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COVER REVEAL for A CRYPTIC CLUE — book one in the Hunter and Clewe traditional mystery series.

A CRYPTIC CLUE will be published by Crooked Lane Books in July 2023

More information about the book can be found here: LINK

And now, the stunning cover!

 

The beautiful cover for DEATH IN THE MARGINS, book 7 in the Blue Ridge Library Mystery series, has arrived!

The book will be published on Dec. 6th by Crooked Lane Books. Preorder links here: Links

 

 

About the book:

The theater is no place for murder—but a case of backstage betrayal drags library director Amy Webber into a case that could mean curtains in critically acclaimed author Victoria Gilbert’s Blue Ridge Library mystery.It’s early summer, and while Richard Muir and his dance partner, Karla, are preparing their new choreographic piece, Richard’s wife, Amy, is gathering the dance’s source materials. Based on folktales and the music of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the production is set to premiere at an old cinema that has been converted to a theater. But when dancer Meredith Fox—Richard’s former fiancé—is found dead backstage, Amy is once again propelled into a murder case that threatens the careers and lives of those she loves. After Amy teams up with Chief Deputy Brad Tucker and the sheriff’s department to discover the killer, they find that there’s no shortage of suspects: Meredith’s wealthy ex-husband, several fellow dancers, a romantically spurned accompanist, and others whom the talented but haughty dancer dismissed or betrayed over the years. With Richard and Karla’s help, and information gleaned from locals who know a wealth of small-town secrets, Amy desperately tries to unveil the killer before the premiere. But she’s pursuing a ruthless murderer who’s willing to kill again—and who might just be waiting for Amy in the wings.

I share some tips for authors about how to accurately portray contemporary libraries and librarians on Sisters In Crime’s YouTube channel. It’s part of their SINC-UP! series:

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The third book in the Booklovers B&B series, A FATAL BOOKING, has a cover and can be preordered now!

First, the  PREORDER LINKS

Then, the cover!

Looking for a fun, free and virtual way to celebrate National Cozy Mystery Day on 9/15? The Cozy Escape Book Club is hosting the 1st Ever Cozy Escape Awards on 9/15 for National Cozy Mystery Day – you can join the party at https://lisasiefert.com/events/cozy-escape-awards/.

I’m proud to confirm that out of the 100 books chosen for this event, two of them were mine! (A DEADLY EDITION and BOOKED FOR DEATH).

I’d love for you to check out all of the nominated books (there’s a nifty Official Guidebook PDF download available on their site so you can see all of the books at once) and participate by voting for your favorite book in each category. And of course, mine – if you so choose! There are 20 different Cozy Mystery categories with 5 great cozy mysteries nominated for each category. You can find more information at https://lisasiefert.com/events/cozy-escape-awards/

It’s COVER REVEAL DAY for my friend Evie Hawtrey (aka Sophie Perinot, in a new, darker, incarnation) and her #crime #mystery debut!  AND BY FIRE is a dual timeline novel, pitting two extraordinary female detectives—tempered by fire and separated by more than three centuries—against a pair of murderous geniuses who will burn the world for their art.

LOVING THE COVER AND THE PREMISE? Check out the FULL BOOK DESCRIPTION below, and PRE-ORDER today (that way you won’t have to give next summer’s early beach read another thought).

The gorgeous cover!

ABOUT AND BY FIRE:

Nigella Parker, Detective Inspector with the City Police, has a deeply rooted fear of fire and a talent for solving deadly arson cases. When a charred figure is found curled beside Sir Christopher Wren’s Monument to the Great Fire of London, Nigella is dragged into a case pitting her against a murderous artist creating sculptures using burnt flesh.

Nigella partners with Colm O’Leary of Scotland Yard to track the arsonist across greater London. The pair are more than colleagues—they were lovers until O’Leary made the mistake of uttering three little words. Their past isn’t the only buried history as they race to connect the dots between an antique nail pulled from a dead man’s hands and a long-forgotten architect dwarfed by the life’s work of Sir Christopher Wren.

Wren, one of London’s most famous architects, is everywhere the pair turn. Digging into his legacy leads the DCIs into the coldest of cold cases: a search for a bookseller gone missing during the Great Fire of London. More than 350 years earlier, while looking for their friend, a second pair of detectives—a lady-in-waiting to the Queen and a royal fireworks maker—discovered foul play in the supposedly accidental destruction of St. Paul’s Cathedral…but did that same devilry lead to murder? And can these centuries-old crimes help catch a modern-day murderer?

As Nigella and O’Leary rush to decode clues, past and present, London’s killer-artist sets his sights on a member of the investigative team as the subject of his next fiery masterpiece.

PRAISE FOR AND BY FIRE:

“BONES meets the Restoration Court in Evie Hawtrey’s AND BY FIRE, a taut dual-timeline mystery that races along at the pace of an inferno! …. Fresh, dynamic, and crisply researched, AND BY FIRE WILL appeal to histfic fans and mystery readers alike—I couldn’t put this one down!”

—Kate Quinn, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Alice Network

 

PRE-ORDER LINKS

 

Amazon: https://bit.ly/And_by_Fire_Amazon

Hudson Booksellers https://bit.ly/And_by_Fire_Hudsons

IndieBound https://bit.ly/And_By_Fire_Indiebound

Barnes & Noble https://bit.ly/And_by_Fire_Barnes_Noble

Now live on Kindle Vella!!A serialized fantasy story; suitable for all ages, young teen and up. Eight episodes are up now — from July 28th on, I will be posting a new episode every week. Read the first 3 episodes for free! LINK

Books eight and nine in the Blue Ridge series are under contract!

These will follow book six, RENEWED FOR MURDER, which will be published on Dec. 7, 2021 and is up for preorder: LINK

Book seven — title TBD — will be published in Dec. 2022.

Publishers Marketplace announcement for books eight and nine:

Happy to announce that Publisher’s Weekly has given RESERVED FOR MURDER, book two in the Booklover’s B&B series, a STARRED review!

I can also announce the title of book three in the series — A FATAL BOOKING.  Book three will be released in June 2022.

 

I’ve been blessed to have recently signed contracts for two new deals.