FARRAH WETHERS MYSTERIES: Can Farrah hold her life together as she begins a new massage therapy career when a wealthy client dies on her table? https://amzn.to/2NI4Dy9 #mystery #amateursleuth #crimefiction #authors #writers #fallvibes
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FARRAH WETHERS MYSTERIES: Can Farrah hold her life together as she begins a new massage therapy career when a wealthy client dies on her table? https://amzn.to/2NI4Dy9 #mystery #amateursleuth #crimefiction #authors #writers #fallvibes
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Do you prefer a professional investigator, or someone who falls into a mystery sideways? This crime lineup ranges from PI and police work to amateur sleuthing and a psychotherapist solving a patient’s murder. What kind of sleuth makes you keep turning pages?
https://www.bookzio.com/latest-book-deals/
#DetectiveFiction #AmateurSleuth #MysteryBooks #CrimeReads #CozyMystery #EbookDeals #BookDeals #Bookzio #CrimeFiction #MurderMystery #ThrillerBooks
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Lily Gallagher has retired from nursing—but apparently not from taking care of people. 🩺📚
When trouble hits her Winter Park condo community, she can’t simply close the blinds, pour iced tea, and return to her book.
What would pull you into an investigation after retirement: curiosity, justice, or refusing to let a secret ruin your community? Comment with your answer! 🔎https://books2read.com/lilymystery
#AmateurSleuth #CozyMystery #WinterParkFlorida #RetiredAndReading #BookishWomen
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September in Winter Park means warm evenings, glowing storefronts, and secrets hiding behind perfectly polished doors. In this cozy mystery, a newly retired nurse with a talent for noticing what everyone else misses, discovers that retirement may be the most dangerous chapter yet.
Ready to meet her? https://books2read.com/lilymystery
#CozyMystery #MysteryReaders #WinterParkFL #FloridaFiction #AmateurSleuth
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8 September 2026 Cozy Mystery Releases You Need to Know About
September is loaded. Eight cozy mystery releases dropping this month, from a Halloween-themed Christmas mystery to a Booktown installment that finally broke me. I read most of these early and I've got thoughts on every single one. #CozyMystery #BookTok #Bookstagram #NewReleases #SeptemberReleases #MysteryBooks #ARCReader #NetGalley #BookBlogger #TBRAlert #CozyMysteryLover #AmateurSleuth #MysteryReads…
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When Shapes Take Hold
Avery Wilde’s When Shapes Take Hold: A Cascadia Mystery is a character-driven environmental mystery set along Washington’s Hood Canal. The novel follows architect Cole Walker after his dogs uncover illegal crab traps near a waterfront lodge, a discovery that leads to forged invoices, concealed shipments, a secret tunnel, and a broader scheme threatening the surrounding community and ecosystem. Wilde develops the investigation through close attention to physical evidence, local relationships, and the rhythms of the fjord. The result is a mystery grounded as firmly in its setting as it is in criminal intrigue.
Cole’s architectural perspective gives the story a distinctive way of observing the world. He reads landscapes, structures, light, and spatial inconsistencies with the same care that an investigator might study testimony. This sensitivity helps him recognize clues, but it also reveals his emotional life, particularly his need for openness, color, and belonging. His gradual movement from guarded isolation toward participation in the community provides the novel with a satisfying internal arc. By the epilogue, his thoughts about building have become a statement of personal growth: “How the shape of things might take hold if he listened.”
The supporting characters give the investigation warmth and consequence. Sam’s steady competence, Tara’s vulnerability and resolve, and the community’s investment in the water make the central crime feel personal. Murphy and Cooper contribute humor and affection while also serving meaningful roles in the plot, repeatedly using their instincts to uncover dangers the human characters overlook. Wilde balances these communal scenes with moments of tension, particularly Cole’s passage through the hidden tunnel and the operation to expose the illegal harvesting network. The novel’s deliberate pacing allows its relationships, setting, and ecological concerns to develop alongside the mystery.
When Shapes Take Hold is a story about learning to belong to a place by accepting responsibility for it. The novel connects environmental stewardship with attentiveness, courage, and public action, culminating in Cole’s defense of the fjord and the community’s recognition of his motives: “You spoke for the water. Not for yourself. People hear the difference.” Wilde presents the Hood Canal landscape as both a living system and a source of emotional meaning, giving the conclusion a sense of earned renewal. The book offers an inviting blend of regional mystery, ecological awareness, found family, and personal restoration.
Pages: 218 | ASIN : B0H66YR4MH
#amateurSleuth #author #AveryWilds #book #bookRecommendations #bookReview #bookReviews #bookShelf #bookblogger #books #booksToRead #crimeFiction #ebook #fiction #goodreads #indieAuthor #kindle #kobo #literature #mystery #nook #novel #read #reader #reading #story #WhenShapesTakeHold #writer #writing -
[2/2]retirement, and still somehow ends up in the middle of an orchestra mystery. Because life has jokes. 🎼
If you could have ANY profession for a cozy sleuth, what would it be? Librarian? Baker? Nurse? 👇
#CozyMysteryLovers #AmateurSleuth #BookDiscussion #MysteryBooks #WomenWhoRead #CozyCrimeFiction #FloridaFiction #BookstagramReads
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#BookTour: Murder at the Waterfront, by Jacque Rosman @dollycas #MurderattheWaterfront #JacqueRosman #mystery #traditional #amateursleuth #SpeakingVolumesLLC #GreatEscapesVirtualBookTours
Murder at the Waterfront (The Academic Mom Mysteries) by Jacque Rosman About Murder at the Waterfront Murder at the Waterfront (The Academic Mom Mysteries) Traditional Mystery/Amateur Sleuth 3rd in Series Setting – Washington D.C. Publisher : Speaking Volumes, LLC Publication date…
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Fake it to the Limit (Castle Cove Mystery Series)
"She’s not psychic. Two, she’s not Ruby Simpson. Okay, maybe they’re not small problems"
Sale: $3.99 to FREE
by Mary Frame
Rating: 4.2/5 (1,318 Reviews)
#mystery #suspense #amateursleuth #cozymystery #smalltown #books #thriller #humor #booksky
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CHORDS OF DECEPTION mostly takes place at a swanky private school where the Greater Orlando Youth Orchestra rehearses. There are high ceilings, artwork on the walls, lots of glass. . .
How does that compare with your high school experience?
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"A podcast about murder. Naturally, someone took notes." 🎙️🔪
A guest post, an excerpt, and a giveaway for THOSE WHO SHALL DIE (A FIRST STATE SUSPENSE NOVEL #1) by MICHAEL BRADLEY are live on the blog today! This gripping amateur-sleuth suspense thriller takes the true-crime podcast world to its darkest possible conclusion, where obsession and murder make for a deadly combination. ✨
@mjbradley88 @partnersincrimevbt #AmateurSleuth #Suspense #Thriller #Giveaway
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More Work for the Undertaker (The Albert Campion Mysteries) "A beggarwoman on a bench arouses Albert's curiosity" Sale: $21.99 to $0.99 by Margery Allingham Rating: 4.2/5 (1,393 Reviews) #mystery #thriller #suspense #amateursleuth #goldenage #detective #books #booksky #crime #classic #fiction
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There's a particular pleasure in the first book of a cozy series, getting to know the amateur sleuth. And then following the clues alongside them. This month I've rounded up eleven different books with amateur sleuths you might like to get to know. The full list is on the blog. Tell me, who's an amateur sleuth you'd follow anywhere?
https://knitlikegranny.com/cozy-mystery-books-tbr/
#CozyMystery #Bookstodon #CozyMysteries #MysteryBooks #AmateurSleuth #Reading
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"One summer, one restaurant, and one very unlucky manager." 🌊🕵️
WILDWOOD EXIT by JOEL E. TURNER brings Jersey Shore noir to life with amateur sleuthing, hard-boiled crime, and a sun-soaked setting with a dark underbelly. Guest post, excerpt, and giveaway on the blog now! ✨
@joeleturner2 @levelbestbooks @partnersincrimevbt #AmateurSleuth #Noir #Hardboiled #CrimeFiction #JerseyShoreNoir
https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/wildwood-exit-by-joel-e-turner
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#BookTour: Wildwood Exit, by Joel E. Turner @partnersincr1me #WildwoodExit #JoelETurner #amateursleuth #sleuth #noir #hardboiled #crime #JerseyShore #fiction #literary #excerpt #giveaway #PICT
WILDWOOD EXIT by Joel E. Turner May 25 - June 19, 2026 Virtual Book Tour Synopsis: A deadly family vendetta at a Jersey Shore restaurant finds John McGinty (aka Ginty) tailing his boss's lying wife and junkie son into a dark world of embezzlement, drug dealing and murder. Ginty…
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It's that time again! My new book CHORDS OF DECEPTION, is ready for ARC readers. It's the second in the Lily Gallagher Mysteries series, and features an unusual setting.
Get all the details at https://open.substack.com/pub/susannasullivanauthor/p/harmony-discord-and-murder-oh-my
#AmWriting #AmReading #mystery #EdgyCozyMystery #AmateurSleuth #whodunnit #ReadersOfInstagram #bookstagram
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The Night of the Crash: A gripping thriller with an ending that will take your breath away "It can all change in the blink of an eye" Sale: $17.99 to $0.99 by Jessica Irena Smith Rating: 4.2/5 (8,126 Reviews) #Thriller #Mystery #Suspense #Books #AmateurSleuth #BookSky
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Call Me Anytime (The Protectors) "Hannah May takes a job at what she thinks is a telemarketing company but it’s a phone sex hotline" Sale: $3.99 to $1.99 by Max Monroe Rating: 4.2/5 (4,992 Reviews) #Romance #Mystery #RomCom #Suspense #Nashville #AmateurSleuth #BookSky
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Portrait of a Dead Guy: A Southern Humorous Mystery (A Cherry Tucker Mystery Book 1) “Laugh-out-loud funny and as Southern as sweet tea and cheese grits” Sale: $2.99 to FREE by Larissa Reinhart Rating: 4.1/5 (1,008 Reviews) #CozyMystery #Humor #Books #Southern #AmateurSleuth #Whodunit #BookSky
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Apple Pie and Arsenic: A Small Town Culinary Cozy Mystery "If only solving murder were as easy as apple pie!" Sale: $0.99 to FREE by C. A. Phipps Rating: 4.3/5 (1,706 Reviews) #Cozy #Mystery #Culinary #SmallTown #Baking #Cats #AmateurSleuth #BookSky
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The Lost Art: A Romantic Comedy (Sweet Standalones) "When a prize painting goes missing, both guys step up to help Ava track it down." Sale: $4.99 to $0.99 by Jennifer Griffith Rating: 4.4/5 (199 Reviews) #Romance #RomCom #Mystery #AmateurSleuth #ArtHeist #CleanRomance #Books #BookSky
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#AmReading: MURDER AT THE MAYFAIR HOTEL by CJ Archer.
Cleopatra Fox is trying to adjust to a brand-new life after the death of the grandmother who raised her. She doesn't really fit in with her new family, her mother's sister, husband, and two adult children who own and live in the Mayfair Hotel in London.
Then one of the guests is poisoned on Christmas Eve, and it looks like Cleo's life will come unglued again.
https://susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/186005914/murder-at-the-mayfair-hotel-by-cj-archer
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📚 The Librarians by: Sherry Thomas
In the leafy suburbs of Austin, Texas, a small branch library welcomes the public every day of the week. But the patrons who love the helpful, unobtrusive staff and leave rave reviews on Yelp don't always realize that their librarians are human, too.
Hazel flees halfway across the...
https://bookblabla.com/book/the-librarians
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #thrillers #domesticfiction #mysterydetective #amateursleuth
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#AmReading: MAXWELL'S MOVIE by MJ Trow. Grumpy teacher Peter Maxwell is back. Catering to his inner film buff, he arranges a school trip to a movie museum. He gets sick, and the teacher who subs for him disappears from the museum. Maxwell hauls himself from his sick bed to solve the #mystery.
https://susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/181189072/maxwells-movie-by-mj-trow
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#AmReading: HIEROGLYPHS AND HOMICIDE by Tracy Higley. At last, I've found a worthy successor to my favorite literary heroine, Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody! Now here's a brilliant, independent, determined (female!) archaeologist with loads of wit, and a magnetic pull to detection. Add a soupcon of of inappropriate romantic interest, and voila!
#Mystery #Egypt #AmateurSleuth
https://susannasullivanauthor.substack.com/i/180546473/hieroglyphs-and-homicide-by-tracy-higdon
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Ooh, it's getting close. 4 Days until launch. 🚀
#EdgyCozyMystery #AmateurSleuth #FloridaFiction #ReadersofMastodon
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Only 7 days until DROWNING IN DECEPTION launches! It's an #EdgyCozyMystery set in #Florida. The main character has just retired after 40 years of nursing and she's looking forward to some rest, relaxation, and me time. She's not going to get it. . .
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EIGHT. . . Here's how DROWNING IN DECEPTION begins.
"My retirement — you know, the time when I could finally rest and relax after years of backbreaking and heartbreaking work as a nurse — began with the furor over Lottie’s stairlift. Well, the stairlift and a murder."I'll tell you more about the book tomorrow when we continue our countdown.
It will be released on December 1, but you can preorder now at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G16N21YK
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NINE. That's how many days are left until DROWNING IN DECEPTION launches. It's an #EdgyCozyMystery set in an over-55 community near Orlando, FL. Our #AmateurSleuth, much like the author, has a taste for Gilbert & Sullivan and bad puns. Unlike the author, she's a newly retired nurse.
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🕶️✨ In a mellow ’70s village, one witty New Yorker discovers murder is anything but groovy.
Step back into the swinging seventies with Part of the Solution by Elana Michelson — where vintage charm meets a chilling whodunit! Follow along with an excerpt, guest post, and #Giveaway as this clever amateur sleuth unravels a mystery that’s far from mellow.
#Historical #Mystery #AmateurSleuth @elanamichelsonauthor @partnersincrimevbt
https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/partofthesolutionbyelanamichelson
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🕵️♀️ A blood-stained handkerchief. A locked penthouse door. A cryptic note.
Mochi’s just trying to clean the suite… but now she’s solving a mystery that could change her life.
My original creation:with a twist you won’t see coming.
Read The Penthouse Clue
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A Fey Tale. 1920s Adelaide. Female amateur sleuths. Hidden Magic. Picnics, tea, scones, an accidental Fae deal, and a troll bounty hunter under a bridge.
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Do you like to work out #whodunnit? I love to figure out who the killer is, but not too quickly. That's why I work hard to make my own plots fair but tricky. You should be able to work out #whodunit, but it has to be a challenge!
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When a body drops from the top of the Ferris wheel at Cheyenne Rodeo Days, Darcy Moreland is determined to find out the cause. Rough Ride by Paulla Hunter is " a solid who-done-it mystery."
#amateursleuth #mystery #books
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#BookTour: Homemaker, by Ruthie Knox and Anne Mare @dollycas #Homemaker #RuthieKnox #AnneMare #mystery #amateursleuth #ThomasandMercer #giveaway #GreatEscapesVirtualBookTours
Homemaker (Prairie Nightingale) by Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare About Homemaker Homemaker (Prairie Nightingale) Mystery/Amateur Sleuth/Romantic Elements 1st in Series Setting - Green Bay, Wisconsin Publisher : Thomas & Mercer (June 1, 2025) Paperback Print length : 300 pages ISBN-10 : …
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A woman investigates a friend’s long-ago murder in a haunting and hopeful novel about the weight of secrets and regrets by the bestselling author Melissa Payne. "a brilliant fusion of mystery and romance... an absolute gem."
#books #mystery #amateursleuth
https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Dark-Novel-Melissa-Payne-ebook/dp/B0DDY4D8LV?crid=133GG1BU34ZTB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.rXAUZoN9OyWoahOJJf6JMnlj2a1vLwGPPZY6OQI2GS2Cefas4b4D2P75dg-1_bmuwRFuM1d0e318LCLHv9Yekw.JUG03DZJE_9Q_Hyv3471EgDFRRIaxy56DNzvpyFpgJo&dib_tag=se&keywords=in+the+beautiful+dark+melissa+payne&qid=1744326217&sprefix=In+the+Beautiful+Dark+Meliss,aps,134&sr=8-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=coloradoautho-20&linkId=00d4ed7e0b1f55caf13c216f54007ff4&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl -
#BookTour: Murder off U Street, by Jacque Rosman @dollycas #MurderoffUStreet #JacqueRosman #mystery #amateursleuth #SpeakingVolumesLLC #giveaway #GreatEscapesVirtualBookTours
Murder off U Street (The Academic Mom Mysteries) by Jacque Rosman About Murder off U Street Murder off U Street (The Academic Mom Mysteries) Mystery/Amateur Sleuth 2nd in Series Setting - Washington D.C. Publisher : Speaking Volumes, LLC (February 12, 2025) Paperback : 232 pages ISBN-13 …
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John A. Turley puts the thrill in thriller with this Caribbean mystery full of sharks and secrets in Body Shots. "a good mystery with lots of local color"
#books #mystery #thriller #amateursleuth
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Happy book birthday to bestselling author @patricia_rice's THE QUESTION OF THE WEDDING PEARLS. This is another of her new country house Regency mysteries!
*Will death ruin the perfect wedding?*
@bookstodon #books #bookstodon #mysteries #Regency #AmateurSleuth #StrongFemaleProtagonist
Read a sample: https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announces-the-question-of-the-wedding-pearls-by-patricia-rice/
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It's a new book from Paulla Hunter. Lucky Lady is the 3rd in her Darcy Moreland Mysteries.
#mystery #suspense #amateursleuth #booksbooksbooks
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FARRAH WETHERS MYSTERIES: In her 40’s, new career, divorce, a loyal bff, and bills to pay, Farrah navigates a world of wealthy clients and murders. https://amzn.to/2NI4Dy9 #cozy #mysteries #amateursleuth #sistersincrime #trinysinc
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*The faerie are being hunted.*
And their fate is too horrible to imagine. Piper Prince is a forensic psychologist, & the Fae have appealed to her for help. But at what danger to herself?
POWER OF THE SONG by Kris Faryn & Jules Lynn is now in #ebook from Book View Cafe!
#Fantasy #Magic #ContemporaryFantasy #mystery #ActionAdventure @bookstodon #AmateurSleuth #bookstodon #FantasyRomance #mythology
https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announces-power-of-the-song-by-kris-faryn-and-jules-lynn/
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Happy book birthday!
It's the first of The Muse Island Series, MARK OF THE GODS, by Kris Faryn & Jules Lynn.
"The myths are real. And they're coming for Piper Prince." (Turns out that mythology is often history....)
#FantasyRomance #AmateurSleuth #BookViewCafe #bookstodon @bookstodon
Read a sample of this short novel here--
https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announces-mark-of-the-gods-by-kris-faryn/
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Hilarious and sweet! Highly recommended! VERA WONG’S UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS by Jesse Q. Sutano. #bookstodon #AmReading #SummerReading #humor #mystery #AmateurSleuth @bookstodon
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Paulla Hunter's new book, Brittle Bones, is the 2nd book in her Darcy Moreland Mystery series.
#cozymystery #amateursleuth #suspense #books #promo https://www.amazon.com/Brittle-Bones-Paulla-Hunter-ebook/dp/B0BVXFFY1V/ -
Tonight I finally got a newsletter out. The last one was in July so it was long overdue.
If you're not already receiving it and would like to sign up, the link is on my website (scroll down to the bottom of the page) http://www.winonakent.com
I'm working on a free giveaway for January. I'm not sure what it'll be yet....
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lTonight I finally got a newsletter out. The last one was in July so it was long overdue.
If you're not already receiving it and would like to sign up, the link is on my website (scroll down to the bottom of the page) http://www.winonakent.com
I'm working on a free giveaway for January. I'm not sure what it'll be yet....
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My current reading. Research for my novel-in-progress, Bad Boy.
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So...I'm working on Chapter 9 of my new novel and my MC Jason is doing a guided walking tour of Soho (London) in search of clues. He's arrived at #39 Gerrard Street, the home of the first Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club before it moved to Frith St. It's a bit of a pilgrimage for Jason as he's got a residency at the Blue Devil, over on Wardour Street, which was inspired by Ronnie Scott's. #jasondaveymysteries #amateursleuth #musicalmystery #writing #mysteries
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I'm the worst at promoing myself, but my first-in-series, Mountain Town Murder (written as Sue Pepper), is free today and tomorrow in honor of it's first birthday. I'm proud of this cozy, cursy, billionaire-hating, diverse murder mystery with a hint of spice and I'd love if you wanted to check it out.
#MurderMystery #CozyMystery #NotSoCozy #AmateurSleuth #Bookstadon #IndieAuthor #FreeBooks #BookBirthday
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Figgis Green is on tour. But when a fortune-teller warns of impending danger, Jason must rely on his sleuthing instincts and his Instagram "guardian angel" to avoid being cancelled. Permanently.
Ticket to Ride.Get your backstage pass to TICKET TO RIDE at http://www.figgisgreen.co.uk
Read the first two chapters here:
http://www.winonakent.com/tickettoride.htmlEbook and paperback:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ticket-Ride-Winona-Kent-ebook/dp/B09SZ2LRV6#jasondaveymysteries #tickettoride #amateursleuth #musicalmystery #books @bookstodon