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Something Prowling in Paradise Park by Kris Brock – Book Tour and Giveaway

07 Saturday Mar 2026

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Something Prowling in Paradise Park:
A Kate Tessler Amateur Sleuth Mystery
(The Accidental Detective Book)
by Kris Bock

About Something Prowling in Paradise Park


Something Prowling in Paradise Park:
A Kate Tessler Amateur Sleuth Mystery (The Accidental Detective Book)

Humorous Mystery
7th in Series
Setting – Arizona
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tule Publishing
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 2, 2026
Print length ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1969218965
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0G32HDV59
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Three cases. One body. Zero chance of staying out of trouble.

Kate Tessler may have thought her days of chasing danger were over. But the former war correspondent’s “retirement” in sunny Paradise, Arizona, is anything but quiet. With her eccentric circle of friends and colleagues, Kate has built a new life—full of mysteries, mayhem, and the occasional stakeout—as she works towards earning her PI license.

After wrapping her last case, Kate wonders what’s next when three cases—all brought by friends—fall into her lap. Squatters in a snowbird’s house, local pedigree dogs disappearing, and smash and grab burglaries at local pot shops. Kate juggles the cases with help from her usual cast of amateur crime solvers, including the teen sons of Paradise’s mayor. As she digs, Kate suspects at least two cases are connected.

But things turn deadly when a late-night stakeout leads Kate and one teen sidekick, interested in investigative work, straight to a body. Was it a gruesome accident—or something far more sinister?

With humor and high stakes, The Accidental Detective mysteries prove that danger and friendship don’t retire quietly.

About Kris Bock

Kris Bock writes mystery, suspense, and romance, often with smart, snarky heroines finding adventure (sometimes against their will) in the Southwest. She lives in New Mexico, where she enjoys hiking with her spouse and playing with their ferrets.

In the Reluctant Psychic Mystery series, a quirky loner who can read the history of any object with her touch gets drawn into mysteries at the museum of oddities where she works. In the Accidental Detective humorous mystery series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turning fifty. Kris’s romantic suspense novels include treasure hunting, archaeology, and intrigue. Readers have called these novels “Smart romance with an Indiana Jones feel.” She is also the author of the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series and the Accidental Billionaire Cowboys series.

Sign up for the Kris Bock newsletter and get an Accidental Detective short story and other freebies. Then every two weeks, you’ll get fun content about pets, announcements of new books, sales, and more.

Author Links

Find Kris:

Website

Blog

BlueSky

Instagram

TikTok

Facebook

GoodReads Author Page

BookBub

Amazon US page or Amazon UK page

Website https://www.krisbock.com/

Blog https://swarmchairtraveler.blogspot.com/

BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/krisbock.bsky.social

Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@KrisBock

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/KrisBockAuthor/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mysteryandromance/

TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@krisbock.mystery.romance

Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4735592.Kris_Bock

BookBub https://www.bookbub.com/authors/kris-bock

Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/author/krisbock

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TOUR PARTICIPANTS

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March 3 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

March 4 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW

March 5 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT

March 6 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

March 7 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

March 7 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

March 8 – Cozy Up With Kathy – CHARACTER GUEST POST

March 9 – Ruff Drafts – RECIPE

March 10 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – SPOTLIGHT

March 11 – Salty Inspirations – CHARACTER GUEST POST

March 12 – Sarandipity’s – AUTHOR GUEST POST

March 12 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

March 13 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – RECIPE – EXCERPT

March 14 – deal sharing aunt – RECIPE

March 14 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT

March 15 – Rebecca M. Douglass, Author – REVIEW, AUTHOR GUEST POST
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A Spy in Saigon by Nancy Cole Silverman – Book Tour and Giveaway

05 Monday Jan 2026

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A Spy in Saigon: A Kat Lawson Mystery
by Nancy Cole Silverman

About A Spy in Saigon


A Spy in Saigon: A Kat Lawson Mystery
Mystery
4th in Series
Setting – Vietnam
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Level Best Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 25, 2025
Paperback
Print length ‏ : ‎ 230 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8898201173
Digital
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0G2THCGQB
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The truth will set you free – or it will kill you.

Kat Lawson’s new undercover assignment has turned deadly. A trip to Vietnam to write a travel feature for Journey International while making a drop to deliver cash and passports for a top-secret operation has gone awry. Kat has a choice to make and a target on her back. She can live with a secret, or she can reveal a truth that puts her in the crosshairs of an enemy sworn to kill her. With the lives of trafficked children at stake in a country where agents and double agents trade secrets, Kat must choose between the acceptance of a truth that will forever change her life or living a lie that will save the lives of others.

About Nancy Cole Silverman

After 25 years in news and talk radio, Nancy Cole Silverman retired to write fiction. Her crime-focused novels have attracted readers throughout America, and her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. Silverman writes the Carol Childs and Misty Dawn Mysteries (Henry Press) and the Kat Lawson Mysteries (Level Best Books). For more detailed information, visit www.nancycolesilverman.com

Author Links
Website www.nancycolesilverman.com
Facebook www.facebook.com/nancy.cole.silverman.2025

Purchase Link – Amazon

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

January 5 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

January 6 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW

January 6 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT

January 7 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT

January 8 – Carstairs Considers – REVIEW

January 8 – Sarandipity’s – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 9 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 10 – StoreyBook Reviews – AUTHOR GUEST POST

January 11 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR GUEST POST

January 12 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

January 12 – Carla Loves To Read – REVIEW

January 13 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – SPOTLIGHT

January 13 – Hall Ways Blog – SPOTLIGHT

January 14 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – SPOTLIGHT

January 15 – Baroness Book Trove – REVIEW

January 16 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – SPOTLIGHT

January 17 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT

January 18 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

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A Ghostwriter’s Guide to Murder by Melinda Mullet – Book Tour and Giveaway

04 Monday Aug 2025

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A Ghostwriter’s Guide to Murder: A Novel
by Melinda Mullet

About A Ghostwriter’s Guide to Murder


A Ghostwriter’s Guide to Murder: A Novel
Traditional Mystery
First in Series
Setting – A houseboat along Regent’s Canal in central London
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crooked Lane Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 29, 2025
Hardcover Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8892421423
Paperback Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8892422512
Digital Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8892421430
Audiobook ASIN : B0DRWC4ZBL
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Charming yet wickedly imaginative mystery ghostwriter Maeve Gardner finds herself at the center of a murder investigation with more twists and turns than any story she’s ever written, perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz and Richard Osman.

Maeve Gardner kills people for a living. A dodgy occupation perhaps, but as ghostwriter for the long-running Simon Hills mysteries, Maeve has planned the perfect murder time and again, and she enjoys it. She dreams of writing something under her own name someday rather than babysitting her adopted character Simon, but at least she’s writing. And as one of the burnt-out souls who’ve run away from dry land to live on London’s waterways, she has the joy of working from the home she loves: a colorful houseboat. Life on the canals is grand, but when her cheating ex-boyfriend turns up floating facedown in the water outside her boat, murdered, and the police arrest her, the plot takes a wayward turn.

Suddenly, Maeve is thrust into one of her own crime dramas, complete with missing money, violent thugs, extortion, and conspiracy. Only this time, there is no real-life Simon Hill to come to her aid. Instead, with the help of friends from the river—India, owner of a popular floating bookshop; Paul, the exceedingly attractive landlord of the local pub; and Ash, Maeve’s quiet, nerdy neighbor who is keeping some secrets of his own—Maeve may have a shot at saving herself.

As Maeve and her motley crew of would-be investigators find themselves wondering if they are in over their heads, a killer lurks and won’t hesitate to kill again…

About Melinda Mullet

Melinda Mullet is a dual US/UK national. Formerly a lawyer specializing in communications, media, and entertainment law, she is now enjoying a second career as a mystery writer.

Melinda is the author of the Whisky Business Mysteries, a six-part series of traditional mysteries set in and around a boutique single malt whisky distillery in Scotland. And coming in July 2025, the first of a new traditional series, A Ghostwriter’s Guide to Murder, set on a houseboat along the Regent’s Canal in London.

Melinda is a travel junkie and a life-long advocate for children’s literacy causes, both domestic and international. When she is not in the UK, she lives just outside of Washington, DC, with her whisky-collecting husband and two wild Covid canines named Bailey and Captain Jack.

Author Links

Website: https://www.melindamullet.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mulletmysteries/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melindamullet/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melinda-mullet-b499564b/

GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16251039.Melinda_Mullet

Purchase Links – Penguin Random House – Amazon – B&N – Bookshop.org – Books-A-Million –

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

July 30 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT

July 30 – Sarandipity’s – AUTHOR GUEST POST

July 30 – Salty Inspirations – CHARACTER GUEST POST

July 31 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

July 31 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT

August 1 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

August 1 – Deal Sharing Aunt – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

August 2 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

August 3 – Cassidy’s Bookshelves – REVIEW

August 4 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

August 4 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

August 5 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – REVIEW

August 5 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – AUTHOR GUEST POST

August 6 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW

August 7 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW

August 7 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT

August 8 – Cozy Up WIth Kathy – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

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