Category: Spotlight

Giveaway – In the Mad Mountains by Joe R. Lansdale

    IN THE MAD MOUNTAINS By Joe R. Lansdale Fiction / Horror Publisher: Tachyon Publications Pages: 256 Publication Date: October 15, 2024   Synopsis Eleven-time Bram Stoker Award-winner Joe R. Lansdale (Bubba Ho-tep) returns with this wicked short story collection of his irreverent Lovecraftian tributes. Lansdale is terrifyingly down-home while merging his classic gonzo […]

Trailer – Hollow Out the Dark by James Wade

  HOLLOW OUT THE DARK By James Wade Literary Fiction / Southern Gothic / Rural Fiction Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Pages: 328 Publication Date: August 20, 2024   Synopsis Award-winning author James Wade blends atmospheric prose with soul-stirring themes in Hollow Out the Dark, a gothic adventure set against a Depression-era landscape where a whiskey war […]

Mystery Spotlight – A Corpse at the Witching Hour by Debra Sennefelder

    A Corpse at the Witching Hour: A Food Blogger Mystery Cozy Mystery 6th in Series Setting – Connecticut Publisher ‏ : ‎ Beyond the Page Publishing (October 6, 2023) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 228 pages Synopsis Hope Early has to contend with ghosts, a fatal curse, and a decades-old family secret to catch […]

Excerpt & #Giveaway – Peach Tea Smash by Laura Childs

    Peach Tea Smash (A Tea Shop Mystery) Cozy Mystery 28th in Series Setting – South Carolina Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (August 6, 2024) Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages Murder at an Alice in Wonderland–themed event threatens to send Theodosia Browning through the looking glass in the latest entry in this New York Times bestselling […]

Excerpt & Giveaway – Buried Too Deep by Karen Rose

  Synopsis From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose comes another explosive novel in the New Orleans series, where some secrets are worth dying for—or killing to keep. Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead. Working as the nighttime security guard of Broussard Private Investigations, Phineas Bishop has been working through […]

Spotlight – Elk Love by Lynne Spriggs O’Connor

  Synopsis Having spent ten summers on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation near Glacier National Park, part of her doctoral fieldwork for a PhD in Native American Art History, forty-two-year-old Lynne Spriggs thinks of Montana as her healing place. When she moves to “Big Sky Country” from the East Coast in a quest to reset her […]

Excerpt & #Giveaway – Breach by Holly Roberts

    Breach: A Terrifying Summer Adventure Psychological Thriller Setting – Off the coast of California Publisher ‏ : ‎Independently Published (March 22, 2024) Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 202 pages Synopsis Craving the vastness of the open sea, Kate and her family set out on a journey of forgiveness and healing aboard Ryan’s Gift, their […]

Excerpt – Sly as a Fox by Wendy L. Koenig

    Synopsis Sylvia Wilson’s brother, Aaron, is working with a joint bank robbery task force. When he goes missing, she joins forces with the FBI to search for him. But nothing is what it seems. With very little time left, Sylvia will burn Heaven to the ground to find her missing brother and bring […]

Spotlight & #Giveaway – Sugar on the Bones by Joe Lansdale

  SUGAR ON THE BONES By Joe R. Lansdale   Private Investigator Mystery / Noir Crime / Hard-Boiled Mystery / Lawyers and Criminals Humor Publisher: Mulholland Books Pages: 317 Publication Date: July 16, 2024   Synopsis In this holy mess of a case for the “perpetual bad boy” (New York Times) sleuths in the beloved […]

Mystery Spotlight & #Giveaway – Kill or Bee Killed by Jennie Marts

    Kill or Bee Killed (A Bee Keeping Mystery) Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – Colorado Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crooked Lane Books (June 4, 2024) Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages Synopsis Perfect for fans of Laura Childs and Amanda Flower, this second Bee Keeping mystery takes Bailey Briggs to the brink […]