THE MAGNOLIA BLUFF
CRIME CHRONICLES
Seasons 1 & 2
by
The Underground Authors
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"What is a multi-author crime novel series?”
The various authors posed this question to CW Hawes when he proposed the idea to his fellow Underground Authors.
Underground Authors initially collaborated on a short story anthology using a picture of a boat as the focal point for individual tales. CW had the vision to take the multiple perspectives of a single focus to the next level. A multi-author cozy mystery series occurred when this group of authors decided to write a series of novels about a small town in Texas. In the case of the Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles, the creatives built a fictional town, the beautiful little Texas Hill Country town of Magnolia Bluff, where each of the books throughout the series would be set. Each book is a standalone reading experience.
Each author writes in their preferred sub-genre to allow readers to experience humor, dark dilemmas, suspense, romance, thrills, and spills — told through good storytelling that will keep readers awake past their bedtime, trying to find out whodunit. Each also establishes their characters and roles in the town, including a café owner, newspaper editor, sheriff, and more. The people created by other authors may be used by subsequent authors' stories, but they cannot be killed.
Nine authors delivered nine different perspectives of the town in 2022 in their genres. The authors grew to twelve strong in season two of the 2023 cozy mysteries. Season three begins in January 2024. Stay tuned.
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2nd & 3rd: eBook bundles of first 18 books in the series
(US only; ends midnight, CST, 12/8/23)
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Fabulous series! I’m looking forward to checking in every day to read the reviews. :)
ReplyDeleteMe too! I just wish I had time to binge read all the books! January break is coming! Whoo hoo!
DeleteThis tour is so unique and the series is something special. Thank you Kristine for working so hard to put this together. I'm looking forward to tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteIt really is unique and what a great way to sample a variety of authors! Love it!
DeleteFantastic series! A fun ride in the great State of Texas! :)
ReplyDeleteTruly! I love the shared setting and overlap of characters in some of the books.
DeleteGreat series. I'm working on reading the entire series myself!
ReplyDeleteI have the first 18 and am lined-up for January binge-reading!
DeleteIt is a great series. As an author, it is very interesting to be working with other authors, setting your story in a unique town with some characters already there, waiting for you to interface with them. A great experience. And some fabulous stories.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet it's quite interesting!
DeleteThanks, Kristine, for helping more people learn about the joys (and tragedy) of Magnolia Bluff. It is a unique town and gives birth to a unique series. And it is a joy for a writer to have this type of support.
ReplyDeleteYou are most welcome! I love that having this shared Texas setting allows us to feature some authors who are not Texas connected.
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