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Articles by Maggie Blackburn
Beachy Mysteries: Life, Death and Baked Goods on the Coast
Summer is coming. I promise. It’s right around the corner. If you’re anything like me, summer means the beach. And the beach means getting in some uninterrupted reading. That’s a luxury for most of us. One year, I took a beach vacation with just a girlfriend and myself, with no children and husbands—it was complete heaven. We ate when we wanted, slept when we wanted, and read uninterrupted.
A Killer Romance
. (Beach Reads, Bk. 3). Feb. 2024. 304p. ISBN 9781639106356. $29.99. M COPY ISBN Summer Merriweather has returned to her hometown in North Carolina after her mother Hildy’s death. Now running her mother’s Beach Reads Bookstore, she is still trying to navigate her childhood memories and her mother’s legacy, along with the aftermath of leaving her fiancé at the altar.
Detroit: Win Passes To An Advance Screening Of 'The Book Of Clarence'
Screening Information: Thursday, January 4, 2024 7PM EMAGINE ROYAL OAK Your Screening Code: https://events.sonypictures.com/screenings/unsecured/main/screeningInfo.jsf?code=MJ5HG1YJ1T ABOUT: From visionary filmmaker Jeymes Samuel, The Book of Clarence is a bold new take on the timeless Hollywood era Biblical epic.
Book Review: 'Midnight On Beacon Street: A Novel' By Emily Ruth Verona
Friday, October 15th, 1993, and Eleanor has a date, and has Amy come babysit her two kids, 12-year-old Mira, and 6-year-old Ben. It should just be an easy night for her, but it’s anything but. Her boyfriend, his brother and others show up, and she lets them in for a while, then kicks them out. Then Eleanor’s ex shows up wanting to see the kids, but isn’t allowed, and he gets angry.
Book Review: 'Since She's Been Gone: A Novel' By Sagit Schwartz
The book is in stores on Tuesday, February 6th from Crooked Lane. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3vtolqc Beatrice, nickname Beans, lost her mother at the age of 15, and developed an eating disorder that took a while to overcome, which still haunts her today. 26 years later. She’s a psychologist now, and gets an emergency request for a session from a new client. The woman tells her that her mother is still alive, they’re coming for her, and not to mention every seeing her.
Book Review: 'The Last Word: A Novel' By Gerri Lewis
The book is in stores on Tuesday, February 20th from Crooked Lane. To purchase a copy click on the link. https://amzn.to/41E0EI1 Winter Snow lives in Ridgefield, Conn, and writes obituaries for a living. On this day she gets a call from Mrs. Arlington, a wealthy older woman, who wants hers written by this Friday. She meets with her, gets to know her a bit, and her new puppy Diva.
Book Review: 'A Pie To Die For: A Lucky Pie Mystery' By Gretchen Rue
The book is in stores on Tuesday, February 6th from Crooked Lane. You can purchase a copy at the link. https://amzn.to/48EQvNB Esme March lives in Split Pine Island, which is off the coast of Michigan. She owns Lucky Pine Diner, known for its pies, far and wide, some of the pies even have a little magic in them, whoever eats them usually gets some luck in their life. It’s November, which means the tourists are all leaving, and the island basically shuts down for the winter.
Book Review: 'A Killer Romance: A Beach Reads Mystery' By Maggie Blackburn
The book is in stores on Tuesday, February 6th from Crooked Lane. You can buy a copy at the link. https://amzn.to/3RGclJt Summer owns the Beach Reads Bookstore, on a small island off of North Carolina, she took it over after the death of her mother a few years ago. It’s time for Valentine’s Day, and she’s got a big author signing, Lana Livingston, a New York Time’s bestselling author.
Book Review: 'Like A Mother: A Novel' By Mina Hardy
The book is in stores on Tuesday, February 6th from Crooked Lane. Click on the link to buy a copy. https://amzn.to/3TRR0iS Sarah and Adam were a happily married couple, with a little girl, a house, another baby on the way and he had a good job. He got leukemia and died, and told Sarah everything was prepared for her after his death. Then his best friend Graham, and his wife Ava, wanted to adopt the unborn child, and have her sign papers to be the guardian of her little girl.
A KILLER ROMANCE
It's hard to read but hard to look away from. When two women who share a birthday meet, a journalist becomes the subject of her own true-crime mystery. On their 45th birthdays, Josie Fair and Alix Summer meet at a pub and discover they were born not only on the same day, but in the same hospital. Alix is a successful journalist, and Josie convinces Alix that her story is worth telling: Josie met her husband when she was 13 and he was 40.
Once Upon a Seaside Murder
Review by Kristina A, Reviewer Last updated on 13 Oct 2021 My Recommendation Summer Merriweather is still reeling from the loss of her mother. It is particularly difficult as Christmas nears. Beach Reads is hosting a cozy mystery author panel discussion, but someone is not happy that Mimi Sinclair, author of Mermaid Point Murder, is coming to town. Threats and warnings proceed the kidnapping of the author. Summer works to discover who has taken Mimi and where she could be kept.
Little Bookshop of Murder
Review by Kristina A, Reviewer Last updated on 24 Sep 2020 My Recommendation Little Bookshop of Murder by Maggie Blackburn has Summer Merriweather returning home to Brigid’s Island, North Carolina after the death of her mother. Summer does not believe that her healthy mother suddenly dropped dead from a heart attack. Summer receives a threatening note the day of the funeral and learns her mother had been receiving them as well.
Little Bookshop of Murder
Review by Rekha R, Reviewer Last updated on 21 Sep 2020 Little Bookshop of Murder is a solid start to a brand new cozy mystery series. The author has tried something new in this series debut. We have the main character doubting if her mother really died of a heart attack or if she was murdered. As the story proceeds, we see Summer gathering more clues which point to her mother's murder. But, the local police does not believe Summer.
Win A Copy Of The Book 'Little Bookshop Of Murder' By Maggie Blackburn
Home > Free Books > Free Giveways > Win A Copy Of The Book ‘Little Bookshop Of Murder’ By Maggie Blackburn RedCarpetCrash September 4, 20202020-09-04T03:10:48-05:002020-09-04T06:19:01-05:00 Summer Merriweather’s career as a Shakespeare professor hangs by a bookbinder’s thread. Academic life at her Virginia university is a viper’s pit, so Summer spends her summer in England, researching a scholarly paper that, with any luck, will finally get her published, impress the Dean, and save her job.
LITTLE BOOKSHOP OF MURDER
Shakespearean scholar Summer Merriweather has returned to her childhood home on Brigid's Island in North Carolina upon the sudden death of her mother in this cozy mystery. Narrator Christa Lewis matches the pace of this audiobook--laid-back and slow much of the time but energetic as the pace builds. When Summer finds a death threat addressed to her mother that orders her to sell her bookshop, Beach Reads, Summer decides to track down the sender.
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