Showing posts with label cozy mysteries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cozy mysteries. Show all posts

Thursday, August 22, 2024

In the Crosshairs at Long & Short Reviews Anniversary Bash!


Long & Short Reviews are holding their 17th anniversary party this week! Lots of authors; lots of prizes—including at least TWO $100 Amazon/BN gift cards. Today my latest mystery In the Crosshairs: the Body on Leffis Key is featured. All you have to do is read about my book, answer a question on Rafflecopter, and Eureka! You’re entered to win.

http://www.longandshortreviews.com/guest-blogs/lasr-anniversary-scavenger-hunt-in-the-crosshairs-the-body-on-leffis-key-by-m-s-spencer/


Friday, May 31, 2024

One of our villains from In the Crosshairs at Alana Lorens Today

Today my new mystery suspense In the Crosshairs: the Body on Leffis Key is at  Alana Lorens’ beautiful blog:

https://alana-lorens.com/2024/05/31/in-the-crosshairs-the-body-on-leffis-key/





You’ll be treated to a humorous excerpt about one of the possible villains in the piece—and an introduction to the Inside-the-Beltway world with all its downsides. Do drop by!   

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

NN Light’s Summertime Event Features The Pit & the Passion!

 

Summer officially kicks off on June 21. Many readers are looking for great books to read this summer as they lounge at the pool, sunbathe on the beach, or vacation in exotic places. Have I got the book for you!

A drop-dead gorgeous editor who may or may not be a villain, a publisher with a dark secret, and a mysterious ring—a famous writer & ace reporter unearth an unexpected link to the most famous circus family in the world.

Drop by N. N. Light’s Book Heaven for their Summertime Bookish Event June 21 for a taste of my mystery The Pit & the Passion: Murder at the Ghost Hotel. If you like Paris, you’ll love the excerpt in which the hero finds himself in a Paris jail.

https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/summertime-books-bookish-event

The giveaway prize is a $25 Amazon (US or CA) gift card. Runs June 20 – June 28, 2023.

Winner will be drawn on June 29, 2023.


https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/92db7750223

 

Friday, May 5, 2023

RELEASING JULY 17, 2023! The Wishing Tree: Love, Lies, and Spies on Chincoteague Island

 

RELEASING JULY 17, 2023!

The Wishing Tree: 

Love, Lies, and Spies on Chincoteague Island

 


Will the wind whip her token from the Wishing Tree and make her wish come true?

Addison Steele dreams of the day her husband—lost at sea—returns to her. Instead, she meets Nick Savage, whose every word may be a lie. She is soon embroiled in mystery, all related to the top-secret science station at Wallops Island, Virginia.

After a Belarusian scientist at Wallops is murdered, the questions multiply. Was it because he caught the person stealing classified documents or because he wanted to defect? Is Nick the spy—or is it his brother? How can she trust the man who is slowly claiming her heart when his story keeps shifting?

368 pages of fabulous cozy murder mystery and romantic suspense, all for the very affordable digital price of $3.99.

The Wishing Tree will be available in ebook and print-on-demand at all fine on-line stores, including ITunes, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon. It should be available for pre-order in June.

Watch this space for more information!

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Cozy Mysteries: What are They? Hidden Gem at Jill Piscitello's Today

 


What is a cozy mystery? Jill Piscitello takes a stab at the very popular genre, which can run the gamut from paranormal doughnut makers to crossword puzzle writers—but in every case involves amateur sleuths faced with a puzzle, usually a murder. Read all about it here:

https://jillpiscitello.com/sentiments/

And enjoy a list of great cozy mysteries—including Hidden Gem: the Secret of St. Augustine—to add to your reading pile!

Friday, February 24, 2023

The Penhallow Train Incident Featured at NN Light's Cozy Mystery Event



Come by NN Light's Cozy Mystery event for a taste of The Penhallow Train Incident and a chance to win a great prize!

https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/post/the-penhallow-train-incident-cmbe



In the sleepy coastal Maine town of Penhallow, a  stranger dies on a train, setting off a chain of events that draws Rachel Tinker, director of the historical society, and Griffin Tate,  curmudgeonly retired professor, into a spider’s web of archaeological obsession and greed. Before Rachel can unlock the soft heart that beats under Griffin’s hard crust, they must find the map to the Queen of Sheba’s tomb, and solve not one, but three murders.

https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/post/the-penhallow-train-incident-cmbe

Friday, October 16, 2020

Spencer’s Artful Dodging at NN Light’s Book Heaven--Win It!

 



Come by N.N. Light’s October Cozy Mystery Bookish Event! Featured is my mystery Artful Dodging: the Torpedo Factory Murders.



Milo Everhart is waiting out the rain in a pub when she is captivated by the handsome man next to her. Blocking the road to romance are two mysterious corpses who turn up in the tower of her Torpedo Factory Art Center. As if that weren't enough, a second crisis erupts--a proposal to gut her beloved Art Center.

Tristram Brodie, hard-driving lawyer and former Marine, is focused on his plan to convert the Torpedo Factory into a box store. He is drawn to the beautiful Milo, but their mutual attraction will be frustrated by both the murders and his intentions. As they edge closer to love, they must find a way to overcome not only their differences but also the still-fresh memory of her late husband.

Read a great, shivery excerpt.

Find it here: https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/post/artful-dodging-cm


HEAR YE! HEAR YE!

Enter to win an e-book bundle of all 42 books featured in the Cozy Mystery Bookish Event:

https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/92db775081

 

Open Internationally.

Runs October 13 – 19, 2020.

Winner will be drawn on October 23, 2020.

Find it here: https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/post/artful-dodging-cm


 


Monday, June 10, 2019

Fabulous Trailer for Flotsam & Jetsam



Oh my! Nancy Fraser made me the most fantastic trailer for Flotsam and Jetsam: the Amelia Island Affair. Check it out:





Who's littering the park with corpses?

State Park Rangers Simon Ribault and Ellie Ironstone are used to dealing with messy campers and ravaging raccoons, but when three bodies wash up on the beach, they mobilize all their powers of deduction. Who are they and how did they get to the shore of Amelia Island? Are they connected to the secretive League of the Green Cross? Or linked to a mysterious Jamaican drug ring?

Ellie, new to Amelia Island, must penetrate a close-knit community if she wants to find answers to the mystery, all while deciding between two rivals for her affection: Thad, the handsome local idol, and Simon, the clever, quirky bookworm.
Simon, for his part, will have to call on both his well-honed research skills to solve the case and his not-so well-honed skills as a Don Juan to lure Ellie away from Thad.



Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Raspberries & Revelations-A new excerpt from Spencer’s Mason’s Mark at Beverley Bateman

BLOGGING WITH BEVERLEY



Do drop by Beverley Bateman’s wonderful site for a taste of my mystery romance the Mason’s Mark: Love & Death in the Tower. I share a new excerpt exhibiting the powers of observation that rise when two sharp little old ladies get together.




In both the best and worst first day at work ever, docent Claire Wilding meets the man of her dreams, but her carefully rehearsed guided tour of the George Washington National Masonic Memorial collapses when she discovers a body and is drawn into a dark world of black ops and Italian renegade masons, of secret cabals and hidden treasure.

Also cloaked in mystery is handsome Gideon Bliss, a George Washington expert who haunts the Memorial, his manner evasive. What is his secret? Claire fears she'll fall in love with him only to learn he's a thief or even a murderer. Juggling two eccentric mothers, an inquisitive sister, and an increasingly smitten detective, Claire must find answers to a complex web of intrigue, including who to trust and who to love.

Here’s the link:


Monday, December 17, 2018

RELEASE DAY!!! Flotsam & Jetsam is Born



Flotsam & Jetsam: the Amelia Island Affair, a cozy mystery romance set on a barrier island in north-east Florida, was released today.

Three corpses strewn across the sand. Who are they and how did they get to Amelia Island?  State Park rangers Simon Ribault and Ellie Ironstone must find the answers while contending with a secretive group called the League of the Green Cross. Are the deaths linked to it? Or could they be tied to the colorful history of the island, which was won and lost eight times? Mucking up the investigation is the crucial question—who will Ellie choose: Thad, the handsome local idol, and Simon, the clever, quirky bookworm?

I’m visiting Brenda Whiteside’s wonderful blog today to talk about Amelia Island and its crazy patchwork of history, which inspired me to write Flotsam & Jetsam. Find me here—and a thrilling excerpt: