Sunday, February 16, 2025

Tour & Giveaway: Chocolate Can Be Deadly (Cupcake Catering Mystery Series) by Kim Davis

Chocolate Can Be Deadly (Cupcake Catering Mystery Series) by Kim Davis

About Chocolate Can Be Deadly

Chocolate Can Be Deadly (Cupcake Catering Mystery Series) Cozy Mystery 7th in Series Setting - California Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cinnamon & Sugar Press (January 28, 2025) Print length ‏ : ‎ 284 pages ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CZRM17YF

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Catering a post-Valentine’s Day Death by Chocolate dessert party should have been a delicious way to wrap up a week of romantic festivities. But when the new fiancé of the hostess is found dead during the event, clutching one of Emory’s chocolate cupcakes and a heart-shaped box of chocolates close by, the guests and the police put her at the top of their suspect list. With her cupcake catering business melting away as word spreads about the poisoning, Emory, and her octogenarian pal, Tillie, will need to pry into the sticky, dark secrets of the attendees. Will they uncover who’s been hiding a rotten center, or will the killer stir up danger and frost Emory for good?

Includes chocolate recipes!

About Kim Davis


Kim Davis is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

She lives in Southern California with her husband and rambunctious mini Goldendoodle, Missy, who has become an inspiration for several plotlines. When she's not spending time with her granddaughters or chasing Missy around, she can be found either writing on her next book, working on her blog, Cinnamon, Sugar, and a Little Bit of Murder, or in the kitchen baking up yummy treats to share.

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TOUR PARTICIPANTS 
  February 14 – Deal Sharing Aunt – AUTHOR INTERVIEW 
  February 14 – Carstairs Considers – REVIEW 
  February 15 – Ruff Drafts – RECIPE 
  February 15 – Jody's Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 16 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 16 – Eskimo Princess Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 17 – The Mystery of Writing – AUTHOR GUEST POST
February 18 – Maureen's Musings – SPOTLIGHT 
February 18 – Sapphyria's Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT 
February 19 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST 
February 20 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 21 – Melina's Book Blog – REVIEW

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Book tour & Giveaway: A Tisket A Tasket Not Another Casket: A Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mystery by Heather Weidner

 

A Tisket A Tasket Not Another Casket: A Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mystery by Heather Weidner

About A Tisket A Tasket Not Another Casket

 

A Tisket A Tasket Not Another Casket: A Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mystery Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Setting - Virginia Publisher ‏ : ‎ Level Best Books (January 14, 2025) Print length ‏ : ‎ 277 pages ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DRZ7N3XW

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Excitement is in the air as everyone in Mermaid Bay is preparing for the Christmas season. This year promises to be more dazzling than ever when the business council sponsors a competition for the town’s lucrative summer fireworks contract. The quaint little beach town is ready to be wowed with choreographed shows and drone action that light up the night sky.

Instead of goodwill and sparkles, two of the teams take the competition to new lows with corporate espionage, feuds, and sabotage, and Jade and her team at ‘Tis the Season are ground zero for all the explosive action. When one of the competitors turns up murdered near Jade’s shop, she has to solve the mystery before the holidays are ruined.

About Heather Weidner

Through the years, Heather Weidner has been a cop’s kid, technical writer, editor, college professor, software tester, and IT manager. She writes the Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries, the Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mysteries, the Delanie Fitzgerald Mysteries, and the Pearly Girls Mysteries.

Her short stories appear in the Virginia is for Mysteries series, 50 Shades of Cabernet, Deadly Southern Charm, and Murder by the Glass, and she has non-fiction pieces in Promophobia and The Secret Ingredient: A Mystery Writers’ Cookbook.

She is a member of Sisters in Crime: National, Central Virginia, Chessie, Guppies, and Grand Canyon Writers, International Thriller Writers, and James River Writers, and she blogs regularly with the Writers Who Kill.

Originally from Virginia Beach, Heather has been a mystery fan since Scooby-Doo and Nancy Drew. She lives in Central Virginia with her husband and a pair of Jack Russell terriers.

Author Links 
  Website and Blog: http://www.heatherweidner.com 

  Purchase Link - Amazon 

TOUR PARTICIPANTS 
January 29 – Jody's Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT 
January 29 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT 
January 30 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT 
January 30 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR GUEST POST 
January 31 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT 
February 1 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLGHT 
  February 2 – Deal Sharing Aunt – AUTHOR INTERVIEW 
  February 3 – Frugal Freelancer – CHARACTER INTERVIEW 
February 3 – Sapphyria's Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT 
February 4 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT 
February 5 – Christy's Cozy Corners – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST 
February 6 – Ruff Drafts – RECIPE POST 
February 7 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW 
February 8 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT 
February 9 – Maureen's Musings – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 10 – StoreyBook Reviews – AUTHOR GUEST POST 
February 11 – Eskimo Princess Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

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Friday, February 7, 2025

Tour & Giveaway: Seams Like the Perfect Crime by Lois Winston

Seams Like the Perfect Crime (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery) by Lois Winston

About Seams Like the Perfect Crime

 

Seams Like the Perfect Crime (An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery) Cozy Mystery 14th in the Series Setting - New Jersey Independently Published (February 4, 2025) Print length ‏ : ‎ 285 pages Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DNRBGVSQ

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When staffing shortages continue to hamper the Union County homicide squad, Detective Sam Spader once again turns to his secret weapon, reluctant amateur sleuth Anastasia Pollack. How can she and husband Zack Barnes refuse when the victim is their new neighbor?

Revolutionary War reenactor Barry Sumner had the odd habit of spending hours mowing a small patch of packed dirt and weeds until his mower ran out of gas. He’d then guzzle beer on his front porch until he passed out. That’s where Anastasia’s son Nick discovers his body three days after the victim and his family moved into the newly built mini-McMansion across the street.

After a melee breaks out at the viewing, Spader zeroes in on the widow as his prime suspect. However, Anastasia has her doubts. There are other possible suspects, including a woman who’d had an affair with the victim, his ex-wife, the man overseeing the widow’s trust fund, a drug dealer, and the reenactors who were blackmailing the widow and victim.

When another reenactor is murdered, Spader suspects they’re dealing with a serial killer, but Anastasia wonders if the killer is attempting to misdirect the investigation. As she narrows down the suspects, will she jeopardize her own life to learn the truth?

Craft projects included.

About Lois Winston

USA Today and Amazon bestselling author Lois Winston began her award-winning writing career with Talk Gertie to Me, a humorous fish-out-of-water novel about a small-town girl going off to the big city and the mother who had other ideas. That was followed by the romantic suspense Love, Lies and a Double Shot of Deception.

Then Lois’s writing segued unexpectedly into the world of humorous amateur sleuth mysteries, thanks to a conversation her agent had with an editor looking for craft-themed mysteries. In her day job, Lois was an award-winning craft and needlework designer, and although she’d never written a mystery—or had even thought about writing a mystery—her agent decided she was the perfect person to pen a series for this editor.

Thus, was born the Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mysteries, which Kirkus Reviews dubbed “North Jersey’s more mature answer to Stephanie Plum.” The series now includes fourteen novels and three novellas. Lois also writes the Empty Nest Mysteries and has written several standalone mystery novellas. Other publishing credits include romance, chick lit, and romantic suspense novels, a series of romance short stories, a children’s chapter book, and a nonfiction book on writing, inspired by her twelve years working as an associate at a literary agency.

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  Killer Crafts & Crafty Killers blog: www.anastasiapollack.blogspot.com 
  Booklover’s Bench: https://bookloversbench.com 
 
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  TOUR PARTICIPANTS 
  February 4 – Jody's Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 4 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR GUEST POST 
  February 5 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 5 – Sapphyria's Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 6 – Cinnamon, Sugar, and a Little Bit of Murder – REVIEW, RECIPE 
  February 6 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 7 – Reading, Writing & Stitch-Metic – CRAFT POST 
  February 7 – Eskimo Princess Book Reviews - SPOTLIGHT 
  February 8 – Boys' Mom Reads! – RECIPE POST 
  February 8 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 9 – Cozy Up With Kathy – CHARACTER GUEST POST 
  February 9 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 10 – Elizabeth McKenna - Author – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 11 – Christy's Cozy Corners – AUTHOR GUEST POST 
  February 12 – Novels Alive – REVIEW 
  February 13 – Jane Reads – CHARACTER GUEST POST 
  February 14 – Deal Sharing Aunt – AUTHOR GUEST POST 
  February 15 – Frugal Freelancer – AUTHOR INTERVIEW 
  February 16 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
February 17 – Maureen's Musings – SPOTLIGHT

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Thursday, February 6, 2025

Tour & Giveaway: Crime and Cat-astrophes by Deanna Drake

Crime and Cat-astrophes (A Purr-fect Relic Cozy Mystery) by DeAnna Drake

About Crime and Cat-astrophes

 

Crime and Cat-astrophes (A Purr-fect Relic Cozy Mystery) Cozy Mystery 4th in Series Setting - California Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tule Publishing (February 12, 2025) Print length ‏ : ‎ 199 pages ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DJTZZVH7

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Did the professor get what he deserved, or is murder on the prowl in small-town California? As a late-summer heat wave scorches the sleepy town of Citrus Grove, the suspicious death of a notoriously unpopular professor puts Rebecca and her talking cat, Aneksi, hot on the trail of another cursed artifact and a killer. Police Detective Nick Devon, her dashing new flame, is following the rulebook in his investigation, but the Cuthbert Exotic Antiques manager is trusting her instincts as she follows the clues. With her grandfather distracted by an unexpected visitor—who may not be what he seems—and Aneksi rekindling a bond with a long-lost sibling, Rebecca knows she’s on her own to search for the ancient scepter that may hold the key to the dead professor’s medical miracle…and the reason behind his demise. In this twisty tale of hidden motives, intensifying danger, and a dash of magic, Rebecca must rely on her wits—and, hopefully, Aneksi’s sharp claws—to solve the case before she becomes the cunning murderer’s next victim.

About DeAnna Drake


DeAnna Drake is an award-winning author who writes witty and whimsical cozy mysteries filled with magical animals and feisty heroines who are always striving to balance the scales of justice in an offbeat world.

When she’s not plotting new adventures for her characters, she drinks too much tea, binge-watches crime dramas, and escapes to Disneyland whenever she can.

She lives in Southern California with her family, which includes her two favorite people and one ridiculously pampered border collie.

Author Links Website https://DeAnnaDrake.com 
  GoodReads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/42478126.DeAnna_Drake 
  BookBub https://www.bookbub.com/authors/deanna-drake 

  Purchase Link - Amazon 

TOUR PARTICIPANTS 
  February 5 – Jody's Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT 
February 5 – Frugal Freelancer – RECIPE 
  February 6 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 6 – Eskimo Princess Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 7 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – AUTHOR INTERVIEW 
  February 7 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 8 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 8 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 9 – Sneaky the Library Cat's Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW 
  February 10 – Christy's Cozy Corners – AUTHOR GUEST POST 
  February 10 – Sapphyria's Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 11 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW 
  February 11 – Sarah Can't Stop Reading Books – REVIEW 
  February 12 – Maureen's Musings – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 13 – Boys' Mom Reads! – SPOTLIGHT 
  February 14 – StoreyBook Reviews - CHARACTER GUEST POST 
  February 14 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – GUEST POST 


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Thursday, January 23, 2025

Tour & Giveaway: Tartan, Treasures and Trouble: A British Cozy Murder Mystery with a Female Amateur Sleuth by Victoria Tait

Tartan, Treasures and Trouble: A British Cozy Murder Mystery with a Female Amateur Sleuth (A Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery) by Victoria Tait

About Tartan, Treasures and Trouble

 

Tartan, Treasures and Trouble: A British Cozy Murder Mystery with a Female Amateur Sleuth (A Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery) Cozy Mystery 12th in Series Setting - Cotswolds - England Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kanga Press (January 17, 2025) Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DDFZDH79

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When murder is served at a Scottish Burns supper, it’s not the haggis that hides the deadliest secret. Can an amateur sleuth catch the killer before they toast another victim?

Antiques expert, Dotty Sayers, is thrilled to return to the Cotswolds to reconnect with old friends and run the auction house where her career began. She and her friend, Sergeant Keya Varma, organize a traditional Burns Night celebration, but things go awry when one of their guests meets his end before the first whisky is poured.

When the new police inspector is pushed aside by headquarters before she can crack the case, Dotty can’t resist following her own leads. As she digs deeper, she uncovers the victim's tangled relationships, jealous spouses, and shady business dealings. But when a sensational newspaper article exposes the case, it threatens not only the investigation but also the auction house which Dotty has just been trusted to manage.

Can Dotty solve the case, or will the truth be drowned out by the skirl of the bagpipes?

About Victoria Tait

Victoria Tait was born and raised in Yorkshire, England, and never expected to travel the world. She’s drawn on her life’s experiences and a love of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Murder She Wrote, to write British-based cozy mysteries.

Her determined and hard-working female sleuths are joined by colourful but realistic teams of helpers, and her settings are vivid and evocative. As you’re compelled to keep turning the pages, you’ll be irresistibly drawn into a world of intrigue, surprises, and humour, as well as a delectable helping of mystery, because tea and intrigue are a perfect blend.

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TOUR PARTICIPANTS
January 18 – Jody's Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT 
  January 18 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT 
  January 19 – Maureen's Musings – SPOTLIGHT 
  January 19 – Boys' Mom Reads! – REVIEW 
  January 20 – Angel's Book Nook – RECIPE 
  January 20 – Frugal Freelancer – CHARACTER GUEST POST 
  January 21 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW 
  January 21 – Celticlady's Reviews – SPOTLIGHT 
  January 22 – Christy's Cozy Corners – REVIEW 
  January 22 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT 
  January 23 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW 
  January 23 – Eskimo Princess Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT 
  January 24 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW 
  January 24 – Deal Sharing Aunt – CHARACTER INTERVIEW 
  January 25 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT 
  January 26 – Elizabeth McKenna - Author – SPOTLIGHT 
  January 27 – Reading Is My SuperPower – AUTHOR GUEST POST 
  January 27 – Sapphyria's Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT    


 

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