Library Haul 2019 (Dec 22 - 28)

Here's the list of books I picked up from the library this week:

Hardcover:

1.  Fatal Cajun Festival - Ellen Bryon
2.  Invitation Only Murder - Leslie Meier

Cozy, Mystery Thriller and Romantic Suspense Reads (Dec 16)

 Weekly Cozy, Mystery Thriller and Romantic Suspense Reads

Weekly Cozy, Mystery Thriller and Romantic Suspense Reads is a weekly Monday Meme that is hosted by Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews:

Post the books you read last week and books being read this week.

Read Last Week:

1.  A Murderous Tangle - Sally Goldenbalm

Weekly Read:

1.  Blue Moon - John Sandford
2.  Thin Ice - Paige Shelton

Library Haul 2019 (Dec 15- 21)

Here's the list of books I picked up from the library this week:

Hardcover:

1.  Blue Moon - John Sandford
2.  Thin Ice - Paige Shelton

V.M. Burns's Bookmarked for Murder Blog Tour with a Spotlight and and Giveaway

 

I am so excited to have V.M. Burns here at Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews with a Spotlight and and Giveaway.

Thanks V.M. and Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours for allowing me to join your Bookmarked for Murder Blog Tour!

Please take it away, V.M.!

Bookmarked for Murder (Mystery Bookshop)
Cozy Mystery
5th in Series
Kensington (November 26, 2019)
Paperback: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 1496718313
ISBN-13: 978-1496718310
Digital ASIN: B07P9MR138




Amateur sleuth Samantha Washington’s shopping trip to Chicago takes a deadly detour when a man is murdered on her bus.

After some post-Christmas retail therapy in the Windy City, mystery bookshop owner and historical whodunit novelist Sam Washington is returning home to North Harbor, Michigan, on a chartered bus. With Nana Jo and her gal pals Irma, Dorothy, and Ruby Mae from Shady Acres Retirement Village along for the ride, it’s a lively trip. But one passenger is not so lively — a gentleman Irma befriended is found dead in his seat after an unscheduled stop. The ladies immediately shift gears to find out who punched his ticket, while Sam slips into the driver’s seat to make sure Nana Jo and her crew steer clear of fatal conclusions.

About V.M. Burns

V.M. Burns was born in Northwestern Indiana and spent many years in Southwestern Michigan on the Lake Michigan shoreline. She is a lover of dogs, British historic cozies, and scones with clotted cream. After many years in the Midwest, she went in search of milder winters and currently lives in Eastern Tennessee with her poodles. Her debut novel, The Plot is Murder was nominated for a 2017 Agatha Award for Best First Novel. Valerie is a member of Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, and a lifetime member of Sisters in Crime. Readers can learn more by visiting her website at vmburns.com

Author Links

Website: http://www.vmburns.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vmburnsbooks/

Twitter: @vmburns

Purchase Links – Amazon – Barnes and Noble – IndieBound – Books-A-Million – Hudson Booksellers – Kobo
 

Giveaway

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Please follow the rest of the tour here, thanks:

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Caroline Fardig's Southern Harm Blog Tour with a Spotlight and and Giveaway

 

I am so excited to have Caroline Fardig here at Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews with a Spotlight and and Giveaway.

Thanks Caroline and Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours for allowing me to join Southern Harm Blog Tour!

Please take it away, Caroline!

Southern Harm: A Southern B and B Mystery
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Publisher: Alibi (November 12, 2019)
Print Length: 263 pages
Digital ASIN: B07KDVCCZH




A little Southern charm never killed anybody — until now — in an enchanting cozy mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Southern Discomfort and the Java Jive novels.

After solving a murder at a local restaurant, Quinn Bellandini just wants to get back to her comfortable life running her grandfather’s B&B in Savannah, Georgia, with her sister, Delilah. But those plans get buried when Quinn and her new boyfriend, Tucker Heyward, dig up an old skeleton while doing some landscaping in his aunt Lela’s backyard. Before long, Lela becomes the prime suspect in the thirty-three-year-old unsolved murder of a high school homecoming queen.

Tucker is devastated. But Quinn’s conscience won’t let her risk an elderly woman spending her twilight years in jail for a crime she didn’t commit. And Delilah, bored by the quiet B&B biz, has been itching to do some more investigating of her own.

Soon they’re questioning a growing list of suspects, from nosy neighbors and snooty Savannah socialites to mild-mannered teachers and old high-school friends of the victim — including Quinn and Delilah’s own parents. But no one is safe from a killer who’s totally old school.

About the Author

CAROLINE FARDIG is the USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR of the Java Jive Mysteries series and the Lizzie Hart Mysteries series. Fardig’s BAD MEDICINE was named one of the “Best Books of 2015” by Suspense Magazine. She worked as a schoolteacher, church organist, insurance agent, funeral parlor associate, and stay-at-home mom before she realized that she wanted to be a writer when she grew up. Born and raised in a small town in Indiana, Fardig still lives in that same town with an understanding husband, two sweet kids, two energetic dogs, and one malevolent cat.
Social Media

Website: www.carolinefardig.com

Blog: http://www.carolinefardig.com/blog/

Twitter: @carolinefardig

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carolinefardigbooks

Purchase Links

Amazon B and N Kobo

Don’t miss Caroline Fardig’s thrilling Java Jive mysteries, which can be read together or separately:

DEATH BEFORE DECAF | MUG SHOT | A WHOLE LATTE MURDER | BREW OR DIE | MURDER OVER MOCHAS

Giveaway

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Please follow the rest of the tour here, thanks:

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Cleo Coyle's Brewed Awakening Blog Tour with a Spotlight and and Giveaway

 

I am so excited to have Cleo Coyle here at Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews with a Spotlight and and Giveaway.

Thanks Cleo and Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours for allowing me to join your Brewed Awakening Blog Tour!

Please take it away, Cleo!

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FREE CHECKLIST OF CLEO’S 18 TITLES

Coffeehouse Mysteries in Order:

http://www.coffeehousemystery.com/userfiles/file/Coffeehouse-Mysteries-in-Order-Cleo-Coyle.pdf

Download a free title checklist, personally written by Cleo, with mini summaries of all 18 Coffeehouse Mysteries as well as her Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. The list includes links to Cleo’s published recipe guides and her bonus web content. To download the list as a PDF document, click here or on the image above.

Caption: Alice Alfonsi and her husband, Marc Cerasini, who write as Cleo Coyle.

Photo credit: Alice Alfonsi

About the author

CLEO COYLE is a pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Both are New York Times bestselling authors of the Coffeehouse Mysteries, now celebrating more than fifteen years in print. They also write the Haunted Bookshop Mysteries, recently relaunched with the first new entry in nearly ten years, The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller, now a national bestseller and honored as a Best Book of 2018 by Suspense Magazine. Alice and Marc are also bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, and MGM. They live in New York City, where they write independently and together.

CLEO’S NEWSLETTER: Fun contests, bonus recipes, and book news. To sign up, simply write a “Sign me up” email and send it to CoffeehouseMystery@gmail.com.

Visit Cleo’s website at www.CoffeehouseMystery.com

You can also follow Cleo on:

Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Pinterest - Bookbub - Goodreads

Cleo Coyle’s Five Minute Nutella Fudge

Chocolate and hazelnut are among the most popular flavors in American coffeehouses, which is why we added this blissful fudge to the menu of our beloved Village Blend. Because the light note of hazelnut comes from Nutella instead of chopped nuts, the texture stays smooth, creamy, and dreamy. To download more of our recipes and learn about our bestselling Coffeehouse Mystery series, visit us at CoffeehouseMystery.com.

May you eat (and read) with joy!

~ Cleo

To download this recipe in a free PDF that you can print, save, or share, click here.

Makes one 8x8 pan of fudge

5 minutes to prepare + 3 hours to chill

Ingredients:

1 (14 ounce) can of sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces
1 (12 ounce) package good quality semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1-1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup Nutella (or your favorite) chocolate-hazelnut spread (room temperature)

Step 1 – Crisscross the bottom of an 8 x 8 square pan with two sheets of parchment paper, allowing the paper to extend over the sides, like handles. You’ll use these paper handles to lift the finished block of fudge from the pan.

Step 2 – Place the milk, pieces of butter, and chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl. Heat in 30 second increments, stirring between sessions, until the mixture is melted and smooth. Be patient with this process, taking care not to burn the chocolate. Once the mixture is melted, add the salt, vanilla, and Nutella. Stir from the bottom, lifting and folding to blend everything well. Pour the mixture into your lined pan, and use a rubber spatula to level the top.

Step 3 – Chill the pan until the block of fudge is firm. This will take about 3 hours. Remove, cut into small squares, and serve in mini cupcake liners. Match the design of the paper liners to reflect whatever you’re celebrating, and this recipe will work for almost any holiday or party that comes along. Store fudge inside an airtight container and keep in your refrigerator.
Cleo’s Five Minute Nutella Fudge (downloadable PDF):

https://www.coffeehousemystery.com/userfiles/file/CleoCoyle_Fudge.pdf

Brewed Awakening Recipe Guide (PDF): 

https://www.coffeehousemystery.com/userfiles/file/Brewed-Awakening-Recipes-Cleo-Coyle.pdf

Cleo’s Checklist of Books in Order (PDF):

http://www.coffeehousemystery.com/userfiles/file/Coffeehouse-Mysteries-in-Order-Cleo-Coyle.pdf


About the author links

website: www.coffeehousemystery.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CleoCoyle

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CleoCoyle

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cleocoyle_author/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/cleocoyle/

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/cleo-coyle

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/51488.Cleo_Coyle


Cleo Coyle Reveals her Inspiration for Brewed Awakening + Recipe and Giveaway

My husband and I have been writing our Coffeehouse Mysteries for more than fifteen years. As a married couple we’ve had plenty of ups and down, and we always try to put the pain, joy, and absurd humor of our daily lives into our novels. It’s one reason why readers say they’ve formed deep connections with our characters.

If you’re new to our Coffeehouse series, I’m happy to introduce you to our amateur sleuth. Clare Cosi is a single mom in her forties who manages the Village Blend, a charming, century-old coffeehouse in New York’s historic Greenwich Village. Clare is often in a position to know more than the police about the quirky and creative community she serves. When crime happens, and the professionals hit dead ends, Clare goes to work.

For Clare’s latest case, Marc and I began our story development with a talk over (you guessed it) coffee. After everything we’ve gone through as a couple, we wondered: What if our years together were suddenly wiped from our memories? Would we be drawn to each other again? If so, how exactly does “like” deepen into something more? When does love happen?

With Clare on a path to be married to her longtime boyfriend, NYPD Detective Mike Quinn, we decided to explore those questions in Brewed Awakening, and we agreed that Clare would suffer from a traumatic memory loss. Her damaged memory is tied to a crime she witnesses, one that lands her in a great deal of hot water. To get herself out, and reclaim the love of her life, Clare must find a way to recover what she’s lost. But will she? Or is her life, as she once knew it, gone forever?

If you’re a newcomer to our Coffeehouse world, don’t hesitate to pick up Brewed Awakening. Every Coffeehouse Mystery can be read as a stand-alone story. And, if you like one, you’ll have seventeen more to enjoy. But don’t miss our latest. We hope you’ll find this mystery about memory to be unforgettable.

FREE RECIPE GUIDE

https://www.coffeehousemystery.com/userfiles/file/Brewed-Awakening-Recipes-Cleo-Coyle.pdf
Cleo Coyle’s new culinary mystery, Brewed Awakening, includes an appendix of recipes that will show you how to prepare the delicious foods and drinks mentioned in the story. To see, print, or download the free, illustrated guide to the book’s recipe section, click here or on the image above.

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FREE CHECKLIST OF CLEO’S 18 TITLES

Coffeehouse Mysteries in Order:

http://www.coffeehousemystery.com/userfiles/file/Coffeehouse-Mysteries-in-Order-Cleo-Coyle.pdf

Download a free title checklist, personally written by Cleo, with mini summaries of all 18 Coffeehouse Mysteries as well as her Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. The list includes links to Cleo’s published recipe guides and her bonus web content. To download the list as a PDF document, click here or on the image above.

Caption: Alice Alfonsi and her husband, Marc Cerasini, who write as Cleo Coyle.

Photo credit: Alice Alfonsi

About the author

CLEO COYLE is a pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Both are New York Times bestselling authors of the Coffeehouse Mysteries, now celebrating more than fifteen years in print. They also write the Haunted Bookshop Mysteries, recently relaunched with the first new entry in nearly ten years, The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller, now a national bestseller and honored as a Best Book of 2018 by Suspense Magazine. Alice and Marc are also bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, and MGM. They live in New York City, where they write independently and together.

CLEO’S NEWSLETTER: Fun contests, bonus recipes, and book news. To sign up, simply write a “Sign me up” email and send it to CoffeehouseMystery@gmail.com.

Visit Cleo’s website at www.CoffeehouseMystery.com

You can also follow Cleo on:

Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Pinterest - Bookbub - Goodreads

Cleo Coyle’sFive Minute Nutella Fudge


Chocolate and hazelnut are among the most popular flavors in American coffeehouses, which is why we added this blissful fudge to the menu of our beloved Village Blend. Because the light note of hazelnut comes from Nutella instead of chopped nuts, the texture stays smooth, creamy, and dreamy. To download more of our recipes and learn about our bestselling Coffeehouse Mystery series, visit us at CoffeehouseMystery.com.

May you eat (and read) with joy!

~ Cleo

To download this recipe in a free PDF that you can print, save, or share, click here.

Makes one 8x8 pan of fudge

5 minutes to prepare + 3 hours to chill

Ingredients:

1 (14 ounce) can of sweetened condensed milk

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces

1 (12 ounce) package good quality semisweet chocolate chips

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

1-1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup Nutella (or your favorite) chocolate-hazelnut spread (room temperature)


Step 1 – Crisscross the bottom of an 8 x 8 square pan with two sheets of parchment paper, allowing the paper to extend over the sides, like handles. You’ll use these paper handles to lift the finished block of fudge from the pan.


Step 2 – Place the milk, pieces of butter, and chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl. Heat in 30 second increments, stirring between sessions, until the mixture is melted and smooth. Be patient with this process, taking care not to burn the chocolate. Once the mixture is melted, add the salt, vanilla, and Nutella. Stir from the bottom, lifting and folding to blend everything well. Pour the mixture into your lined pan, and use a rubber spatula to level the top.


Step 3 – Chill the pan until the block of fudge is firm. This will take about 3 hours. Remove, cut into small squares, and serve in mini cupcake liners. Match the design of the paper liners to reflect whatever you’re celebrating, and this recipe will work for almost any holiday or party that comes along. Store fudge inside an airtight container and keep in your refrigerator.

Cleo’s Five Minute Nutella Fudge (downloadable PDF):

https://www.coffeehousemystery.com/userfiles/file/CleoCoyle_Fudge.pdf

Brewed Awakening Recipe Guide (PDF): 

https://www.coffeehousemystery.com/userfiles/file/Brewed-Awakening-Recipes-Cleo-Coyle.pdf


Cleo’s Checklist of Books in Order (PDF): 

http://www.coffeehousemystery.com/userfiles/file/Coffeehouse-Mysteries-in-Order-Cleo-Coyle.pdf


About the author links

website: www.coffeehousemystery.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CleoCoyle

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CleoCoyle

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cleocoyle_author/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/cleocoyle/

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/cleo-coyle

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/51488.Cleo_Coyle

Brewed Awakening (A Coffeehouse Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
18th in Series
Berkley (December 3, 2019)
Hardcover: 368 pages
ISBN-10: 0451488873
ISBN-13: 978-0451488879
Digital ASIN: B07GQHK51D





From Cleo Coyle, the New York Times bestselling author of Shot in the Dark and Dead Cold Brew, comes a delicious new entry in the “fun and gripping” (The Huffington Post) Coffeehouse Mysteries.

When coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi awakens on a bench in Washington Square Park, she has no idea she’s been missing for the past week, or that her friends and family have been frantic with worry. Now that she’s back, everyone is overjoyed, including a handsome NYPD detective who claims to be her fiancé. But to Mike Quinn’s crushing distress, Clare doesn’t remember him, or much of anything about the last decade of her life.

Clare’s missing memory is tied to a crime she witnessed. An acquaintance of Clare’s elegant employer–and fellow member of an exclusive Gotham circle known as “The Ladies Who Brunch”–invited Clare to her posh hotel to sample gourmet wedding cakes. The pair took a stroll after their indulgent tasting and, according to security camera footage, a masked figure snatched the hotel heiress at gunpoint with Clare looking on. Did the kidnapper take Clare, too? The camera went dark, just like Clare’s memory. Soon authorities grow suspicious. Is Clare really a victim? Or merely acting like one? Evidence is mounting that she set the woman up.

To clear her name, Clare must find a way to reclaim her memories and rescue the heiress before this high-stakes crime ends in tragedy. Otherwise, instead of walking down the aisle, Clare may find herself perp-walking to prison as an accomplice to kidnapping and murder.

About Cleo Coyle

CLEO COYLE is the pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. CLEO COYLE grew up in a small town near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After earning scholarships to study writing at Carnegie Mellon and American Universities, she began her career as a cub reporter for The New York Times. Now an author of popular fiction and New York Times bestselling media tie-in writer, Cleo lives and works in New York City, where she collaborates with her husband (also a bestselling author) to pen the Coffeehouse Mysteries for Penguin. Together Cleo and her husband also write the Haunted Bookshop Mysteries under the name Alice Kimberly. When not haunting coffeehouses, hunting ghosts, or rescuing stray cats, Cleo and Marc are bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for NBC, Lucasfilm, Disney, Fox, Imagine, and MGM. In their spare time, they cook like crazy and drink a lot of java. You can learn more about Cleo, her husband, and the books they write by visiting www.CoffeehouseMystery.com.

Author Links

Visit Cleo online: www.coffeehousemystery.com

Friend Cleo on Facebook:www.Facebook.com/CleoCoyle

Follow Cleo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cleocoyle/

Purchase Links

Amazon B and N Kobo Google Play IndieBound

Giveaway

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/02887792980

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Cozy, Mystery Thriller and Romantic Suspense Reads (Dec 9)

 Weekly Cozy, Mystery Thriller and Romantic Suspense Reads

Weekly Cozy, Mystery Thriller and Romantic Suspense Reads is a weekly Monday Meme that is hosted by Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews:

Post the books you read last week and books being read this week.

Read Last Week:

1.  Wherever She Goes - Kelley Armstrong
2.  Bloody Genius - John Sandford

Weekly Read:

1.  A Murderous Tangle - Sally Goldenbalm

Peg Cochran's Murder, She Encountered Blog Tour with a Spotlight and and Giveaway

 

I am so excited to have Peg Cochran here at Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews with a Spotlight and and Giveaway.

Thanks Peg and Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours for allowing me to join your Murder, She Encountered Blog Tour!

Please take it away, Peg!

Murder, She Encountered (Murder, She Reported Series)
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Alibi (December 3, 2019)
Print Length ~230 Pages
Digital ASIN: B07PKJGHGK




A gutsy Manhattan socialite encounters murder and corruption at the World’s Fair in this captivating historical cozy mystery for readers of Victoria Thompson, Susan Elia MacNeal, and Rhys Bowen.

New York City, 1939. A rising star at the Daily Trumpet, Elizabeth “Biz” Adams has been sent to the World’s Fair — billed as the “World of Tomorrow,” a look toward a brighter future even as the drumbeats of war grow louder — to cover a robbery. What she stumbles upon instead is a dead woman, dumped into the Aquacade’s pool with a nylon stocking wrapped around her neck.

Elizabeth snaps a photo as the police arrest Joey Dorman, a gentle young hot dog vendor who made no secret of his obsession with the murder victim. Even though she’s thrilled that her photo makes the front page, the fear and confusion evident on Joey’s face are haunting. So Elizabeth vows to prove his innocence — or his guilt — with her partner at the Daily Trumpet, Ralph Kaminsky. Meanwhile, her romance with Detective Sal Marino is heating up, and Elizabeth is more determined than ever to follow her heart.

But when Kaminsky’s efforts to expose the real killer land him in the hospital, Elizabeth is forced to continue the investigation on her own. And as she tries to narrow down the long list of suspects, she discovers a dark secret running through the Fair — a secret some would kill to protect.

Look for all of Peg Cochran’s delightful mysteries featuring Elizabeth Adams, which can be read together or separately:

MURDER, SHE REPORTED
MURDER, SHE UNCOVERED
MURDER, SHE ENCOUNTERED 

About the Author

Mystery writing lets Peg indulge her curiosity under the guise of “work” (aka research). As a kid, she read the entire set of children’s encyclopedias her parents gave her and has been known to read the dictionary. She put pen to paper at age seven when she wrote plays and forced her cousins to perform them at Christmas dinner. She switched to mysteries when she discovered the perfect hiding place for a body down the street from her house.

When she’s not writing, she spends her time reading, cooking, spoiling her granddaughter and checking her books’ stats on Amazon.

A former Jersey girl, Peg now resides in Michigan with her husband and Westhighland white terrier, Reg. She is the author of the Sweet Nothings Lingerie series (written as Meg London), the Gourmet De-Lite series, the Lucille series, the Cranberry Cove series, and the Farmer’s Daughter series.

Author Links

Website – http://www.pegcochran.com/

Newsletter Sign Up – http://www.pegcochran.com/newsletter-signup.html

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pegcochran

Twitter – https://twitter.com/@pegcochran

GoodReads – https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5352603.Peg_Cochran

BookBub – https://www.bookbub.com/authors/peg-cochran

Purchase Links

Amazon B and N Kobo

Giveaway

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Cozy, Mystery Thriller and Romantic Suspense Mail (Dec 6)

Cozy, Mystery Thriller and Romantic Suspense Mail is hosted every Saturday at Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews.

I received this in the mail this week.     

First in a new series set in Alaska from beloved author Paige Shelton, Thin Ice will chill your bones.

Beth Rivers is on the run – she’s doing the only thing she could think of to keep herself safe. Known to the world as thriller author Elizabeth Fairchild, she had become the subject of a fanatic’s obsession. After being held in a van for three days by her kidnapper, Levi Brooks, Beth managed to escape, and until he is captured, she's got to get away. Cold and remote, Alaska seems tailor-made for her to hideout.

Beth’s new home in Alaska is sparsely populated with people who all seem to be running or hiding from something, and though she accidentally booked a room at a halfway house, she feels safer than she’s felt since Levi took her. That is, until she’s told about a local death that’s a suspected murder. Could the death of Linda Rafferty have anything to do with her horror at the hands of Levi Brooks?

As Beth navigates her way through the wilds of her new home, her memories of her time in the van are coming back, replaying the terror and the fear ― and threatening to keep her from healing, from reclaiming her old life again. Can she get back to normal, will she ever truly feel safe, and can she help solve the local mystery, if only so she doesn’t have to think about her own?

Mike Martin's Fire, Fog and Water Blog Tour with a Spotlight and Giveaway

 

I am so excited to have Mike Martin here at Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews with a Spotlight and and Giveaway.

Thanks Mike and Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours for allowing me to join your Fire, Fog and Water Blog Tour!

Please take it away, Mike!

Fire, Fog and Water (Sgt. Windflower Mysteries)
Mystery
8th in Series
Ottawa Press and Publishing (October 8, 2019)
Print Length: 280 pages
Digital ASIN: B07YWHZ675




Sergeant Winston Windflower and his trusty crew at the Grand Bank detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have more than a few mysteries on their hands. Windflower suspects that the three cases — a homicide, a near-homicide and a fire on Coronation Street — are somehow connected, but how is proving difficult to determine, especially now that he must battle his unusually cranky mood, the never-ending winter that has gripped the coastal region of Newfoundland and his new, power-hungry boss.

In Fire, Fog and Water, award-winning author Mike Martin is true to form, retaining the light crime genre for which he is known while delving into the most perplexing social issues of our time, including mental health, addictions and workplace harassment. Windflower must not only solve the drug-and-death crimes that threaten the otherwise tranquil lives of Grand Bank’s residents, he must resolve his own internal conflicts before they consume him as surely as the blaze that engulfed the house on Coronation Street

About Mike Martin

Mike Martin was born in Newfoundland, Canada. He is the author of the Sgt. Windflower Mystery series. Fire, Fog and Water is the 8th book in the series. A Long Ways from Home, was shortlisted for the Bony Blithe Light Mystery Award as the best light mystery of the year and Darkest Before the Dawn won for the 2018 Bony Blithe Award. Mike is currently Chair of the Board of Crime Writers of Canada, a national organization promoting Canadian crime and mystery writers.

Author Links

Website – www.sgtwindflowermysteries.com

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

Twitter @mike54martin

Purchase Link – Amazon –

Giveaway

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Library Haul 2019 (Dec 1 - 7)

Here's the list of books I picked up from the library this week:

Hardcover:

1.  Bloody Genius - John Sandford

Cozy, Mystery Thriller and Romantic Suspense Mail (Nov 30)

Cozy, Mystery Thriller and Romantic Suspense Mail is hosted every Saturday at Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews.

I received these in the mail this week.     

In this explosive thriller, a New York City-based book editor travels to a Southern island to meet a mysterious author -- but she's about to uncover the truth about a carefully concealed crime.

Maris Matherly-Reed is a renowned New York book editor, the daughter of a publisher and the wife of bestselling author Noah Reed. It's not often that an unsolicited submission tantalizes her, but a new manuscript with blockbuster potential inspires her to search for the elusive author.

On an obscure island off the Georgia coast, amid the ruins of an eerie cotton plantation, she finds Parker Evans, a man determined to conceal his identity as well as his past. Working with him chapter by chapter, Maris is riveted by his tale of two friends who charter a boat with a young woman for a night of revelry an excursion from which only one person returns.

As the story unfolds, Maris becomes convinced it is more than just fiction. Disturbed about her growing attraction to Parker and gripped by a chilling suspicion about his novel's characters, she searches for the hidden truth about a crime committed decades ago. Then someone close to her dies while an evil presence looms even closer: a man who will use anyone -- and anything -- to get what he wants.

A killer with all the skills of a master detective has made Alex Cross the subject of his deranged "investigation."

In a Virginia penitentiary, Alex Cross and his partner, John Sampson, witness the execution of a killer they helped convict. Hours later, they are called to the scene of a copycat crime. A note signed "M" rests on the corpse. "You messed up big time, Dr. Cross."

Was an innocent man just put to death? Alex soon realizes he may have much to answer for, as "M" lures the detective out of the capital to the sites of multiple homicides, all marked with distressingly familiar details -- details that conjure up decades-old cases. Details that conjure up Cross family secrets. Details that make clear that M is after a prize so dear that -- were the killer to attain it -- Alex's heart would no longer have reason to beat.

Top FBI profiler Grace Steele was just a girl when she escaped the Order of the New Dawn, and she's spent the last seventeen years trying to forget her time there. But when private security firm Steele Ops needs her help extracting a young woman from the secretive cult's clutches, she's all in. Even though the mission requires posing as the fiancée of the only man who's ever broken her heart.

It's been nine years since Cade Wright turned his back on his childhood sweetheart, and he's never stopped regretting it. Now that they're forced to work together, he knows this is his opportunity to show Grace how much he's changed. But the deeper they get pulled into New Dawn, the clearer it becomes that the demons still haunting Grace are very real, and Cade will have to risk everything to keep her safe including his own life.

Includes the bonus novel Extreme Honor by Piper J. Drake!