Showing posts with label Michelle Hillen Klump. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michelle Hillen Klump. Show all posts

Friday, March 3, 2023

Murder Served Neat (A Cocktails and Catering Mystery) by Michelle Hillen Klump ~ Cozy Mystery @mh_klump

 

Murder Served Neat (A Cocktails and Catering Mystery) by Michelle Hillen Klump

About Murder Served Neat:

 

Murder Served Neat (A Cocktails and Catering Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

2nd in Series

Setting - Texas

Crooked Lane Books (February 21, 2023)

Hardcover: ‎ 320 pages

ISBN-10: ‎ 1639102345

ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1639102341

Digital ASIN: ‎ B09ZRLRFB4

Reporter-turned-mixologist Samantha Warren has already thwarted one murder. Now, her world is shaken—definitely not stirred—once again as another killing throws her world into chaos.

Samantha is mixing up traditional cocktails at the German Texan Lodge’s Fourth of July festival—a gig she was roped into by her mother. But amidst the bratwurst and brass bands, trouble is brewing. Lodge loyalties are divided over a proposal to build a private, country-club-style tennis center on the lodge grounds. Her mom’s best friend Patty Davis is vehemently opposed to the plan. Society matron Angela Clawson is all for it. At the festival, they’re seen in a heated argument—and hours later, Angela is found dead, killed by one of the ceremonial shovels intended for the groundbreaking.

Samantha’s mother begs her to help clear her best friend’s name, but can she handle another murder case or will the whole investigation go bottoms up?

About Michelle Hillen Klump:

Michelle Hillen Klump began her writing career as a newspaper reporter, traveling the back roads of central Texas and Arkansas, reporting on everything from natural disasters to crime and corruption. She’s interviewed former presidents, covered a midnight manhunt through the Ozark Mountains, and learned the finer points of how to break a car window from a looter while covering a hurricane. Now, she uses her experiences as fodder for fiction, writing a cozy mystery series about a former reporter turned craft cocktail caterer.

Michelle lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and young daughter. When she’s not writing or working her day job, she enjoys gardening, reading, exploring Houston’s neighborhoods, hiking and biking, and creating craft cocktails for friends and family.

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TOUR PARTICIPANTS:

February 20 – Angel's Guilty Pleasures – SPOTLIGHT
February 20 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT WITH RECIPE
February 21 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee – SPOTLIGHT
February 22 – Maureen's Musings – SPOTLIGHT
February 23 – Jane Reads – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
February 24 – The Book Decoder – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
February 25 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
February 25 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW
February 26 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – REVIEW
February 27 – I'm Into Books – CHARACTER GUEST POST
February 28 – Cassidy's Bookshelves – AUTHOR GUEST POST
March 1 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW, AUTHOR GUEST POST
March 1 – Elizabeth McKenna - Author - SPOTLIGHT
March 2 – Celticlady's Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 2 – Literary Gold – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
March 3 – Sapphyria's Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT 
March 4 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT
March 4 – Socrates Book Reviews – REVIEW
March 4 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
March 5 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT WITH RECIPE
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Book Spotlight & #Giveaway ~ A Dash of Death (A Cocktails and Catering Mystery) by Michelle Hillen Klump @mh_klump ~ #CozyMystery

A Dash of Death (A Cocktails and Catering Mystery) by Michelle Hillen Klump

About A Dash of Death:

 

A Dash of Death (A Cocktails and Catering Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

1st in Series

Setting - Texas

Crooked Lane Books (February 8, 2022)

Hardcover: ‎ 304 pages

ISBN-10: ‎ 1643859374

ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1643859378

Digital ASIN: ‎ B094GN846Y

A Houston reporter-turned-mixologist mixes it up with murder in this series debut from Michelle Hillen Klump, superbly catering to fans of Diane Mott Davidson and Lee Hollis. 

Bad news for Samantha Warren: The plucky Houston, Texas, reporter lost her job and her fiancé in rapid succession. But Sam has a way of making lemonade out of the bitterest of lemons. At a meeting of the local historical-homes council, she serves up the homemade bitters that she made as gifts for her wedding party. She intends to use that as her “in” to become an in-demand party mixologist. But the party’s over for one of the council members, who keels over dead soon after he sips the bereft bride’s bitter brew. 

It turns out that the victim, Mark, was poisoned—his drink spiked with oleander. Since Sam mixed the drink that Mark imbibed right before his demise, she finds herself at the front of the suspect line. Now, she’ll have to use all of her reporter’s wisdom and wiles to clear her name.

Who could have wanted Mark dead? His wife, Gabby? His girlfriend, Darcy? Someone who wanted his seat on the council? Or another citizen of this sweet Texas town that holds some seedy secrets? 

Job hunting, building her mixology business, and fending off late-night phone calls from her nearly betrothed don’t leave much time for sleuthing. But if Sam can’t “pour” over the clues to find the killer, it may soon be last call for her.

 

About Michelle Hillen Klump:

Michelle Hillen Klump is a former newspaper reporter who covered government, courts and crime throughout Arkansas and Central Texas. Still a working journalist, she is also a member of Sisters in Crime. Her short fiction has appeared in Crimson Streets and Tales of Texas, volume 2, a Houston short story anthology.

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February 8 – Elizabeth McKenna - Author – SPOTLIGHT
February 8 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
February 9 – Maureen's Musings – SPOTLIGHT
February 9 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW
February 10 – Christy's Cozy Corners – GUEST POST
February 10 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW
February 11 – Cinnamon, Sugar, and a Little Bit of Murder – REVIEW, RECIPE
February 12 – Socrates Book Reviews – REVIEW
February 12 – Brooke Blogs – CHARACTER GUEST POST
February 13 – The Mystery Section – SPOTLIGHT
February 13 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
February 14 – Moonlight Rendezvous – REVIEW
February 14 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
February 15 – Christa Reads and Writes – REVIEW
February 15 – Sapphyria's Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
February 16 – Nellie's Book Nook – REVIEW, GUEST POST
February 16 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
February 17 – Celticlady's Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
February 17 – Diane Reviews Books – SPOTLIGHT
February 18 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
February 18 – Dear Reader - REVIEW
February 19 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
February 20 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
February 21 – BookishKelly2020 – SPOTLIGHT
February 21 – Melina's Book Blog – REVIEW
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