Friends often tell me that I am the world’s worst when it comes to promoting my books, and I’ll admit they are right. I never know exactly how to do it without coming across as the proverbial salesperson with an arm full of books knocking on your door. However, if I don’t ever knock on […]
Today’s Wednesday’s Guest is Stanley Schatt who is here to share about how his mystery, Silent Partner, came to be. Sometimes we writers to like to give a bit of the backstory. We are all influenced by other writers whose books we enjoy, and the story ideas don’t always come out of thin air. I
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Silent PartnerStan SchattPublished by Pen L PublishingISBN: 978-1-940222-45-5 Release date 9-01-2014$14.97246 pages BOOK BLURB Haunted by her past, Detective Francis “Frankie” Ryan must race against time to solve a double homicide and find a sadistic killer. Besieged from all directions, the only person she can trust is Josh, a tabloid reporter who also writes the
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Silent PreyJohn Sandford File Size: 596 KBPrint Length: 400 pagesPublisher: Berkley; Reprint edition (March 1, 1993)Series: A Lucas Davenport Novel (Book 4)Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLCLanguage: EnglishASIN: B000QFCFJS A follow-up to Eyes of Prey, the book that featured a psychotic pathologist Dr. Michael Bekker, this book takes Lucas Davenport to New York where Bekker
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Please help me welcome Dorothy Johnston as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. She is a mystery author who lives and works in Australia – one of the places I would really love to visit – and she is here to tell us a bit about some of the research she has done for her series, which concluded
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The Fourth SeasonDorothy Johnston File Size: 759 KBPrint Length: 229 pagesPublisher: Wakefield Press (November 20, 2013)Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B00GTDEYD6 This is a beautifully written mystery with a strong literary feel to the style. There were many places where I highlighted the text so I could go back and savor the use
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Some time ago, before life threw me another curve, I was sent two books by Hollady House Publishing for possible review. Since then, other requests have come in, and I want to get as many reviews in as I can, especially if I like the books. First up is Tidal Pools by Lawrence Thackston. The
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States such as Michigan and New Jersey and New York are going to extremes to collect state income taxes. For instance some trucks hauling goods have actually been stopped in those states and held until the corporation pays income taxes on what is being carried through the state. Local revenue agents have seized out-of-state trucks
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Common Sense: A Lupa Schwartz MysteryJ. David CoreSeries: The Lupa Schwartz MysteriesPaperback: 186 pagesPublisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (February 26, 2014)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1494392194ISBN-13: 978-1494392192 The mystery revolves around a dead body that was found in a lake, and the victim is an investigative reporter. His ex-wife, Cattleya Hoskin does not believe that her
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It is really cold this morning. You might ask, “How cold is it?” To which I answer, “Twelve degrees on my front deck.” It will not get above freezing all day today, so that means I will be hauling buckets of hot water out several times to melt the ice in the horse trough. I
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