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Happy Homicides:
600-plus Pages of Great Mystery Reading
By Joanna Campbell Slan
Discoverability is the new challenge for authors.
With so many publishers and indie authors offering free or discounted books,
the average reader is inundated with tempting offers. My pal Linda Gordon
Hengerer and I decided to tackle this problem head-on by putting together a
series of anthologies designed to introduce readers to their new favorite
writers. As a bonus, we’re giving readers a special file filled with recipes
and craft ideas. It’s our special “gift with purchase.”
Happy
Homicides 1: Thirteen Cozy Holiday Mysteries focused on the
holidays. Our authors tackled poisoned goodies, explosions, stolen cookbooks,
killers determined to track down witnesses, and a dog thief to name but a few
of our themes. At 213,000
words, it offers 627 pages of reading material! Our bestselling and
award-winning authors: Joanna Campbell Slan, Neil Plakcy, Lois Winston, Annie
Adams, Jenna Bennett, Nancy Jill Thames, Camille Minichino, Nancy Warren, Linda
Gordon Hengerer, Joyce and Jim Lavene, and Teresa Trent. Currently we have 104
reviews and a 4.3 average rating. Right now, you can buy Happy
Homicides 1: Thirteen Cozy Holiday Mysteries for only 99 cents.
Happy
Homicides 2: Crimes of the Heart focused on love gone wrong.
Really, really wrong. It weighs in at
661 pages. These bestselling and award-winning authors include Joanna Campbell
Slan, Teresa Trent, Neil Plakcy, Elaine Viets, Annie Adams, Camille Minichino,
Nancy Jill Thames, Linda Gordon Hengerer, Kathi Daley, Carolyn Haines, Anna
Celeste Burke, Randy Rawls, and Maggie Touissant. Currently we have 22 reviews
and a 4.8 average rating. But we need more reviews! So if you are interested in
reading this anthology, send an email to our assistant, Sally Lippert
(SALFL27@att.net). Put HH2 in the subject line and Sally will get you a copy of
this book in return for an honest review.
Coming Up:
In the meantime, we’re busy putting together Happy
Homicides 3: Summertime Crime. Once again, we’ll assemble a stellar
cast of authors—and of course, we’ll make sure a bonus file is available for
your enjoyment. We think that Summertime Crime will be the perfect beach read!
The release date will be May 23, 2016.
Inspiration:
My story, “Cara Mia Delgatto and the Empty Nest,”
was inspired by actual events here on the Treasure Coast of Florida. The beach
near my house is a prime nesting area for endangered sea turtles. Our town
hires a team of biologists to count and monitor the giant turtles’ activity.
March begins our nesting season on the east coast and it doesn’t end until
October. In fact, two days ago when a friend was walking the beach, a
leatherback turtle crawled out of the water in front of her, turned a slow
circle in the sand, and then shuffled back into the sea! My pal described it as
a “God moment,” when you feel like you’ve witnessed proof there’s a divine
power in the Universe.
National
bestselling and award-winning author Joanna Campbell Slan has penned 30 books,
both fiction and non-fiction, including a dozen featuring Kiki Lowenstein. RT
Reviews has called Joanna “one of mystery’s rising stars.” Her newest mystery
series introduces Cara Mia Delgatto, a spunky entrepreneur dedicated to turning
“trash into treasure.” IndieReader Reviews has called it “incredibly charming.”
Joanna’s historical mystery series featuring Charlotte Brontë’s classic heroine
Jane Eyre won the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence.
You can read two of
Joanna’s books absolutely free by going to http://www.booklaunch.io/joannaslan/inkreddead
and http://www.booklaunch.io/joannaslan/teardownanddie
Visit Joanna at www.JoannaSlan.com
** Want a sample of our Happy Homicide short stories and/or a copy of our free bonus? Just email Sally Lippert at SALFL27@att.net.
This is fortuitous! I have a Facebook Group called the Writers Bloc Clinic where I help writers find others in their genre. In April, I'm focusing on Mystery writing, so I'm sharing this post!
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