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Enter the world of the Nina Bell! The series begins in 1996, New York City. Nina’s a theatre graduate determined to make a life for herself in the arts, navigating the world of love, lust, theatre, rock ‘n roll – and murder!

The first two books, TAPESTRY and MURDER BELLS, release this year!

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My review:

When I started reading Village in the Dark, I didn't know it was a sequel. Needless to say, I hadn't read the first book, so I went in blind. Thankfully, author Iris Yamashita gave me enough information about characters and circumstances that I was able to follow the story with no problem. Am I curious about that first book? After reading this one and meeting the characters, yes, I am, and I intend to satisfy that curiosity. As for this book, it's very well written, and the pacing is equally good. It's the kind of pacing that, when combined with such a good storyline, you find yourself awake late into the night, one more chaptering it until the sun rises. The characters are so well developed that you'll feel like you've met them, and you'll want to know all their secrets - there are plenty of secrets. Between what looks like a conspiracy to figuring out who's bad and who's not, the story steadily builds in intensity as it reveals its secrets. Some elements of the story seem a bit farfetched, but the characters feel so real that I barely noticed. I won't reveal those elements because I think every reader should learn them on their own as they follow these characters through each clue. So, I'd have to say that I enjoyed this mystery by Iris Yamashita. The story pulled me in and held on through each clue the characters uncovered, and I loved how the author paints such vivid pictures with her words.

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ICYMI: Book review of #Unmasked (A De-Extinct Zoo mystery) by #CarolPotenza. If you like Jurassic Park, this book’s for you. https://suanneschaferauthor.com/book-review-unmasked/ @carolpotenzaauthor

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Blurb

With the power to take a ghostly form and target people using their mementos and heirlooms, Adina Venture is the invisible assassin you never see coming. She doesn't do contracts. Just gruesome accidents, untraceable and custom-made. When the secret oversight organization know as the Order accuses Adina of murdering one of their own, she must find the real killer to get them off her back. Literally. Because until the case is closed, she will be magically bound to Chief Inquisitor Levi Breitling, an infamously powerful investigator with the ability to melt minds and a searing hatred for traitors. But what begins as a simple clearing of her name leads the pair deep into an unseen side of Sin City—one that’s rife with Operators of magic.

Club moguls who manufacture memories. Cutthroat businessmen who can stop time. And beneath it all lies a force that no one, not even Adina, can control. Suddenly, proving her innocence isn't as easy as she thought it would be. And the longer it takes to find the culprit, the tighter the bond between her and Inquisitor Breitling seems to grow.

Full of gothic magic and simmering, slow-burn romance, Death by Miss Adventure is perfect for fans of snarky female sleuths, enemies-to-lovers banter, and a dash more spice than your average mystery.

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Why Maizie and Cuddles partner up. #greatminds

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Turner & Hooch meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith for the ex-celebrity-turned-private detective's latest investigation. Maizie's new partner is canine. Her ex-partner Nash is on the wrong side of her infidelity case. But it's more than her career and their relationship at stake. Maizie's life is on the line when she begins to look into old secrets connected to Nash's investigation.

#maiziealbrightstardetective #isolved19criminals #murdermystery #femalesleuth #romcommystery #humorousmystery #crimecaper

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New Book Coming Out Super Soon

New Carrie Jones' thrilling mystery about Bar Harbor, Maine releasing June 1

So, I’m releasing the second book in the Bar Harbor Rose Mystery Series on June 1 and I’m super excited about it because: I love writing adult stories, too.It takes place in Bar Harbor.It’s full of thrilling fun stuff.I’m really into.Independent publishing is so much fun. The first book in the series came out last year. It’s called THE PLACES WE HIDE. You can read the first chapter here. The…

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How often do you Lie? Jody discusses this.

An Interview with Jody Sabral

Can you tell your readers something about why you chose this particular topic to write about? What appealed to you about it? Why do you think it is different and your approach is unique?

I think the topic chose me in a way. I lived with an alcoholic for a year and felt the need to write about it in a realistic way. To capture the absolute denial of it and what the impact of that can be on everyone who comes into contact with it. I think it’s unique in the sense that I lived up close with it and therefore have a real passion for the issue. I’m not just using it as a plot ploy in a flippant manner. I hope it starts a positive conversation around alcoholism as I feel it’s something that is lacking in this country. I’ve always felt that literature and art can have a much longer lasting impact than that of news, the other business I’m in, so I guess I wanted to bring this to my novel, which I hope is also extremely entertaining. I still recall scenes from books I read ten or fifteen years ago and they make me think differently about the world we live in.

How long do you think about a topic before deciding to write about it? Do you have a set of notes or a notebook where you write down topics that appeal before making a decision as to which topic this time?

 Not really, for me it’s a very organic process. I think we all have themes in our lives that we feel strongly about for one reason or another and my writing is born from that. I’ve just completed a screenplay in which the main themes were born out of reading an article in the newspaper and a conversation with my niece. I felt strongly about the issues so I wanted to write about them.

3. How long does it take to research a topic before you write? And for this book?

It depends. I tend to pull off my experiences and those of friends. I’m not writing police procedurals. Yes, I have an investigation and an investigator but the emphasis is on the characters affected by it and the impact it has on them. So I tend to write about people’s emotions, which I think is about connections and the human condition. People fascinate me, so my writing is born out of conversations with others and observations about how people deal with a crisis.

How helpful do you find authority figures such as the police when you say you want to write about them? Is there a good way to approach them in your experience?

As a journalist I’ve always found them very helpful and happy to cooperate. I have contacts who will read to see if it’s plausible and they will tell me if it’s not working.

5. How many times have you been rejected before your first novel was accepted or before this book was accepted?

I’m proud to say upwards of sixty-five rejections in my writing career. Obviously with this novel it was different as my agent handled those rejections. But with the two earlier books, the first CHANGING BORDERS I sent it out to almost thirty agents and got a heap of rejections. The second, THE MOVEMENT, which I won the CWA Debut Dagger for got me lots of interest from agents, yet many more rejections. I met my agent on the back end of those rejections. He had the foresight to ask me what I was working on next and a partnership was formed. He’s been with me since the conception of I NEVER LIE and it’s a very supportive and nurturing relationship. Finally I have someone behind me, believing in my work. What I will say to aspiring writers is just keep at it, at some point something will give.

Did you need to self-publish on e-books before a publisher took you up?

I think you self-publish because you want to put it out there. To move on to a new project. To draw a line under it. But self-publishing has its pitfalls. Selling a book is a full time job.

Would you recommend self-publishing and building an audience before approaching a publisher? If so, what benefits do you see that it might have for the aspiring novelist?

I found self-publishing to be a very tough sell even though I had an audience of millions at the time that I wrote CHANGING BORDERS because I was a foreign correspondent on TV regularly. I write. I’m not a marketing person so I found that part of it tricky. It depends on your skills. If you’re good at sales and marketing I suppose you’d be in with a better chance than me. I don’t think there’s one perfect route. It’s a personal journey, but the important point is that you keep writing because at the end of the day it’s the words that will eventually pay off and resonate with someone. I like the support I have with an agent and publisher behind me because writing is a solitary job.

Does writing provide sufficient income to live on? And how long did it take before this happened?

Not yet. This is my first novel to be released via a publisher, so let’s see!

What is the funniest thing that happened to you on a book tour?

I haven’t done a book tour yet, so not sure I can answer this. But some interesting people have a copy of my first book. Sir Patrick Stewart has one via someone I met on a plane, and the musician Moby. I inscribed on Moby’s copy, ‘if you like it Tweet it!’ Obviously he didn’t, but you have to be your own ambassador for your work in a competitive environment. Maybe one day he’ll tweet about I NEVER LIE, who knows!

What do you read when you are ill in bed?

I don’t get ill very often. I write a lot in bed though.

 What is your favourite genre?

Crime obviously. I like Sci-fi too because it makes you think about the bigger questions in life as in ‘why are we here?’

If you recommend a living author – who would it be? A dead author?

That’s tough because there are so many amazing authors dead and alive. J G Ballard is my all time fav. Living, there’s just so many. It’s like asking me what my favourite song is, it changes all the time. I really love Gillian Flynn, S J Watson, Nicki French, John Le Carre’s earlier works…. I mean the list just goes on.

Which author had the most influence on your writing? Your writing style? Your writing genre?

Dan Brown possibly? I’m not a literary writer. It’s pacy and not overly descriptive. I don’t read as much as I used to, which may shock some people, but that’s because I find that other writer’s voices get into my own and presently I’m trying to hone my own, which I think I did with I NEVER LIE. I found my voice with this book and that’s a very satisfying feeling.

In your opinion who is the funniest author now writing?

I think the best comedy writers of the moment for me are Sharon Horgan and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, oh and Charlie Brooker, but they write for TV, which I’m also attempting to do after attending an evening class in screenwriting. I tend to watch more comedy on TV than read it in books.

Have you ever tried to imitate another author’s style? And if so, why?

When I was retraining from journalist to novelist during my MA at City University I used to copy sentences from Raymond Chandler’s books word for word into a notebook then change the adjectives for my own, I did this so I could try to capture the show aspect of writing rather than tell. As a broadcast journalist I’ve had to work on my description a lot because news writing is stripped back and we don’t use a lot of adjectives. I think Chandler’s writing is all about the atmosphere, which he creates through even just describing the materials in a room. He is my guru of descriptive writing.

What have you done with the things you wrote when in school?

Sadly, they’ve been lost over the years as I left home at sixteen and moved endlessly to a million different flats and many countries. So if you find a diary in a charity shop somewhere one day that has me name in it, please return it to me!

About the Author

Jody Sabral is based in London, where she works as a Foreign Desk editor and video producer at the BBC. She is a graduate of the MA in Crime Fiction at City University, London. Jody worked as a journalist in Turkey for ten years, covering the region for various international broadcasters. She self-published her first book Changing Borders in 2012 and won the CWA Debut Dagger in 2014 for her second novel The Movement . In addition to working for the BBC, Jody also writes for the Huffington Post , Al–Monitor and BRICS Post .

Twitter: @jsabral

I Never Lie will be followed by Don’t Blame Me in early 2019, which will explore the dark side of instant celebrity culture and the deadly  consequences of overnight success.

Canelo books can be found on Amazon, Kobo, Apple and Google Books – some books will be limited to UK publication places only:

Amazon (UK)

Kobo (UK)

Google Books (UK)

Apple Books (UK)

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HAPPY #NewRelease #NewRelease2020 DAY TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!! https://books2read.com/u/3GdMYP It’s 1830 Europe. It’s a time of revolutions, resolutions, and romanticism. A time when Conservatives and Liberals still feud over laws and taxation. A time when Charles X of France, has his head on the chopping block. It is also a time when humanity clung to the skirts of romanticism as an escape from the cruel realism associated with war. Lady Darby Pemberley Lady Darby Pemberley is the daughter of the current Duke of Pemberley. She fancies politics and a good mystery. She defies logic, law, and the notion of conformity. Not quite a romantic at heart, but a sympathizer of romanticism; Eugene Delacroix, Richard Parks Bonington, and Leonardo Da Vinci are household names. Lord Scott (Scotty) Atwell Scotty only has eyes for his best friend and partner in crime, Lady Darby Pemberley. He’s home from the army and using his father’s ties to secure a seat in parliament. His plans to come home and sweep Darby off her feet are foiled when he’s drawn into a deadly scheme. The ones pulling the strings have threatened the life of the woman he loves and means to marry should he not go along with their plan. Once again, Scotty needs Darby’s sleuthing skills and bloodhound like senses to get him out of a forced marriage to a girl named Prim Rose who claims she’s pregnant with his heir. The mischief of Scotty & Darby There’s something amiss and Darby’s sleuthing nerves are pulsating. Just when Darby thinks she’s caught onto bride-to-be, Prim Rose’s game, she‘s murdered. Now Darby and Scotty are dead center to the Investigation and all evidence a determined Detective Inspector has uncovered says they’re guilty as sin. Bad has officially gone to worse. The wedding plans may have been foiled but now they have bigger issues to contend with. They not only have to prove their innocence but catch a killer before they kill again. https://books2read.com/u/3GdMYP #newrelease #oneclick #amazon #beatsellers #historical #historicalfiction #historicalromance #femalesleuth #internationalcrime #detective #europe #books #writing #author #war #royalty #kings #queens #ladies #lords #dukes #wedding https://www.instagram.com/p/CCV4KvfgRYe/?igshid=ed6oyci0iebk

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Good evening bookies ☀️ The sun was finally shining today, and I’m currently recovering from my son’s birthday party earlier this afternoon. I didn’t have much time to read today, but I definitely snuck in some of my audiobook while I was cleaning 🤪 . 📖 . THR BOOK OF CANDLELIGHT by Ellery Adams released a week ago. This is the 3rd book in the Secret, Book, and Scone Society series, and I have had this series on my tbr list for sooo long. With the newest book out in the world I don’t think I can keep pushing it off any longer❗️ . 📖 . Thank you to @kensingtonbooks and @tlcbooktours for sending me an early copy! . 📖 . As the owner of Miracle Books, Nora Pennington figures all the wet weather this spring is at least good for business. The local inns are packed with stranded travelers, and among them Nora finds both new customers and a new friend, the sixtysomething Sheldon, who starts helping out at the store. Since a little rain never hurt anyone, Nora rides her bike over to the flea market one sodden day and buys a bowl from Danny, a Cherokee potter. It’ll make a great present for Nora’s EMT boyfriend, but the next day, a little rain turns into a lot of rain, and the Miracle River overflows it banks. Amid the wreckage of a collapsed footbridge, Danny’s body lies within the churning water. Nora and the sheriff both doubt the ruling of accidental drowning, and Nora decides it’s time for the Secret, Book, and Scone Society to spring into action. When another body turns up, it becomes clearer that Danny’s death can’t be blamed on a natural disaster. A crucial clue may lie within the stone walls of the Inn of Mist and Roses: a diary, over a century old and spattered with candle wax, that leads Nora and her friends through a maze of intrigue—and onto the trail of a murderer . . . . 📖 . #jennblogsbooks #thebookofcandlelight #elleryadams #kensingtonbooks #tlcbooktours #secretbookandsconesociety #cozymystery #femalesleuth #tbrlist #bionicbookbabes #booksharks #bookshivers https://www.instagram.com/p/B8VJTwKli8h/?igshid=1rurn6phmvm23

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Featured Post: Think Murder (Adina Donati, Accidental Sleuth Book 1) by Cassidy Salem

"About Think Murder (Adina Donati, Accidental Sleuth Book 1): Adina Donati came to Washington D.C. to find excitement, not a dead body. When a friend is murdered, Adina is drawn into the middle of the police investigation. Tensions rise as the suspect list expands to include Adina, her friends, and colleagues at the prestigious think tank where she works. But every cloud has a silver lining. Between the nice detective, the hot new volunteer at the dog rescue center, and the newly available preppy ex-boyfriend, Adina's dating dry spell appears near its end. That is, if she doesn't become the next victim. Targeted Age Group: 16-100 Written by: Cassidy Salem Buy the ebook: Buy the Book On Amazon Link to Series Buy the Print Book: Buy the Book On Amazon Author Bio: Cassidy Salem has always been an avid reader. She is especially fond of mysteries (both cozy and traditional) and police procedurals. When she's not reading, she enjoys music and spending time with family and friends. Her travels have taken her to destinations throughout the United States, Europe, and Scandinavia. A member of Sisters-in-Crime, Cassidy is the author of the Adina Donati Mystery Series, which includes Think Murder, Dying for Data, and Killer Reputation. Cassidy co-authors, together with Christa Nardi, a YA mystery series, which includes The Mysterious Package, Mrs. Tedesco's Missing Cookbook, The Misplaced Dog, and Malicious Mischief. Follow the author on social media: Learn more about the writer. Visit the Author's Website Facebook Fan Page Twitter Read the full article

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Check out this reading list Editors' Choice on Wattpad https://my.w.tt/i3FOWXReMY

Oh my gosh, Blue Pearl is an Editor’s Choice! 

[its-suanneschafer-author]

My May 2023 books reviewed. Some really great poetry (Our Wolves by Luanne Castle) and some good historical fiction (Hester, A Court at Constantinople, The Blue, and The Fugitive Colours). You can check them out at https://suanneschaferauthor.com/book-reviews/ @catpoems @carolpotenzaauthor

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Gothic Urban Fantasy Mystery Fans, This one's for you!

Death by Miss Adventure (Death by MIss Adventure, Book 1) by @sgtaszauthor

Narrated by Phillipa Miller

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Blurb:

With the power to take a ghostly form and target people using their mementos and heirlooms, Adina Venture is the invisible assassin you never see coming. She doesn't do contracts. Just gruesome accidents, untraceable and custom-made. When the secret oversight organization know as the Order accuses Adina of murdering one of their own, she must find the real killer to get them off her back. Literally. Because until the case is closed, she will be magically bound to Chief Inquisitor Levi Breitling, an infamously powerful investigator with the ability to melt minds and a searing hatred for traitors. But what begins as a simple clearing of her name leads the pair deep into an unseen side of Sin City—one that’s rife with Operators of magic.

Club moguls who manufacture memories. Cutthroat businessmen who can stop time. And beneath it all lies a force that no one, not even Adina, can control. Suddenly, proving her innocence isn't as easy as she thought it would be. And the longer it takes to find the culprit, the tighter the bond between her and Inquisitor Breitling seems to grow.

Full of gothic magic and simmering, slow-burn romance, Death by Miss Adventure is perfect for fans of snarky female sleuths, enemies-to-lovers banter, and a dash more spice than your average mystery.

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We drove back to the office in silence.

Too much silence.

“Cuddles.” I glanced into the rearview mirror. “Is that stuffing exploding out of a hole in the backseat?”

Cuddles’ eyes met mine in the rearview.

“Craptastic. You could at least try and look remorseful.” I whipped my gaze back to the street.

“You know, that’s twice I didn’t bring up the Waffle Haus. My ex-therapist Renata would say I’m falling back into non-confrontational patterns to reduce risk in our relationship. But by avoiding risk, I’m actually undermining our foundation and causing instability.”

Cuddles woofed.

“You don’t have to agree with me.”

Excerpt from 19 CRIMINALS, Maizie Albright Star Detective 8

Chapter 9 #CuteMeets #DemolitionDoggy

Releases January 16!

Preorder available! Link to all stores: https://books2read.com/19Crims

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I've got a new book baby because Seamus and Rosie are back!

I’ve got a new book baby because Seamus and Rosie are back!

Sometimes the treasure is not worth the hunt . . . . When a little boy goes missing on a large Maine island, the community is horrified especially almost-lovers Rosie Jones and Sergeant Seamus Kelley. The duo’s dealt with two gruesome serial killers during their short time together and are finally ready to focus on their romance despite their past history of murders and torment. Things seem…

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