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October 17, 2019
Flash sale on Vegan Baked Alaska
If you’ve been keeping track of my sales this month, you already guessed that today is the day you can get Vegan Baked Alaska for just $0.99. It’s only one day, so grab it now!
“At least you won’t be stumbling over any bodies on an Alaskan cruise.”
Mary Lou couldn’t have been more wrong. Of course Erin Price, gluten-free baker extraordinaire, would stumble over a body on the cruise she had won in the baking category at the Fall Fair. The trouble is, no one will believe her.
Even Terry Piper, dubbed Officer Handsome by Vic, has his doubts about what Erin claims to have seen.
Sparking an international incident wasn’t quite what Erin had planned for her relaxing vacation, but she is determined to prove that she saw what she did and to bring the culprits to justice.
October 16, 2019
Flash Sale on Apple-achian Treasure
Today only, get Apple-achian Treasure, book #8 in the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series, for only $0.99.
Erin is back on her feet again with the opening of Auntie Clem’s Bakery version 2.0. But her new partner is not the easiest person in the world to get along with and there are a lot of bumps in the road.
Reading about a secret treasure in Clementine’s papers, Erin decides to distract herself by putting back on her detective hat and she and her friends try their hands at solving the clues. Pretty soon, everyone knows that they are treasure hunting and things get interesting.
The race is on, but is the prize worth the price they will end up paying?
October 15, 2019
Flash Sale on Sour Cherry Turnover
For today only, you can get Sour Cherry Turnover, book #7 in the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series for just $0.99!
Excerpt from Strangers on the Train
After my sales last week on the first six books of Auntie Clem’s Bakery, book 7 is on for $0.99 today, and books 8 and 9 are on sale Wednesday and Friday.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
Believe it or not, I have actually never read Strangers on a Train before. I believe I saw the Hitchcock movie, some time ago. Or if not, I have seen enough clips about it to recall it as I am reading the book. I knew the premise of this classic, but it has been interesting, it’s actually quite different than I thought it would be. Rather than being a pure mystery, where there is a detective or some other sleuth trying to solve a murder, it is more of a psychological thriller where you know who the murder is, but are waiting to see how they are going to get caught.
I got a theory a person ought to do everything it’s possible to do before he dies, and maybe die trying to do something that’s really impossible.
― Patricia Highsmith, Strangers on a Train
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The world of Patricia Highsmith has always been filled with ordinary people, all of whom are capable of very ordinary crimes. This theme was present from the beginning, when her debut, Strangers on a Train, galvanized the reading public. Here we encounter Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno, passengers on the same train. But while Guy is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno turns out to be a sadistic psychopath who manipulates Guy into swapping murders with him. “Some people are better off dead,” Bruno remarks, “like your wife and my father, for instance.” As Bruno carries out his twisted plan, Guy is trapped in Highsmith’s perilous world, where, under the right circumstances, anybody is capable of murder.
The inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1951 film, Strangers on a Train launched Highsmith on a prolific career of noir fiction, proving her a master at depicting the unsettling forces that tremble beneath the surface of everyday contemporary life.
October 10, 2019
Giving thanks
This Monday is Canadian Thanksgiving. I read a few internet articles talking about the differences between Canadian and American Thanksgiving, besides the obvious difference in dates, of course. There are more similarities than differences between our observances. According to the Wikipedia article, “The theme of the Thanksgiving holiday also changed each year to reflect an important event to be thankful for,” but that has not been the case for almost one hundred years.
As I think about the upcoming holiday, I am thankful for many things in my writing career.
wonderful readers who buy books, let me know how much they enjoy them, write reviews, and recommend them to friendsfamily and friends who support me, read my books, and share my posts other authors who give advice and share their wisdom and experience, and join me in cross-promotionsthe technology and platforms that allow me to publishthe talent and experience that I have been given to enable me to write the books I do and the enjoyment I get from writing.
The upcoming Thanksgiving week, be sure to keep an eye on my blog or social networks for some more flash sales!
Flash Sale Auntie Clem’s Bakery 4-6 $0.99
*~*~* BOOK SALE *~*~*
Did you pick up books 1-3 yesterday? Get the next three in the Auntie Clem’s Bakery series today for just $0.99!
By award-winning and USA Today bestselling author P.D. Workman
Get Stirring Up Murder
Brewing Death
Coup de Glace
all for $0.99
Feast on these cozy mystery treats today only!
October 9, 2019
Flash Sale Auntie Clem’s Bakery 1-3 $0.99
*~*~* BAKE SALE *~*~*
Get Gluten-Free Murder
Dairy-Free Death
Allergy-Free Assignation
all for $0.99
Feast on these cozy mystery treats today only!
October 8, 2019
Excerpt from Damaged
Be sure to mark this one on your calendar! These collections can be purchased Oct 9 and 10 at:
https://books2read.com/acb1-3
https://books2read.com/acb4-6
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Okay, on to the teaser.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
I am reading Lisa Scottoline’s Damaged. This one will have you fighting beside lawyer Mary DiNunzio all the way as she investigates a special education/abuse case. I have just started with this one, but can see a number of ways the plot might develop. Things are not always as they seem!
Nick Machiavelli was feared, not loved, and on the other hand, Mary was loved, but not feared. She always knew that one day they would meet in battle, and that when they did, it would be a fight between good and evil, with billable hours.
Lisa Scottoline, Damaged
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One boy. One lawyer. One chance for justice.
Ten-year-old Patrick O’Brien is a natural target at school. Shy, dyslexic, and small for his age, he tries to hide his first-grade reading level from everyone: from his classmates, from the grandfather who cares for him, and from the teachers who are supposed to help him. But the real trouble begins when Patrick is accused of attacking a school aide. The aide promptly quits and sues the boy, his family, and the school district. Patrick’s grandfather turns to the law firm of Rosato & DiNunzio for help and Mary DiNunzio is on the case. Soon Mary becomes Patrick’s true champion and his only hope for security and justice. But there is more to the story than meets the eye and Patrick might be more troubled than he seems. With twists at every turn and secrets about the family coming to light, Mary DiNunzio might have found the case that can make her a true protector, or break her heart…
With Lisa Scottoline’s trademark emotional depth and fast-paced action, Damaged will have readers riveted to the last page as they root for the beloved characters and their fight for justice.
October 6, 2019
October 3, 2019
Pick up some great mystery/thrillers this weekend!
Looking for some new mysteries for your Kindle this weekend? Get a start on your October reading!
They Thought He Was Safe is free on Kindle Oct 4-6
About They Thought He Was Safe
[image error]Zachary Goldman, PI is deeply flawed, unable to overcome much of his traumatic past, yet he is always ready to defend the underdog and right injustices.
When Pat asked him to look into the disappearance of an illegal, Zachary agreed to take it, but didn’t expect to find anything more than a man who had returned to his family or fled immigration officials. But the more he digs, the more missing men Zachary discovers, and it quickly becomes apparent that the disappearance that was deemed by the police not to be suspicious was just the tip of the iceberg.
As the body count grows, so does Zachary’s determination to bring the killer to justice, no matter what the cost.
The trouble is, this case might cost him dearly.
P.D. Workman has created a deeply flawed but very compelling character in Zachary Goldman. His background is tragic and his ability to interact with the world and appear “normal” is one of his greatest daily challenges, and both informs and hinders his work as a private investigator.
Paul, Goodreads reader
They Thought He Was Safe is case #5 in the Zachary Goldman Mysteries series, but each book is a separate mystery and can be read as a standalone. Get your copy now!
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Vegas Lies
Were they kidnapped, or have the five friends perpetrated a massive hoax? Nine hundred miles away in Las Vegas, a woman with a dark secret vanishes on her way to meet friends for dinner.
Those friends are Del Honeycutt and bestselling mystery author Sabrina Spencer, in Las Vegas for a book convention. As Del and Sabrina investigate their friend’s disappearance, they are convinced that she has been abducted, and they begin to uncover the secrets that might have triggered her abduction, secrets that now put Del and Sabrina’s lives in jeopardy.
When clues indicate that the five missing girls might also be in Las Vegas, the situation takes a new turn, directly into the unthinkable.
Once again, Del and Sabrina find themselves in deep trouble and marked for death, and they only have a few hours to solve the case or their friend and the five young girls will be gone forever.
Inspired by Murder
Free Oct 3-4
Dr. Eric Leroy hungers for literary fame. Exhausted after years of listening to his rich clients wallowing in their worries, the psychiatrist intends to pursue his true passion of writing murder mysteries. And with his most obnoxious patient in mind, he crafts a killer plot to write exactly what he knows…
The nation is shocked when a famous Seattle resident and his wife are found dead in their upscale Madison Park neighborhood. It looks like murder-suicide, but Detective Blake Stephenson isn’t convinced.
As Stephenson investigates Dr. Leroy, he uncovers a dark past filled with secrets. Meanwhile, the headlines are reeling with a killer on the loose in Seattle. As the death toll rises, Stephenson struggles to find enough evidence to arrest the doctor—before he kills again.
Between Jobs
When you get up in the morning, the last thing you expect to see is a murdered guy hanging outside your window. Things like that tend to draw the attention of the local police, and when you’re squatting in your parents’ old house until you can afford to buy it, another thing you can’t afford is the attention of the cops.
Oh yeah. Hi. My name is Pet.
It’s not my real name, but it’s the only one you’re getting. Things like names are important these days.
And it’s not so much that I’m Pet.
I am a pet.
A human pet: I belong to the two Behindkind fae and the pouty vampire who just moved into my house. It’s not weird, I promise—well, it is weird, yeah. But it’s not weird weird, you know?
Blindsided
Psychiatrist Grant Garrick had it all: a thriving therapy practice, a bright, loving, and beautiful wife, a 15 year-old son filled with potential, and a gorgeous home on acreage overlooking the Puget Sound. Life couldn’t get much better.
Then tragedy struck.
Read the novella, Book 1, the prequel to the Psychiatrist Grant Garrick suspense-thriller series.
Learn why he defies danger and adventures beyond the boundaries of his profession to help solve his patients’ problems.
Bad Guy Detective 1-4
For a limited time, the Bad Guy Detective Box Set (Books 1-4) is to free to download! That’s four laugh-out-loud mysteries for the click of a button! There’s never been a better time to start reading this author’s wild adventures.
Book 1: Bad Guy Detective
Hollywood-based private investigator Jake Hancock gets a seemingly regular gig: finding out who a client’s biological parents are. What he doesn’t expect is a bizarre mystery and ethical dilemma at the heart of the investigation.
Book 2: Out of Crime
Jake Hancock has one night to outsmart the criminals behind the abduction of his sister and nephew. He’ll stop at nothing to get them back, until he finds out their abduction is related to his ex-wife.
Book 3: Served Ice-Cold
Jake Hancock thinks he’s been chosen by his employer because he’s the best man for the job to find out what happened to a spy who went missing. It turns out he isn’t…
Book 4: Saving Grace
Seemingly hungover, Jake Hancock wakes up in a motel, but he soon realizes he’s lost his memory of the previous week. He sets off around Hollywood to find out what happened to him, and things get even more complicated when he comes across a waitress who is in dire need of his help.
The Edge of Revolt
Free Oct 4-5
The last thing David expects is that his beloved son will topple him from the throne. The betrayal threatens not only his life but also his legacy. Coming back to power will put Absalom in danger. Is David ready for his next move?
For now, he remains silent, even as Amnon rapes Tamar, even as Absalom lures Amnon to his death. In families other than his, such crimes may be concealed. But when they occur in the king’s family, they affect matters of the state and force him to escape. Will he finds a way to quell the revolt and come back to the City of David?
This is a standalone novel as well as volume III of the trilogy The David Chronicles, told candidly by the king himself. David uses modern language, indicating that this is no fairytale. Rather, it is a story that is happening here and now. If you like ancient historical fiction about court intrigue, this king David novel has a modern twist like no book you have read before.
All Eyes on Me
The Las Vegas desert.
A once famous pop singer lies dead.
The only clue to her murder—a bizarre disfigurement.
Only one thing to do.
Call in Parker and Steele.
To avoid the hassle of a media frenzy, the local police sergeant decides contact his old mentor, Wade Parker, and ask him to consult on the case.
After nearly dying eight months ago, Miranda Steele can’t wait to get back to real detective work.
Nobody deserves to die that way.
But this one isn’t so easy. If she can’t solve this case, not only will she fail her destiny, another psycho killer might get away with murder.
Meanwhile, Parker harbors secret reservations about their new venture together.
Especially when he suspects there might be more to this murder than meets the…eye.
Chasing Shadows
When concerned single-mother Bonnie Ross hires private investigator Drew Patrick, it’s because she fears a boy is leading her daughter Tina down the wrong path. The truth is much worse. Tina’s boyfriend Aaron is working for a notorious crime boss whose brutal henchmen are leaving dead bodies in their wake.
The danger intensifies as Aaron is pulled deeper into their crimes, and Drew must fight off the thugs sent to end his investigation. But there is no backing down as Drew must race against the clock to try to save Aaron from becoming the next murder victim.
The Dead and the Missing
Former private investigator Adam Park is living a quiet life of surfing and travel. But when a troubled young woman and her manipulative boyfriend disappear, Adam’s former mentor cuts that retirement short.
It seems the pair stole something important from the wrong ruthless criminal – evidence that puts his business and reputation under threat.
Using cutting-edge technology, Adam tracks the pair through the Parisian underworld and into an international organized crime network that treats human life like a business commodity.
To survive ruthless traffickers, confront corrupt law enforcement, and return the girl safely, Adam must burn down his concepts of right and wrong, and draw upon violent facets of his psyche that he has long denied exist.
Because Adam is a good person.
Isn’t he?
Malevolent
Everyone wondered about Shaye Archer’s past. Including Shaye.
Shaye Archer’s life effectively began the night police found her in an alley, beaten and abused and with no memory of the previous fifteen years, not even her name. Nine years later, she’s a licensed private investigator, with a single goal—to get answers for her clients when there aren’t supposed to be any.
And maybe someday, answers for herself.
Emma Frederick thought her nightmare was over when she killed her abusive husband, but someone is stalking her and tormenting her with mementos from her past. With no evidence to support her claims, the police dismiss her claims as post-traumatic stress, but Shaye is convinced that someone is deliberately terrorizing Emma…playing a cat and mouse game with only one goal in mind.
Bad to the Bones
Evan Buckley’s wife went to work one day and didn’t come home. He’s never stopped looking for her. Tormented by demons, consumed by his unrelenting quest for the truth, he loses himself in other people’s problems.
When Linda Clayton’s son Daniel disappeared ten years ago, she didn’t think her life could get any worse—until her husband ran away. Makes you thankful you’re not Linda Clayton.
After Evan’s latest case ends in disaster, he’s at the end of his tether—until fate throws him headlong into Linda Clayton’s desperate world and a long-dead investigation that everybody wants to stay that way.
But Evan never does what everybody wants, and he vows to find answers for her that he can’t find for himself. As the suspense ratchets up, he’s caught in a desperate fight for his life with a stone-cold killer who will stop at nothing to protect his secrets …
