Showing posts with label Death Among The Deckchairs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Death Among The Deckchairs. Show all posts

Free eBook Giveaway! Death Among the Deckchairs


A cruise. A bikini clad body. What next?


All Casey wanted was a relaxing cruise where she could visit with her daughter, the cruise director, but suddenly she finds herself in the middle of a murder at sea. Who would have guessed the beautiful young woman dead in the deckchair next to her had an enemy who would use her love of the sun to end her life? When Max joins Casey, what she thought would be a romantic ending to her cruise becomes an intense search for evidence. Somewhere among all the dermatologists holding a conference on board ship is a killer. Is it the victim’s doctor husband? Or one of his co-workers? And how does the shark expert fit into the puzzle?



While I can't afford to give away a cruise (unless you have some way of making me a best-selling author with a huge advance) I can offer the chance to win a book that takes place on a cruise ship. Many of you probably received new eReaders for Christmas so here's a chance to win a download of Death Among the Deckchairs. Even if you don't have an eReader, it is possible with the Kindle app to download a version to your computer or smart phone. So here's how you get your free download. . .


Leave a comment below (not on my Facebook page but right here on the blog). In that comment, tell me what your dream cruise would be or tell me something that was outstanding about a cruise that you took. Leave your email address so I can contact you if you win. Please write it out as Your Name at mail dot com rather than as a link to avoid being harassed by those pesky bots that search for those things.

I will contact the winner/s (I'm guessing there will be more than one good comment) and send the code to download the book from Smashwords. That is the place where I can generate free codes for my books. You will have opportunity to choose whatever format you need--Kindle (mobi), Nook (epub), pdf, etc. I think there's even a way to just read it online.

Let's have some fun with this! Sure beats sitting at the window and watching it snow. You have until January 10 to post your comment. And be sure to pass on the news to other readers. If someone says you sent them to my blog, it's a guaranteed free download!

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Books For The Road - Death Among The Deckchairs

A cruise. A bikini clad body. What next?


All Casey wanted was a relaxing cruise where she could visit with her daughter, the cruise director, but suddenly she finds herself in the middle of a murder at sea. Who would have guessed the beautiful young woman dead in the deckchair next to her had an enemy who would use her love of the sun to end her life? When Max joins Casey, what she thought would be a romantic ending to her cruise becomes an intense search for evidence. Somewhere among all the dermatologists holding a conference on board ship is a killer. Is it the victim’s doctor husband? Or one of his co-workers? And how does the shark expert fit into the puzzle?

That's the teaser on the back of my latest release in the Casey Stengel Mystery series. While In A Pickle, my last release, takes Annie on a cruise on the Queen Mary 2, Death Among The Deckchairs finds Casey on board a fictional cruise ship for this latest mystery
. With 52 cruises under our belts, how could I not write one completely on a cruise ship?

Researching this book was a lot of fun. I first went to my niece who is a chemist to ask if my proposed method of demise for my victim would work. She confirmed that it would and added that she would be keeping an eye on Uncle Bob to make sure he stayed healthy. (Thanks for the confidence, Sue)

Then I needed to know a little more about procedure on a ship when it came to the brig. Did they even have one? I knew that they had a morgue. We'd been on several cruises where someone had passed away and were told what happens at that point. So to answer the brig question, I turned to my friends at the Cruise Critic Forum and sure enough got the answers I needed. 

While I may have taken a few liberties with procedure and chemistry, when you read please keep in mind that it is fiction and not an expose on crime aboard a cruise ship. 

Interested in reading? Here are links to purchase:
Smashwords - You can get an e-format for almost any e-reader here and this site allows me to offer a coupon for 50% off. Use the coupon code: MX52W

This is a great book for the road--especially if the road leads to a cruise.

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