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Tonya Kappes

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: March 2018

By Crime HQ

February 15, 2018

Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we kept warm with great February cozies; this month, welcome spring with killer March reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to read next! Like this…

Ax to Grind by Tonya Kappes: A Visual Guide

By Adam Wagner

September 6, 2017

GIFnotes: Giving you the basic plot summary of an upcoming book with the help of the Graphics Interchange Format. This week, take a visual tour of Tonya Kappes's third Kenni Lowry mystery, Ax to Grind, with GIFnotes!

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: September, 2017

By Crime HQ

August 15, 2017

Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we got some great cozies to help brave the dog days of summer; this month, head into Labor Day with awesome September reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what…

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: April, 2017

By Crime HQ

March 15, 2017

Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we welcomed in spring (or we thought we would … ahem, snow storm) with March's releases; this month, we're hoping for warmer weather with April releases! Let us know in the comments how you like…

Fixin’ to Die: New Excerpt

By Tonya Kappes

June 9, 2016

Fixin' to Die by Tonya Kappes is the 1st in the new Kenni Lowry Mystery series, introducing Sheriff Kenni Lowry and her ghostly grandfather that helps her keep crime out of Cottonwood, Kentucky (Available June 14, 2016). Kenni Lowry likes to think the zero crime rate in Cottonwood, Kentucky is due to her being sheriff,…

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: June, 2016

By Crime HQ

May 15, 2016

Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, the books were just as nice as the weather with May's releases; this month it just keeps getting hotter with amazing June reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what…

Now Win This!: Give Up the Ghost Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

November 17, 2015

Are you dying for some new books? Well, Give up the Ghost and register to win! Click here to enter for a chance to win! This is NOT a Comments Sweepstakes. You must click the link above to enter. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. Sweepstakes open to legal residents…

A Ghostly Murder: New Excerpt

By Tonya Kappes

September 25, 2015

A Ghostly Murder by Tonya Kappes is the 4th paranormal cozy in the Ghostly Souther Mystery series featuring Emma Lee Raines, the proprietor of a Kentucky funeral home (available September 29, 2015). Emma Lee Raines knows there's only one cure for a bad case of murder. I told you I was sick, reads the headstone above…

Now Win This!: The Third Paper Capers Sweepstakes

By Crime HQ

September 15, 2015

We've done it before, and we're doing it again! Don't miss out on a chance to win these 14 exciting paperback mysteries! Click here to enter for a chance to win! This is NOT a Comments Sweepstakes. You must click the link above to enter. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF…

A Ghostly Grave: New Excerpt

By Tonya Kappes

March 29, 2015

A Ghostly Grave by Tonya Kappes is the second in the Ghostly Southern Mystery series about a young undertaker, Emma Lee Raines, who can see the ghosts of murdered people (available March 31, 2015). This excerpt is reprinted by arrangement with Witness. All rights reserved. There's a ghost on the loose—and a fox in the…

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