A Dark and Stormy Tea (A Tea Shop Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
24th in Series
Berkley (August 9, 2022)

 

Synopsis

 

A possible serial killer on the loose sends tea maven Theodosia Browning into a whirlwind of investigation in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series.

 

It was a dark and stormy night, but that was the least of Theodosia Browning’s troubles. As she approaches St. Philips Graveyard, Theodosia sees two figures locked in a strange embrace. Wiping rain from her eyes, Theodosia realizes she has just witnessed a brutal murder and sees a dark-hooded figure slip away into the fog.

In the throes of alerting police, Theodosia recognizes the victim—it is the daughter of her friend, Lois, who owns the Antiquarian Bookshop next door to her own Indigo Tea Shop.

Even though this appears to be the work of a serial killer who is stalking the back alleys of Charleston, Lois begs Theodosia for help. Against the advice of her boyfriend, Detective Pete Riley, and the sage words of Drayton, her tea sommelier, amateur-sleuth Theodosia launches her own shadow investigation. And quickly discovers that suspects abound with the dead girl’s boyfriend, nefarious real estate developer, private-security man, bumbling reporter, and her own neighbor who is writing a true-crime book and searching for a big ending.

 

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About the Author

 

Laura Childs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tea Shop Mysteries, Scrapbook Mysteries, and Cackleberry Club Mysteries. In her previous life, she was CEO/Creative Director of her own marketing firm and authored several screenplays. She is married to a professor of Chinese art history, loves to travel, rides horses, enjoys fundraising for various non-profits, and has two Chinese Shar-Pei dogs.

Laura specializes in cozy mysteries that have the pace of a thriller (a thrillzy!) Her three series are:

The Tea Shop Mysteries – set in the historic district of Charleston and featuring Theodosia Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop. Theodosia is a savvy entrepreneur and pet mom to service dog Earl Grey. She’s also an intelligent, focused amateur sleuth who doesn’t rely on coincidences or inept police work to solve crimes. This charming series is highly atmospheric and rife with the history and mystery that is Charleston.

The Scrapbooking Mysteries – a slightly edgier series that take place in New Orleans. The main character, Carmela, owns Memory Mine scrapbooking shop in the French Quarter and is forever getting into trouble with her friend, Ava, who owns the Juju Voodoo shop. New Orleans’ spooky above-ground cemeteries, jazz clubs, bayous, and Mardi Gras madness make their presence known here!

The Cackleberry Club Mysteries – set in Kindred, a fictional town in the Midwest. In a rehabbed Spur station, Suzanne, Toni, and Petra, three semi-desperate, forty-plus women, have launched the Cackleberry Club. Eggs are the morning specialty here, and this cozy cafe even offers a book nook and yarn shop. Business is good, but murder could lead to the cafe’s undoing! This series offers recipes, knitting, cake decorating, and a dash of spirituality.

 

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After the most amazing date of his life, Cousin Lewis falls in love. Unfortunately, the witch boy just happens to be smitten with Nikki Remi, a witch hunter whose family has been hunting witches even longer than the Galloways have been hunting “deer”. But does Nikki have the same feelings or is she just using Lewis to get at a 500-year-old book in the Galloway Hunting Lodge and an ancient witch-hunting weapon? When the star-crossed lovers fall afoul of the local witch covens, the resulting chaos threatens to destroy the cousins and the biggest college campus in South Jersey.

So grab your silver dagger, stock up on holy water, and be careful who you swipe right on because this Halloween, your date from Hell might literally be taking you there.

 

 

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The Series

Book 1 – My Cousin, the Piney

Book 2 – Witch Piney are You?

Book 3 – The Third Grade Piney

Book 4 – Feud of the Pineys

Book 5 – Jersey Shore Piney

Book 6 – The Highwayman Piney

Book 7 – The Paradox Piney

Book 8 – Roadkill Piney

 

 

About the Author

Tony DiGerolamo is a New Jersey screenwriter, novelist, comic book writer, game designer, and comedian. He is best known for his work on The Simpsons and Bart Simpson comic books. He has also been a joke writer for Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, a scriptwriter for Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, and a blogger for Comedy Central’s Indecision website. He has written screenplays including Mafioso: The Father, The Son starring Leo Rossi. His novels, Fix in Overtime and The Undercover Dragon are available through Padwolf Publishing. After publishing his own comic books (Jersey Devil, The Travelers, and The Fix) with SJRP, he eventually got a publishing deal with Kenzer & Company. Kenzer published The Travelers. Tony also wrote Everknights (another Kenzer comic book), as well as the Hacklopedia of Beasts (Volumes 1 thru 8) and Slaughterhouse Indigo (an adventure for the Hackmaster RPG). He also adapted Mark Twain’s Personal Reflections of Joan of Arc for Campfire.  Performing in the Philly comedy scene for over ten years, Tony performed and directed such improv groups as Next Line Improv, The Cabal, The Ninjas, and Bulletproof Giraffe.

Besides writing for various comedy websites, he had a long-running comics review column in Knights of the Dinner Table magazine. He was the marketing director for comics publisher, Silent Devil. He is the creator of Tony DiGerolamo’s Complete Mafia for d20, creator/biographer for the online webcomic, Super Frat, the co-creator of the Webcomic Factory, and writer for the over two dozen webcomics on the Webcomic Factory site including Lester Crenshaw is Still Dead, Pandamodium and Tales of Pizza.  He is the writer for F*ck You, I’m Italian: Why We Italians Are Awesome, from Ulysses Press.  His current project is a comedy/horror novella series about the hunters of the kin of the Jersey Devil called The Pineys.  You can find all his ebooks and books on Amazon and his thoughts on writing and politics on his YouTube, Bitchute, Odysee, and Rumble Channels with his cohost, his dog, Joan of Arc.

 

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Incorporating elements of fantasy, mysticism, and lore, The Well of Truth follows a female heroine through poignant moments of her adult life. Through the initiations of marriage, raising children, getting divorced, going through menopause, losing loved ones, and ultimately making an independent life for herself, she gains insight and spiritual wisdom from unexpected places.

These short stories are filled with reflections on feminine resilience, power, and agency.

 

 

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Praise

 

“Entertaining and psychologically perceptive, this collections produces magic, while bringing us a larger vision of daily life.”—Susan Griffin, author of Woman and Nature 

“Like the waters at the well, this book mirrors deep truths you will instantly recognize in yourself.”—Ariel Spilsbury, author of The Mayan Oracle, The 13 Moon Oracle, The Alchemy of Ecstasy and Gaia’s New Dreamcoat: A Faerie Guide to Gaia’s Greening

“In The Well of Truth, the heroine uses loss as a spiritual well to draw from, which empowers herself and others, and most all gives her agency to connect to Mother Earth in a woman’s way.”—Michele Ritterman, Ph.D., author of The Tao of a Woman

“Elizabeth Gould has a knack for making the divine tactile. Her characters are textured, complicated, and utterly believable but they are also portals to the uncanny and miraculous experiences of the sacred. A nourishing read.”—Sophie Strand, author of The Flowering Wand: Lunar Kings

 

Excerpt

 

Eclipse

 

GRACE SAT ON THE CORNER OF SIXTH AVENUE AND Christopher Street with her eyes fixed on the sky. Though it was well past midnight on a bitter cold night, the city was alive with honking, jostling cabs, and the sidewalks congested with people migrating from bars and restaurants. The man sitting in the newspaper kiosk glowered suspiciously at her, but she was not going to let his disapproving looks or the cold weather distract her from her mission.

Shortly after getting married, Grace and Jack relocated to New York City for his work, landing in a small apartment in the West Village. When she went back to school to get her teaching degree, she signed up to take an astronomy class. She had always been intrigued by the subject, even if a disparaging high school teacher had once told her she had no aptitude for science. Though she’d carried that judgment into her adult life, where she consistently avoided anything related to science or mathematics, her desire to learn about the night sky had become stronger than her fear of failure.

Every window in their tiny apartment looked out on an air shaft, making it impossible for Grace to do her sky-gazing homework from home. On a nightly basis, she prowled like a wolf around the neighborhood, searching for an open piece of sky. Her assignment that cold winter night was to watch a full lunar eclipse from start to finish, so she dressed herself in layers of ski clothes before settling down on the steps of the Jefferson Market Library. She pulled her notebook out of her purse, thinking about that first day of class.

Wearing a Harris tweed jacket, Professor Davidson cut an imposing figure as he stood at the podium, surveying the crowded auditorium. With his first words, uttered in a thick Scottish burr, he posed a question: “What is the moon made of, and why does it shine?”

Not certain of the answer, Grace doodled intently in the margins of her notebook. All around her, throats cleared, and feet shuffled. Professor Davidson stood frozen at the lectern, his ear cocked to one side, waiting. After several moments of awkward silence, he muttered sotto voce, “This…is…a…problem.”

He launched into a dramatic soliloquy that had every student sitting at the edge of their seat.

“The time has come for each of you to reclaim your birthright!” he announced. (Grace wrote those words in bold across the front page of her notebook.) “Every human being is entitled to know the secrets of the celestial rhythms. From this moment on, you will need to watch the sky like detectives. You must take notes, make sketches, record your observations. In this way, you will come to understand the great cosmic mysteries.”

Professor Davidson’s speech was thrilling, but each time he used a technical word like apogee or azimuth, Grace felt uneasy. That she did not know the meaning of these words only seemed to reinforce her belief that she had no talent for science. How could she reclaim her birthright if she didn’t possess the intellectual ability to understand it? She held onto the armrests of her chair, fighting the impulse to get up and leave. Suddenly she was back in high school, reliving that terrible day when she was learning about universal gravitation in science class. She had asked a question about the effect of gravity on the moon, accidentally using the pronoun she instead of it when referring to the heavenly body. Her teacher, a consummate scientist, sneered at her choice of words, reminding her in front of the entire class that they were studying science, not poetry. The boys at the back of the room sniggered, calling her “moon girl” for the rest of the year.

Though she felt mortified at the time, it was true that Grace felt a personal affinity with the moon. One of her most treasured childhood memories was of a cool, autumn evening on the way home from dinner at Grandma’s house. Sitting in the backseat of the family’s wood-paneled station wagon, she’d made an astonishing discovery. The golden harvest moon had followed the car across town, even as it turned corners and stopped at red lights. When the car pulled into the driveway, she was amazed to find the moon shining down benevolently on the roof of her house. The moon knows where I live!

Having learned about Greek mythology in school, Grace imagined that Artemis, the maiden goddess of the moon, was her secret friend and confidante. Together they ran barefoot down the beach and climbed gnarled oak trees in the park. Artemis taught Grace many wonderful things, including how to talk to animals and the proper way to catch moonbeams in a bowl of water.

When Grace entered high school, she realized that her friends were more interested in boys and parties than in stargazing or Greek goddesses. Begrudgingly, she distanced herself from Artemis, though whenever she glimpsed the moon in the sky, she always sent a covert greeting.

A cyclist singing “Roxanne” at the top of his lungs zoomed down Sixth Avenue, jolting Grace out of her reverie. She remembered that Professor Davidson said the word lunatic came from luna, Latin for moon, because the ancients believed the full moon had the power to make people go crazy. Just then, a taxicab veered over to the curb in front of her. She recoiled as a young Wall Street type vomited out the rear window, causing her to wonder what Jack and his buddies were up to that evening.

Between the chaos on the streets and the drama in the sky, Grace was thoroughly entertained, though her bones ached with cold. She watched the full moon diminish until it was completely enveloped in shadow, at which point it turned the color of rust. Though the so-called “blood moon” was spooky in both name and effect, she knew it was a phenomenon called Rayleigh scattering, which occurred when air molecules from the earth’s atmosphere scattered out most of the blue light so that the remaining light cast a red glow on the moon’s surface.

She jotted down some of her observations, realizing as she wrote that her connection to the moon could be both soulful and intellectual. The knowledge of science enhanced her intuitive experience, creating a wider lens for her continuing conversation with Artemis.

When a tiny portion of moonlight escaped from the other side of the umbral shadow, she stood up abruptly, waving her arms in the air.

“Look, look!” she gestured to passersby. “The light is coming back!”

People on the street avoided making eye contact with her, assuming that she was out of her mind. (Why else would a woman in ski clothes be loitering outside on a cold winter night?) The news vendor, clearly embarrassed for her, turned his attention back to his portable TV.

Can’t they see what’s taking place in the sky?

IT WAS THREE in the morning when she headed back to the apartment. The moon slumped wearily behind a water tower, like a helium balloon with a slow leak. Grace hurried past the Korean deli, the shoe repair shop, the dry cleaners on her way home, her warm bed the only thing on her mind. When she arrived at her building, she noticed a beam of silvery light shining down on the front stoop. Even after all those years, the moon still knew where she lived.

 

Excerpted from THE WELL OF TRUTH by Elizabeth A. Gould, published by SparkPress. © Copyright 2022 by Elizabeth A. Gould.

 

 

About the Author

 

Elizabeth Gould received a BA in Art History from Stanford University and worked in the Old Masters art world in New York City for several years. After obtaining an MS in Education from S.U.N.Y., she became a rite of passage educator for girls and women and the director of a non-profit committed to positive menstrual/menopausal education and awareness. The themes in The Well of Truth grew organically out of her two decades of experience as a mother, teacher, and menstrual activist as well as her love of mythology, goddess traditions, and the moon. Devoted to finding the magic and beauty hidden in daily life, she is thrilled to be part of the rising chorus of voices reclaiming and celebrating the wisdom of the Feminine. Although she is an inveterate traveler, Elizabeth feels most at home in Aotearoa, NZ. The Well of Truth is her first book.

 

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IT’S A MAD, MAD MURDER

 

A Maddie Montgomery Mystery

 

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CINDY VINCENT

 

 

Cozy Culinary Mystery / Women Sleuths / Amateur Sleuths

Publisher: Whodunit Press

Date of Publication: November 15, 2021

Number of Pages: 303 pages

 

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Things are a little too hot to handle for famous culinary-mystery author, Maddie Montgomery, in her normally quiet neighborhood set in the Houston suburb of Abbott Cove. Especially after her neighbor, Randall Rathburn, has a heart attack and rams his vintage car into a light pole. Though his death is ruled an accident, another of Maddie’s neighbors insists that Randall was murdered, and he implores her to investigate. But Maddie isn’t on board with the half-baked idea, not until she attends the over-the-top funeral where she develops some suspicions of her own. That’s when she decides to take the leap from crime writing to crime-solving. After all, she doesn’t exactly want a killer running around her cul-de-sac . . .

But the murder of her neighbor isn’t the only mystery she’s got cooking. When her publisher goes belly-up and her agent happily dumps her in favor of younger, dystopian authors, Maddie boils over into a full-blown career crisis. And while she tries to simmer down, her new role as amateur sleuth only stirs the pot even more. Then from car chases to stakeouts, and from a neighbor who owns a suspicious amount of spy gadgetry to a widow who seems a little too merry, Maddie’s first case has her head spinning like the beaters on her handheld mixer. And soon Maddie finds that solving a crime in “real life” is a lot more difficult . . . and a lot more dangerous

 

 

 

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Cindy Vincent is the award-winning author of the Buckley and Bogey Cat Detective Capers, and the Tracy Truworth, Apprentice P.I., 1940s Homefront Mysteries. She is also the creator of the Mysteries by Vincent murder mystery party games and the Daisy Diamond Detective Series games for girls. She lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and an assortment of fantastic felines.  Cindy is a self-professed “Christmas-a-holic,” and she starts the planning for her ever-expanding, “extreme” Christmas lights display sometime in the early spring.

 

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Bear Witness (An Alaska Untamed Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Alaska
Crooked Lane Books (May 10, 2022)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages

 

Synopsis

 

Alaska tour boat guide Stacie Calder faces the deep freeze in this scenic cozy series debut perfect for fans of Paige Shelton.

 

No nine-to-five cubicle career will suit Stacie Calder—the naturalist much prefers working in the great outdoors. Specifically, the spacious and spectacular Alaskan wilderness, whose rugged charms she shares with sightseers on the top deck of the tour boat where she works. But one May afternoon, Stacie’s passengers see more than glittering glaciers, frolicking harbor seals, climbing bears and soaring seabirds…they also witness a man lying dead in the frigid Alaskan waters. And it seems likely that someone gave him a fatal push.

Stacie didn’t know the unfortunate victim, but he sure wanted to know a lot about her. He spent most of his final afternoon bombarding her with questions quite awkward to answer. And when he wasn’t in her hair, he was arguing incessantly with the boat’s beleaguered crew. Which makes for a suspect list about as long as the passenger manifest. Furthermore, as police helicopters relentlessly circle her boat in search of any clues, Stacie is shaken to find herself on that suspect list.

Before the tour boat reaches shore Stacie—accompanied by her beautiful blue-eyed husky, Sasha—must deduce just who sent the testy tourist tumbling into the turgid waters and have the authorities take custody. Because if she can’t, then the killer might aim a fatal ice-cold stare at Stacie.

 

 

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Lark O. Jensen is the pseudonym of Linda O. Johnston, a former lawyer who is now a full-time writer. Lark has written Bear Witness, the first Alaska Untamed mystery for Crooked Lane. Linda has written the Barkery & Biscuits Mystery series and the Superstition Mysteries for Midnight Ink and the Pet Rescue Mysteries and Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter mysteries for Berkley Prime Crime. Linda also writes for Harlequin Romantic Suspense, and her stories often involve dogs.

 

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Mining for Murder (A Happy Camper Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – South Dakota
Lyrical Press (April 5, 2022)
Print length ‏ : ‎ 275 pages

Synopsis

 

Zo Jones is enjoying the sunny season at her Happy Camper gift shop in Spirit Canyon, South Dakota—when a murder reminds her all that glitters isn’t gold . . .

 

The South Dakota Gold Rush might be long over, but Zo Jones feels like she’s hit the mother lode when she and her friends browse an estate sale, where a rare old book about the history of Spirit Canyon is causing quite a commotion. In addition to local stories and secrets, the book may even contain the location of a famous stash of gold—a treasure worth killing for.

Zo’s friend Maynard Cline wins the bid on the book, to the chagrin of many interested parties, including the historical society and college history department. But when Zo and Hattie head to Maynard’s mansion to borrow the book for a library event, the only thing they find is Maynard—at the bottom of the mountain. The valuable book is gone. Zo knows this must be murder because there’s no way a germophobe like Maynard would have voluntarily dived into a pile of dirt. Now she’ll have to dig into a new case, and go prospecting for a perpetrator . . .

 

 

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About the Author

 

Mary Angela is the author of the Happy Camper cozy mystery series, the Professor Prather academic mystery series, and several short stories. When Mary isn’t penning heartwarming whodunits, she’s teaching, reading, traveling, or spending time with her family. She lives in South Dakota with her husband, daughters, and spoiled pets.

 

 

 

 

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What would you do if you carried a secret so deep, you can’t remember it?

After losing her parents and memory following a tragic accident, twenty-four-year-old Anastasia Hartford is trying to rebuild her life in NYC. When an anonymous note is left for her, and news of an inheritance reaches her, she decides to move to the one place that might just bring back her memories.

What she finds there are questions that lead to more questions…some so intriguing she can’t help but wonder if the mystery surrounding her new home is more than meets the eye. Just below the surface is waiting an unsettling truth that may set Anastasia free…or shatter her forever.

Sexy and charismatic Scott Josh McMillan knows what he wants. Having fought the hardest battle in his life, he isn’t about to let anyone in. When he meets Anastasia, he knows that it’s time to break his own rules. As both struggle to come to terms with their past, could love and healing blossom where hope was once lost?

 

 

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Jackie S. Steele has lived and studied in England. Her love for books began when she stumbled upon her first library. Today she still loves the smell of books, and curling up with a good novel, sipping coffee or green tea, and taking long walks.

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Ink, Red, Dead: Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – Missouri
Spot On Publishing (September 30, 2013)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 221 pages

 

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On a sweltering day, ace scrapbooker Kiki Lowenstein has to cancel a crafting party when she discovers Marla Lever, their hostess, nearly dead of the heat. Not only is Marla seriously “under the weather,” she’s also a hoarder, and her home is a house of horrors, complete with a corpse in the cooler. Meanwhile, Detective Chad Detweiler works a cold case that involves women disappearing all over St. Louis. The attraction between Kiki and Detweiler heats to a red-hot fever pitch, but will it boil over and leave both of them feeling burned?

 

 

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“Our best friend, our next-door neighbor, and ourselves with just a touch of the outrageous.” That’s how RT Book Review describes Joanna’s protagonist, Kiki Lowenstein. The truth is that’s a pretty good description of Joanna Campbell Slan as well.

Joanna is a New York Times Bestselling, USA Today Bestselling, and Amazon Bestselling author as well as a woman prone to frequent bursts of crafting frenzy, leaving her with burns from her hot glue gun and paint on her clothes. And the mess? Let’s not even go there.

Otherwise, Joanna’s a productive author with more than 80 written projects to her credit. Her non-fiction work includes how to books, a college textbook for public speakers, and books of personal essays (think Chicken Soup for the Soul).

Currently, she writes five fiction series: The Kiki Lowenstein Mystery Series (Agatha Award Finalist, contemporary, St. Louis setting, crafting), the Cara Mia Delgatto Mystery Series (contemporary, Florida setting, DIY, and recycling), the Jane Eyre Chronicles (Daphne du Maurier Award Winner, 1830s England, based on Charlotte Brontë’s classic), the Tai Chi Mystery Series (contemporary, senior citizen female amateur sleuth and Washington, DC setting), and the Friday Night Mystery Club Series (traditional mystery, 1980s setting, Midwest).

A former TV talk show host, college teacher, and public relations specialist, Joanna was one of the early Chicken Soup for the Soul contributors. She won a Silver Anvil for her work on the original FarmAid concert to benefit farmers.

In her ongoing quest never to see snow again, Joanna lives with her husband and their Havanese puppy, Jax, on an island off the coast of Florida.

 

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Dead Amid the Dogwoods (Adina Donati, Accidental Sleuth)
Cozy Mystery Novella
5th in Series
Independently Published (December 1, 2021)
Print length ‏ : ‎ 119 pages

 

Synopsis

 

Nothing disrupts a celebration quite like an uninvited corpse.

 

Adina already knows the city can be a dangerous place. That’s why she’s looking forward to a stress-free weekend in rural Pennsylvania with her favorite detective. Maybe not all that stress-free. They are attending an engagement party and Adina will be meeting Jonathan’s family for the first time.

Except the holiday weekend takes a deadly turn when leading industrialists, a hard-core environmentalist, and a bevy of wealthy partygoers converge on the Riverfront Lodge, and the couple stumbles upon yet another dead body. Drawn into the ensuing investigation, making a good impression on Jonathan’s parents is the least of her worries.

A standalone novella, Dead amid the Dogwoods is the fifth mystery in the Adina Donati, Accidental Sleuth Series.

 

 

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Cassidy Salem has always been an avid reader. She is especially fond of mysteries (both cozy and traditional) and police procedurals.  Cassidy also enjoys reading historical fiction focused on American and world history, as well as the classics.  When she’s not reading, she enjoys music and spending time with family and friends, and travels with her husband and son whenever possible. Her travels have taken her to destinations throughout the United States, Europe, and Scandinavia.

 

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Megan Jackson Hall has struggled with her mental health for decades. Faith, Romance, and Creations through Psychosis is her powerful memoir that delves into a range of personal topics, including the author’s continued distrust of her ex-husband and her belief in his connections to the mafia. It also explores her dream of a free worldwide online JK-doctorate institute, her ideas for revolutionizing the Catholic Church, and creating a healing ranch for people suffering from mental health issues.

Faith, Romance, and Creations through Psychosis delves into how the author learns about her past and the connections of her family to the mafia. She recounts recurring dreams of a romantic relationship with a man named Gary Barlow, whom she believes communicates with her through his songs. She provides comfort for Catholics who want a church to come home to, and a clarion call for all who believe in access for everyone to free education and an easier way to receive treatment for mental health. The innovations that swirl through her head offers the promise of a brighter, more efficient future.

 

 

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Megan Jackson Hall is a retired Catholic School teacher. She has a master’s degree in curriculum and technology and has been part of the mental health system for twenty years, including three hospitalizations. She was first diagnosed as schizophrenic in 2005, but later had her diagnosis adjusted to schizoaffective disorder, which marries symptoms of a mood disorder with those of schizophrenia. She has been on a variety of medications, the escapades of which are recounted here.

This is her second book. The first was My Colour-Coded Life: Living with Schizoaffective Disorder. She lives alone in North Delta, British Columbia, Canada, and has two beautiful daughters.

 

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