Category: excerpt

Mystery Monday: Murder is a Piece of Cake by Elaine Viets

Murder is a Piece of Cake is the 8th book in the Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper series by author Elaine Viets. Synopsis: Mystery shopper Josie Marcus is thrilled to be getting married. But when a deranged bride meets a grim end, Josie will have to catch a murderer before she tosses the bouquet… As a […]

Blog Tour & Excerpt: Starflower by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

  Tour Schedule     Author Anne Elisabeth Stengl Anne Elisabeth Stengl makes her home in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she lives with her husband, Rohan, a passel of cats, and one long-suffering dog. When she’s not writing, she enjoys Shakespeare, opera, and tea, and studies piano, painting, and pastry baking. She studied illustration at […]

Excerpt: The End of All Things by Lissa Bryan

Excerpt: Two days later, they were out of food again, and Carly was faced with the prospect of trying to make it out to the store. Sam swatted his metal bowl with his paw, and then stared down at it with a hint of expectation, as if rattling it would make food appear. Perhaps, in his little doggy […]

Excerpt: Winning the City by Theodore Weesner

PART ONE    ONE             This is it.  Today is the day.  The first practice of the year after school in the boy’s gym.  Time to show the speed, do the deed, take the lead!  All these weeks and months Dale has been able to think of little else.  Since last spring.              Since forever.  Now […]

Excerpt: Extraordinary Rendition by Paul Batista

An Excerpt from Chapter 1 of Extraordinary Rendition by Paul Batista When the guard left, the iron door resonated briefly as the magnetic lock engaged itself. Byron sat in a steel folding chair. Directly in front of him was a narrow ledge under a multi-layered, almost opaque plastic window, in the middle of which was […]