, she heard crying. A man’s voice, sobbing, “Oh, no, no, no…”
+ About Telepathy of Gardens
In the aftermath of fighting the Witch Doctor and his minions, Reg hopes to be able to take some time to just relax and recover. The danger to Black Sands is past and she herself is unharmed, aside from the memories that the Witch Doctor stirred up.
But the warlocks in her life are making things increasingly complicated, they have nine kittens to find homes for, and gardening turns out not to be such a relaxing diversion after all.
Will Reg’s discovery of a mysterious key lead her to incalculable wealth or untold danger?
+ Praise for Reg Rawlins Psychic Detective Series
—Another great work of art by Ms. Workman. I am amazed at the diversity of her writing and how much I really enjoy them all. She can write cozy mystery, YA books that should be read by all, medical thrillers, Zach Goldman series and now a paranormal series. I am so glad to have found this author. I am honored that I get to read them early also.
—This book has all my favourite things: heart, great writing, nearly-flawless editing, something unusual in the air, and a cat. I needed a light read, and this fit the bill perfectly. Recommended.
—This book actually surprised me. I knew that a psychic cat would be entertaining. I just didn’t expect it to be this good. You really do get wrapped up in the people and story. It sounds like a fairly gentle story, but there is a lot of suspense involved. Add a bunch of humor to the mix and you are in for a treat. I love the characters. Wish I had some friends like them. And the cat is so very well done. Acts like a typical cat, but a lot smarter than his human. This is a story that you don’t want to put down.
—Extremely well written as are all of P.D. Workman’s books, the characters well developed. I’m a character reader, I get into the characters. Who and what they are. Why they do the things they do. The things that make a reader get invested into the characters and thereby the book. I look forward to P.D. Workman’s next book.
—P D Workman has done it again; created a cast of characters and a storyline that are captivating and enthralling. Once I started this cozy I didn’t want to put it down (which can be a bad thing when you have a family to take care of…lol). I can’t wait for the other books in this series. I think Reg is going to turn out to be one of my favorite new characters. Pick up your copy as soon as possible.
+ Author's Note
Author’s Notes may contain spoilers
Researching new magical or mythical creatures for the Reg Rawlings series is a lot of fun. I enjoy reading all of the different versions of the myths, and then putting my own twist on them for the series.
I have written about non-speaking individuals in other books, and have always liked to dig down deeper into communication through methods other than speech, into body language, facial expression, gesture, and behavior. Writing Forst and Fir allowed me to delve again into the way that non-speaking people are viewed in our predominantly-speaking society, and to explore the methods that others in the story communicate other than just through speech.
+ Book Club Resources
Pinterest Board on foster care
General gnome and garden gnome information
Humanoid spirit and mythic being
Eight strange facts
+ Praise for P.D. Workman
“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.”
“The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book.”
“This is one author I certainly will be looking out for, I can’t recommend her enough.”
“I’ll read anything by P. D. Workman that I can get my hands on.”
“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!”
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About P. D. Workman
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 2015. 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.
Night of Nine Tails
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Series: Reg Rawlins Psychic Investigator #4
Genres: Cozy Mystery
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Reg climbed out of bed, the dread from her nightmare still squeezing her heart so tightly it hurt.
+ About Night of Nine Draugrs
Reg recognizes that feeling of dread.
Something is disrupting the spiritual atmosphere in Black Sands, but no one else seems to be aware of its menacing presence. So Reg does her best to push it to the back of her conscious mind and to focus on new friendships and opportunities. She has been in Florida for long enough that it’s time to have some fun.
But ignoring the presence doesn’t make it go away, and before long, Reg has been dragged into a manhunt—or a creature hunt—that is scarier than anything she has faced in the paranormal community yet.
With the help of some long-buried memories and unexpected helpers, Reg is able to find a few answers… and a lot more questions.
+ Praise for Reg Rawlins Psychic Detective Series
—Another great work of art by Ms. Workman. I am amazed at the diversity of her writing and how much I really enjoy them all. She can write cozy mystery, YA books that should be read by all, medical thrillers, Zach Goldman series and now a paranormal series. I am so glad to have found this author. I am honored that I get to read them early also.
—This book has all my favourite things: heart, great writing, nearly-flawless editing, something unusual in the air, and a cat. I needed a light read, and this fit the bill perfectly. Recommended.
—This book actually surprised me. I knew that a psychic cat would be entertaining. I just didn’t expect it to be this good. You really do get wrapped up in the people and story. It sounds like a fairly gentle story, but there is a lot of suspense involved. Add a bunch of humor to the mix and you are in for a treat. I love the characters. Wish I had some friends like them. And the cat is so very well done. Acts like a typical cat, but a lot smarter than his human. This is a story that you don’t want to put down.
—Extremely well written as are all of P.D. Workman’s books, the characters well developed. I’m a character reader, I get into the characters. Who and what they are. Why they do the things they do. The things that make a reader get invested into the characters and thereby the book. I look forward to P.D. Workman’s next book.
—P D Workman has done it again; created a cast of characters and a storyline that are captivating and enthralling. Once I started this cozy I didn’t want to put it down (which can be a bad thing when you have a family to take care of…lol). I can’t wait for the other books in this series. I think Reg is going to turn out to be one of my favorite new characters. Pick up your copy as soon as possible.
+ Author's Note
Author’s Notes may contain spoilers
I was out for a run one day, and saw a poster about a missing cat. I saw copies of the poster on numerous poles and mailboxes. It was for a cat named Nico, a pure black cat. A block or two later, I saw a black cat. I tried to call him, but he just ran away. The next poster I ran past, I took down the phone number and texted about the sighting. The owner asked about the cat’s location, and advised that they had already ruled that one out. Not Nico.
On my way home, I ran past a house with a black cat on the fence. I texted the owner the location and she said she would check it out. She reported back later that it was not Nico, and advised that they were referring to the “imposter” cats as “nicoys.”
Biking home from work the next day, I saw another black cat in the area and again passed the information on.
I don’t know if Nico ever got home, but I knew I wanted to use the unusually high concentration of black cats in the neighborhood in an upcoming Reg Rawlins story!
+ Book Club Resources
Pinterest Board on foster care
Draugr
Vikings Feared Living Dead
Forgotten History of Zombies
The Real Story of the Undead
+ Praise for P.D. Workman
“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.”
“The way that P.D. Workman writes just flows amazingly and allows the reader to get really invested in a book.”
“This is one author I certainly will be looking out for, I can’t recommend her enough.”
“I’ll read anything by P. D. Workman that I can get my hands on.”
“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!”
+ Night of Nine Tails on my Blog
Gem, Himself, Alone and a round-up of free goodies!
Vanishing Teardrops and other new releases!
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About P. D. Workman
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 2015. 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.
December 12, 2019
The Mysteries of Christmas
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Mysteries for Christmas? It shouldn’t come as a surprise that you can find books on any subject, including mysteries that revolve around Christmas or take place during Christmas. While I don’t have any full-length mysteries that are Christmas-themed — yet, I do have some coming — I do have:
Dog-Free Dinner
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Dog-Free Dinner is a Holiday Short Story that is part of the Auntie Clem’s Bakery cozy mystery series. In the timeline, Witch-Free Halloween and Dog-Free Dinner fall after book 3, Allergen-Free Assignation. Look for a full-length Christmas book in this series next year.
Vic is looking forward to Christmas with her new Bald Eagles Falls family. Erin—not so much. But she wants to make it a special day for Vic.
An unexpected turn in events changes all of their carefully-laid plans.
This Christmas short, part of the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series, is only available through my website. The series—and your holiday—won’t be complete without it.
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She Wore Mourning
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She Wore Mourning is not Christmas-themed, but it does take place during the Christmas season. In fact, so does book #4, He Was Walking Alone (which takes place one year later). A warning, however, that Christmas is a bad time of year for Zachary, so if you’re looking for a light, feel-good Christmas story, this is not it! He Was Walking Alone does include a Christmas reunion for Zachary.
A dead child.
A mother deep in mourning.
Private Investigator Zachary Goldman’s life isn’t all roses, but he tries to put his own shattered life behind him to investigate the death of five-year-old Declan Bond.
Declan’s death has been ruled an accident, but his grandmother thinks there is more to it. She fears Declan’s mother will not be able to find peace until Zachary can give them an answer once and for all. But as Zachary digs into the circumstances surrounding Declan’s death, he finds that all is not as it seems, and somebody doesn’t want him to find the truth.
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More Christmas Mysteries
I headed over to Amazon for some more Christmas mysteries, and here is what I came up with!
.ugb-8cd75a6 .ugb-feature__item{border-radius:0px !important;background-color:#F8E7E9 !important}.ugb-8cd75a6 .ugb-feature__item:before{background-color:#F8E7E9 !important}.ugb-8cd75a6 .ugb-img{width:382px;height:auto !important}.ugb-8cd75a6 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-8cd75a6 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-8cd75a6 .ugb-button svg{color:#ffffff}.ugb-8cd75a6 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries
Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler collects sixty of his all-time favorite holiday crime stories–many of which are difficult or nearly impossible to find anywhere else. From classic Victorian tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Thomas Hardy, to contemporary stories by Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain, this collection touches on all aspects of the holiday season, and all types of mysteries. They are suspenseful, funny, frightening, and poignant.
Included are puzzles by Mary Higgins Clark, Isaac Asimov, and Ngaio Marsh; uncanny tales in the tradition of A Christmas Carol by Peter Lovesey and Max Allan Collins; O. Henry-like stories by Stanley Ellin and Joseph Shearing, stories by pulp icons John D. MacDonald and Damon Runyon; comic gems from Donald E. Westlake and John Mortimer; and many, many more. Almost any kind of mystery you’re in the mood for–suspense, pure detection, humor, cozy, private eye, or police procedural—can be found in these pages.
.ugb-f047ea2 .ugb-feature__item{border-radius:0px !important;background-color:#ECECEC !important}.ugb-f047ea2 .ugb-feature__item:before{background-color:#ECECEC !important}.ugb-f047ea2 .ugb-img{width:324px;height:auto !important}.ugb-f047ea2 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-f047ea2 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-f047ea2 .ugb-button svg{color:#ffffff}.ugb-f047ea2 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas
Christmas Eve, 1814: Jane Austen has been invited to spend the holiday with family and friends at The Vyne, the gorgeous ancestral home of the wealthy and politically prominent Chute family. As the year fades and friends begin to gather beneath the mistletoe for the twelve days of Christmas festivities, Jane and her circle are in a celebratory mood: Mansfield Park is selling nicely; Napoleon has been banished to Elba; British forces have seized Washington, DC; and on Christmas Eve, John Quincy Adams signs the Treaty of Ghent, which will end a war nobody in England really wanted.
Jane, however, discovers holiday cheer is fleeting. One of the Yuletide revelers dies in a tragic accident, which Jane immediately views with suspicion. If the accident was in fact murder, the killer is one of Jane’s fellow snow-bound guests. With clues scattered amidst cleverly crafted charades, dark secrets coming to light during parlor games, and old friendships returning to haunt the Christmas parties, whom can Jane trust to help her discover the truth and stop the killer from striking again?
.ugb-521c580 .ugb-feature__item{border-radius:0px !important;background-color:#F8E7E9 !important}.ugb-521c580 .ugb-feature__item:before{background-color:#F8E7E9 !important}.ugb-521c580 .ugb-img{width:353px;height:auto !important}.ugb-521c580 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-521c580 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-521c580 .ugb-button svg{color:#ffffff}.ugb-521c580 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Christmas Cake Murder
It’s Christmas many years ago, and topping young Hannah Swensen’s wish list is becoming the go-to baker in Lake Eden, Minnesota. But as Hannah finds out, revisiting holiday memories can be murder…
With her dream of opening The Cookie Jar taking shape, Hannah’s life matches the hectic December hustle and bustle in Lake Eden—especially when she agrees to help recreate a spectacular Christmas Ball from the past in honor of Essie Granger, an elderly local in hospice care. But instead of poring over decadent dessert recipes for the merry festivities, she instantly becomes enthralled by Essie’s old notebooks and the tale of a woman escaping danger on the streets of New York. Hannah’s surprised by Essie’s secret talent for penning crime fiction. She’s even more surprised when the story turns real. As Hannah prepares to run a bakery and move out of her mother’s house, it’ll be a true miracle if she can prevent another Yuletide disaster by solving a mystery as dense as a Christmas fruitcake . . .
.ugb-8349294 .ugb-feature__item{border-radius:0px !important;background-color:#ECECEC !important}.ugb-8349294 .ugb-feature__item:before{background-color:#ECECEC !important}.ugb-8349294 .ugb-img{width:332px;height:auto !important}.ugb-8349294 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-8349294 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-8349294 .ugb-button svg{color:#ffffff}.ugb-8349294 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
In 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-1aadedc .ugb-feature__item{border-radius:0px !important;background-color:#F8E7E9 !important}.ugb-1aadedc .ugb-feature__item:before{background-color:#F8E7E9 !important}.ugb-1aadedc .ugb-img{width:324px;height:auto !important}.ugb-1aadedc .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-1aadedc .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-1aadedc .ugb-button svg{color:#ffffff}.ugb-1aadedc .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Anne Perry’s Christmas Mysteries
Two holiday novels provide the perfect combination of mystery and murder mixed with a generous helping of Yuletide cheer.
A CHRISTMAS GUEST
When her daughter and son-in-law plan a Christmas vacation to Paris sans hers truly, Grandmama Mariah Ellison travels to the chilly, windswept Romney Marshes to spend the holiday with old friends. But when the body of a fellow guest is found lifeless in bed, Grandmama senses foul play and takes it upon herself to assume the role of amateur detective–uncovering startling truths about the victim . . . and herself as well.
A CHRISTMAS SECRET
Dominic Corde is thrilled to “fill the robe” as substitute vicar in the village of Cottisham while the Reverend Wynter is away on a Christmas holiday. Upon arrival, Dominic and his wife, Clarice, wonder how they will be received by the congregation. But the Cordes soon discover that they have more dire matters to worry about. It turns out that the Reverend Wynter isn’t on holiday at all–and that something very sinister has transpired.
.ugb-fe9fc6f .ugb-feature__item{border-radius:0px !important;background-color:#ECECEC !important}.ugb-fe9fc6f .ugb-feature__item:before{background-color:#ECECEC !important}.ugb-fe9fc6f .ugb-img{width:356px;height:auto !important}.ugb-fe9fc6f .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-fe9fc6f .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-fe9fc6f .ugb-button svg{color:#ffffff}.ugb-fe9fc6f .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}Silent Night / All Through the Night
Mary Higgins Clark, for several years, has given her readers a very special holiday gift — short novels celebrating the Christmas season with tales of suspense and cheer. Now two of her most beloved stories are combined in one special volume — a welcome gift for readers in all seasons.
In Silent Night, Brian, a seven-year-old boy, is in New York City at Christmas with his mother and ten-year-old brother to visit his father, critically ill in the hospital. They plan to give him a St. Christopher medal, in the belief that it will make him well. When Brian sees a woman steal his mother’s wallet, with the medal in it, he embarks on a dangerous journey that changes the life of his mother and that of the thief.
With All Through the Night, two of Mary Higgins Clark’s most endearing characters — Alvirah, the lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, and her husband, Willy — are caught up in a Christmas mystery that begins when a young mother leaves her newborn child on the doorstep of a church rectory on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, and continues with the theft of a precious chalice from the church. It is a captivating tale of false identities and old wrongs made right, as well as a mystery that calls for all of Alvirah’s deductive powers and Willy’s world-class common sense. Even one story by America’s Queen of Suspense is cause for cheer, but this single-volume edition of Silent Night and All Through the Night is a treat for all of Mary Higgins Clark’s devoted fans at any time of the
.ugb-01401e3 .ugb-feature__item{border-radius:0px !important;background-color:#F8E7E9 !important}.ugb-01401e3 .ugb-feature__item:before{background-color:#F8E7E9 !important}.ugb-01401e3 .ugb-img{width:322px;height:auto !important}.ugb-01401e3 .ugb-button{background-color:#BE1E2D;border-radius:25px !important}.ugb-01401e3 .ugb-button .ugb-button--inner,.ugb-01401e3 .ugb-button svg{color:#ffffff}.ugb-01401e3 .ugb-button:before{border-radius:25px !important}The 19th Christmas
As the holidays approach, Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends in the Women’s Murder Club have much to celebrate. Crime is down. The medical examiner’s office is quiet. Even the courts are showing some Christmas spirit. And the news cycle is so slow that journalist Cindy Thomas is on assignment to tell a story about the true meaning of the season for San Francisco.
Then a fearsome criminal known only as “Loman” seizes control of the headlines. Solving crimes never happens on schedule, but as this criminal mastermind unleashes credible threats by the hour, the month of December is upended for the Women’s Murder Club. Avoiding tragedy is the only holiday miracle they seek.
December 10, 2019
Excerpt from Past Tense
Are you remembering to take time to enjoy the season? It’s easy to get stressed out by all of the expectations and trying to cram everything into a few short days. I hope you are taking time for your family and your own balance.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
Jack Reacher is always one of my favorites. Last week I picked up Past Tense by Lee Child, and I am enjoying it as usual. This one is slightly different in that there are two parallel stories running, and they have into yet intersected, but I am at the point where they should soon. One story is about Reacher and another is about a Canadian couple, and I have enjoyed a few asides about them behaving a certain way because “they were Canadian.” I’m always interested in how people see the differences in Canadian and US culture.
It would be an epic road trip, and one he hadn’t made in years.
Lee Child, Past Tense
He was looking forward to it.
He didn’t get far.
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Jack Reacher hits the pavement and sticks out his thumb. He plans to follow the sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn’t get far. On a country road deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been: the town where his father was born. He thinks, What’s one extra day? He takes the detour.
At the same moment, in the same isolated area, a car breaks down. Two young Canadians had been on their way to New York City to sell a treasure. Now they’re stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. The owners seem almost too friendly. It’s a strange place, but it’s all there is.
The next morning, in the city clerk’s office, Reacher asks about the old family home. He’s told no one named Reacher ever lived in town. He’s always known his father left and never returned, but now Reacher wonders, Was he ever there in the first place?
As Reacher explores his father’s life, and as the Canadians face lethal dangers, strands of different stories begin to merge. Then Reacher makes a shocking discovery: The present can be tough, but the past can be tense . . . and deadly.
