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  Title: BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY Author: Mike Martin Publication Date: May 10, 2024 Pages: 251 Genre: Mystery Winston Windflower is (sort of) enjoying his retirement from the RCMP in Grand Bank, Newfoundland, happily spending time with his young family, but feeling a little restless. Corporal Eddie Tizzard is running the Marystown detachment and struggling with the demands of the role while his own family grows. When a new kind of drug threatens the community, a body (the wrong body) is found dead in a hearse, and then another drug-connected mysterious death occurs, Tizzard knows he’s dealing with a deadly menace in their quiet, close-knit community. Windflower finds himself inexorably (and not unhappily) drawn back into the action, first in an unofficial role to help snare the dealers and then back to active duty in a community that desperately needs his steady hand and good judgement.  Our favorite Mountie, Sgt. Windflower and his fellow courageous c...

  Inside the Book Title: The Code Author: Sean Keefer Publisher: Rivers Turn Press Pages: 319 Genre: Mystery/Suspense/Legal Thriller It should have been an otherwise uneventful Sunday morning for Charleston attorney Noah Parks. Perhaps a trip to the beach or a run with his new Australian Shepherd, Austin. But with a cryptic voicemail, everything changes. A client has vanished, leaving nothing behind as a clue to where he may be. Neither his family, friends, nor neighbors are able to provide help. Turning to his friend Emmett Gabriel, Charleston’s newest police detective, Parks can only watch as what started with a simple voicemail takes on a sinister life of its own.  Parks soon finds himself entangled in an affair that spans centuries, going back to the time of Charleston’s birth. With a focus on learning his client’s fate, Parks will soon find himself facing a mystery that will not only be a test of his wits but leaves him challenged in ways he never ...

  Inside the Book Title: Christmas in Newfoundland: Memories and Mysteries Author: Mike Martin Publisher: Ottawa Press and Publishing Pages: 141 Genre: Mystery/Memoir/Christmas From the author of the Award-winning Sgt. Windflower Mysteries including  Christmas in Newfoundland: Memories and Mysteries Book 1,  comes another welcome addition to the Sgt. Windflower family of books. Come sit by the fire of the woodstove in the kitchen and listen to stories of Christmas long ago in Grand Bank and Ramea and tales of great adventure and Christmas magic in St. John’s in the 1960s and onward. Have Christmas dinner with Sgt. Windflower and Sheila and their two little girls. Then wait and see if any special visitors show up to entertain them. Sing along with the choir or have a drink with old friends to celebrate Tibb’s Eve. Follow along as Eddie Tizzard has a special mission in the middle of a snowstorm and Herb Stoodley becomes an unlikely Christmas hero. Christm...

  Inside the Book Title : DANGEROUS WATERS Author : Mike Martin Publisher : Ottawa Press and Publishing Pages : 288 Genre : Mystery Book Blurb: Old habits die hard… Sgt. Windflower tries his best to ease away from life as a Mountie, but the lure of an investigation is too hard to resist. After a missing man turns up dead, Sgt. Windflower is pulled in to investigate. Meanwhile, the arrival of a group of unique foreign visitors during a snowstorm in Grand Bank offers up another mystery. Even with so much going on, Windflower can’t resist the enticement of a good meal and a trip to the island of Saint Pierre off the coast of Newfoundland. But when things get rough, Windflower can always rely on Eddie Tizzard and the gang to have his back. As always, Windflower’s wife Sheila and their daughters are beacons of love and support as he navigates dangerous waters. Grand Bank beckons you to another great story in the  Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series. Dangerous Waters is av...

  Inside the Book Title : REVERSAL OF FORTUNE Author : F.M. Meredith Publisher : 31 Months LLC Pages : 190 Genre : Mystery Book Blurb: A fortune teller is murdered in the small beach town of Rocky Bluff, California. The RBPD’s investigation uncovers several suspects—all with motives and opportunity. But which one killed her? The body of a suspect is discovered on the fortune teller’s property. Clearly, the two killings are related, but how? Who is responsible? Meanwhile, the mayor’s daughter, Kayla, whose best friend is Detective Doug Milligan’s daughter, is upset because her mother’s sister wants her to leave Rocky Bluff to live with her in Los Angeles. Can her friends convince Kayla’s aunt to leave her there with her father? Book Information Release Date:  April 8, 2022 Publisher:  31 Months LLC; Soft Cover:  ASIN: B09XLQCNZB; 190 pages; $12.99; E-Book, $2.99 Amazon:  https://amzn.to/3EA50Eo Reversal of Fortune  is available at:   You can also watch ...

  Inside the Book Title : TICKET TO RIDE Author : Winona Kent Publisher : Blue Devil Books Pages : 230 Genre : Mystery / Amateur Sleuth BOOK BLURB: In  Lost Time , the third book in Winona’s Jason Davey Mystery series, professional musician / amateur sleuth Jason Davey was rehearsing for Figgis Green’s 50th Anniversary Tour of England. Now they’re on the road in Ms. Kent’s fourth book in the series,  Ticket To Ride . But when a fortune-teller in Sheffield warns them of impending danger, the band is suddenly plagued by a series of seemingly-unrelated mishaps. After Jason is attacked and nearly killed in Cambridge, and a fire alarm results in a very personal theft from Mandy’s hotel room, it becomes clear they’re being targeted by someone with a serious grudge. And when Figgis Green plays a gig at a private estate in Tunbridge Wells, that person finally makes their deadly intentions known. Jason must rely on his instincts, his Instagram “guardian angel,” and a wartime ghost...

  Inside the Book Title : SAFE HARBOUR Author : Mike Martin Publisher : Ottawa Press and Publishing Pages : 264 Genre : Mystery BOOK BLURB: Sgt. Windflower is on a special assignment in St. John’s and adjusting to life in the big city. He is navigating traffic, a difficult boss at work and what seems like an epidemic of missing girls. He becomes more interested when he discovers that one of the girls is from Grand Bank. Then a girl approaches his RCMP van one night and he is pulled into the underlife of the capital city. But he still manages to enjoy all of the good things in life. His family, old and new friends, and the love of living so close to the Atlantic Ocean. Welcome back to St. Windflower Mysteries. PRAISE “Safe Harbour is a thought-provoking, fast-paced read. The mystery woven around his home life is very nicely done, containing just the right amount of tension and development to make for an inviting leisure read.” –  Midwest Reviews   Safe Harbour  is ava...

Inside the Series The Sgt. Windflower Mysteries are a light mystery series set in Newfoundland on the east coast of Canada. These cozy-like books follow the adventures of Sgt. Winston Windflower, a Cree from Northern Alberta as he finds a new life and new loves in the tiny village of Grand Bank. There are crimes and mysteries for the Canadian Mountie to investigate and solve but the Sgt. Windflower Mysteries are more about family, friends, good food and good times. The recurring cast of characters include the love of his life, Sheila Hillier who keeps him well-fed and grounded in reality. There’s also his fellow Mounties like Corporal Eddie Tizzard and a long list of bad actors, both local and just visiting, to cause havoc in their sleepy little town. Windflower brings his native background and traditions with him and finds ways to use them to help himself and his friends through difficult times. Rounding out his life are his collie,...

Inside the Book Title : MOSES & MAC Author : Franca Pelaccia Publisher : Solstice Publishing Pages : 303 Genre : Women’s Fiction/Adventure/Mystery BOOK BLURB: On her dismal 30 th birthday, unassuming Victorian scholar Mackenzie Braden receives a mysterious package from her Aunt Sara, urging her to locate Moses’ rod. The most powerful weapon in history will start global chaos if it lands in the wrong hands. Sara was an agent for the top-secret Vatican Archaeological Service. She has also been dead for 30 years and the agency dormant for just as long. Mackenzie’s only clue is a souvenir figurine of Moses, and except for hunky ex-military pilot Eoin Reilly, her allies are as inept as she is. But nothing is going to stop Mackenzie from recharging her lacklustre life, fulfilling her mission, finding answers about her aunt, and making Eoin her birthday present. Armed with the figurine, Mackenzie sets off with Eoin for the M...

Inside the Book Title: IQUITOS: THE PAST WILL KILL Author: John R. Beyer Publisher: Black Opal Books Pages: 353 Genre: Mystery/Thriller BOOK BLURB: Jonas Peters and Frank Sanders team up to solve a string of murders, starting with the intentional and fatal bombing of a local coffee shop in downtown Riverside—a usually calm city in Southern California. Dozens are dead after an explosion rips apart the Coffee Grind, leaving dozens of others gravely wounded. Frank soon finds himself up to his elbows assisting the bombing victims, especially when he discovers that Jonas was walking to the Coffee Grind to meet up with his fiancée, but he never made it. In an instant, all their lives are thrust into a trail of death and destruction carried out by an unknown psychopath. Iquitos, The Past Will Kill is available at:   You can also watch the book teaser at :

Inside the Book Title : SLAY BELLS (A CHRISTMAS VILLAGE MYSTERY) Author : T.C. Wescott Publisher : Better Mousetrap Books Pages : 230 Genre : Cozy Mystery BOOK BLURB: ‘Twas the week before Christmas and all through the village, the night settled in over swirling-smoke chimneys; the air was alive with pine and holly, with sugar and cinnamon and cider, by golly! Along snowy lanes and through shadows it crept, past windows behind which each villager slept, where sleeping dogs lie and cats rest a’purring- Tonight, in Christmas Village, a killer is stirring. Welcome to Christmas Village, a magical hamlet where even in December the roses hold their luster and bees buzz among the bluebells. Nestled betwixt an opulent garden with meandering footpaths and an ancient grove of plum trees, Rose Willoughby’s boarding house is plum-full with lodgers. There are no vacancies, but just wait. Soon there will be one…and another…and another. Wh...

Inside the Book Title : DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN Author : Mike Martin Publisher : Ottawa Press and Publishing Pages : TBA Genre : Mystery BOOK BLURB: Darkest Before the Dawn is the latest adventure of Sgt. Winston Windflower, a Mountie who finds himself surrounded by a new family and a new life in tiny Grand Bank, Newfoundland. There are signs of trouble that may disturb his pleasant life, including a series of unsolved break-ins and the lack of supports for young people in the most trying time of their lives. But there are always good friends, good food and the sense that if we all pull together, we can find a way to get through even the darkest days. Ghosts, mysterious deaths, and a new character enliven the pages as Windflower and Tizzard and the other police officers awaken the secrets that have been lying dormant in this sleepy little town. The deeper they dig the more they find as the criminals they seek dive deeper behind th...

Inside the Book Title: CRUEL CANDY (Book 1) Author: Mildred Abbott Publisher: Wings of Ink Publications LLC Pages: 282 Genre: Cozy Mystery BOOK BLURB: Estes Park, Colorado: picturesque mountains, charming shops, delightful bakeries, a cozy bookstore… and murder. Winifred Page and her corgi, Watson, move to Estes Park to hit the Reset button on life. Fred is about to open her dream bookshop, and the only challenges she anticipates are adjusting to small-town life, tourists, and living close to her loveable mother, Phyllis, and hippy stepfather, Barry. When Fred steps into her soon-to-be-bookshop for the first time, she expects dust bunnies and spiders… not the dead body in the upstairs kitchen. The local police have an easy suspect—Barry. Determined to prove quirky Barry innocent of murder, Fred puts on her detective hat, and with Watson by her side, she explores her new town and gets acquainted with her fellow shopkeepers....