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Hello, Readers! It’s time to snuggle up & get warm while reading a cozy mystery! I am here today, to tell all about one that’s on tour – A Spell of Murder – the 1st book in the Witch Cats of Cambridge series by Clea Simon! Enjoy & don’t forget to enter the giveaway!

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ABOUT THE BOOK

A Spell of Murder
Witch Cats of Cambridge Book 1
by Clea Simon
Genre: Cozy Mystery

“It’s Harriet’s fault. It’s always her fault, not that she’ll ever admit it.” So begins A Spell of Murder: A Witch Cats of Cambridge mystery, the first in a new cozy series that mixes feline fiction with a touch of the paranormal, and a little romance as well.

Becca, newly single and newly unemployed, wants to believe she has psychic powers. With nothing but time – and a desire for empowerment – she’s studying to become a witch. What she doesn’t know is that her three cats – Harriet, Laurel, and Clara – are the ones with the real power. And when Harriet – “a cream-colored longhair with more fur than commonsense” – conjures a pillow for her own comfort, Becca believes her spells are finally working. Could that be why Trent, the coven’s devilishly handsome leader, has been showing her special attention? Or why Suzanne, a longtime coven member, draws her aside to share a secret – a confidence that may lead to murder?

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Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40732893-a-spell-of-murder

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AVAILABLE in print or ebook

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Spell-Murder-Witch-Cats-Cambridge-ebook/dp/B07F76HP99

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Let’s give a great big welcome to Clea Simon for joining us today! She is going to tell us why cats are part of her stories!

Thanks for joining us, Clea!

Why do I write mysteries with cats in them? Isn’t it obvious? Cats make the best characters!

Although not all of my books feature cats, most do. In fact, all but one of my 25 mysteries features cats prominently. Sometimes, the cats are the narrators – like in my Blackie and Care series. Sometimes, they’re the sidekicks, like in my Pru Marlowe pet noirs. Sometimes, the cats talk – Pru and her tabby Wallis have long discussions. Sometimes, well, they’re just cats – like in my Theda Krakow mysteries (like Mew is for Murder), where my heroine loves her kitties and sets out to save some felines in distress, but they don’t talk to her – or she to them.

And sometimes, like in my new “Witch Cats of Cambridge” series, the cats are the smart ones. Take Clara, for example. This little calico is the voice of reason in the new A Spell of Murder, looking out for her human Becca, even while her older littermaters, Harriet and Laurel, are, well, a little more traditionally feline in their self-absorption. (Don’t get me wrong, Laurel and Harriet both love Becca – and they come through in the end – but they’re really concerned with their snacks and who gets to sleep in the sunny spot on the windowsill.)

Why do I write such a wide array of kitties? Because I see them this way, each with their own unique personality. In fact, I think they all deserve their own book, don’t you?

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Paperback copy of Parrots Prove Deadly by Clea Simon

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Clea Simon is the author of "A Spell of Murder," the first in her new "Witch Cats of Cambridge" series. She is also the author of "World Enough," a rock 'n' roll noir, as well as the Blackie and Care series (most recently "Cross My Path") chronicling the adventures of the pink-haired Care and the black feral cat who loves her. In addition to these darker books, she is also the author of the Dulcie Schwartz feline mysteries, the Pru Marlowe pet noir mysteries, and the Theda Krakow mysteries, as well as three nonfiction books, including The Feline Mystique: On the Mysterious Connection Between Women and Cats.

The recipient of multiple honors, including the Cat Writers Associations Presidents Award, she lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, with her husband, Jon Garelick, and their cat, Musetta.

Website - https://www.cleasimon.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CleaSimonAuthor

Twitter - https://twitter.com/Clea_Simon

InstaGram - https://www.instagram.com/cleasimon_author

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Clea-Simon/e/B000APUNRK

Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/49559.Clea_Simon

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Thanks for joining us today as we explore the Eric Beckman Mysteries by Al Macey! Enjoy and don’t forget to enter the giveaway!

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ABOUT THE BOOKS

A Mind Reader's Christmas
Eric Beckman Mysteries Book 4
by Al Macy
Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery

Eric Beckman, a mind-reading private investigator, is spending Christmas in snowy Vermont with his wife and daughter. He needs a break from solving cases, but the townspeople convince him to look into the village mystery: Every holiday season, someone switches the baby Jesus with one of the other figures in the town’s nativity scene.

With the help of his ten-year-old daughter, also a mind reader, he soon learns that some of the residents of the small town are not who—or even what—they seem to be. There’s something supernatural going on in Newburn, Vermont.

His investigation causes an escalation of strange happenings, and soon, swapped manger figures are the least of the town’s worries. If Beckman can’t adjust his view of the world—force himself to believe in things he never thought possible—the Christmas vacation could turn out to be his family’s last.

A Mind Reader’s Christmas may be read as a standalone book or as Book Four in the Eric Beckman series.

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Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36584796-a-mind-reader-s-christmas

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Democracy's Thief
Eric Beckman Mysteries Book 3

Private Investigator Eric Beckman hates politics. He doesn’t even watch the news—it’s just sensationalized stories crafted to sell commercials. Why should he care?

But that changes when a friend is shot in the head during a politically motivated break-in. Eric starts digging, and using his paranormal mind-reading skills, he soon discovers that Wilson Kingman, the presidential candidate behind the burglary, has some supernatural skills of his own. With one sweep of his mesmerizing gaze, he's able to secure the fanatical devotion of the thousands who attend his rallies--including the very people investigating him.

Worse, Kingman’s true motivations have nothing to do with leading the free world. With the clock ticking down toward election day, Beckman must overcome his aversion to politics and stop the wrong man from being elected. If he fails, millions will die.

Democracy's Thief is a standalone book which may be enjoyed without reading any of the other books in the series.

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Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35828136-democracy-s-thief

BookBub - https://www.bookbub.com/books/democracy-s-thief-an-eric-beckman-paranormal-thriller-eric-beckman-series-book-3-by-al-macy

Riffle - https://www.rifflebooks.com/books/1031009

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Sanity's Thief
Eric Beckman Mysteries Book 2

Private detective Eric Beckman can read minds. He's used to weird cases, but this one may be his most difficult yet. A beloved relative has disappeared into a suspicious psychiatric hospital and Eric has no choice but to go in after her.

Getting in is easy—he knows how to fake insanity. Getting out … not so much.

The asylum's director has some personality issues of his own and is doing more than just treating patients. Now that Eric is one of them, his mind may be headed for a fate worse than death.

His only hope for escape is to work together with the other inmates. But collaborating with schizophrenics has its own challenges, even when he knows what they're thinking. Unless he can get word to the outside, the case could cost him his sanity.

Sanity's Thief is a standalone book and may be understood and enjoyed without reading any of the other books in the series.

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Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33527277-sanity-s-thief

BookBub - https://www.bookbub.com/books/sanity-s-thief-an-eric-beckman-paranormal-thriller-eric-beckman-series-book-2-by-al-macy

Riffle - https://www.rifflebooks.com/books/894264

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Yesterday's Thief
Eric Beckman Mysteries Book 1

Private detective Eric Beckman can read minds. 

Although he reads only the conscious thoughts of the people he interviews, it usually gives him enough of an edge to overcome his inexperience as a PI. But mind reading is hell on relationships. Trusting comes hard when you know what people are really thinking.

The case of his life lands in his lap when a beautiful woman materializes during a televised baseball game. She floats in midair, then drops to the ground, comatose. 

Beckman is at her bedside when she wakes up. From the moment she opens her eyes, she has him under her spell. He vows to figure out where—or when—she came from, even if it kills him.

The stakes increase when she disappears without a trace. Worse, she holds the key to a worldwide energy catastrophe. If Beckman can’t find her and unlock her secrets, economies will collapse, and the world will spiral down into chaos.

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Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29069338-yesterday-s-thief

BookBub - https://www.bookbub.com/books/yesterday-s-thief-by-al-macy

Riffle - https://www.rifflebooks.com/books/804270

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AVAILABLE in print or ebook

A Mind Reader’s Christmas

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0779JRYSV

Democracy’s Thief

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0746RYP6Z

Sanity’s Thief

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N4F7KZT

Yesterday’s Thief

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Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018UOTOEA

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$25 Amazon

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Al Macy writes because he has stories to tell. In school he was the class clown and always the first volunteer for show and tell. His teachers would say “Al has a lot of imagination.” Then they’d roll their eyes.

But he put his storytelling on the back burner until he retired and wrote a blog about his efforts to improve his piano sight-reading. That’s when his love of storytelling burbled up to the surface, along with quirky words like “burble.”

He had even more fun writing his second book, Drive, Ride, Repeat, but was bummed by non-fiction’s need to stick to “the truth” (yucko). From then on it was fiction all the way, with a good dose of his science background burbling to the surface.

Macy’s top priority is compelling storylines with satisfying plot twists, but he never neglects character development. No, wait … his top priority is quirkiness, then compelling storylines, then character development. No, wait …

Website - https://almacyauthor.wordpress.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AlMacyAuthor

Twitter - https://twitter.com/almacyauthor

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Al-Macy/e/B00HS3BO2U

Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7799310.Al_Macy

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Thanks for exploring the Eric Beckman Mysteries with me today! I hope you discovered some treasures to add to your shelves!