Toes in the Tulips: (Adventures of Gladys) (The Mystery Book Nook Shared World)
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – Seashell Bay, Alabama
Independently Published (September 5, 2023)
Number of Pages: 74 (word doc pages / 30k words)

Synopsis

Another who-dunnit featuring one of your favorite Senior sleuths as well as an exciting new installment of The Mystery Book Nook Shared World.

Gladys is head over heels excited for the new community garden project. In fact, she’s created a whole new event: the Community Garden Plant Potluck. The plant potluck is more popular than even she imagined until one of the community garden members is found toes up in the tulips, dead as can be.

Gladys won’t rest until the killer is planted in a jail cell and the Community Garden project is free to grow again. But when clues don’t make sense, she might have to do a little out-of-the-box research using an interesting new resource, The Mystery Book Nook Forum, online.

Don’t miss this fun new adventure with some favorite characters!

The Mystery Book Nook Shared World (3 books)

No Good Deed Unpunished: (A Vangie Guillory Mystery) (The Mystery Book Nook Shared World)
Estate in Peril: A Maude and Mabel Cozy Mystery (The Mystery Book Nook Shared World)
Toes in the Tulips: (Adventures of Gladys) (The Mystery Book Nook Shared World)

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Guest Post

Good morning or afternoon lovely readers!

I am ecstatic to meet you all today on the blog tour for Toes in the Tulips. I must say, I’m overwhelmed with the excitement and positive responses that this little book of mine has been getting. It is shaping up to be my largest release.

But what does that mean, largest release? Many readers aspire to write and want to know more and because of this, I’ll break it down a little for you.

I’ve written four mystery series (three cozy and one steampunk) and of each of those books, when I did pre-orders I had only a maximum 11 pre-orders two different times.

So, why am I so excited and blown away about the Toes in the Tulips release?

At the time of writing this post, Toes in the Tulips had 42 pre-orders! For me, a small-time self-published author who’s only ever had 11 pre-orders before, this is BIG. This is encouraging and exciting and gives me warm fuzzies all over.

But your next question might be WHY is this book doing so much ‘better’ than my other books?

Let me tell you: community.

You see, as an author, it is a lot of work on our own to get the book written but the rest of it, the polishing the book, sharing the book, and finding readers? That part we do together!

This might be the only profession I’ve ever seen where people don’t view each other as competition but instead actively look for ways to help each other.

I fully and completely believe my Gladys book Toes in the Tulips is having such a successful release because it is part of a SHARED WORLD.

A what, you may ask…. A shared world where several authors write our own books but they interact with each other. In this Mystery Book Nook Shared World, there is a character named Erin who runs The Mystery Book Nook Forum online from a bookstore in Texas. Each author with a book in the shared world can have our characters talk to Erin or use the online forum for our mystery-solving fun. We have created a community for our characters but also a community of authors who help share and promote, read and encourage each other for all of our releases.

It has been SO MUCH FUN. I know, I know-I’m using a lot of caps lock letters but it is that cool. Authors love to support each other and because authors are also readers, we get to enjoy books written by so many talented people and then share them with our own readers just for fun.

That doesn’t take away from the hard work and the slow sale days or months but all in all I just wanted to give you a brief insight into the business end of things because the camaraderie, support, and encouragement is unparalleled.

Another reason Toes in the Tulips might be having such a great launch? Well, Gladys the main character is hilarious and a real spitfire plus very popular with readers. I let her series lapse a little too long while I worked on other projects but it looks like fans are extra happy to have her coming back for more small-town mystery and intrigue.

About the Author

Katherine Brown is a wife, mom, Texas author, and unreformed bookaholic. From childhood, Katherine has devoured books for fun, for escape, for inspiration. As an author, it is Katherine’s goal to provide that same fun escape for others and encourage a love of reading in any age group. Clean cozy mysteries with sass and good Southern manners are her specialty, though recently Katherine has taken the jump into the steampunk world with a fun twist on Mary Poppins inspired characters. When not writing, Katherine enjoys weekly trips to the library with her toddler, teaching yoga workouts, and spending time with family.

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