A FATAL AFFAIR: THE MURDER OF HELEN GRIER
We did it! AFA is now in the hands of five trusted beta readers. It’s hard to resist the urge to keep tinkering, but we have a really tight timeline to publication date, and we have read and reread the text so many times (and are so familiar with the case), we would miss the most obvious typo or omission.
If you aren’t already following our journey on social media, please consider doing so. We have already reached 220,000+ views! New posts daily. Links at A Fatal Affair: The Murder of Helen Grier
THE STILETTO GANG GIVEAWAY
WHERE: sign up at https://www.thestilettogang.com/home-giveaway/
WHEN: June 1 – 30, 2026
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: July
Grand Prize Winner receives… 9 E-BOOKS
- Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun by Lois Winston
- The Second Shot by Bethany Maines
- Murder in the One Percent by Saralyn Richard
- The Body Business by Gay Yellen
- Skeletons in the Attic by Judy Penz Sheluk
- House of Rose by T.K. Thorne
- Night of the Living Bread by Mary Lee Ashford
- Deadly Recall by Donnell Ann Bell
- With Our Bellies Full and the Fire Dying by Debra H. Goldstein
Two runners up will receive 3 e-books and may select from the list above.
WHERE THERE’S A WILL: JUNE SALE, JUST $2.99
WTAW has been selected by KOBO for inclusion in Great Reads Under $5 for the month of June, the price discounted to $2.99. I’ve price-matched on Amazon, Apple, and B&N Nook.
About the book: Emily Garland is getting married and looking for the perfect forever home. When the old, and some say haunted, Hadley house comes up for sale, she’s convinced it’s “the one.” The house is also perfect for reality TV star Miles Pemberton and his new series, House Haunters. Emily will fight for her dream home, but Pemberton’s pockets are deeper than Emily’s, and he’ll stretch the rules to get what he wants.While Pemberton racks up enemies all around Lount’s Landing, Arabella Carpenter, Emily’s partner at the Glass Dolphin antiques shop, has been hired to appraise the contents of the estate, along with her ex-husband, Levon. Could the feuding beneficiaries decide there’s a conflict of interest? Could Pemberton?Things get even more complicated when Arabella and Levon discover another will hidden inside the house, and with it, a decades-old secret. Can the property stay on the market? And if so, who will make the winning offer: Emily or Miles Pemberton?
PS: This is a cozy-style mystery without a murder (and without the cats, crafts and cookie recipes).
PPS: This is the only book where I wrote the last chapter first (because I absolutely knew how I wanted the story to end).
RECOMMENDED READING: CRIME SCENES BY JOSEPH S. WALKER
It’s my pleasure to introduce you to a fabulous short mystery fiction writer, Joseph S. Walker. His stories have won multiple awards, and it was an honour to include his short stories in three of my Superior Shores Press Anthologies (Heartbreaks & Half-truths; Moonlight & Misadventure; and Midnight Schemers & Daydream Believers). Joseph is also the President of the Short Mystery Fiction Society.
About the Book: Crime Scenes, recently called a “must-have” book by Art Taylor, collects twenty stories from Edgar-nominated writer Joseph S. Walker. In addition to the Edgar, stories included have been nominated for Thriller, Shamus, and Derringer Awards, won two Al Blanchard Awards, and appeared in three editions of The Best Mystery Stories of the Year. As Rob Lopresti writes, “if you don’t love this book, you don’t love crime fiction.”
ENZO is very happy to see that you’re reading this newsletter (and so am I). Until next month, with gratitude. Judy
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