Welcome to the September 16th stop on the blog tour for Dead in That Beach House by M. Glenda Rosen, organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for other features, alternate excerpts, and a giveaway! (More info on that at the end of this post.)
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About the Book
Dead in THAT Beach House
A Senior Sleuths Mystery
by M. Glenda Rosen
(aka Marcia Rosen)
Genre: Mystery
Page Count: 160
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August 21, 2020, A Senior Sleuths Mystery, “Dead In THAT Beach House,” Published by Level Best Books is the third in the series and available at your local book store, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com. This series of murder and mayhem is written in a modern noir style with charming, witty, deliciously clever soft-boiled sleuths.
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Once we had arrived in the Hamptons, settled in and I felt comfortable, I began to add small amounts of poison to the evening cocktails. It was from the oleander flowers. I had planted them carefully behind the barn in Ames. After only weeks, they were falling ill, listless, crying to go back to Ames. They felt too sick at the beach house. It was simple.
I know you must think I’m a monster. But, really, they felt very little when I strangled them to death thanks to the poison in their system. When they were dead, I filled my library with books about murder and witchcraft. The note I leave for whomever might find them might explain what happened…
The Senior Sleuths, Dick and Dora Zimmerman, much like Nick and Nora Charles from the Thin Man series, and their cozy group of interesting, quirky friends take on crooks and murderers while dealing with an outrageous case of elder abuse.
Later: “Shall we say invitations are mandatory?”
“Absolutely, dear. We wouldn’t want anyone to miss the fun”
“They’re either belligerent, arrogant, or simply annoyed,” Zero whispered to Cloud as the so-called guests arrived. They were all murderers and those who had committed crimes against the elderly.
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Excerpt
Sewn inside the striped petticoat were two old metal skeleton keys.
Dora and keys. They did get her in trouble.
Jake took pictures of the keys with his cellphone and he and his mother agreed it would be best to show them to Dick and Lily. Then they would forward the photos of the keys to the sheriff, and explain where they were found.
Lily and Dick had found their own surprise in the library. There were several shelves of books about murder. Another shelf had books on witches, witchcraft and poisons. All the dust and cobwebs on them couldn’t hide the strangeness of it all.
Dora was determined to come back as soon as possible to look deeper amongst the pages of murder and evil. It only made sense the books might reveal some truths about the house and its owner.
The dust unable to hide strange markings on those books made Dora very curious and determined to look for possible answers inside their pages.
“What kind of people owned this house?” Jake looked at his mother, clearly wanting to get out of there.
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About the Author
For over 25 years, owner and founder of a business/marketing and public relations agency and consulting firm in New York City, The Hampton’s and Albuquerque, New Mexico where the company served as advisors to a wide range of national, regional and local clientele including major pharmaceutical companies. The agency provided a special expertise to the healthcare industry including: hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers, medical facilities, non-profit healthcare organizations and literally dozens of healthcare providers. It was the second largest public relations firm in New Mexico when sold. The agency was built on Marcia’s business experience as owner of two-day care centers for ten years in upstate New York.
Parallel to founding and running her agency, Marcia was also an active advocate and advisor for women’s economic development and success. Along with Betty Friedan, she was honored by the City of New York in celebration of Women’s Empowerment Day for “helping thousands of women advance their careers and succeed in starting their own companies.” She was also honored as the East End Women’s Network’s 20th annual “Woman of the Year,” and nominated for New York State“ Women of Distinction Award. In New Mexico her agency received awards and accolades for the many volunteer services it provided.
She has served on numerous organization boards including, The New York Women’s Agenda, Columbia Hospital Breast Cancer Initiative, American Cancer Society, Venture Fund for Women, The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, PULSE (helping to prevent medical errors), Boardroom Bound Alliance and others over the past twenty years.
Marcia presently lives in Carmel, California and is planning on moving back to Albuquerque early 2021 or end of 2020. She has author clients in New York City, Atlanta, Albuquerque, Long Island, the Hamptons and Vancouver.
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Giveaway Alert!
M. Glenda Rosen aka Marcia Rosen will be awarding a $50 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
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You’re welcome!
Great cover! Thank you for sharing!
I like the cover. It is very cute!
It is, isn’t it? The cover alone got me interested in this tour.
I encourage reading so having a family who loves to read I sure support.Thanks for sharing your terrific read with us.
Sounds like a good read.
Thank you for hosting this lovely giveaway! The book looks great 🙂
Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Everyone’s comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks for featuring me on your blog.
M. Rosen
You’re very welcome!
This sounds like a great mystery.
Thank You
Thanks for the chance!
I think the cover is great!
Thanks for sharing the excerpt!
This looks like a great read. I like the cover.
Love the nod to The Thin Man series (one of the best!). If this follows suit, it should be a great read. Thanks.
Sounds great, I like the cover.
The cover and story is really interesting.
Thank you all for such nice comments. Hope you read about Dick and Dora and their cohort,
Zero the Bookie, Marcia
Good evening, Marcia! My question for you today is, have you ever considered co-authoring a book and if so, who would you most like to work with?
I love the cover, it’s very cute
Well If I could co-author with someone(s)….
James Paterson or Donna Leon…why not a best selling author:)
or
Anthony Horwitz, a wonderful mystery writer who was one of creators or
MidSummer Murders on PBS.
Marcia
Sounds great.
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Thanks for the chance to win!
You’re welcome!
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The excerpt is interesting. Thank you for sharing it.
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Thank you for sharing the review.
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Thanks for the opportunity to win! And thank you for sharing.
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Great all around!
The book sounds really good.
This is def one I like
Were any of your charactors based on real life persons?
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Cover is nice and cute! What was your first book?
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A perfect book to take along to the beach!
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Thanks for the contest.
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I love the Thin Man series so I’m sure this will be a quite entertaining read. Thanks.
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I would just like to be at a beach house right now….
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Thanks for offering such a good prize!
What an impressive amount of accomplishments the author has. I love the idea of empowering other women.
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