About the Book Hairstylist Marla Shore is already having a bad hair day when one of her clients dies in the shampoo chair at her salon. Then Detective Dalton Vail accuses her of putting poison in the woman’s coffee creamer. Grumpy Bertha Kravitz might not have been Marla’s favorite customer, but she wouldn’t have murdered the lady. With her reputation at stake, Marla decides it’s up to her to unmask the killer. Combing the woman’s privileged world for clues, Marla discovers the town is … [Read more...] about Featured PermaFree eBook: Permed to Death by Nancy J. Cohen
Interview with Author – David Unger, PhD
About David Unger, PhD: DAVID UNGER, PhD, is a writer, therapist, educator, and author of the mystery series A Lesson in…, which currently has nine books, with two more coming soon. He is also known for his series of relationship training manuals, which includes a guide to parenting teens. A graduate of UCLA, he’s been a licensed therapist and Chair of a graduate psychology program most of his career. What inspires you to write? Growing up my best friend’s father was an author. His study … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – David Unger, PhD
Sazerac, Sleuth & Slay, An Andi Anna Jones Mystery Book 2 by Mary Cunningham
Sazerac, Sleuth & Slay, An Andi Anna Jones Mystery Book 2 by Mary Cunningham It’s gonna be a great day! Or, so she thought. Andi Anna Jones, so-so travel agent, amateur sleuth, doesn’t suspect her least favorite client, Stewart (The Pain) Payne, will set off circumstances that lead to disappearance and death. After his wife doesn’t show for a convention in New Orleans, his threat to sue Graves Travel for “ten times more than it’s worth”, and Andi’s guilt over a long-overdue promise … [Read more...] about Sazerac, Sleuth & Slay, An Andi Anna Jones Mystery Book 2 by Mary Cunningham
Gemini Rising (Mischievous Malamute Series, Book 1) by Harley Christensen
Gemini Rising (Mischievous Malamute Series, Book 1) by Harley Christensen There’s a body in your alley… Arianna Jackson—AJ to her friends—and her occasionally well-behaved Alaskan Malamute, Nicoh, live a normal, uneventful, admittedly mundane existence, where nothing out of the ordinary ever happens. Until it does. Early one morning, AJ stumbles upon a horrifying scene—a girl’s body lies broken in the dumpster behind her home, her face beaten and mutilated. A secret reveals you’re living … [Read more...] about Gemini Rising (Mischievous Malamute Series, Book 1) by Harley Christensen
Then There Were … Two Murders? by P.C. James
Then There Were … Two Murders? by P.C. James ‘Then There Were … Two Murders?’ is the second book in the Miss Riddell Cozy Mystery series. It follows directly after 'In the Beginning, There was a Murder' where, at the end, Miss Riddell receives a letter asking for her help. The letter is from an elderly widow living out in the English countryside. It’s winter 1953/54 and England is still suffering from the after-effects of WW2 and the costs of the ongoing Korean War. Miss Riddell goes to … [Read more...] about Then There Were … Two Murders? by P.C. James
Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster
Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster Once a hotshot attorney, Josie Bates swore off the legal limelight until her college roommate came calling. Her daughter, sixteen year-old Hannah Sheraton, is accused of murdering a judge and no one in the legal community will represent her. Josie, abandoned by her own mother as a teenager, can't turn her back. Josie's best hope is to get the girl sentenced to a a juvenile facility but when the D.A. decides to try her as an adult, Josie knows conviction … [Read more...] about Hostile Witness by Rebecca Forster
Styled for Murder by Nancy J. Cohen
Hairstylist Marla Vail flushes out a killer when murder disrupts her mother’s home renovation plans in this stylish cozy mystery. When hairstylist and savvy sleuth, Marla Vail, gets a frantic call from her mother that there’s a dead body in her shower, Marla realizes this wasn’t part of the home renovation plans. The victim turns out to be the project manager, who had an untrustworthy reputation in town. Disgruntled customers, unpaid suppliers, and the design company’s staff are among the … [Read more...] about Styled for Murder by Nancy J. Cohen
Interview with Author – Jen Pitts
About Jen Pitts: Jen Pitts is a lifelong mystery reader who turned her obsession into writing cozy mysteries of her own. When she isn’t plotting fictional murder and mayhem, she’s chugging coffee, traveling, reading, and enjoying life with her children and husband in the Pacific Northwest. What inspires you to write? I've loved mysteries all my life. Creating characters who live in my favorite city, New Orleans, was the perfect way to combine writing with my love of mysteries. What … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Jen Pitts
Gemini Rising (Mischievous Malamute Series, Book 1) by Harley Christensen
Gemini Rising (Mischievous Malamute Series, Book 1) by Harley Christensen There's a body in your alley... Arianna Jackson—AJ to her friends—and her occasionally well-behaved Alaskan Malamute, Nicoh, live a normal, uneventful, admittedly mundane existence, where nothing out of the ordinary ever happens.Until it does.Early one morning, AJ stumbles upon a horrifying scene—a girl's body lies broken in the dumpster behind her home, her face beaten and mutilated. A secret reveals you're living a … [Read more...] about Gemini Rising (Mischievous Malamute Series, Book 1) by Harley Christensen
Don’t Speak by J. L. Brown
Don't Speak by J. L. Brown In the first book of the Jade Harrington series, FBI Agent Jade Harrington searches for the serial killer of conservative radio personalities, while Senator Whitney Fairchild is in a cutthroat campaign for the presidency. The lives of Jade, Whitney, and the killer are on a collision course, which might impact the future of the United States of America. … [Read more...] about Don’t Speak by J. L. Brown
Permed to Death by Nancy J. Cohen
Sassy salon owner Marla Shore is giving grumpy Mrs. Kravitz a perm when her client dies in the shampoo chair. If that isn’t enough to give her a bad hair day, handsome Detective Vail suspects Marla of poisoning the woman’s coffee creamer. Figuring she’d better expose the real killer before the next victim frizzes out, Marla sets on the trail of a wave of wacky suspects. Her theory regarding whodunit gels only after she looks for the culprit closer to home. “A terrific mystery debut for Nancy … [Read more...] about Permed to Death by Nancy J. Cohen
Peril by Ponytail by Nancy J. Cohen
Hoping for a romantic honeymoon at an Arizona dude ranch, hairstylist Marla Vail and her husband Dalton arrive to find a series of mishaps plaguing the resort. A nearby ghost town is suffering similar problems. Is it mere coincidence that Dalton’s Uncle Raymond owns both properties? When Raymond asks for their help in finding the culprit, Marla and Dalton eagerly accept. Then news of a local forest ranger’s death raises the stakes. With sleuthing more natural to Marla than horseback riding, she … [Read more...] about Peril by Ponytail by Nancy J. Cohen
