AGATHA NOMINEE

Exciting news!  The nominations for the 2009 Agatha Awards are in and Bookplate Special has garnered one for Best Novel.

Read an excerpt of Bookplate Special.

CONTEST

The winners of the NAME THAT BOOKTOWN MYSTERY Contest are:  

Booktown Mystery #5, SENTENCED TO DEATH, suggested by Michele Fowler
Booktown Mystery #6, MURDER ON THE HALF SHELF, suggested by Linda Fugitt

The Prize:  being named as a character in the next Booktown Mysteries.  Michele has opted to be a "bad guy" and Linda has opted to be a "good guy!"

Congratulations, Michele and Linda.

NEW COVER

Check out the terrific cover for CHAPTER & HEARSE
(by artist Teresa Fasolino).
It'll be available August 3, 2010. 

For more information, check out the Chapter & Hearse page.

THE BOOKTOWN MYSTERIES ON AUDIO!

The Booktown Mysteries are in the process of being recorded for audio as MP3 downloads, and will be released on August 3rd!  They'll feature performances by Cassandra Campbell.  Check back soon for more information on pricing!

NEW SALE!

Lorna has sold a new series, writing as Lorraine Bartlett. The first Victoria Square Mystery will be released on February 3, 2011.  Check back soon for more information.

Here's a teaser:

A Crafty Killing: Young widow Katie Bonner discovers the body of Ezra Hilton, who ran the local artisan cooperative like his own fiefdom. Katie has little reason to mourn Ezra, who convinced her late husband to invest in the Artisans' Alley before he was killed. Ezra's will makes Katie the controlling partner in the enterprise--much to the chagrin of his nephew, who comes to town hell-bent on collecting money as quickly as possible...and barely arrives before one of the vendors also ends up dead. The entire co-op is in a disgruntled uproar, and it seems like the detective in charge of the investigation does everything except investigate the murder. Everyone from the village’s lawyer to the quilt shop owner had motive to want Ezra dead, and it's up to Katie to find out who before more of her vendors die.
 

Bookplate Special debuted on the New York Times Bestsellers in-print list for mass market paperbacks at #20.

It is now available in Large Print.  Does your library have a copy?

You can find it here.

BOOKMARKED FOR DEATH made the New York Times Bestsellers List for mass market paperbacks! It also debuted on the Indiebound Bestsellers list at #18.

Award-winning author Julia Spencer-Fleming wrote a wonderful blurb. You can find it and more details about the book if you check out the Bookmarked page.

And don't miss the book trailer for Bookmarked for Death up on Youtube.

Bookmarked For Death is also available in a large print edition.

MURDER IS BINDING was #4 on the Independent Mystery Booksellers Associations bestsellers list for mass market paperbacks in 2008.  It has now gone into its sixth print run!

Don't miss the Large Print edition!

You can find it at your favorite local bookstore, or order the book now from your favorite online bookseller! (See links below.)

You can also order the book from your favorite local independent bookseller!

Or from

The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association

Read an excerpt of Murder Is Binding here.

The Large Print edition of Murder is Binding is also available.