Railroad Ties: the Marmion Grove Murders on Long List at Chanticleer's M&M Awards!

 

Railroad Ties: the Marmion Grove Murders has been selected for the Long List of the 2025 M&M awards from Chanticleer!

The Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards (Part of the Chanticleer International Book Awards & Novel Competitions (CIBAs) recognize outstanding works in the genre of Light-Hearted and Cozy Mysteries.

Chanticleer Book Reviews looks for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor.

Here’s the full list:

https://www.chantireviews.com/2025/09/04/the-2025-mm-mystery-and-mayhem-long-list-for-cozy-and-not-so-cozy-mysteries/

• M. S. Spencer – Railroad Ties the Marmion Grove Murders

Mrs. Spinney's Secret at NN Light's Book Heaven!

Come by N. N. Light’s for a wonderful peek into Mrs. Spinney’s Secret and a chance to win a prize! https://substack.com/@nnlightsbookheaven/p-172188155

Hidden Gem at NN Light's Backlist Bonanza!

Come on over to N. N. Light’s Book Heaven for a taste of my backlist. This time I’m showcasing the award-winning Hidden Gem: the Secret of St. Augustine.  Read why this is a great book for late summer reading. And enter to win a great Amazon gift card! 

https://substack.com/@nnlightsbookheaven/p-171579914

Railroad Ties: the Marmion Grove Murders: the video

 

Sasquatch found in Florida--like the Monster in my Orion's Foot

 

Exciting news! The claw of the extinct Giant Land Sloth was unearthed in Manatee County Florida, not far from my house. The sloth lived in South America eleven to fifteen thousand years ago and migrated to Florida. It reminded me of my novel Orion’s Foot: Myth, Mystery, & Romance in the Amazon.

A mystery/romance, it is set in the Peruvian Amazon. A group of scientists have come to a research station deep in the jungle—an ornithologist, an herpetologist, a paleontologist, a doctor of exotic diseases. A photographer is hired to help document their discoveries and he brings along his sister, a reference librarian and part-time anthropologist. They are searching for a monster called the Mapinguari believed until now to be mythical.

The Mapinguari is the South American version of Bigfoot, the Yeti, and Sasquatch. It is huge and hairy and has a hole in its stomach, into which it sucks unwary villagers. It’s nice to know we had one in our backyard.

If you’re interested in the book, click here

If you’re interested in the claw, click here