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The Ghosts of Thorwald Place by Helen Power – Book Tour and Giveaway

02 Wednesday Nov 2022

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Book Details:

Book Title:  The Ghosts of Thorwald Place by Helen Power
Category: Adult Fiction, 416 pages
Genre: Paranormal Mystery
Publisher: Camcat Books
Publication Date: October 2022
Content Rating: PG +M: There isn’t any particularly graphic content, but the story does revolve around a woman who is murdered, and there are some more mature topics touched on, primarily domestic abuse.

Book Description:

Trust No One. Especially Your Neighbors.

Rachel Drake is on the run from the man who killed her husband. She never leaves her safe haven in an anonymous doorman building, until one night a phone call sends her running. On her way to the garage, she is murdered in the elevator. But her story doesn’t end there.

She finds herself in the afterlife, tethered to her death spot, her reach tied to the adjacent apartments. As she rides the elevator up and down, the lives of the residents intertwine. Every one of them has a dark secret. An aging trophy wife whose husband strays. A surgeon guarding a locked room. A TV medium who may be a fraud. An ordinary man with a mysterious hobby.

Compelled to spend eternity observing her neighbors, she realizes that any one of them could be her killer.

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Murder up to Bat – New Release!

29 Monday Aug 2022

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Hello Readers!

Murder Up To Bat

I’m excited to announce the release of Murder up to Bat – Book 2 in my cozy mystery series.

Description: After falling in love with the quiet lake life and a certain police detective, former Chicago Tribune reporter Emma Moore trades interviewing jocks for chasing champion cows at the county fair. As a small-town newspaper reporter, she covers local topics both big and small, but when her friend Luke is arrested for the murder of the head coach of his club softball team, she’ll need to hone her investigative skills to clear his name. Emma calls up best friend Grace for help, and together the women go up against cutthroat parents willing to kill for a chance to get their daughters onto a premier college sports team.

The game is tied with bases loaded, and murder is up to bat. Can Emma and her friends bring the heat and win the game?

If you haven’t read The Great Jewel Robbery – Book 1, you might want to start there. Both are standalone cozy mysteries and quick reads!

I’m not going to lie. Writing this book was a struggle, and it took me longer than usual to complete it. I started it days before the 2020 pandemic took over our lives. Unfortunately, my mental health suffered from all of the chaos and tragedies, and I didn’t write for almost two years.

The story was inspired by my experiences watching my daughters play middle school and high school sports and travel softball. My youngest also played college softball. Over the years, I witnessed police intervention due to threatening behavior, profanity-laced tantrums, and umps ejecting people from the ballpark. All because an adult took winning a game or a tournament too seriously. It was often embarrassing and sometimes frightening.

But my daughters’ sports experiences weren’t all bad. They bonded with their various teammates and forged lifelong friendships. They learned teamwork and not to give up despite what the scoreboard read. They also learned the power of sunscreen and Gatorade.

I hope you enjoy Murder up to Bat and will leave a review on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Goodreads.

The Bones of Amoret by Arthur Herbert – Book Tour and Giveaway

20 Wednesday Apr 2022

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Join Us for This Tour:  April 4 to April 22

Book Details:

Book Title: The Bones of Amoret – A Novel by Arthur Herbert
Category:  Adult Fiction 18+, 320 pages
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Publisher:  Stitched Smile Publications
Release Date: April 2022
Content Rating:  PG-13 – no sex, explicit or otherwise; almost all violence is off-screen; mild profanity

Book Description:

In this enigmatic follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut novel The Cuts that Cure, Arthur Herbert returns to the Texas-Mexico border with this saga of a small town’s bloody loss of innocence.

Amoret, Texas, 1982. Life along the border is harsh, but in a world where cultures work together to carve a living from the desert landscape, Blaine Beckett lives a life of isolation. A transplanted Boston intellectual, for twenty years locals have viewed him as a snob, a misanthrope, an outsider. He seems content to stand apart until one night when he vanishes into thin air amid signs of foul play.

Noah Grady, the town doctor, is a charming and popular good ol’ boy. He’s also a keeper of secrets, both the town’s and his own. He watches from afar as the mystery of Blaine’s disappearance unravels and rumors fly. Were the incipient cartels responsible? Was it a local with a grudge? Or did Blaine himself orchestrate his own disappearance? Then the unthinkable happens, and Noah begins to realize he’s considered a suspect.

Paced like a lit fuse and full of dizzying plot twists, The Bones of Amoret is a riveting whodunit that will keep you guessing all the way to its shocking conclusion.

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Meet the Author:

Arthur Herbert was born and raised in small-town Texas. He worked on offshore oil rigs, as a bartender, as a landscaper at a trailer park, and as a social worker before going to medical school. He chose to do a residency in general surgery, followed by a fellowship in critical care and trauma surgery. For the last eighteen years, he’s worked as a trauma and burn surgeon, operating on all ages of injured patients. He continues to run a thriving practice.

He’s won multiple awards for his scientific writing, and his first novel, The Cuts that Cure, spent ten days as an Amazon #1 Best Seller. His second novel, The Bones of Amoret, will be released on April 1, 2022, through Stitched Smile Publishers. Arthur currently lives in New Orleans, with his wife Amy and their dogs.

Connect with the author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Goodreads

 
Tour Schedule:

April 4 – Mystery Review Crew – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway
April 4 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway
April 5 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway
April 5 – Cover Lover Book Review – book review / giveaway
April 6 – Olio by Marilyn – book review of THE CUTS THAT CURE / giveaway
April 6 – Olio by Marilyn – book spotlight / author interview 
April 7 – Sefina Hawke’s Books – book spotlight
April 8 – Olio by Marilyn – book review of THE BONES OF AMORET / giveaway
April 11 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book review / giveaway
April 11 – Splashes of Joy  – book review / giveaway
April 12 – Leels Loves Books – book review / giveaway
April 14 – Literary Flits – book review / giveaway
April 15 – The Page Ladies – book review
April 19 – Amy’s Bookshelf Reviews – book review
April 19 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book spotlight / guest post / spotlight
April 19 – I’m Into Books – book spotlight / giveaway
April 20 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – book spotlight / giveaway
April 20 – Celticlady’s Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway
April 21 – Ravenz Reviewz – book review / guest post / giveaway
April 22 – Books Blog – book spotlight
April 22 – Mostly Mystery Reviews – book review / author interview

Enter the Giveaway:

 

BONES OF AMORET Book Tour Giveaway