Hippie Haven Homicide (Psychedelic Spy Mystery) by Sally Carpenter

Hippie Haven Homicide (Psychedelic Spy Mystery)
by Sally Carpenter

About Hippie Haven Homicide

Hippie Haven Homicide (Psychedelic Spy Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Publisher: Cozy Cat Press (May 21, 2020)
Paperback: 229 pages
ISBN-10: 195257904X
ISBN-13: 978-1952579042
Digital ASIN: B08B61G6F4

Get ready to flip your wig over another groovy 1967 retro-cozy with actress and amateur spy Noelle McNabb. Spy agency SIAMESE (Special Intelligence Apparatus for Midwest Enemy Espionage and Surveillance) turns Noelle’s pet, Ceebee, into an “acoustic kitty” to listen in on an agent known only as Old Scratch. Meanwhile, a counterculture religious sect led by the Wise One infiltrates the staid town of Yuletide, Indiana. When one of the sect members makes a premature departure to the Spirit in the Sky, Noelle investigates, but finds herself in deep water—literally. With her undercover disguiser, Noelle really knows how to sock it to ‘em. However, she still can’t solve the secrets of a certain family member. Don’t miss this fab story of saints, sinners and spies!

About Sally Carpenter

Sally Carpenter is native Hoosier living in Moorpark, Calif.

She has a master’s degree in theater from Indiana State University. While in school, her plays “Star Collector” and “Common Ground” were finalists in the American College Theater Festival One-Act Playwrighting Competition. “Common Ground” also earned a college creative writing award. “Star Collector” was produced in New York City and served as the inspiration for her first mystery series.

Sally also has a Master of Divinity and a black belt in tae kwon do.

She’s worked as an actress, college writing instructor, jail chaplain and tour guide/page for Paramount Pictures.

The books in her Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol series are: The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper (2012 Eureka! Award finalist for best first mystery novel), The Sinister Sitcom Caper, The Cunning Cruise Ship Caper and The Quirky Quiz Show Caper, all with Cozy Cat Press.

Flower Power Fatality is the first book in the Psychedelic Spy series.

She has short stories in three anthologies: Last Exit to Murder, Plan B: Omnibus and Cozy Cat Shorts. She penned chapter three of the CCP group mystery Chasing the Codex.

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Webpage: sandyfairfaxauthor.com

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Black Dog Rising
Kat Caulberg
Published by: Soul Mate Publishing
Publication date: July 1st 2020
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance

Since arriving in England, nothing has made sense for Emma Aubrey. Forced to flee her ex-boyfriend and the vengeful ghost of his dead wife, she seeks refuge in Ninestone Downs, a sleepy country village where people still whisper of fairies and a hellish phantom canine prowls its streets.

Toby Deering has no more room in his life for the paranormal. He’s got secrets of his own, including a four-hundred-year-old curse and a past he can’t escape. The last thing he wants is a quirky American woman on his doorstep in desperate need of shelter, or the accidental touch that awakens a bond between them neither can ignore.

But ancient forces are stirring. When Emma finds herself the target of a shadowy stalker, will her bond with Toby be enough to withstand the evil Fae Court and the hellhound on her heels?

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EXCERPT:

The trill of a penny whistle tugged Emma to an avenue winding away from the heart of the village. The buildings grew smaller as she reached the stream marking the town’s boundary. It fed the river she and Toby crossed earlier, a medieval stone bridge bowed over its banks. Beyond lay the fen. The Nine Sisters stood at the edge of one of those watery coils where drier land took over, forever imprisoned.

She slowed.

With no lights on the fen to soften the darkness, there was no way to determine solid ground from the wet, marshy soil snaking for miles into the country. Wandering out into the fields would be dangerous, even deadly. She turned to leave.

A fiddle wept in the night. The sound came from the route toward the standing stones, binding Emma to her need to find it. The tune dipped low, pulling at the invisible link. Her feet moved, taking her with them, each soft step issuing a warning against going further. Something was wrong, she knew, but the music cajoled, it coaxed, and although she wrapped a hand around the pillar beside the bridge to stop herself, the music sweet-talked her into letting go.

She would follow and happily be lost.

The beast growled before she saw it. Slinking from a patch of darkness, a blocky figure materialized on the opposite side of the stream. Its shoulders reached as high as the sides of the bridge, making it taller than Emma’s hip. The stench of sulfur crawled over the water and scraped at her hindbrain.

Claws clicked on clunch stone, leading up to legs seemingly too spindly to sustain the weight of the beast’s shaggy body. A chain dangled from its neck. Doglike, it pinned its ears to its skull and sniffed the wind.

Suspended in blackness darker than the rest, two bright, red eyes burning with infernal light flicked open.

She clamped a hand to her mouth too late to stop her shriek. This was no shade, no outline, no trick of the night. The thing standing before her was real. A name circled her brain, seeking exit.

“Shuck,” she croaked.

The beast stretched its mouth and grinned.

Long, tapered needles glistened in crimson gums. Emma’s blood ran cold. It had heard her. It had understood. In a corner of her mind, a rational voice broke through her terror, whispering warnings. If she ran, it would follow. Not just follow, but chase, track, hunt, destroy.

She stretched her hands to show she held no weapons and was no threat to it, although what threat could she present to a creature crafted of midnight and hellfire? The thing was a demon.

A demon that saved a man from a flock of runaway sheep, a second inner voice piped up. One that might have just saved Shane. Maybe. Or maybe it’d been unsuccessful in its bid for an evening snack.

“Sit,” Emma whimpered. “Stay.”

Author Bio:

For as long as she can remember, Kat Caulberg has been obsessed with history and the paranormal. Somewhat to the dismay of her parents, her interests led her into both museums and graveyards as a child, a trend which has continued into her adulthood. This has influenced her reading tastes and her writing, whether it be a good ghost story, thrilling tales of time-travel, or devouring endless volumes of ancient warfare.

She signed a contract with Soul Mate Publishing in 2018 for her first novel, Three Star Island, a time-travel story set in 1721. She enjoys writing strong, quirky heroines, and has a weakness for cheeky heroes who have as much compassion as they have flaws.

Kat currently lives in North Carolina with her Englishman and a few cats.

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Keep Me In Sight
Rachel Blackledge
Publication date: September 1st 2020
Genres: Adult, Thriller

One night. One lie.

Now someone is going to die.

It’s about Dan.
These three words jolt Brynn Masters back to the big boozy night she spent with her boyfriend, Dan. The very same night his ex, Erin, showed up. Erin says something terrible happened that night. Dan says he never touched her. Trouble is, Erin has evidence to prove it.
Brynn can vouch for him though. She was there that night she can hardly remember, but will never forget. Except, when Brynn pieces together her fractured memories, lost that night at the bottom of a bottle, she faces the horrifying possibility that maybe Dan isn’t completely innocent. Maybe he’s guilty as charged. As Brynn inches closer to the truth, she begins to wonder: Who is the predator? And who is the prey?
Gloria knows. She’s a psychic who turned her back on her ability long ago, after she failed to prevent a terrible tragedy. As her gift floods back to her, can she learn to trust herself again before it’s too late? Or will her painful past hold her back from saving someone’s future . . . and quite possibly their life.
This addictive and suspenseful thriller explores the fault lines between broken memories and shattered trust, and promises to keep you up well past your bedtime.

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INMATE 6881
Initials mar the bench of the holding cell, a sea of letters scratched into the paint by the forgotten ones, marking their existence.
So and so was here. There’s a lot of gang insignia, too. I see a skull done up quite nicely. That person had some talent. Wasted, clearly.
Keys clank against the metal gate. Wanda stands there, sliding a key into the slot and twisting. She’s one of the nicer guards, which is why she works in the out-processing unit.
Her uniform strains against her bulk. The heavy-duty leather belt cinched up tight sections her belly into top and bottom folds. She’s an older woman, approaching retirement, I hope. What an awful place to spend her golden years.
“Case dismissed.” She pushes the gate open, looking me up and down. “Let me take a picture. It’s not often I see a murderer walk free.”
“Murderess,” I say, rising to my feet and straightening my prison issue garb. I smooth back my hair and walk freely out of the holding cell.
“‘Scuse me,” she says, following me down the barren hallway. “They all come in here howling about how they’re innocent little lambs. And the justice system has done them wrong and they deserve to be set free. Except none of those smart lawyers on the outside can never seem to find a single reason why.”
I’m thinking about all the unfortunates who lack the ability to plan the perfect crime. Poor them.
Behind me, Wanda labors for breath, a wheezing sound that keeps time with her footsteps. Then we reach the last gate before freedom, the last time I’ll be referred to as an inmate number.
“What’s your secret?” she demands in a low voice, hand grasping the bars of the sally port door in front of us. “I saw your case file. You killed that guy deader than a doornail.”
My gaze passes from the pockmarked metal bars to her fleshy hand, wrapped around the bar, knuckles rising up in soft mounds.
I recall Chris’s hands wrapped around my neck, his nostrils flaring, his lips stretched across the tidy white line of his teeth. Then I remember the gleam of my knife before I sank it in his belly.
“Foresight,” I say with a wry smile. She smiles too, an involuntary reaction, but I can tell from her quick sideways glance that she’s confused, trying to work out the meaning. While her wheels are turning, I nod toward the gate. “Shall we?”
I retrieve my articles, stored the night they processed me into general. No probation or bail for me. No way. A female killer? The authorities didn’t want to take their chances, rare as we are. Women are supposed to be peaceable, not violent. What had driven me to kill?
Until they knew, nobody wanted the responsibility of authorizing my release. And who can blame them? Nobody wanted to face the possibility that it could happen again.
But it just might.
In fact, I wouldn’t rule it out.

Author Bio:
An American ex-pat since 2008, together with her husband, Rachel has sailed over 11,000 nautical miles, crossing the Indian Ocean three times and sinking only once. She hung up her foul weather gear since the birth of her son. And writes thrillers now instead.

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Inheritance with a Catch by Denise Daye

Title: Inheritance with a Catch

Series: Billionaire Inheritance Series #1

Author: Denise Daye

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: August 31, 2020

What do a compelling billionaire interested in women from magazine covers and a kind-hearted social worker have in common?

They are unwillingly husband and wife.

After real estate mogul Elijah Radcliff demanded in his will that his grandson Benjamin shall only inherit his enormous fortune if he marries the gardener's daughter, Manhattan seems to have turned upside down.

For years, Benjamin hated Ava and Ava hated Benjamin. That was as clear as the sun goes up and the moon goes down.

But for the sake of a billion dollars, will they be able to see through their differences?

Follow their story and find out if their love blossoms or dies.

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Denise graduated with a master's in Social Work from an ivy league school and has spent many years of her life supporting families and individuals in need of assistance. She has always had a passion for writing, but it wasn't until her own baby boy was born that Denise turned her passion into her profession. Whenever Denise is not typing away on one of her books, you can find her caring for her son (a.k.a. one of the toughest jobs in the world), binging Netflix with her beloved husband, or chasing after her puppy (who should technically be an adult dog by now).

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The Injection Reveal by DL Jones

Thriller (Medical thriller, Action thriller, suspense)

Date Published: Oct 20 2020

Publisher: 43Ten Press

The only thing to save two old friends from death may also be what kills
them.

Mr. Peters is a successful business owner. Other than dealing with a recent
rash of break-ins, he lives a very satisfying life. That was until a
childhood friend and brilliant scientist paid him a visit.

While the two friends had a troubled past, not speaking for ten years, the
reunion was a happy one. That happiness quickly took a wrong turn as their
lives are threatened.

Now held captive, the use of an experimental drug was the only option. A
top-secret drug that enhanced a person’s will and physicality is the
only thing giving them a fighting chance.

However, there are deadly side effects. Along with enhanced abilities comes
a decrease in mental stability. Moreover, there is more to the kidnappings
than first thought.

Will the two childhood friends maintain their sanity long enough to
survive?

About the Author

DL Jones is a Writer, IT Professional and Tech Enthusiast.

DL Jones was born in Brooklyn NY, grew up in Newport News VA and has spent
the last 8 years in Charlotte NC. He has served time in the US Army and
works as an IT Professional. His first love has always been tech, well
computers and the web specifically, which has led to a lot of writing.

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Trouble Blows West by Monique Bucheger

When Monique isn’t writing, you can find her playing taxi driver to one or more of her 12 children, plotting her next novel, scrapbooking, or being the “Mamarazzi” at any number of child-oriented events. 


Even though she realizes there will never be enough hours in any given day, Monique tries very hard to enjoy the journey that is her life. She shares it with a terrific husband, her dozen children, twelve grand-darlings, too many cats, and many real and imaginary friends. She is the author of several books in three series and hopes to write many more.

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Putting her body in motion before her brain is in gear creates a mountain of problems for 12 year-old Ginnie West. She is certain that defending her twin brother, Toran, from the biggest bully in sixth grade was the right thing to do. But Ginnie couldn’t be more wrong.

She quickly figures out that Toran doesn’t appreciate being rescued by a girl any better than Pierce likes being knocked down by one. When Pierce seeks revenge on Ginnie, Toran sets aside his anger and helps her plot a playback prank at Pierce’s house.

Sadly, Ginnie learns that Pierce has a reason for being a bully when she sees his dad drop him to the floor like a ragdoll with one awful blow to the chest. Realizing he's a boy in big trouble, Ginnie switches gears and decides to be his ally, even if he won’t let her be his friend.

What reviewers are saying about this book:

*Like Anne of "Anne of Green Gables," Ginnie is a character you can't help but love.

*I couldn't put these books down. I was not only entertained, but inspired.

* An excellent book that deals with the sensitive topics of bullying, abuse and forgiveness. It is action packed and full of raw emotions.

*Bucheger does an amazing job of writing this story but without giving a cookie cutter answer to the problems Ginnie faces.

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Business Blindspots by Doug Winnie

Non-Fiction / Business

Date Published: 9/1/20

Publisher: Elite Online Publishing

Take Control of Your Business Blindspots

This book has been written in such a way that works as a checklist,
instruction manual,  and an actual coursebook with test questions. This
book can be used in the way that best fits your individual needs. Updated
for the Covid-19 global pandemic as another blindspot was indeed this
virus.

You will discover critical business concepts and learn how to implement
these strategies in a way that allows every business owner and every team
member to participate and grow. By implementing these systems, you’ll
be ahead of the competition and ready for success.

This book is for everyone and every business. Whether it’s
pre-startup to fast-growth, from disaster to turn-around, and from re-birth
to a consistent and stable growth company, there are tools and ideas for
everyone. Whether you are the CEO or a front-line manager, or even a
front-line team member, this book was written to help everyone in the
organization cause the company to become much more successful by reading AND
APPLYING the actions recommended.

In these pages you’ll find:

Objectives for each chapter

Easy to navigate sections for specific business needs

Checklists and tools

Tests at the end of each chapter

Real-life examples

And so much more! Take control of your success today and defeat those
blindspots that may be holding you back!

"Doug's writing leverages the 10 years of business coaching at
ActionCOACH along with the additional 20 years of owning businesses to help
everyone easily understand the critical business concepts and then how to
implement strategies that allow every business owner and team member to
really get it. This is a must-read for any business owner who wants to
become more successful."- Bradley J. Sugars, International Bestselling
Author, Speaker, and the World's #1 Business Coach

"This book outlines all that he teaches me and my family about growing
a business from a simple start-up to become a very successful and ultimately
happy business owner."- Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, International
Bestselling Author, Speaker, and the World's #1 Executive Coach.

"There isn't just one area of the business that Doug has helped us in.
He's helped us in almost every area...a huge difference in the success of
the shop. I know that just by following the systems and methodologies he's
given us, we are way ahead of the competition and worthy of being the
prototype store for the entire franchise."- Mike Simon, Owner, My
Shipley Donuts

"Having been out of the corporate world for about the last 6 years,
this has made me realize all the things that I've really forgotten and that
I need to apply myself in many, many different ways."- Moose Rosenfeld,
Owner, Let's Talk Digital

About the Author

Doug is an international public speaker, profit-strategist and
award-winning business and executive coach, with multiple years of winning
national and global ActionCOACH awards, beginning his first entrepreneurial
experience selling holiday greeting cards door-to-door.  This early
drive for success led him to become a very successful business owner, now on
his 9th successful business.

Having been the coach for over 200 business leaders, Doug has had the rare
privilege to work in a diverse range of business industries, to name a few,
automotive, technology, food service, real estate, franchise, medical,
veterinary and oil and gas – and with an equally range of
executives!

Doug earned his degree in Management Information Systems and International
Finance from the University of Houston.  Soon after graduating, he
started his own award winning, rapid-growth company, which grew to over 60
employees generating over $25 million in sales with profits exceeding
$250,000 per month.

After semi-retirement at 42, he was enticed to buy a business coaching
franchise to teach others what he had been teaching himself for 28
years.  From an inauspicious start as the 1,181st franchise owner
across 60 countries, Doug reached #1 franchise within four years, becoming
the fastest inductee into the ActionCOACH Hall of Fame.  More recently,
Doug won the “Marshall Goldsmith First 25" Award out of 12,000
applicants, an honor that included a seat at the table and professional
association with Marshall Goldsmith.

Having been the owner and manager of 3 multi-million-dollar companies, Doug
understands the challenges, the pressures, and the pleasures associated with
being your own boss. He has diligently worked as a consultant, coach,
trouble-shooter and director while also enjoying a wonderful journey!
As a business coach the opportunity to facilitate and assist other business
owners and entrepreneurs to achieve amazing results is his mission.

Doug was professionally trained by multi-millionaire, author and
world-class entrepreneur Brad Sugars.  With the support of ActionCOACH
global resources, Doug’s coaching, training and development programs
are world class. 

Doug’s strong belief, is that having a certified business coach is
the single most positive investment a business owner can make in themselves
and for their business.

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