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A Cajun Christmas Killing
The third recipe-stuffed installment in the Cajun Country cozy mystery series is a “fun and heartwarming . . . holiday treat that will keep you guessing until the end” (San Francisco Book Review).
Louisiana B&B owner Maggie Crozat joins forces with her longtime enemy to prevent a murderous Grinch from ruining Christmas.
Maggie Crozat is back home in bayou country during the most magical time of the year. In Pelican, Louisiana, Christmastime is a season of giant bonfires on the levee, zydeco carols, and pots of gumbo. Except, this year, the Grinch has come to stay at the family-run Crozat Plantation B&B. When he floods travel websites with vicious reviews, Maggie thinks she’s identified him as rival businessman Donald Baxter. That is, until he’s found stabbed to death at Maggie’s workplace. And Maggie and her loved ones become top suspects.
The Crozats quickly establish alibis, but Maggie’s boyfriend, Detective Bo Durand, remains under suspicion. With Bo sidelined during the investigation, Maggie finds herself forced to work with an unlikely ally: longtime family enemy Rufus Durand. Her sleuthing uncovers more suspects than drummers drumming, and lands her in the crosshairs of the murderer.
The sleigh bells are jingling, and the clock is ticking for Maggie and Rufus, who must catch the killer—or it will be the opposite of a Joyeux Noël.
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Murder in Postscript
When one of her readers asks for advice following a suspected murder, Victorian countess Amelia Amesbury, who secretly pens the popular Lady Agony column, has no choice but to investigate in this first book in a charming new historical mystery series.
Amelia Amesbury—widow, mother, and countess—has a secret. Amelia writes for a London penny paper, doling out advice on fashion, relationships, and manners under the pen name Lady Agony.
But when a lady’s maid writes Amelia to ask for advice when she believes her mistress has been murdered—and then ends up a victim herself—Amelia is determined to solve the case.
With the help of her best friend and a handsome marquis, Amelia begins to piece together the puzzle, but as each new thread of inquiry ends with a different suspect, the investigation grows ever more daunting. From London’s docks and ballrooms to grand country houses, Amelia tracks a killer, putting her reputation—and her life—on the line.
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Murder on Mistletoe Lane
Ex-pat Stella and British aristocrat Viscount “Lyndy” Lyndhurst are thrilled to celebrate their first Christmas together as Morrington Hall comes alive with caroling, intricate decorations . . . and a deadly murder.
Taking on the responsibilities that come with being Lady Lyndhurst, Stella is eager to embrace yuletide traditions in the Edwardian English countryside and use her strong social influence for good. Her world becomes so consumed with starting a horse farm charity for the holidays that she barely notices the usual oddities attached to her upper-crust lifestyle. At least, not until items vanish from her bedroom and maligned housekeeper, Mrs. Nelson, becomes seriously ill—only to be found dead in the cold on Mistletoe Lane . . .
Cheery spirits are dashed following the sudden death, especially once Stella questions whether her own staff knows what—or who—killed the woman. Her suspicions mount when another person dies under strange circumstances during New Forest’s annual Point‑to‑Point Boxing Day race. Then there’s the case of Morrington Hall becoming plagued by false identities, secret affairs, and disgruntled employees . . .
Now, with two murders unfolding before their eyes in late December, Stella and Lyndy realize they can’t fully trust anyone except for themselves while investigating. Because as disturbing answers come into focus, identifying the criminal responsible and surviving into the new year would be the greatest gift of the season . . .
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One Dead, Two to Go
This mystery featuring a crime-fighting mother-daughter duo is “smart, page-turning fun, with the most feisty and likable P.I. since Kinsey Millhone” (Deb Caletti, National Book Award finalist).
When private investigator Edwina “Eddie Shoes” isn’t fending off surprise visits from her troublemaking mother, she’s spying on cheating husbands, hoping to land hefty divorce settlements for their heartbroken wives. But when the latest mistress Eddie captures on film dies—and Eddie realizes she’s the last person who saw the woman alive—things begin to take a twisted turn.
It doesn’t help that the detective on the case is her ex, Chance Parker, who’s none too happy with the way Eddie left things between them. So when Eddie’s mom, Chava, unexpectedly shows up on her doorstep, Eddie’s actually glad to see her for a change. Because there’s no one better acquainted with the criminal mind than her card-shark of a mother.
And now that Eddie’s in deep with the dangerous crowd, she’s going to need all the help she can get . . .
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With Option to Kill
You can choose your friends, but you sure can’t choose your relatives.
It’s been a busy year for real estate agent Cindy York. She’s excited to be making a killing at selling houses and in the middle of planning a surprise 50th birthday party for her husband, Greg.
If this wasn’t enough to deal with, Greg’s younger sister Annette, who’s been estranged from the family for 20 years, makes an unexpected visit to celebrate the event. Annette asks Cindy for help finding a house to rent.
She claims she wants to get to know her loved ones again, but Cindy suspects the woman is hiding something.
When Annette’s troubled past catches up with her in a hurry and leaves an innocent bystander dead, Cindy must step in and find a killer. If Cindy can’t close this deal quickly, someone she loves will pay the ultimate price.
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The Authors of the eBooks
Catherine Bruns, With Option to Kill
USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns lives in Upstate New York with a male dominated household that consists of her very patient husband, three sons, and assorted cats and dogs.
She has wanted to be a writer since the age of eight when she wrote her own version of Cinderella (fortunately Disney never sued).
Catherine holds a B.A. in English and is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.
Catherine is represented by Nikki Terpilowski of Holloway Literary. For endorsements, please contact Nikki at [email protected].
To learn more about Cathrine, click any of the following links: Website, Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, Amazon, Goodreads & BookBub
Ellen Byron, A Cajun Christmas Killing
Ellen’s Cajun Country Mysteries have won multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and Lefty Awards for Best Humorous Mystery. Bayou Book Thief, her first Vintage Cookbook Mystery, won the Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery Award and was nominated for Agatha and Anthony awards. She also writes the Catering Hall Mysteries (under the name Maria DiRico) and will soon debut a new series, the Golden Motel Mysteries.
Ellen is an award-winning playwright, and non-award-winning TV writer of comedies like Wings, Just Shoot Me, and Fairly Odd Parents. She has written over two hundred articles for national magazines but considers her most impressive credit working as a cater-waiter for Martha Stewart.
An alum of New Orleans’ Tulane University, Ellen blogs with Chicks on the Case, is a lifetime member of the Writers Guild of America, is a member of Sisters in Crime. and serves on the national board for Mystery Writers of America. A native New Yorker, she lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband and a rotating crew of rescue pups.
To learn more about Ellen, click on any of the following links: Website, Newsletter, Facebook, Facebook (Catering Hall Mysteries), Instagram, BookBub, BookBub (Maria DiRico), Goodreads & Goodreads (Maria DiRico)
Elena Hartwell, One Dead, Two to Go
Elena Hartwell spent several years working in theater as a playwright, director, designer, and educator before turning her storytelling skills to fiction. Her first series, the Eddie Shoes Mysteries, introduced a quirky mother/daughter crime fighting duo.
Elena is also a senior editor with Allegory Editing, a developmental editing house, where she works one-on-one with writers to shape and polish manuscripts, short stories, and plays. If you’d like to work with Elena, visit www.allegoryediting.com.
To learn more about Elena, click on any of the following links: Website, Newsletter, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter, BookBub & Goodreads
Clara McKenna, Murder on Mistletoe Lane
Clara writes the acclaimed historical cozy Stella & Lyndy Mystery series, about an unlikely couple who mix love, murder and horse racing in Edwardian England. MURDER AT MORRINGTON HALL kicks off series. MURDER AT KEYHAVEN CASTLE, the third book in the series, was selected as a Historical Novel Society’s Editor’s Choice and voted one the BEST cozy mysteries of 2021 by SUSPENSE MAGAZINE. Her latest release, MURDER ON MISTLETOE LANE, captures Christmas at the turn of the last century.
She is a member of Sisters in Crime and the founding member of Sleuths in Time, a cooperative group of historical mystery writers who encourage and promote each other’s work.
With an incurable case of wanderlust, she travels every chance she gets, the UK being a favorite destination. When she can’t get to the UK, she’s happy to write about it from her home in Iowa.
To learn more about Clara, click any of the following links: Website, Facebook, Instagram, & BookBub
Mary Winters, Murder in Postscript
A longtime reader of historical fiction, Mary set her latest works in Victorian England after being inspired by a trip to London. Look for the second book in the Lady of Letters mysteries, Murder in Masquerade, in February 2024.
Mary also writes the Professor Prather Mysteries, featuring amateur sleuth Emmaline Prather, solving crimes on a small college campus, and the Happy Camper Series featuring Zo Jones. Zo runs a gift store in beautiful Spirit Canyon, South Dakota … when she isn’t solving murders that is!
To learn more about Mary, click on any of the following links: Facebook, Instagram, Website (Mary Winters), Website (Mary Angela) & Goodreads
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