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Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Meet cozy author, Lucy Ness. Win a copy of her brand new mystery.

Happy Wednesday, Readers! Today Suspense Sisters are pleased to welcome cozy author, Lucy Ness, who has a brand new mystery just released from Berkley. Haunted Homicide is book 1 of the Haunted Mansion Mysteries. 

Let's hear from cozy author, Lucy Ness: Where do you get your ideas? I’ve been asked the question so many times! Readers, journalists, other writers always want to know. My answer is always the same–it depends. Each book I write starts in a different place. The original idea may spring from a conversation I overhear, or from something I see on the news. Sometimes when I’m wandering through a cemetery (one of my favorite things) I see a headstone or a name or a cluster of dates that sparks my imagination. For my newest book, “Haunted Homicide,” the germ of an idea took hold when I was asked to speak at the Akron Woman’s City Club. The club is housed in a gorgeous old mansion and after lunch and my talk, a volunteer gave me a tour. One of the things I got to see was the old speakeasy in the basement. After that, I couldn’t stop my imagination from running wild.

Here's a little bit about the story: Avery Morgan has been hired to breathe new life into the Portage Path Women's Club, but first she'll have to deal with a dead body and a meddling ghost. Avery Morgan has had a harrowing first week on the job as manager of the Portage Path Woman's Club. Not only is she in charge of a grand old home with a mountain of maintenance problems and scheduling nightmares--thanks to a recent fire in the Marigold meeting room--but she's also got Muriel Sadler to deal with. Muriel is the current president of the club, the one "nay" vote when the rest of the board voted "aye" to hiring Avery. After a morning of dealing with another one of Muriel's snits and a meeting with the delicious and delightfully unsettling Ben Harkness, who will be handling renovations in the fire-damaged portions of the house, the last thing Avery needs is for one of the fuses to blow. Again.

She grabs her handy flashlight and heads into the basement, where she stumbles across Muriel's body. She also stumbles across an unexpected helper, Clemmie Bow, the ghost of a young woman who was accidentally killed in the building almost a hundred years ago. Together Clemmie and Avery are determined to solve Muriel's murder before the killer sends Avery to join Clemmie on the other side.

You can buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Homicide-Mansion-Mystery/dp/B07Y4MXX2C/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Author+Lucy+Ness&qid=1601570698&s=books&sr=1-1

Leave Lucy Ness a comment for a chance to win a signed copy of Haunted Homicide. US only. You must leave your email address. Drawing in one week. 

25 comments:

  1. Looks like a great start to an interesting series.

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  2. Sounds intriguing & funny! The first character I thought of when I read about Muriel Sadler was Martha Tinsdale from The Good Witch! :) Thanks for sharing! rw620 AT aol DOT com

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  3. This sounds like a good read. New to me author. I'll give it a try. Thank you for this chance to win. 1cow0993(at)gmail(dot)com

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  4. I love the humor with the intrigue. Thank you for sharing.
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  5. Sounds good and I love the cover. Thank you for the chance to win a copy.

    wfnren at aol dot com

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  7. Sounds like a book I will enjoy reading.

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  8. Sounds like a good mystery! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
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  9. This looks super fun! My husband and I go on a yearly date to an old hotel that was a speakeasy in the 20s. It is virtually unchanged and so fun to watch movies in their theater and eat in the old restaurant!

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  10. interesting sounding
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  11. The book looks like lots of fun! I enjoy reading about where authors get their ideas!

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  12. Funny & intriguing! My kind of read!!
    Connie
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  13. This sounds like a fun mystery!
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  14. I'm entering for Beverly Duell-Moore since I saw that she told Nancy Mehl she couldn't enter b/c she didn't know her password. Good luck to Beverly! Fingers crossed for her! This looks likes an awesome read by the way.

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  15. Sounds like a great cozy. I’d love to read it. Thank you for the chance.

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  16. This book sounds like a fun read! I love the book cover. Thank you for sharing about it and Thank you for the chance. aliciabhaney(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

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  17. Sounds so fun. Thanks for the opportunity. janeen.bair@gmail.com

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  18. Nice cover. It sounds like a very interesting book. Thank you for sharing.
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  19. Sounds like a story out of the game of "Clue", a book I definitely would enjoy reading! Thanks for the opportunity to enter a giveaway! Would really enjoy winning a print copy! Lual Krautter Email: krautter62520AToutlookDOTcom

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  20. I love the story and that beautiful book cover! A grand old home with a ghost in the basement to help Avery solve a murder! I love it and the fact that your tour of a gorgeous old mansion with a speakeasy inspired it!I'm new to your books but I can't wait to learn more about Haunted Homicide! Thank you!! oh_bother88@hotmail.com

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  21. Yes, it's says Casey is posting...but it's really Lucy Ness! Hard to keep so many personalities straight! Thank you all for your encouraging comments. I hope you enjoy "Haunted Homicide." And yes, the cover's a winner, isn't it?

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  22. I absolutely love these kinds of ghost stories! Yay! I will definitely have to put it on my Christmas list. ReadingMama922 at gmail dot com

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  23. OH I love books like this perfect for October and Halloween. Love the cover. Would love to read and review in print format. Book sounds interesting, intriguing and mysterious.
    Hope I win and thanks for giveaway.

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  24. The cover is very interesting and the story sounds like such fun.
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