Teaser Tuesdays #88 ~ Real Elves ~ An Emily Castle Mystery

Posted: November 4, 2014 in Cozy Mystery, Short stories and collections, Teaser Tuesdays
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

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Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page.
•Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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My tease is from

Real Elves

Emily Castles Short Mysteries #3

by Helen Smith

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My tease from 21% in the eBook

Then Emily had a clever idea. One thing you must never do at work is have a clever idea. If you do have one, you need to keep quiet until the urge to share it passes. Emily should have known better. She really should.

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Synopsis

~ This is a short story ~

In a department store in London, a little girl called Sophie visits Santa’s magical forest with her grandfather. As they emerge from the forest, Sophie’s grandfather reports her missing… but the little girl’s right there. Is she a ghost, a twin, an alien abductee—or is there some simpler explanation? Twenty-six-year-old amateur sleuth Emily Castles has fifteen minutes to figure out the puzzle before the police are called and Christmas is ruined.

REAL ELVES is a standalone story set in London. It first appeared in the anthology Naughty or Nice in aid of Kids Need to Read. The Emily Castles mysteries can be read in any order.

Helen Smith has created a great little cozy series with the charming Emily Castles Criminal Element.

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How about you? Got a tease? Tell me!

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Comments
  1. Ha ha ha!! Boy is that statement ever so true!! I am also reading a (and sharing) from a compilation of short stories 🙂

    Here’s mine:Sparrow’s Teaser Tuesday

  2. jonesjar says:

    Great tease and it looks like a good introduction to the series.

  3. Love the excerpt! Love the COVER!!! OMG!!! How cute? Lots of love, Emily

  4. LOL that’s an excellent tease, Laura 😀 Thanks for sharing.

  5. Hahahaha love the teaser. It reminds me of some of the jobs I’ve had in the past.
    Thanks for stopping by.

  6. Great cover! Looks like a good one for Christmas. Mine this week is not light-hearted at all. Two Graves by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child at http://wp.me/pZnGI-fo

    • fuonlyknew says:

      I’m into my Christmas reads now that Halloween is over. Got lots of them.
      I started Two Graves last night. It kept shouting at me from my bedside table:)

      • So you couldn’t resist! I just got in after being out all day and let me tell you that’s a heavy book to be lugging around in my purse, lol. But I knew I’ll probably have at least 30 minutes to read, which I did, so it was worth it.

  7. So true about keeping clever ideas to oneself! lol

  8. Sonia Lal says:

    Oh no. She’s about to get in trouble!

  9. Kathy Martin says:

    I’m very curious about what is happening in this story. I’ll have to look for a copy. Happy reading!

  10. Hah, is that because then people will expect you to have clever ideas all the time? lol, really cool teaser this week, sounds like a fun story!

    Here are My Teasers.

  11. Emalie says:

    Now I want to know what her idea is. Nice teaser 🙂

  12. Sounds like a sweet Christmas story. I’m curious about her idea and wondering what happened when she shared it.
    My Tuesday post features a Navajo mystery by Tony Hillerman: THE BLESSING WAY.

  13. Doodle Bug says:

    The teaser makes me curious. The title and cover make me think its not my kinda book. hmmmm… decisions, decisions. Thank you for visiting my blog!! Happy Tuesday

  14. Yvonne says:

    I loved this one!

  15. Michele @ A Belle's Tales says:

    That Teaser is fabulous! I laughed out loud!! Thanks so much for sharing and for stopping by — happy reading 😀

  16. Great teaser! Isn’t that the cutest cover? Sounds mysterious, I’ll be checking that one out! 🙂

    (http://bookburnn.wordpress.com/)

  17. I loved the teaser! Thanks for sharing…and for visiting my blog.

  18. Kym Thorpe says:

    Great teaser! I totally agree with her! LOL

    thanks for visiting my teaser today too!

  19. Greg says:

    I liked that tease, that’s a good one! How true. 🙂 And I’m curious what the deal is with the little girl…

  20. Wow, great teaser! And I LOVE that cover…lol!!! SO cute! I’ll have check it out on goodreads soon! I hope your enjoying it! 🙂

    Thanks for stopping by my TT @ Addicted Readers! 🙂

  21. I love this teaser, so true! This sounds like a fun read – thanks for visiting my TT http://cleopatralovesbooks.wordpress.com/2014/11/04/teaser-tuesday-november-4/

  22. ljennison says:

    I love the teaser There are so many places where it’s best to keep your clever ideas to yourself or else you will get put in charge of them. Wonder if that’s what happened to Emily. Thanks for visiting my Teaser http://razzberrycoloredglasses.blogspot.com/2014/11/teaser-tuesday-silent-murders-by-mary.html

  23. Sounds like a cute story, especially for the holiday season Great tease!

  24. lisa-marie says:

    Great teaser! I love short stories, so I may have to check this out! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! have a great day!

  25. Alice Audrey says:

    LOL. That is entirely too true most of the time. Great teaser!

  26. Hi Laura,

    I’m not much of one for reading ‘seasonal’ stories, however your teaser lines were both very intriguing and ones which I could so relate to.

    Helen Smith sounds like quite a prolific author and at a mere 35 pages, what’s not to like about this book, unless of course the story is left unfinished, which would be very frustrating.

    I do like any story, whatever its length, to have a strong opening, a solid stroyline and a definitive ending!

    Thanks for sharing and enjoy the remainder of your week.

    Yvonne

    • fuonlyknew says:

      This is seasonal but could be read at any time of year. It’s a short story.has an intriguing beginning, and fun all the way to the end. It doesn’t leave you hanging:)

  27. Nyze says:

    I love the cover of this book. Too cute! ♥ Thanks for dropping by my blog dear ♥

  28. Haha, that is a fun one! Plus, that cover! Omg. So silly and wonderful.

  29. empeck says:

    LOL So true about clever ideas at work. Rarely a good thing to act on them. 🙂

    Here’s my TT.

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