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Cats, Cozy Mysteries, New Releases, short stories, Book Sales

Pre-Order for New Cat Anthology Release and 99-cent Sale for Cozy Mystery

Posted on May 21, 2026 by Debbie

The Cat’s Out of the Bag: The Nine Lives Library Is Here!

The first volume of the Nine Lives Library is almost here! Curious Cats, a collection of 12 short mysteries, is a tribute to the enigmatic creatures that share our lives. The anthology debuts May 29 and includes a short story by me called “The Case of Sam Spaded.”

You can reserve your ebook copy today at https://www.amazon.com/Curious-Cats-Original-Short-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0GZMVDCJZ. The paperback will be available on May 29.

If you love cats, a good mystery, or both — order your copy today.

Also, check out the 99-cent sale for my Buttercup Bend cozy mystery, The Case of the Llama Raising Librarian at https://books2read.com/u/bPLBJJ.

After solving two murders in the “peaceful” town of Buttercup Bend, Cathy Carter needs a rest. She also needs time to consider the marriage proposals she received over the holidays. But when the town’s librarian asks her to go undercover to solve the suspected murder of a co-worker who retired to a llama farm, Cathy leaves her kittens with her grandmother and her friends without an explanation.

The only person at Oaks Landing Farm who knows the true reason Cathy and Mildred have come there is Danielle, the murder victim’s daughter, who is having trouble convincing relatives and the police that her mother Doris was killed and didn’t suffer the heart attack that was termed her cause of death.

When it’s proved that Danielle’s suspicions are correct, the guests who attended the dinner at which Doris died are invited back for a reenactment of that night. These included the gardener, veterinarian, and farmhand who all had motives to murder Doris, as well as Doris’ sister and her ex-husband. When the dinner is staged, the only clue Cathy receives is given by Danielle’s grandmother who has dementia. Will this unreliable tip help Cathy deduce who murdered the llama raising librarian?

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Review and Blog Tour for Critters and Crimes by Elizabeth Pantley

Posted on February 17, 2026 by Debbie

Critters and Crimes: Magical Cozy Mystery Book Club
by Elizabeth Pantley

About Critters & Crimes

Critters and Crimes: Magical Cozy Mystery Book Club
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
11th in Series
Better Beginnings, Inc. (February 15, 2026)
Print length ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0FLX616P2

A quaint riverside town holds many secrets … and the only ones who’ve seen it all are the critters.

This book club dives (literally!) into the pages of a cozy mystery. The quirky group must solve the mystery to get out of the book. It’s so much fun – you’ll wish you had a book club like this!

In this journey, they choose a book set in a lovely riverside town. They land in a charming neighborhood and find they are part of a local book club. They are having a great time – and then a dead body shows up. (Of course it does!)

The clues to what happened come to them in a unique way – via the critters in the house.

As usual, the club finds plenty of time to enjoy the unique setting of their journey, as they solve the mystery – one critter at a time.

REVIEW

5-STARS

Elizabeth Pantley’s Magical Cozy Mystery Book Club just keeps getting better and better. There’s enough back story and character development for new readers to enjoy this book, although all of them are so good you may want to read all the others in the series after finishing this one.

In this 11th addition to the series, Frank the talking cat becomes an official member of the book club, and Paige discovers her feelings for Atticus. It looks like he will return them with a nudge from her. The book they enter holds many mysteries including a beautiful garden library that follows them home.

The main mystery involves the murder of a man in a riverside town who kept a bunch of animals, and I really enjoyed the way they each of them participated in the murder investigation. There are several twists and lots of fun in this engaging cozy mystery.

About Elizabeth Pantley

eizabeth pantley

Elizabeth writes well-loved cozy mysteries in two series: The Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic book series and the Magical Mystery Book Club series.

Elizabeth lives in the Pacific Northwest and Arizona, two very different places. Both are rich, gorgeous, natural places, and inspire the settings in many of her books.

Author Links

Website – https://elizabethpantleyauthor.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DestinyFallsMysteryandMagic

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/destinyfallsmystery/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/series/345907-magical-mystery-book-club

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/elizabeth-pantley

Purchase Link: Amazon

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February 6 – Books1987 – SPOTLIGHT

February 6 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW

February 7 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT

February 7 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

February 8 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

February 9 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

February 9 – Christa Reads and Writes – SPOTLIGHT

February 10 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – SPOTLIGHT

February 10 – Salty Inspirations – SPOTLIGHT

February 11 – Angel’s Book Nook – SPOTLIGHT

February 11 – The Mystery of Writing – SPOTLIGHT

February 12 – @review_thick_and_thin – REVIEW

February 13 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW

February 14 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – REVIEW

February 15 – Sarandipity’s – SPOTLIGHT

February 15 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

February 16 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW

February 17 – Ruff Drafts -REVIEW

February 17 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT

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New Cobble Cove Book and Free Story

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Debbie

I’m proud to announce the release of Rock a Bye Bye Baby, the sixth Cobble Cove cozy mystery featuring Alicia, the librarian; Sneaky, the library cat, and KittyKai, the inn cat. The book is available on Amazon as an eBook and on Kindle Unlimited. It will also be in print form soon. For those not familiar with the series, I’ve provided backstory to help you catch up. However, the previous five books are still available starting with A Stone’s Throw.

Although the last book in the series, No Gravestone Unturned was published in 2020, Sneaky’s Supernatural Mystery and Other Cobble Cove Stories was published in 2022 and won an award for its Christmas story. To catch up on the series, I also wrote a more recent single short story, Sneaky’s Birthday Mystery, that I gave away to my newsletter subscribers. If you’d like a free copy of that story, click here: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/ex2u8xxs4n

Although Rock a Bye Baby features an abandoned infant left on Alicia and John’s doorstep, the main mystery involves the murder of two of Mac’s poker pals who also served with him in Vietnam. There are a host of suspects including a mother, ex-wife, and granddaughter of a victim, a housecleaner, and a young woman who was typing a manuscript for the first victim that someone may have considered more realistic than fiction. The book will be on tour with Great Escapes Virtual Blog Tour from October 27 to November 5. More information about the tour and its giveaway will be included in my October newsletter and on this blog.

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Review and Blog Tour for Ghost Cat at the Mystery Hotel: A Tenth Life Cozy Mystery (Book 3) by Mollie Hunt

Posted on June 1, 2024 by Debbie

***** 5 stars

What a fun read for cozy mystery fans and cat lovers alike. Besides the adorable cover that could’ve been modeled after my handsome cat, Harry, the story contains just the right mixture of mystery and chills. Not having read the previous installments in the series, I didn’t have any problems following the plot. However, I’m planning to catch up with the other mysteries soon because this book has really piqued my interest in the series.

Taking place at a hotel that holds murder mysteries, the main character, a sixty-something lady named Camillia Collins, joins an old college friend, Anne Pine, for what she believes will be a fun weekend of pretend murder. Boy, is she wrong. Not only does her ghost cat, Soji, introduced in an earlier book, turn up with a warning, but a human ghost, Angel Day, also appears to her.

The staged murder occurs as predicted, but a real one follows. As in many horror tales, there’s also a storm raging outside, so the police aren’t able to get through the roads. Camillia, aka Inspector McPride, the character she was picked to play in the murder mystery, finds herself trapped with the other murder-mystery participants, one of whom is a real killer. Can she live up to her make-believe persona to solve the murder and live to tell the tale, and will the ghost of Angel Day and the ghost cat, Soji, assist her? You’ll only know if you read this fun cozy.

Ghost Cat at the Mystery Hotel (A Tenth Life Cozy Mystery)
by Mollie Hunt

About Ghost Cat at the Mystery Hotel

Ghost Cat at the Mystery Hotel (A Tenth Life Cozy Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – Oregon Coast
Independently Published (May 30, 2024)
Number of Pages: 246
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CW3DGRK3

The game is murder at the Mystery Beach Hotel.

When Camelia Collins meets her old college friend Anne Pine for a murder mystery weekend at the coast, death becomes more than a game.

Accompanied by her ghost cat companion Soji, Camelia begins to discover clues that have nothing to do with the role-playing storyline. A lurking stranger spies on Camelia from the house next door. A vengeful spirit haunts the hotel. A winter storm rages outside, threatening the old building, while a murderer roams the halls, threatening those within.
Will Camelia’s keen senses and Soji’s feline wiles be enough to catch the killer before they kill again?

About Mollie Hunt

Cat Writer Mollie Hunt is the award-winning author of two cozy series, the Crazy Cat Lady Mysteries and the Tenth Life Mysteries. Her Cat Seasons Sci-Fantasy Tetralogy features extraordinary cats saving the world. Mollie also released a cat-themed COVID memoir. In her spare time, she pens a bit of cat poetry as well.

Mollie is a member of the Oregon Writers’ Colony, Sisters in Crime, the Cat Writers’ Association, Willamette Writers, and Northwest Independent Writers Association (NIWA). She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and a varying number of cats.

Author Links

You can find Mollie Hunt, Cat Writer on her blogsite:https://molliehuntcatwriter.com/

Follow Mollie’s Amazon Page: www.amazon.com/author/molliehunt

Facebook Author Page: www.facebook.com/MollieHuntCatWriter/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/molliehuntcatwriter/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7768987.Mollie_Hunt

GoodReads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210323563-ghost-cat-at-the-mystery-hotel

Purchase Link – Amazon

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

May 24 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

May 24 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

May 25 – Mochas, Mysteries and Meows – CHARACTER GUEST POST

May 25 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT

May 26 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

May 27 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

May 28 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

May 29 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW, AUTHOR GUEST POST

May 30 – Literary Gold – SPOTLGHT

May 31 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

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June 1 – Ruff Drafts – REVIEW

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Cat Writers’ Award and Book Sales

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Debbie

I’m proud to announce that my short story, “Sneaky’s Supernatural Mystery” from the book, Sneaky’s Supernatural Mystery and Other Cobble Cove Stories (mybook.to/CCcollection), has won the Cat Writers’ Association’s 2023 Muse Medallion Award. It’s a purr-fect read for cat lovers and cozy mystery readers.

I also have a few book sales going on, but they’re ending soon, so you need to hurry to get them at the discounted price. My mysteries, Sea Scope (https://bit.ly/46rZL7n ), about a murder at a lighthouse and The Case of the Cat Crazy Lady (https://bit.ly/3MZmsYF), the first book of my Buttercup Bend cozy mystery series, are both on sale on Kobo for 99 cents until October 23. They’re great October reads. Don’t miss them.

The three books in my Buttercup Bend cozy mystery series, The Case of the Cat Crazy Lady, The Case of the Parrot Loving Professor, and The Case of the Llama Raising Librarian, are on sale on all platforms from October 13 to 24. This one-volume set containing all three books is available for less than $1 at https://geni.us/LlytV.

Thank you for reading. Have a happy and healthy Halloween and fall season!

Cozy Mysteries, Freebies and Special Offers, Thriller

Special Fall Offers for Cozies and Thrillers

Posted on October 13, 2023 by Debbie

My thriller, Memory Makers, is on sale for 99 cents on Kobo for their Spooky Stories Promotions Week through October 16. Will the clinical trial of a new memory drug help Lauren recall the face of the man who killed her sister twenty-five years ago and haunts her dreams as the “shadow man?”

Have a safe and healthy Halloween!

Cozy Mysteries, New Releases

New Release: THE CASE OF THE PARROT LOVING PROFESSOR: Buttercup Bend #2

Posted on November 8, 2022November 9, 2022 by Debbie

I’m proud to announce the release of my 2nd Buttercup Bend cozy mystery, The Case of the Parrot Loving Professor. In this new mystery, Cathy Carter, co-owner of Rainbow Gardens Pet Cemetery and Rainbow Rescues animal rescue center who has recently returned to college, investigates the murder of her professor while preparing for her 27th birthday and a 1970’s costume dance.

I think you’ll enjoy learning more about the characters introduced in The Case of the Cat Crazy Lady, Buttercup Bend #1. I’m also excited to introduce my own cats, Harry and Hermione, into the series as kittens and pay tribute to my Stripey who passed away in May.

BLURB

Cathy Carter knew that returning to college would be tough, but she never expected it would involve finding her anthropology professor’s dead body.

There are no shortages of suspects in Dr. Bodkin’s murder. Besides his three ex-wives and estranged son and daughter, there are also the members of the Talking Parrots Club, a group of four parrot enthusiasts, of which he was the president and founder.

As Cathy delves into Bodkin’s murder, she discovers a relationship between her teacher and the Mennonite family from whom she purchased the farmland for her new pet rescue center. She and her friend Nancy, now employed at a detective agency, work together to help Detective Hunt and Sheriff Miller solve the crime.

After receiving cryptic messages, they wonder if someone wants to put a stop to their investigation. With the Buttercup Bend church’s 1970’s costume dance and Cathy’s birthday fast approaching, can she and Nancy bring Bodkin’s killer to justice without endangering their lives?

Follow the blog tour December 12 to 18 on Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours to read excerpts, guest posts, reviews, spotlights, and earn a chance at a holiday giveaway. Remember that books make great gifts.

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Spotlight for Deadly Traditions: A Cozy Mystery Christmas Anthology

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Debbie

Deadly Traditions: A Cozy Mystery Christmas Anthology
by Justine Maxwell, Gayle Leeson, Estelle Richards, Erin Scoggins, Sage So, Dianne Ascroft, Ellie Ballard, Melicity Pope, Mollie Cox Bryan, and Sam Cheever

About Deadly Traditions

Deadly Traditions: A Cozy Mystery Christmas Anthology
Cozy Mysteries
Grace Abraham Publishing (September 27, 2022)
Number of Pages TBA
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B2LHQ2G9

Have yourself a DEADLY little Christmas.

Celebrate the holidays with mistletoe, mayhem, and murder. Join your favorite authors as they cozy up by the fire with twelve festive short mysteries that feature treasured holiday traditions. Serve up a slice of fatal fruitcake and deck the halls with danger, because the holiday season has never been so much fun.

This original collection is available for a limited time only, so grab your copy today.

Includes:
A Pickle in a Pear Tree by Erin Scoggins
Mistletoe and Murder by Dianne Ascroft
O Deadly Night by Estelle Richards
Larceny and Gingerbread Lattes by Justine Maxwell
Have Yourself a Scary Little Christmas by Gayle Leeson

About the Authors

About Gayle Leeson

Gayle Leeson is a pseudonym for Gayle Trent. Gayle has also written as Amanda Lee. She is currently writing the Kinsey Falls chick-lit/women’s fiction series, the Down South Cafe cozy mystery series, and the Ghostly Fashionista cozy mystery series. Her book KILLER WEDDING CAKE won the Bronze Medal in the 20th Anniversary IPPY Awards. Gayle lives in Southwest Virginia with her family and enjoys hearing from readers.

About Mollie Cox Bryan

Mollie Cox Bryan writes cozy mysteries with edge. She’s the author of several bestselling mystery series, also writing under the pen name Maggie Blackburn. Her books have been selected as finalists for an Agatha Award and a Daphne du Maurier Award and as a Top 10 Beach Reads by Woman’s World. She has also been short-listed for the Virginia Library People’s Choice Award. She’s also penned a historical fiction: MEMORY OF LIGHT: AN AFTERMATH OF GETTYSBURG. She’s the mother of two nearly perfect daughters, each pursuing careers in music.

About Erin Scoggins

USA Today Bestselling Author Erin Scoggins is a long-time Southerner with a fondness for offbeat humor and fresh fried chicken. After fifteen years in marketing with a Fortune 500 company, she traded her MBA for fictional crime scenes and feisty small-town families. She writes fun, flirty mysteries that are celebrations of food, family, and the killer South.

Visit her at http://www.erinscoggins.com for book news and shenanigans.

About Estelle Richards

Estelle Richards lives in the beautiful American Southwest and writes cozy mysteries. Connect with Estelle at estellerichards.com or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/estellerichardswriter/.

About Justine Maxwell

Justine Maxwell writes cozy mysteries with brave heroines, strong family bonds, and a touch of romance. She has degrees in psychology from Northern Arizona University and Grand Canyon University. She hopes to one day become a reclusive author in a mountain cabin near Flagstaff, AZ. Until then, she’ll be a busy mom of four small children and one (allegedly) hypoallergenic pup, writing in the midst of chaos.

About Wendy H. Jones

International Award Winning Author Wendy H. Jones lives in Scotland, and her police procedural series featuring DI Shona McKenzie are set.Wendy has led a varied and adventurous life. Her love for adventure led to her joining the Royal Navy to undertake nurse training. After six years in the Navy she joined the Army where she served as an Officer for a further 17 years. Killer’s Countdown was her first novel and the first book in the Shona McKenzie Mysteries. Killer’s Crew won the Books Go Social Book of the Year 2017. The seventh book in the series. Killer’s Curse will be released early august 2020. The Dagger’s Curse, the first book in The Fergus and Flora Mysteries, was a finalist in the Woman Alive Magazine Readers Choice Award Book of the Year. Turning to humorous crime the Cass Claymore Investigates series was born. She is also a highly successful marketer and is currently in the process of rereleasing her completely updated marketing book Marketing Matters. This will be part of the Writing Matters Series following the release of Motivation Matters. She is also the author of the Bertie the Buffalo picture book and associated soft toy and colouring book. Wendy is delighted to be one of the authors in two anthologies aimed at empowering women – The Power of Why, and Women Win Against All Odds. She is proud to be the President of the Scottish Association of Writers and is the host of The Writing and Marketing Show podcast, a writing and marketing coach. and CEO of Writing Matters online writing school, Authorpreneur Accelerator Academy.

Dianne Ascroft

Dianne Ascroft is a Canadian writer living in Britain. Since moving to Britain in 1990 she has lived in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Online she can be found at http://www.dianneascroft.com.

She writes cozy mystery, historical and contemporary fiction, often with an Irish connection. Her non-fiction articles and short stories have been printed in Canadian and Irish magazines and regional newspapers including the Toronto Star, Ireland’s Own, Senior Times, Celtic Connection and Irish Connections Canada.

She was co-editor of The Fermanagh Miscellany, the Fermanagh Authors’ Association’s yearly anthology for several years and she also contributes material to other local history and writers’ anthologies.

Dianne is a member of the Alliance of Independent Authors, Sisters in Crime, Historical Novel Society, Writers Abroad, Fermanagh Authors’ Association and Fermanagh Writers.

Dianne started life in a quiet residential neighbourhood in the buzzing city of Toronto and has progressively moved to smaller places through the years. She now lives on a small farm in Northern Ireland with her husband and an assortment of strong willed animals. If she ever decides to write her autobiography the working title will be ‘Downsizing’.

Sam Cheever

USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Sam Cheever writes mystery and suspense, creating stories that draw you in and keep you eagerly turning pages. Known for writing great characters, snappy dialogue, and unique and exhilarating stories, Sam is the award-winning author of 80+ books.

NEWSLETTER: Join Sam’s Monthly newsletter and get a FREE book! You can also keep up with her appearances, enjoy special content, and get previews of her upcoming work! https://www.samcheever.com/newsletter.html

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ONLINE HOT SPOTS: To find out more about Sam and her work, please pay her a visit: Her website: https://www.samcheever.com; Her blog: https://www.samcheever.com/blog; and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SamCheeverAuthor. She looks forward to chatting with you!

Purchase Link – Amazon

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

September 20 – Reading Authors Network – SPOTLIGHT

September 20 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog – SPOTLIGHT

September 20 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

September 21 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT

September 21 – Lady Hawkeye – SPOTLIGHT

September 21 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW

September 22 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW

September 22 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT

September 23 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST

September 23 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT

September 23 – fundinmental – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

September 24 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

September 24 – Mystery Review Crew – CHARACTER GUEST POST

September 24 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT

September 25 – The Mystery Section – GUEST POST

September 25 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

September 26 – Maureen’s Musing – SPOTLIGHT

September 26 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW

September 26 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

September 27 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

September 27 – Sapphyria’s Books – REVIEW

September 27 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT

September 28 – Reading, Writing & Stitch-Metic – SPOTLIGHT

September 28 – Novels Alive – REVIEW – SPOTLIGHT

September 29 – I Read What You Write – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

September 29 – My Journey Back – CHARACTER GUEST POST

September 29 – Novels Alive – REVIEW – SPOTLIGHT

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Medical Thriller Sale and Price Drop for Cozy Mysteries

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Debbie

My medical thriller, MEMORY MAKERS, is on sale for 99 cents from June 23 to June 27.

Purchase Link: mybook.to/memorymakers

Have you checked out the price drop on my Cobble Cove mysteries. They’ve dropped in price nearly 50 per cent. Check them all out here: mybook.to/CCseries

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Spotlight and Blog Tour for Murder by Page One: A Peach Coast Library Mystery by Olivia Matthews

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Debbie

Murder by Page One: A Peach Coast Library Mystery
by Olivia Matthews

Murder by Page One has set the Peach Coast Library Mysteries off to a splendid start. The core characters are very engaging and I want to get to know them better . . .
~Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book

This is an even-paced read, with a dash of humor, mis-steps, dumpster-diving, and surprises . . . If you’re a fan of Hallmark movies, especially the mysteries, you will enjoy Marvey’s adventures.
~Christa Reads and Writes

Murder By Page One was indeed a page-turner and kept me up reading well into the night. I can’t wait to visit Peach Coast again.
~My Reading Journeys

About Murder Page One

Murder by Page One: A Peach Coast Library Mystery
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Publisher: Hallmark Publishing (March 23, 2021)
Print length: 328 pages
Digital ASIN: B08KHPBDBS

If you love Hallmark mystery movies,
you’ll love this cozy mystery
with humor, intrigue, and a librarian amateur sleuth.
Marvey, a librarian, has moved from Brooklyn to a quirky small town in Georgia. When she’s not at the library organizing events for readers, she’s handcrafting book-themed jewelry and looking after her cranky cat. At times, her new life in the South still feels strange…and that’s before the discovery of the dead body in the bookstore.
After one of her friends becomes a suspect, Marvey sets out to solve the murder mystery. She even convinces Spence, the wealthy and charming newspaper owner, to help. With his ties to the community, her talents for research, and her fellow librarians’ knowledge, Marvey pursues the truth. But as she gets closer to it, could she be facing a deadly plot twist?
This first in series cozy mystery includes a free Hallmark original recipe for Classic Peach Cobbler.

About Olivia Matthews

Olivia Matthews is the cozy mystery pseudonym for Patricia Sargeant, a national best-selling, award-winning author. Her work has been featured in national publications such as Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Kirkus Reviews, Suspense Magazine, Mystery Scene Magazine, Library Journal and RT Book Reviews. For more information about Patricia and her work, visit PatriciaSargeant.com.

Author Links

Website: https://PatriciaSargeant.com.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorPatriciaSargeant.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksbyPatricia

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/olivia-matthews

Purchase Links – Amazon – Hallmark Publishing – Apple – Barnes & Noble – Bookshop – Fantastic Fiction – Kobo –

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March 18 – Christa Reads and Writes – REVIEW

March 18 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

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