If you’re looking for a
good mystery with a little holiday twist, look no further. Today I’m
participating in the FESTIVE MAYHEM Book Blast featuring 10 talented authors
with stories of mystery, crime, and suspense with a holiday flair.
◊ Genre: Mystery
Anthologies
◊ Publisher: Marla Bradeen (October 26,2020)
◊ eBooks
◊ File Size: 1232 KB
◊ Print Length: 159 Pages
◊ ASIN: BO8F3HLH67
Ten crime writers of color
have teamed up to offer you the gift of escape this holiday season. From
Christmas crime capers to Thanksgiving thrillers, historical hard-boiled to
contemporary cozies, mystery fans of all genres will find something to love in
this limited-time collection of exclusive, never-before-published seasonal
short stories.
What you’ll find inside:
• “The New Year’s Hex” by Carolyn Marie Wilkins. Carrie
McFarland finds her New Year’s plans derailed when a psychic vision pulls the
1920s African American amateur sleuth into someone’s evil scheme.
• “Pipe Dreams” by S.G. Wong. In this hard-boiled Crescent
City short story, infatuation and passion drive Minnie Chen straight into
danger as she tries to best the City’s most glamorous private detective in a
reimagined 1930s-era Chinese Los Angeles.
• “A Christmas Tip” by Elizabeth Wilkerson. A surprise
Christmas bonus becomes too tempting for Philadelphia nursing assistant Brianna
Byers to resist—even if accepting requires some skillful skirting of the law.
• “The Stranger in the House” by Stella Oni. This London House
Mystery prequel stars Elizabeth Ojo, a Nigerian housekeeper at a posh guest
house, who finds her Christmas intersecting with that of a mysterious resident
in trouble.
• “What Lies Inside” by Kia Dennis. A tormented university
professor falls deeper and deeper into a destructive obsession in this
harrowing tale of love and longing.
• “A Pub, Bed & Breakfast & A Dead Body” by Forest Issac Jones. A
dark past becomes the deadly present when North Carolina police detective Ike
Coates and his intrepid young partner are tasked with determining the cause of
a suspicious death.
• “A Deadly First” by Delia C. Pitts. Thanksgiving takes a
fatal turn when New York private eye SJ Rook finds himself thrust into his
first murder case in this darkly atmospheric tale of noir.
• “The Holiday Murder Mélange” by Myra Jolivet. This Sarah
Doucette Jean-Louis short story follows the Creole P.I. around the San
Francisco Bay Area on her quest to figure out who killed a man outside of her
office.
• “Those Holiday Blues” by Jennifer J. Chow. Jasmine, aka
“Jazz,” can’t escape the tragic past when an old boyfriend asks to meet on the
anniversary of his mother’s death.
• “Holiday Holdup” by Paige Sleuth. In this Cozy Cat Caper
Mystery Short, Imogene Little gets tangled up in a Christmas Eve bank robbery
orchestrated by none other than Santa Claus himself.
This anthology is only
available for a short time, so grab it now before it’s gone. It would be
criminal to miss it!
FESTIVE MAYHEM is available at the
following sites:
AMAZON US
* AMAZON UK * AMAZON CA
*
AMAZON
AU * BARNES & NOBLE * GOODREADS * KOBO *
APPLE BOOKS * GOOGLE PLAY * SMASHWORDS
About
the Authors
FESTIVE MAYHEM features a collection of
never-before-published short stories authored by 10 mystery, crime, and
suspense writers of color:
Carolyn Marie Wilkins: https://www.carolynwilkins.com/
S.G. Wong: https://sgwong.com/
Elizabeth Wilkerson: http://elizabethwilkerson.com/
Stella Oni: https://stellaonithewriter.com
Kia Dennis: http://www.kiadennis.com/
Forest Issac Jones: http://www.forestissacjones.com/
Delia C. Pitts: https://www.deliapitts.com/
Myra Jolivet: https://myrajolivet.com/
Jennifer J. Chow: http://jenniferjchow.com/
Paige Sleuth: http://www.marlabradeen.com/ps/
Be sure to enter the
giveaway below. If the widget doesn’t work, just click HERE to
enter. You can read more about this fascinating book by visiting the other
stops on the Book Blast.
Thanks for stopping by
today. Don’t you just love a good mystery with a holiday theme?
Monday, Oct. 26 – Just Jemi –
Review
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Reviews – Feature
Nesie’s Place –
Excerpt
Writer’s Gambit –
Review & Feature
Tuesday, Oct. 27 – First of All – Review & Excerpt
CelticLady’s
Reviews – Feature
Bookish
Rantings – Excerpt
Wednesday, Oct. 28 – I Found This Great Book – Review & Excerpt
Book Reviews by Pat
Garcia – Review
Thoughts in
Progress – Excerpt
Author Deborah
A. Bailey – Excerpt
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My review
This was such a fun book!
All of these authors were new to me - and I'm looking forward to reading more by each of them.
I enjoyed the mix of mysteries, styles, and settings. It's difficult to choose but I think The New Year's Hex is my favourite. Loved the 1920's setting and I was rooting for Carrie in no time!
The entire book is filled with great characters. I enjoyed the cozy sleuths (Carrie, Imogene, Sarah, Elizabeth & Brianna) as they figured out their mysteries - each in their own unique style.
The "cold" and "chilling" mysteries are well labelled! Definitely chilling - with a few nightmare-inducing elements. So good!
A great collection of mysteries all connected by strong writing and fascinating characters. An excellent read!
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How about you? Anyone else enjoy mystery collections? Do you prefer cozy, cold, or downright chilling mysteries?
