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Giveaway and Review ~ Winter Frost by Lauren Carr

Posted: June 10, 2019 in giveaways, Mystery, reviews
Tags: giveaway, mystery, review

Winter Frost

A Chris Matheson Cold Case Mystery Book 2

by Lauren Carr

Category: Adult fiction, 290 pages
Genre: Mystery, Crime Fiction, Police Procedural, Cozy
Publisher: Acorn Book Services
Release date: January 28, 2019
Tour dates: May 1 – June 28, 2019
Content Rating: PG (It’s a murder mystery and there is mild violence. Very mild swearing no F-bombs. No on-stage sex scenes.)

My Review

So many things happen in this action packed sequel to Ice that I am struggling to share my review without including spoilers.

Lauren Carr doesn’t waste any time dropping you into the thrills and intrigue with a murder attempt on a person who was supposed to be already dead. Here is where the spoiler free review becomes difficult. So, I’ll just talk about how much fun I had with Winter Frost.

Many of my favorite characters were present, along with some serious bad guys and the much adored non human ones. The bond between the characters and furry family members in Lauren’s books are so genuine. And the animals have their own distinct personalities, which makes for some crazy fun.

There’s also not just one but several mysteries and agendas occurring throughout the book which keeps the excitement ramped up and the anticipation for answers high.

Did I enjoy this book as much as the first one, Ice? I sure did. Lauren once again made me laugh, coo over the romance, cheer on the good guys and wish the worst on the villains.

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Synopsis

It all started with a chance encounter in the city with Blair, his late wife.

Chris Matheson and the Geezer Squad, working under the guise of a book club, dig into the events surrounding his late wife’s supposed death halfway around the globe. A state department employee shoots himself in the back three times. A CIA operative goes missing. A woman is targeted by an international assassin three years after being declared dead in a terrorist attack overseas.

Nothing is as it seems.

In his most personal cold case, Chris fights to uncover why the state department told him that Blair, the mother of his children, had been killed when she was alive. What had she uncovered that has made her a target? Who terrified her so much that she had gone into hiding and why are they now after him?

To read reviews, please visit Lauren Carr’s page on iRead Book Tours.

Buy Winter Frost:

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Meet Author Lauren Carr

Lauren Carr is the international best-selling author of the Mac Faraday, Lovers in Crime, and Thorny Rose Mysteries—over twenty titles across three fast-paced mystery series filled with twists and turns!Now, Lauren has added one more hit series to her list with the Chris Matheson Cold Case Mysteries. Set in the quaint West Virginia town of Harpers Ferry, Ice introduces Chris Matheson, a retired FBI agent, who joins forces with other law enforcement retirees to heat up those cold cases that keep them up at night.Book reviewers and readers alike rave about how Lauren Carr’s seamlessly crosses genres to include mystery, suspense, crime fiction, police procedurals, romance, and humor.

Lauren is a popular speaker who has made appearances at schools, youth groups, and on author panels at conventions. She lives with her husband, and three dogs on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV.

Connect with the author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram

Enter the Giveaway!

Ends July 6, 2019

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What’s New On My Book Shelf #315 and The Sunday Post

Posted: June 9, 2019 in Freebies!, giveaways, What's New on My Bookshelf
Tags: my weekly news, The Sunday Post

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This is my own version of a weekly book haul and all things new on fuonlyknew.

I’m also linking up with The Sunday Post hosted by Kimberly @Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

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Some chit chat.

The word for June is HOT. It stared in the 90s with plenty of sun. The gulf waters are really heating up and that doesn’t bode well as the hotter the water, the more fuel for tropical storms. We’ve been very lucky since Hurricane Ivan and Katrina. No major storms. Knock on wood! I have fingers and toes crossed for another quiet season this year.

We finally got some rain later this week. Loads of it. And we will be getting more until it finally clears on Tuesday. I miss the pool but am reading a lot of books while trapped inside. Finished watching new episodes of Riverdale. Not a dull moment there! And I’ve been enjoying some naps:) Nothing like a relaxing short snooze to make things right again.

Have a lovely Sunday everyone.

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My new books this week.

Last week I didn’t have any new books. I’ve made up for that. LOL

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What can I say? I’m shameless

Posted: June 8, 2019 in Action/Adventure, Creatures, horror, suspense, thriller
Tags: rereads

The title says it all. I have a ton of books I need to read and reviews are needing to be written. The pressure is building. What do I do about it? I reread some favorites.

There’s something about just relaxing with a familiar book and enjoying it all over again. This actually works to motivate me and refreshes my interest in books I should be reading. Does it make sense? Probably not. I just know it works.

Do you get all excited about books and then find you can’t make yourself read them? What’s up with that? LOL

So, here is what I’ve been rereading recently.

It did work. After visiting familiar stories I’m now reading some of my new ones. And I was right. I’m able to get immersed in them and having fun.

What do you do to get your reading mojo back? And do you reread books?

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Spotlight and Giveaway ~ Sconed To Death by Lynn Cahoon

Posted: June 7, 2019 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
Tags: cozy mystery, giveaway

Sconed To Death

A Cat Latimer Mystery

by Lynn Cahoon

Sconed to Death (A Cat Latimer Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
5th in Series
Kensington (May 28, 2019)
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
ISBN-10: 1496716833
ISBN-13: 978-1496716835
Kindle ASIN: B07H1ZCS2Z

Cat Latimer pursues a scone-cold killer who iced a top chef in a local bakery . . .

Cat has a full plate at her Aspen Hills Warm Springs Resort, as a group of aspiring cozy mystery authors arrives for a writers retreat. So when baker Dee Dee Meyer stirs up trouble by filing a false complaint with the health inspector against the B&B—all because she insists Cat’s best friend Shauna stole her recipes—Cat marches into the shop to confront her.

But Dee Dee’s about to have her own batch of trouble. Greyson Finn—a celebrity chef and, until today, one of Denver’s most eligible bachelors—has been found dead in her bakery. Cat’s uncle Pete, who happens to be the chief of police, warns her not to engage in any half-baked sleuthing. But as her curiosity rises, Cat’s determined to discover who served the chef his just desserts—before the killer takes a powder . . .

About Author Lynn Cahoon

Lynn Cahoon is the award-winning author of several New York Times and USA Today bestselling cozy mystery series. The Tourist Trap series is set in central coastal California with six holiday novellas releasing in 2018–2019. She also pens the Cat Latimer series available in mass market paperback. Her newest series, the Farm to Fork mystery series, debuted in 2018. She lives in a small town like the ones she loves to write about with her husband and two fur babies.

Author Links: Goodreads / Twitter / Facebook / Amazon / Website

Purchase Links – Amazon – B&N – Kobo – Google Play

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GIVEAWAY

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The Friday 56 #205 ~ Dead Spider

Posted: June 7, 2019 in Mystery, The Friday 56
Tags: mystery, The Friday 56

Welcome to The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice.

This is a really fun meme!

The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader and find a sentence or a few (no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.

Then go over to Freda’s Voice and leave your link so we can visit your 56!

I won this book in a giveaway. It’s the seventeenth book in the series and I figure if I like it I’ll have plenty of previous books to enjoy:)

My 56 for this week is from:

Dead Spider

A Loon Lake Mystery #17

by Victoria Houston

Genre: Mystery

From page 57 in the paperback. Page 56 was blank.

Since childhood, his father had ingrained in him the importance of not blaming others for your mistakes, and if there was any life principle he was determined to pass on to his children and grandchildren it was that: Take responsibility for your mistakes and keep your mouth shut.

I’m liking the writing so far and I imagine I’ll be going back to start this series from the beginning. As this is book seventeen, at least I won’t have to wait:)

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Synopsis

In the next installment of the Loon Lake Mystery series, Lewellyn Ferris and Doc Osborne must solve a murder that shatters the picturesque Wisconsin lake town community at the height of summer.

On a lovely Sunday afternoon in late June, the annual Loon Lake Youth Fishing Tournament is coming to a close. People are happy, kids are full of ice cream, and teenagers are setting off firecrackers so loud that no one hears the gunshot.

But when the crowd thins out, an attractive young wife makes a grisly discovery: A single bullet to the head has killed her much older husband—the richest man in Wisconsin.

Meanwhile, as the murder investigation gets underway, Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris’s good friend and deputy coroner, “Doc” Osborne, is alarmed to hear that his oldest grandchild, fifteen-year-old Beth, has been caught in a drug sting.

And Loon Lake’s idyllic summer is further shattered when numerous elderly patients in the local nursing home discover they have been robbed.

Amazon / B&N

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Books From The Backlog #11 ~ Celeste Files: Unlocked

Posted: June 6, 2019 in Paranormal or fantasy, Romance, suspense
Tags: Books From The Backlog, paranormal, romance, suspense

If you’re like me, you have a pile of books beckoning to you from your lists. Carole hosts this fun feature where you can share some of those older books and perhaps nudge you to finally read them. If you want to join in on the fun, head over to Carole’s Random Life In Books and leave a link to your post.

Celeste Files: Unlocked

Psychic CORE #1

by Kristine Mason

Genre: Paranormal / Suspense / Romance

Synopsis

Some secrets should remain locked in the past…

Celeste Kain hasn’t had a psychic vision in two years. After being brutally attacked while helping criminal investigation agency CORE stop a serial killer, her mind repressed her clairvoyant abilities. Married to CORE agent, John Kain, mother to their toddler, Olivia, and owner of an up-and-coming bakery, Celeste has been doing fine psychic-free. Only now the dead are using her body to tell their stories again…putting her new life and family at risk.

Haunted by a murdered woman, Celeste turns to a psychic mentor to learn how to control her gift, protect her family and bring justice to the dead. But the more she digs into the dead woman’s past, the further she slips into the unknown, unlocking secrets literally worth killing for. As the body count rises, it becomes clear: someone in the dead woman’s family is deeply, violently wrong. And Celeste needs to be careful, before she loses something more precious to her than her life.

Celeste Risinski, the heroine of Shadow of Danger (Book 1 CORE Shadow Trilogy), is back with her own series. Join her as she learns how to deal with being a wife, mom, baker and…psychic investigator.

Amazon / B&N

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I added this book back in June of 2015 and I own a copy. Kristine always writes such fabulous characters and I’ve loved several of her books. I plan to read my way through all of them.

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Mysteries and Strange Events by Drew Jones ~ Spotlight and Giveaway

Posted: June 5, 2019 in giveaways, Mystery, Short stories and collections
Tags: giveaway, mysery, Short Stories

Mysteries and Strange Events – Nine Short Stories

by Drew Jones

Genre: Mystery

Mysteries and Strange Events Volume One brings together an evocative debut
collection of nine short stories from the author Drew Jones. They are
fantastically wide ranging in subject, and includes Jaguar cars,
railway accidents, strange salvage operations, commercial espionage,
greed, science fiction and ghosts – and every reader will find a
favourite within the book. They will all make him stop, think, and
question. This amazing mix is completed with some light humour as the
flamboyant sleuth – Mr Theodore Halfpenny, makes his first appearance.

This irresistible book will be your perfect companion as you commute to
work, struggle through a long haul flight, or just to keep at the
side of the bed after a long day.

Goodreads * Amazon

My name is Drew Jones and enjoy writing about mysterious and strange
events. Some of my ideas are derived from my interest in classic
cars, military airfields and the paranormal. I normally write in my
study in Wales with my Labrador dog Monty at my feet, and many ideas
and plots are thought through on our walks together in the woods.
There are lots of ideas buzzing in my head, many involving our sleuth
Theodore Halfpenny, who will appear in Mysterious and Strange Events
Volume 2 – which I hope to start work on soon!

I have really had fun putting this collection together – so I hope
you have enjoyed them too. Perhaps you have read them on your
commute to work, on a plane as you travel towards your holiday, or as
a quick read at the end of a long day.

As with all authors, I would be grateful if you would leave a review on
Amazon – it only takes a second, and is always much appreciated.

It would be very nice to hear from all my readers, so if you would like
to contact me personally, please email at:
Andrewjones888@btinternet.com

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Teaser Tuesday #258 ~ Tart Of Darkness

Posted: June 4, 2019 in Cozy Mystery, Teaser Tuesdays
Tags: cozy mystery, Teaser Tuesday

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday hosted by Ambrosia @ The Purple Booker.

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!

My Teaser for this week is from

Tart Of Darkness

Chef-To-Go Mystery #1

by Denise Swanson

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Teaser from page 67 in the Paperback.

Danny had found a picture of Geraldine Cook that appeared to have been taken ten or fifteen years prior to her death. In the photo, the seventyish woman was seated in the sidecar of a red motorcycle wearing a bright-pink helmet tied on with a black, fringed silk scarf and clutching a huge tapestry bag in her lap. Although not exactly Dani’s image of a person who would create a chef’s dream of a kitchen, Mrs. Cook did seem like the kind of person who fully embraced life.

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Synopsis

Right when Dani thinks she’s hit a dead-end in her career, she unexpectedly inherits an enormous old house in a quaint college town. This gives her the perfect opportunity to pursue her true passion—cooking! So Dani opens Chef-to-Go, preparing delicious, ready-made meals for hungry students attending the nearby university, as well as providing personal chef services and catering events for the local community. To help support her new business, she opens her home to a few students, renting them rooms and becoming almost like a big sister figure in their lives.

But just as Dani is relishing her sweet new life, the friend of one of her boarders is murdered, and Dani becomes one of the primary suspects! She’ll have to scramble to clear her name and save her business before the killer reappears—perhaps to silence the new chef forever.

Amazon

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The above cover is the paperback version I own.

This is an alternative one from Amazon.

Which do you like more?

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How about you? Got a tease? Tell me!

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Giveaway ~ Silent River ~ A Psychological Thriller by C.M. Weaver

Posted: June 3, 2019 in Excerpt, Giveaway Hop, thriller
Tags: giveaway, psychological thriller

Silent River

by C.M. Weaver

Genre: Psychological Thriller

A gripping psychological thriller inspired by true events.

Robert Collins is Portland’s best investigative detective. When the
Stevens family goes missing, he goes to work. As he uncovers clues
the family may have been targeted for a professional hit by organized
crime, it gets personal.

Too personal. Can he face down his inner demons before he loses
himself?

He confronts the mob and police bureaucracy to find the missing family.
Jake, partner and friend, thinks he’s spiraling into obsession, when
Robert’s taken off the case but refuses to give up the investigation.

Can he get past this shameless tragedy and his own past to move on with
his life?

Silent River is a fictionalized version of a real investigation in the late 1950s in
Portland, Oregon, a time when money and power ruled the city. This
story will appeal to fans of true crime and detective fiction alike.
Readers who enjoy Ann Rule, Rex Stout, and Mary Higgins Clark will
love CM Weaver.

Goodreads * Amazon

I live and work in the
Pacific Northwest. I’m married and take care of a challenged rescue
dog, Ariel. I love writing, but don’t write in one particular
genre. I do gravitate more to mysteries as I’m always asking “What if?”

Amazon * Goodreads

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What’s New On My Book Shelf #314 and The Sunday Post

Posted: June 2, 2019 in Freebies!, giveaways, reviews, What's New on My Bookshelf
Tags: fuonlyknew, my weekly news, The Sunday Post

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This is my own version of a weekly book haul and all things new on fuonlyknew.

I’m also linking up with The Sunday Post hosted by Kimberly @Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

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Some chit chat.

May was such a hectic month and I’m so happy to see June. Working both jobs is taking up most of my time and I’m falling behind with everything. I’ve made myself sit down and work out a schedule for all of the things I need to get done. That even includes working in the yard and the dreaded cleaning of the house. LOL I don’t think I’ve ever let things get so crazy. I’m thinking this month will go smoother. Going to keep this short as I have several reviews to write and want to squeeze in some pool time.

Have a lovely Sunday everyone.

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My new books this week.

A big old ZERO!

Can you believe it. No new books this week. I guess that’s one of the good things about being so busy. No time to shop!

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Click on the covers to get your copies. Remember to make sure they’re still free before you hit that buy button.

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Books reviewed this week. Click on the covers to view them.

Only one review this week. But I’m working hard to catch up and share some next week now that my internet is back up.

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Giveaway and Review ~ Winter Frost by Lauren Carr

What’s New On My Book Shelf #315 and The Sunday Post

What can I say? I’m shameless

Spotlight and Giveaway ~ Sconed To Death by Lynn Cahoon

Author Links: Goodreads / Twitter / Facebook / Amazon / Website

GIVEAWAY

The Friday 56 #205 ~ Dead Spider

Books From The Backlog #11 ~ Celeste Files: Unlocked

Mysteries and Strange Events by Drew Jones ~ Spotlight and Giveaway

Teaser Tuesday #258 ~ Tart Of Darkness

Giveaway ~ Silent River ~ A Psychological Thriller by C.M. Weaver

What’s New On My Book Shelf #314 and The Sunday Post