Murder. Magic. Mischief.
It’s summer in Harvest Falls: tourists flock to the trails and pack Charlie Goode’s local board game shop. But the town’s dark past is always cultivating difficulties… When a man is found dead at the Summer Solstice Festival, everyone starts jumping at shadows. And with and a web of lies spiraling out of control, things are about to get dicey.
I am happy to announce my story, “The Blood of Khalid Al’Tahir”, is included in Swords & Sorceries 7 from Parallel Universe Publications! Part of my Kuthahaar series of short stories, the tale follows the assassin Tariq as he unravels horrors within the Immortal City.
From the publisher: “This is the seventh in our popular sword and sorcery anthology series featuring eleven brand-new stories by Stephen Frame, Paul Batteiger, Andrew Graham, Phil Emery, Gavin Chappell, Jason M Waltz, Jalyn Renae Fiske, Craig Comer, Eric Ian Steele, Jon Zaremba, and Harry Elliott. In the spirit of such sword and sorcery greats: Robert E. Howard, Karl Edward Wagner, Michael Moorcock, Fritz Leiber and Lin Carter these tales will take you to exotic worlds of peril, adventure and dark sorceries.”
Exciting news! A DAGGER AMONG FRIENDS is now available on audiobook – on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes!
Click here to find on Amazon and hear an excerpt.
It was a fun process, with over 100 auditions to listen through before finding the amazingly talented Talon David. I love her interpretation of the various characters, and the feel of the book overall. I hope you’ll agree!
My new mystery novel, A DAGGER AMONG FRIENDS, is now available in print and eBook! Click here to grab your copy!
For fans of Hallmark Mysteries, Agatha Raisin, and Stephanie Plum, A DAGGER AMONG FRIENDS is an amateur sleuth mystery novel where the entire town concocts wild theories and tramples the evidence all to find out Whodunit.
Charlie Goode is struggling to reset her life. After a split from her longtime partner, she’s returned home to the Pacific Northwest town of Harvest Falls. Drifting between jobs at her cousin’s board game shop and the police station, she avoids commitment like the plague.
When her one-time BFF is murdered, Charlie looks to her father, the chief of police, for justice. But to Charlie’s shock and dismay, not everyone trusts her father’s abilities, or his integrity, and Harvest Falls soon devolves into a frenzy of half-baked theories and armchair detecting.
Determined to protect her father’s reputation, Charlie finds herself battling wits with the bumbling sleuths, joining the hunt for her friend’s killer. But with librarians, florists, and bakers tromping through crime scenes, hurling accusations, and fudging the law, she’ll have to act fast before the killer’s dagger pricks another friend.
The A DAGGER AMONG FRIENDS eBook is now available for pre-order on Amazon! Click here to have a copy delivered to your reading device August 8th.
For fans of Hallmark Mysteries, Agatha Raisin, and Stephanie Plum, A DAGGER AMONG FRIENDS is an amateur sleuth mystery novel where the entire town concocts wild theories and tramples the evidence all to find out Whodunit.
The plot is a humorous and loving take on mystery tropes:
“I solved it!” They beamed, gasping and thrusting out their chest.
“Running blindly into the killer’s grasp is called being a victim.”
The main character, Charlie Goode, is in her 40s and has recently split from her long-time boyfriend. Starting over in her small hometown of Harvest Falls, she spends time playing board games with her cousin Case, and working for her father, the chief of police.
Board games and 80s movie references are littered throughout the book. After all, every sleuth needs a hobby!
“You need a hobby.” He beamed. “That’s an actual thing. All sleuths have hobbies—baking, quilting, cat herding. It helps with the process.”
I thought for a moment before perking up. “I play board games,” I said. “But I’m not sure how that helps.” I lofted my whiskey, stared at my playing cards: a cattle ranch and the cooperage I’d built beside it. “Seems like a distraction.”
Like cozies, board games, and 80s movies? Check out the book and leave a review!
Here it is: the cover for A DAGGER AMONG FRIENDS, the first in my new mystery series set in the Pacific Northwest!
When murder comes to Harvest Falls, amateur sleuths abound. But the killer’s game pits friend against friend, and everyone’s in danger of a final turn.
I’m working on some final edits and getting ready for another fun summer of book events. More details to come!
As summer rolls along, here are some events where I’ll be meeting new readers. They’re all first-time events for me, and I’m excited to be a part of them!
I had a great time meeting new readers at the Marion County Fair last weekend! Looking forward to a few other events this summer; more details to come!
Happy also that Thralls of the Fairie was a hit! Check it out on Amazon if you haven’t already: eleven tales of Sword & Sorcery and Heroic Adventure.
And as July flies by, I’m happy to share some additional collections of fantasy novels for your perusal. Click on the image to explore the collection.
