Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Pleats and Poison: A Craft and Ghost Cozy Mystery ~ Great Escapes Book Tours Spotlight & Giveaway!

PLEATS & POISON
A CRAFT AND GHOST COZY MYSTERY
A Dress Designer Cozy Mystery Series
Book Three
by LUCINDA RACE

Cozy Mystery / Paranormal / Suspense
Publisher ‏ : ‎ MC Two Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 6, 2025
Page Count‏ : ‎ 222 pages

About Pleats & Poison

Enjoy this humorous, small-town, psychic, cozy mystery by best-selling and award-winning Lucinda Race.

A fashion-savvy psychic, one haunted Thanksgiving, and a pleated skirt that’s dressed to kill.

Hosting Thanksgiving dinner for seven guests—and one ghost—is all in a day’s work for Claudia Grant. Between whipping up her famous mac and cheese and debuting her boutique’s latest fall fashion, Claudia’s ready to impress her visiting mom and stylish grandmother. Her cozy coastal town of Drakes Bay is the perfect backdrop for family, food, and fresh starts—especially when Gram falls in love with a pleated skirt and sweater ensemble from Claudia’s shop.

But when a spilled glass of orange juice leads to a shocking discovery—a guest at the neighboring Whistlers Inn is found dead, and the very same pleated skirt wrapped around her neck—Claudia’s holiday cheer unravels fast.

Now, with her best friend Beth and a ghostly sidekick in tow, Claudia must piece together a tangled mystery before the killer skips town… and before the secrets hidden in the folds come back to haunt them all.

She’d rather be sewing hemlines than following clues—but if Claudia can’t stitch together the truth in time, someone else might be the next to check out… permanently.

Pleats & Poison is the third book in the A Dress Designer Cozy Mystery series from award-winning author Lucinda Race. Cozy up, settle in, and prepare to be haunted… in the best possible way!

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About Lucinda Race 

Award-winning and best-selling author Lucinda Race is a lifelong fan of fiction who fell in love with cozy mysteries and romance novels as a young girl. While her childhood friends dreamed of becoming doctors and engineers, Lucinda was already dreaming of crafting captivating novels filled with heart, hope, and happily ever afters.

Though her writing journey began with nonfiction, her passion for storytelling never wavered. She returned to her true calling—creating the beloved McKenna Family Romance series and the Paranormal Cozy Nook Bookstore Series—writing the kinds of stories she loves to read. Whether she’s weaving a heartwarming romance or a cozy mystery, her fingers practically fly across the keyboard.

Lucinda lives in the rolling hills of western Massachusetts with her little dog— a shih tzu mix rescue—who is always by her side. When she’s not immersed in writing mystery, suspense, or romance, she’s curled up with a book, devouring everything she can get her hands on.

CONNECT WITH THE AUTHOR:
Lucinda’s Heart Racers Reader Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/118597305361578

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ONE WINNER receives a print copy and swag bag!
(U.S. Only; giveaway ends midnight, EDT, 9/9/25)


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September 3 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW
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Friday, August 22, 2025

Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library ~ Great Escapes Spotlight & Giveaway!

MRS. CHRISTIE AT THE
MYSTERY GUILD LIBRARY
(Mrs. Christie Series, Book One)
by AMANDA CHAPMAN

Mystery / Amateur Sleuth / Series Starter
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 26, 2025
Print length ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
Audiobook: Narrated by Patti Murin; 10 hours

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About Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library
Book conservator Tory Van Dyne and a woman claiming to be Agatha Christie on holiday from the Great Beyond join forces to catch a killer in this spirited mystery from Amanda Chapman.

Tory Van Dyne is the most down-to-earth member of a decidedly eccentric old-money New York family. For one thing, as book conservator at Manhattan’s Mystery Guild Library, she actually has a job. Plus, she’s left up-town society behind for a quiet life downtown. So she’s not thrilled when she discovers a woman in the library’s Christie Room who calmly introduces herself as Agatha Christie, politely requests a cocktail, and announces she’s there to help solve a murder— that has not yet happened.

But as soon as Tory determines that this is just a fairly nutty Christie fangirl, her socialite/actress cousin Nicola gets caught up in the suspicious death of her less-than-lovable talent agent. Nic, as always, looks to Tory for help. Tory, in turn, looks to Mrs. Christie. The woman, whoever or whatever she is, clearly knows her stuff when it comes to crime.

Aided by an unlikely band of fellow sleuths —including a snarky librarian, an eleven-year-old computer whiz, and an NYPD detective with terrible taste in suits—Tory and the woman claiming to be her very much deceased literary idol begin to unravel the twists and turns of a murderer’s devious mind. Because, in the immortal words of Miss Jane Marple, “murder is never simple.”
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PURCHASE LINKS
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About Amanda Chapman
Amanda Chapman (aka Amy Pershing) is a lifelong mystery lover and wordsmith. Under the name Amy Pershing, she is also the author of the Cape Cod Foodie mysteries. An enthusiastic fan of traditional mysteries and of New York City, she found herself wondering, “What if someone recreated Agatha Christie’s personal library -– even to the furnishings and architecture — in New York City? What would happen in that space?” And thus MRS. CHRISTIE AT THE MYSTERY GUILD LIBRARY — the first in a new series — was born.


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ONE WINNER
Receives a print copy of
Mrs. Christie and the Mystery Guild Library
(US only; ends midnight, 8/31/25)



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August 18 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
August 18 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
August 18 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
August 19 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – CHARACTER GUEST POST
August 19 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 20 – Salty Inspirations – COCKTAIL RECIPE
August 21 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
August 22 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW
August 22 – Hall Ways Blog – SPOTLIGHT
August 23 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
August 24 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – REVIEW
August 25 – Sarandipity’s – CHARACTER GUEST POST
August 25 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
August 26 – Ruff Drafts – AUTHOR GUEST POST
August 27 – Storybook Lady – REVIEW
August 28 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
August 29 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER GUEST POST
August 29 – Novels Alive – REVIEW
August 30 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
August 31 – From the TBR Pile – REVIEW

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