Q — Tell us about the new book, A CUTTHROAT BUSINESS.   A – It’s the first book in a new series, featuring recovering Southern Belle Savannah Martin. Savannah has always been a good girl, always doing what was expected, fully expecting that if she does everything perfectly, everything will fall into place in its [...]

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[Buy Cutthroat Business at Amazon]Library Journal Praises Bente Gallagher’s New Mystery Gallagher, Bente. A Cutthroat Business: A Savannah Martin Mystery. PublishingWorks. Jun. 2010. c.362p. ISBN 978-1-935557-07-4. pap. $13.95. Showing a house to a client who turns out to be an old high school boyfriend, Nashville real estate agent Savannah Martin discovers a coworker’s corpse. VERDICT [...]

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 [Buy Die Twice at Amazon]Library Journal calls DIE TWICE “A solid adrenalin rush….” Grant, Andrew. Die Twice. Minotaur: St. Martin’s. May 2010. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-312-54027-2. $24.99. David Trevellyan returns shortly after the events that ended Grant’s debut novel, Even. Exiled from New York and at loose ends, Trevellyan comes to the aid of a legendary [...]

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  Author Tasha Alexander Signs New Minotaur Deal To Continue Popular Lady Emily Series   CHICAGO–Award-winning historic fiction author Tasha Alexander has signed a new two-book deal with St. Martin’s Minotaur to continue her popular Lady Emily suspense series. The deal will extend the series to seven books.   “I’m excited to continue writing for St. Martin’s [...]

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Author Tasha Alexander’s Tears Of PearlNominated For Two Prestigious Book Awards   CHICAGO–Award nominations are coming in for noted historic fiction author Tasha Alexander’s TEARS OF PEARL (St. Martin’s Minotaur). The novel, part of the author’s award-winning Lady Emily series, was recently announced as a finalist for the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery. The book [...]

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Q & A WITH AUTHOR JENNIE BENTLEY ON PLASTER AND POISON  (March 2010 release from Penguin Berkley Prime Crime)   Q—Aren’t you introducing us to some family members in PLASTER AND POISON?   A—I am, as a matter of fact! For the past two books, FATAL FIXER-UPPER and SPACKLED AND SPOOKED, Avery, the main character, [...]

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PLASTER AND POISON D-I-Y AUTHOR JENNIE BENTLEY’S THIRD BOOK OF COZY MYSTERY SERIES SET FOR MARCH RELEASE BY BERKLEY PRIME CRIME   Author Jennie Bentley, the fast-rising voice of Do-It-Yourself cozy mysteries, brings readers back to Waterfield, Maine. This time it’s for a third adventure with home renovater Avery Baker and her handyman-boyfriend Derek in [...]

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BookReporter.com— May 2009Introducing David Trevellyan, a man trained by the Royal Navy to be, well, a kind of super agent. He’s the guy you want around when a sticky situation comes up. He carries the right tools, and his cavalier attitude sends signals that he’s not worried about the bad guys getting the upper hand. [...]

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POPULAR  IZZY MCNEIL MYSTERY SERIES TO CONTINUEAS  “RED-HOT” AUTHOR LAURA CALDWELL GETS NEW BOOK DEAL   Red-hot mystery author Laura Caldwell, who released not one, not two, but three books this summer—to ignite the popular Izzy McNeil trilogy—announced that she has signed with MIRA books to write four more Izzy McNeil novels.  In June, Caldwell [...]

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Prime Crime Author Jennie Bentley to Write More D-I-Y Cozy Mysteries in Avery Baker Series It seems people want more D-I-Y cozy mysteries and noted Berkely Prime Crime author Jennie Bentley will continue to write them. Bentley has agreed to write two more mysteries in the popular Avery Baker D-I-Y series for Prime Crime, bringing [...]

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