A year ago, I had this idea to include a murder mystery game in the back of my Big Murder Mystery books. I even took a class on how to write murder mystery games -- you know, where you go to a friend's house and roleplay a suspect in a murder, while trying to figure out whodunit?
And I came to the conclusion there was no way I was going to pull it off. I just didn't have the bandwidth. Plus, it was all a little too complicated.
And then about two weeks ago I figured out a way to do it. I've been busy writing the game, set in the world of the Big Murder Mystery books. I'm going to test it out on my family over the holidays, because they'll all be stuck in a room with me and after all the food and drink, their resistance will be lower.
Fingers crossed.
Meanwhile, I've got FOUR mysteries up for pre-order right now!
Going, Going, Dead, book 6 in the Paranormal Museum Mysteries
Release date: January 31
When Maddie attends an estate auction of artifacts from America’s spiritualist era, it’s just another day in the life of a paranormal museum owner…. Until she discovers the body of the murdered auctioneer.
Her mother is convinced the murderer is after a mysterious statuette that once belonged to the town’s Ladies Aid Society. With the holidays approaching, Maddie and friends dive into the mad world of obsessive collectors to find the missing statuette… and a killer.
Maddie tracks her suspects through a secluded gothic estate, in the wineries of Central California, and along the streets of small-town San Benedetto. But this clever criminal is determined to win at all costs. Will the killer use Maddie’s friends as the ultimate weapon against her?
Pre-order Going, Going, Dead to take advantage of the pre-order price of $3.99. The price goes up to $4.99 after the book launches on January 31st.
Release date: February 28th
All Susan wants is some well-deserved R&R in small town Nowhere, Nevada, home to the world’s biggest collection of the world’s biggest things. But when she discovers a murdered mystery knitter who’s been planting her creations around town, Susan, her boyfriend Arsen, and her dog Bailey aren’t about to stick to their knitting. They’re on the case.
These wacky amateur detectives will have to untangle a big mystery and fast. Because if they don’t unravel the truth, a friend-in-need may wind up in jail for life.
The Woman from Planet X is book six in the laugh-out-loud Wits’ End mystery series. A fast-paced and funny cozy mystery, packed with quirky characters, pets, and murder, it’s perfect for fans of Jana DeLeon, Janet Evanovich, and Donna Andrews.
Take advantage of the special pre-order price of .99 cents. The price goes up after the book launches on February 28th.
Release date: March 31st
California Territory, 1848.
Steam-powered technology is still in its infancy.
Gold has been discovered, emptying the village of San Francisco of its male population.
And newly arrived immigrant, Englishwoman Sensibility Grey, is alone.
Sensibility has spent her life tinkering in her father’s laboratory and missing the finer points of proper British life. But when her father dies in penury, she’s shipped to the wild west of the California gold rush. Threats lurk behind every saloon and storefront in this anarchic territory. And her father kept deadly secrets, secrets that may destroy Sensibility and those she comes to love.
Three thrilling novels of steampunk suspense, packed with mechanicals, magic and murder. Buy the Sensibility Grey Steampunk Collection and start reading these page-turning gaslight adventures today.
Coming May 31st
Small Town. Big Murder.
The number one secret to my success as a bodyguard? Staying under the radar. But when a wildly public disaster blew up my career and reputation, it turned my perfect, solitary life upside down.
I thought my tiny hometown of Nowhere would be the ideal out-of-the-way refuge to wait out the media storm.
It wasn’t.
My little brother had moved into a treehouse. The obscure mountain town had decided to attract tourists with the world’s largest collection of big things... Yes, Nowhere now has the world’s largest pizza cutter. And lawn flamingo. And ball of yarn...
And then I stumbled over a dead body.
All the evidence points to my brother being the bad guy. I may have been out of his life for a while—okay, five years—but I know he’s no killer. Can I clear my brother before he becomes Nowhere’s next Big Fatality?
A fast-paced and funny cozy mystery series, buy Big Shot now to take advantage of the special pre-order price of .99 cents.