Showing posts with label Maggie Blackburn. Show all posts
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

A Killer Romance (A Beach Reads Mystery) by Maggie Blackburn ~ Cozy Mystery @molliecoxbryan

 

A Killer Romance (A Beach Reads Mystery) by Maggie Blackburn

About A Killer Romance:

 

A Killer Romance (A Beach Reads Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

3rd in Series

Setting - North Carolina

Crooked Lane Books (February 6, 2024)

Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1639106359

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1639106356

Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C4J77BVN

Love and murder are in the air this Valentine’s day in Maggie Blackburn’s third Beach Reads mystery, perfect for fans of Eva Gates and Miranda James.

When Beach Reads bookshop hosts a Valentine’s Day event, “Romance by the Sea,” bookseller Summer Merriweather has no idea that the guest author is under investigation for her own husband’s murder. When that same author is found dead at the local bed and breakfast, nobody assumes it’s natural causes–there were plenty of people who wanted her dead.

As Summer searches for the truth about the author’s stranger-than-fiction life, Summer finds suspicious indications of shady behavior in the author’s belongings. But the casual sleuthing is quickly derailed when Summer’s friend Glads gets hauled in for the murder, and they launch a full-blown investigation to clear her name.

As Summer and company pick through the scant clues to solve the case, they may find more treachery and heartbreak than they bargained for.

About Maggie Blackburn:

Maggie Blackburn is the pen name for bestselling mystery author Mollie Cox Bryan, who writes cozy mysteries with edge. She's the author of several bestselling mystery series Her books have been selected as finalists for an Agatha Award and a Daphne du Maurier Award and as a Top 10 Beach Reads by Woman's World. She has also been short-listed for the Virginia Library People's Choice Award. She's also penned a historical mystery under the name of Mollie Ann Cox. She lives in Crozet, Va. and is the mother of two grown, nearly perfect daughters.

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Friday, October 15, 2021

Once Upon a Seaside Murder (A Beach Reads Mystery) by Maggie Blackburn #CozyMystery #Giveaway @molliecoxbryan

 

Once Upon a Seaside Murder (A Beach Reads Mystery) by Maggie Blackburn

About Once Upon a Seaside Murder:

 

Once Upon a Seaside Murder (A Beach Reads Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

2nd in Series

Setting - Brigid's Island, NC

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crooked Lane Books (October 12, 2021)

Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1643858327

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1643858326

Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08TV4GK2C

As the holidays approach, bookstore owner Summer Merriwether learns a dark secret in this second volume of Maggie Blackburn's Beach Reads mystery series.

 

There's no place like home for the holidays, even if home is sleepy, beachside Brigid's Island, NC. During this season for giving, the town wakes up to a welcome throng of shoppers--and Beach Reads is no exception. But bookseller Summer Merriwether's Christmas cheer turns to cringing fear when she uncovers a deadly secret about her late mother--a secret someone will kill to keep.

 

When the local library hosts a cozy mystery panel discussion, Summer learns that one of the authors on the panel based her book on an actual murder that shook Brigid's Island thirty-five years before. Worse, she soon learns that her dearly missed mother, Hildy, took a disturbingly deep interest in the case, going so far as to collect clippings and keep a journal of the dark doings. This doesn't jibe with Summer's memories of her usually cheery mother at all.

 

Tidings get worse when Summer learns of her long-lost biological family's involvement in the crime...and still worse when the life of the book's author is threatened. With the help of Hildy's plucky book club, Summer puts her scholarly smarts to work on protecting the cozy author and solving the decades-old murder.

 

But this ghost from Christmas past may still be deadly in the present, and if she can't find the killer, Summer's future will be brief.

 

About Maggie Blackburn:

Maggie Blackburn is the pen name of Mollie Cox Bryan. She writes cozy mysteries with edge. She's the author of several bestselling mystery series. She's recently released a novella mystery series: The Victoria Town Mysteries. Her book, "Goodnight Moo," has been shortlisted for a Fresh Fiction Reader's Choice Award. Her books have been selected as finalists for an Agatha Award and a Daphne du Maurier Award and as a Top 10 Beach Reads by Woman's World. She makes her home at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Shenandoah Valley, Va.

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Book Feature & #Giveaway ~ Little Bookshop of Murder: A Beach Reads Mystery by Maggie Blackburn #CozyMystery #Giveaway


Little Bookshop of Murder: A Beach Reads Mystery by Maggie Blackburn

 

Book Details:

A Beach Reads Mystery Cozy Mystery
1st in Series 
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books 
Publish Date: September 8, 2020
Hardcover ISBN-10: 1643854380 
ISBN-13: 978-1643854380 
Digital ASIN: B0818ZX2NY

About the Book:

A Shakespearean scholar inherits a beachside bookshop--and a murder mystery--in this delightful new cozy series for fans of Kate Carlisle and Ellery Adams.

Summer Merriweather's career as a Shakespeare professor hangs by a bookbinder's thread. Academic life at her Virginia university is a viper's pit, so Summer spends her summer in England, researching a scholarly paper that, with any luck, will finally get her published, impress the Dean, and save her job. But her English idyll ends when her mother, Hildy, shuffles off her mortal coil from an apparent heart attack.

Returning to Brigid's Island, NC, for the funeral, Summer is impatient to settle the estate, sell her mom's embarrassingly romance-themed bookstore, Beach Reads, and go home. But as she drops by Beach Reads, Summer finds threatening notes addressed to Hildy: "Sell the bookstore or die."

Clearly, something is rotten on Brigid's Island. What method is behind the madness? Was Hildy murdered? The police insist there's not enough evidence to launch a murder investigation. Instead, Summer and her Aunt Agatha screw their courage to the sticking place and start sleuthing, with the help of Hildy's beloved book club. But there are more suspects on Brigid's Island than are dreamt of in the Bard's darkest philosophizing. And if Summer can't find the villain, the town will be littered with a Shakespearean tragedy's worth of corpses--including her own.

My Review:

Little Bookshop of Murder is an interesting read. Summer comes home to attend her mother Hildy's funeral, laden with guilt. When evidence comes to light indicating Hildy's death may not have been medical in nature. The mystery behind Hildy's death and Summer's insistence in finding out the truth provide for an interesting story. Summer could have been a bit less condescending but for the most part she was quite friendly. Everyone is entitled to their opinion about book genres and certain genres aren't for everyone. I enjoyed the story, the mystery kept me engaged, and the characters for interesting. The book is fast paced and I can't wait for the next book.

A more in-depth review will be coming soon on Saph's Cozy Corner.

I was provided a copy of this book to read.

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About Maggie Blackburn

 

Maggie Blackburn is the author of the Cora Crafts mysteries and the Cumberland Creek mysteries under another pen name. Her books have been selected as finalists for an Agatha Award and a Daphne du Maurier Award and as a Top 10 Beach Reads by Woman's World. She has also been short-listed for the Virginia Library People's Choice Award. She is the mother of two young women who are off following their dreams in the music business. She currently lives in Waynesboro, VA, and works at the University of Virginia as a development associate. 

Author Links Website - http://www.molliecoxbryan.com Twitter - @molliecoxbryan Purchase Links - Amazon - B&N - Kobo 

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