Cover: “The Accused Architect” by Christian Belz
Time to snuggle up with another cozy mystery brought to you by Cozy Cat Press. “The Accused Architect” by Christian Belz.
Look for it coming soon to print and ebook!
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BLURB: Ken (“Cannoli”) Knoll is just your average architect. Not a detective. That is, until his young assistant Edison returns from a routine job inspection of one of the firm’s buildings with startling news. There’s a dead homeless man at the construction site and Ken is aghast when he learns Edison has taken it upon himself to remove the body and load it into one of the firm’s trucks. However, before Edison can spirit the body away and dispose of it, a couple of the firm’s top brass show up for a tour and Edison isn’t able to put his plan in motion. And then Edison informs Ken that another architect has absconded with the truck, only to have it break down on the road, eventually ending up in the shop. When Ken finally catches up with the truck, the body has disappeared.
Now, Ken must track down the body while at the same time try to keep his superiors from finding out, balance relationship trouble with his girlfriend Mary, and sympathize with fellow architect Gwen who’s having a rough time, and satisfy a demanding client with grandiose ideas of the perfect chocolate shop. Surely, nothing else can go wrong? Like another dead body….
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Cover: “A Good Man Gone” by AW Hartoin
A.W. Hartoin is back, getting ready to release another Mercy Watt’s Novel, “A Good Man Gone”.
Look for it coming soon to ebook!
Cover: “Murder on Alcatraz” by ML Hamilton
Book 4 of ML Hamilton’s Payton Brooks Mystery Series, “Murder on Alcatraz“.
Look for it now in print and ebook!
And don’t forget to check out the rest of the series!
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BLURB: When a serial killer strikes in the City, Peyton confronts an adversary who is always one step ahead of her. And as the body count rises, Peyton faces a future where her one constant, her partner, may be taken away from her.
For eight years, Peyton and Marco have been an unstoppable team; however, one ill-fated trip to Alcatraz may change that relationship forever.
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Cover: “Save as Murder” by Sharon Rose
Sharon Rose has her fourth Parson’s Cover Cozy Mystery coming out soon, “Save as Murder” brought to you by Cozy Cat Press.
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BLURB: Mabel Wickles has just entered the computer age. And not a minute too soon. With strange lights emanating from the empty house next door, her dear friend Charlie Thompson accused of murdering a woman, and a new sheriff in town who seems totally unqualified, will this senior sleuth use her new little laptop to dig up some clues? After all, she is Parson’s Cove’s most highly decorated amateur detective. (She’s Parson’s Cove’s only amateur detective.) But with her best friend Flori Flanders and her computer mentor Nathan Horne to support her, maybe Mabel can solve these seemingly unrelated mysteries and not have to disturb the town’s favorite Sheriff––Reg Smee––who is just starting to enjoy his retirement in Hawaii. That is, if she can figure out how to crack all the new-fangled computer jargon and SAVE AS MURDER.
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Cover: “Killer Genes” by Drema J. Reed
Another cozy mystery brought to you by Cozy Cat Press, the second in Drema J. Reed’s The Art Gallery Mystery Series, “Killer Genes”.
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BLURB: Seattle senior citizen, DJ Kelly, and her three best friends and co-owners of the Waterfront Art Gallery, are detecting again. Despite an insistent internal voice that chides her for her risky adventures, DJ is hot on the trail––this time to help Darlene, a nurse, who is trying to find a young man who was brought into the emergency room yelling a lot of strange, seemingly meaningless terms, including “CCR5,”and then who disappeared––possibly to the Psych Ward. Darlene has received a cryptic phone call from the young man and doesn’t know where to turn. The four women fling themselves into the search, assisted by their old nemesis, Police Inspector Keohan, and the gallery’s handyman and king of malapropisms––Jerry. But their investigation suddenly takes a dangerous turn and the four ladies find themselves in serious jeopardy. Will they find the young man and unravel the mystery of his apparent mental breakdown before it’s too late? Is he insane? Drugged? Or just pretending? It’s all in the genes––and in this case, they’re “killer genes.”
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Cover: “It Takes Two to Strangle” by Stephen Kaminski
Another cozy mystery brought to you from Cozy Cat Press, and one of their newest authors, Stephen Kaminski. “It Takes Two to Strangle: A Damon Lassard Dabbling Mystery”
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BLURB: When the owner of a traveling carnival is strangled––not once but twice––on opening night of the summer fair in Hollydale, the police surmise he was not well liked. As the head of Hollydale’s citizens association and local liaison with the carnival, Damon Lassard feels obligated to help his dear friend, Detective Gerry Sloman, solve the crime. Damon is determined to bring the killer to justice, to the fascination of his mother, best gal pal Rebecca, and lovely local weather girl Bethany Krims. To unravel the threads underpinning this peculiar mystery, Damon will travel far from Hollydale as his quest to find a murderer leads to the discovery of long hidden and horrific crimes.
It Takes Two to Strangle introduces Hollydale’s lovable neighborhood leader, Damon Lassard, and twists the dabbling detective through an intricate maze of greed, deception, and murder.
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Cover: “Calamity @ the Car Wash” by Sharon Rose
Another Parson’s Cove Cozy Mystery brought to you by Cozy Cat Press, “Calamity @ the Car Wash” by Sharon Rose.
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BLURB: A marital spat at a carwash turns deadly––and Mabel Wickles, Parson’s Cove’s top amateur sleuth, isn’t buying the local police’s claim that the victim’s wife smashed him over the head with a brick. But when the woman confesses to the murder, Mabel decides to investigate the crime herself––along with help from her best friend Flori, her cat Sammy, and a busload of senior citizens from the local retirement home. However, Mabel is soon to discover that there’s more calamity in store for her than just a spritzing at the carwash.
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Cover: “Killer Image” by Drema Reed
Another cozy mystery to curl up with brought to you by Cozy Cat Press. Drema Reed’s first in The Art Gallery Mystery Series, “Killer Image.”
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BLURB: When DJ Kelly and her three fellow Seattle art gallery owners open their doors one morning, they don’t expect to find a dead body on the floor. Who could this young woman be? And why has someone stabbed her to death and then ransacked their gallery? DJ’s talkative inner voice doesn’t have a clue, nor do her BFFs––Nita Marie, Jo, and Bobbie. None of their artwork seems to be missing. Maybe a framed photograph of a famous terrorist attack that apparently slipped under the copy machine during the burglary might hold a clue. Is this photograph a clue to the murder in their gallery? DJ isn’t certain, but when a jaded, know-it-all detective belittles her capabilities and those of her pals, DJ convinces her friends that they should take matters into their own hands––and four new crime fighters are born.
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This was another fun cover to do, with the exception the artwork on the walls (which are edited photographs), this cover is hand drawn.
The print version:
Cover: “Echo of Chaos” by Crystal D. Budy
Book 3 of author Crystal D. Budy’s North Coast Mystery Series, “Echo of Chaos” is now available in print and ebook! Have a look at the new cover.
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Covers: Crystal D. Budy’s North Coast Mysteries
Author Crystal D. Budy contacted me about redoing the cover for her North Coast Mystery series. And these are what we came up with:
BLURB: Special Agent Stevie Winters is a single mother of three children who has just transferred into the boys club that is the violent crimes unit of the FBI’s Cleveland Division. She’s feisty, fiery, and has a leap-before-you-look type of attitude that doesn’t settle well with Special Agent Luke Johnson. A case from Luke’s past comes back to haunt him when a serial killer he never caught starts killing again. Things get tense when Stevie gets caught in the crossfire between a crazed suspect and the sociopathic serial killer, who has his sights set on her as his next victim.
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BLURB: Special Agent Stevie Winters is a single mother of three children who has just transferred into the boys club that is the violent crimes unit of the FBI’s Cleveland Division. She’s feisty, fiery, and has a leap-before-you-look type of attitude that doesn’t settle well with Special Agent Luke Johnson. A case from Luke’s past comes back to haunt him when a serial killer he never caught starts killing again. Things get tense when Stevie gets caught in the crossfire between a crazed suspect and the sociopathic serial killer, who has his sights set on her as his next victim.
The Print Edition:
Cover: “Perplexity on P ½” by Sharon Rose
The latest in covers, “Perplexity on P ½”, the second installment of Sharon Rose’s Parson Cove Cozy Mysteries. A cozy mystery novel brought to you by Cozy Cat Press. The novel will be available in print and eBook soon, so look for it on Amazon and Smashwords!
BLURB: “Mabel Wickles never won anything in her life. So when she found herself one of five winners in a national contest, with the grand prize an all-expense paid trip to Las Vegas, she rejoiced. However, when Mabel got back to her regular life in tiny Parson’s Cove, she expected things to return to normal.
But the excitement is just beginning for Mabel. Shortly after coming home from her trip, Mabel discovers one of her fellow prize winners dead in the local morgue. Who would want to kill this woman–Grace Hobbs–and what was she doing in Parson’s Cove? The only person in Parson’s Cove who knows anything about Grace is Mabel, and all she knows is from the brief time she spent with Grace in Las Vegas. Could Grace’s death and her unexplained presence in Mabel’s hometown spell danger for Mabel? Mabel isn’t going to just wait around to find out. She decides to investigate.
When Mabel’s detecting leads her and her lifelong buddy, Flori Flanders, to Yellow Rose, a sleepy Texas gulf port town, and a row of several homes on a small avenue located as an afterthought between P Street and Q Street, Mabel and Flori discover what true perplexity is. As they become further entrenched in this widespread mystery, these two feisty ladies are determined to solve the contest winner’s death–and find out what’s going on Avenue P½.“
