Mailbox Monday - Nov 14

Mailbox Monday is a meme started by Marcia of To Be Continued. Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came in their mailbox during the last week. It now has a permanent home at the Mailbox Monday blog.

Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles, and humongous wish lists.

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a nice week. We're winding down to the end of my six-week coaching program. It's been a very motivating series that I plan to use to make 2017 my best year in real estate yet.

Macaroni and Cheese for Thanksgiving should be listed for sale on the Guardian Angel Publishing website this week. I'm so excited!

As for book arrivals, I ordered four books from one of my favorite authors because I've missed the last two installments from both of her popular series Three have already shown up and one will arrive on Wednesday.

The tranquility of the mountain community of Bear Creek is disrupted by a runaway fugitive, a vicious murderer, and a raging forest fire. Deputy Tempe Crabtree is threatened by all three.

This is the 15th book in the series. I am waiting for the 14th one to arrive on Wednesday so I can read that first.

In the eleventh novel in the Rocky Bluff P.D. series, College student Veronica Randall, disappears from her car in her own driveway, everyone in the Rocky Bluff P.D. is looking for her. Detective Milligan and family move into a house that may be haunted. Officer Butler is assigned to train a new hire and faces several major challenges.

In the 12th Rocky Bluff P. D. novel…. A pile of rocks is found on a dead body beneath the condemned pier, a teacher is accused of molesting a student, the new police chief is threatened by someone she once arrested for violent attacks on women, and Officer Milligan’s teenage daughter has a problem.

Both of these series are the perfect blend of career and personal lives. I can't wait to catch up.

What arrived in your mailbox this week?

The Friday 56 - Week 169

Welcome to Week 169!

Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader
*Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grab you.
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post to the Linky at Freda's Voice. Add the post url, not your blog url. It's that simple.

The body that washes up on the beach leads Detectives Milligan and Zachary on a murder investigation that includes the victim’s family members, his housekeeper, three long-time friends, and a mystery woman.

“I’m going to be making a public service announcement about the recent rape cases. I’ll be having a conversation with your wife, Detective Milligan, since she’s the one who has talked to both victims.” She glanced at notes on the yellow pad. “But the reason I called you two in is to find out where you are on the Harlan Knight case.”

Mystery Novel Month: No Bells by F. M. Meredith

Officer Gordon Butler has finally found the love he’s been seeking for a long time, but there’s one big problem. She’s the major suspect in a murder case.

Read an excerpt:


GORDON BUTLER AWOKE to the blues’ riff that signaled a call coming in from his girlfriend, Benay Weiss. He squinted at his digital clock. 5:15 a.m. Tuesday, his day off.

Yawning, he flipped open the phone. Before he could say anything, Benay sobbed, “Geri is missing.”

He sat up. “What?”

“My best friend, Geri Rowe. She disappeared.”

“How do you know?”

Benay sounded near hysterics. “Her husband just called to find out if she might be here with me. She isn’t.”

“Did they have a fight?”

“He just said she didn’t come home last night.”

Gordon switched into police mode. “You two are so close. Did she say anything about marital problems?”

“Nothing new. Gordon, I’m so scared for her.”

“Has her husband reported her missing?”

“I don’t think so. He was going to call her relatives next to see if they’d heard from her.”

“He should make a report. Nothing will be done until she’s gone for 24 hours. They’ll want to make sure she didn’t just leave on her own.”

“She wouldn’t have done that without telling me. Gordon, we share everything. We’ve been friends since high school. I was her maid-of-honor at her wedding.”

“Do you want me to come over?”

She didn’t answer for a long while. “No. Philip said he’d call me back in a little while.”

“I’ve got the day off. I could spend it with you.”

“No. I have to work. I’m so worried about Geri, she’s all I can think about. I’ll call you if I hear anything from her.”

Gordon knew if something bad had happened to Benay’s friend, he’d hear about it first. “Chances are she’s okay.”

“I hope so.” She hung up.

* * *
Saturday morning, Officer Gordon Butler approached the scene of his first call of the day, a body found by teens in the nearly dry stream bed running along the rocky bluff that gave the beach town its name
Parking his blue-and-white police car, Gordon climbed out. He surveyed the area, trying to find the young people who’d called in their gruesome find.

A forest of native oaks, junipers as well as tall eucalyptus and clusters of evergreen shrubs blocked the view of the place where the body reportedly had been discovered. The strong scent of the eucalyptus overpowered the saltiness of the ocean drifting in on a slight breeze. He inhaled deeply and detected the sweet, sickening odor of decaying flesh.

PURCHASE AT AMAZON!

F.M. Meredith, also known as Marilyn Meredith, is the author of over thirty published novels—and a few that will never see print. No Bells is set in Rocky Bluff, CA, a fictional beach community between Ventura and Santa Barbara. F. M. once lived in a similar beach area with many police families as neighbors. She is a member of EPIC, three chapters of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and serves as the program chair for the Public Safety Writers of America’s writing conference. She’s been an instructor at many other writing conferences. Visit her at http://fictionforyou.com and her blog at http://marilynmeredith.blogspot.com. 

An Axe to Grind by F.M. Meredith Giveaway at Simply Stacie

F.M. Meredith toured with the latest book in her Rocky Bluff P.D. series in March, An Axe to Grind. The book received many excellent reviews during that tour. Now is your chance to win a copy of An Axe to Grind from Simply Stacie.

Detective Doug Milligan and his partner question suspects in the murder of a stalker including the stalker's target, her boyfriend, father and brother, as well as the stalker’s step-father. The investigation leaves little time for Doug to see his fiancée and fellow officer, Stacey Wilbur.

Stacey handles a molestation case which involves the son of a friend. She and her mother talk wedding plans, though all must wait until Doug's renter, Officer Gordon Butler finds another place to live.

When Doug disappears while tailing a suspect, Stacey sets out to find him, hoping she can reach him time.



F. M. Meredith who also writes under the name Marilyn Meredith is the author of nearly thirty published novels including the Rocky Bluff P.D. crime series, An Axe to Grind is the newest from Oak Tree Press. No Sanctuary was a finalist the mystery/suspense category of the Epic best in e-books contest.

She is a member of EPIC, Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and on the board of the Public Safety Writers of America. She was an instructor for Writer’s Digest School for ten years, served as an instructor at the Maui Writer’s Retreat and many other writer’s conferences. For over twenty years she lived in a beach community similar to Rocky Bluff.

You can visit the author online at http://fictionforyou.com and her blog at http://marilynmeredith.blogspot.com

For details on how to enter the An Axe to Grind Giveaway at Simply Stacie, please click here. This giveaway ends at 11:59 PM on April 29th and is open to residents in the U.S. and Canada only.

Good luck!

No Sanctuary by F.M. Meredith - Video Trailer

Do you enjoy crime fiction? Do you like police procedurals? Then you'll most certainly enjoy No Sanctuary by F.M. Meredith.

Officer Stacey Wilbur is the first on the scene of a one-car accident. A green Toyota has smashed into an oak tree and the female driver is dead. But it soon becomes obvious that the accident is a cover up for murder.

The victim is the wife of a prominent local minister, and her preacher husband soon becomes the most likely suspect. Gossip in town tells of trouble in their marriage, but as Stacey and Doug start putting pieces together, they find several other likely suspects who could have wanted Mallory Cookmeyer dead.

Called away from the case to work on a special assignment, Stacey is faced with decisions that will impact her career and her budding romance with Doug Milligan, and most likely, put her in harms way.

Read reviews of No Sanctuary at The Real Hollywood, The Book Connection, and Tristi's Takes.

View Pump Up Your Book Promotion's video trailer for No Sanctuary below. And don't forget to stop by Meredith's website, where you can find details about her latest contest.

F.M. Meredith and the Members of Rocky Bluff P.D. Are Talking

Make sure you drop in at the Rocky Bluff P.D. blog. Barbara and Ryan Strickland, Detective Frank Marshall, and other members of the Rocky Bluff P.D. and their families are talking and you'll certainly want to hear what they have to say.

You might also get to hear from some of the other people in town that you'll meet in No Sanctuary, the latest release in the Rocky Bluff P.D. series.

Want another good reason to stop by the Rocky Bluff P.D. blog? The author, F.M. Meredith, is running a contest. Do you want to know the details? Well, you're just going to have to wander on over there to find out.

F. M. Meredith's No Sanctuary Virtual Book Tour '09

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Author Marilyn Meredith returns to the blogosphere in March 2009 with Pump Up Your Book Promotion Public Relations. During Marilyn’s fourth virtual book tour she’ll talk about the latest release in her Rocky Bluff P.D. series, No Sanctuary—which she writes under the name of F.M. Meredith.

In No Sanctuary, Officer Stacey Wilbur works with Detective Doug Milligan investigating the death of a popular minister’s wife, is given an undercover assignment to catch a pedophile, offered a new job, and soon discovers that a church isn’t always a sanctuary.

Praise for other books in the Rocky Bluff P.D. series:

“Smell of Death is a tightly woven tapestry of romance, human tragedy, and murder.”-- Jeff Edwards, AAA Book Reviews

“Fringe Benefits is a fast, interesting read and I think the police officers in Rocky Bluff are typical of police officers everywhere with the same ambitions and stumbling blocks…”—Patricia Reid

Under the name of F.M. Meredith, Marilyn Meredith writes the Rocky Bluff P.D. series. She is also the author of the award-winning Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series as well as over twenty published novels. Marilyn is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, EPIC and on the board of the Public Safety Writers of America. She was an instructor for Writer’s Digest School for ten years and served as an instructor at the Maui Writer’s Retreat and many other writer’s conferences. She makes her home in Springville, much like Bear Creek where Deputy Tempe Crabtree lives.

You can visit Marilyn’s online at http://fictionforyou.com/.

“I was thrilled when Marilyn told me she was returning,” says Cheryl Malandrinos, Tour Coordinator for Pump Up Your Book Promotion Public Relations. “With No Sanctuary, she continues to prove why so many readers love her work.”

If you would like to follow Marilyn on her virtual book tour, visit the official Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tour site at http://virtualbooktours.wordpress.com/.

Marilyn’s virtual book tour is brought to you by Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tours, a virtual book tour agency for authors who want quality service for an affordable price. More information can be found on their website at http://www.pumpupyourbookpromotion.com.

Contact Information:

Dorothy Thompson
CEO Pump Up Your Book Promotion Virtual Book Tours
“Just leave your book tour in our hands!”
P.O. Box 643
Chincoteague, Virginia 23336
Email: thewriterslife(at)yahoo(dot)com

No Sanctuary Virtual Book Tour '09

In No Sanctuary, Officer Stacey Wilbur is the first on the scene of a traffic accident that turns out to be murder. Stacey calls Detective Doug Milligan. Despite her former vow to never date anyone on the Rocky Bluff P.D., she and Milligan are romantically involved. Finding time to be alone together isn’t easy.

The murder victim is the wife of a popular Rocky Bluff minister, and several suspects immediately come to the forefront, the minister himself, his nosy secretary, the choir director, and a nerdy stalker. Stacey helps Doug with the murder investigation, but the Chief asks her to go undercover as a prostitute to expose a pedophile which leads to a surprising job offer.

Stacey must make two major decisions that will change her life forever, and a third that nearly causes her to lose her life.



AUTHOR'S BIO:

Under the name of F.M. Meredith, Marilyn Meredith writes the Rocky Bluff P.D. series, the latest is No Sanctuary from Oak Tree Press. She is also the author of the award-winning Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series as well as over twenty published novels. The latest is, Kindred Spirits, from Mundania Press.

She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, EPIC and on the board of the Public Safety Writers of America. She was an instructor for Writer’s Digest School for ten years, served as an instructor at the Maui Writer’s Retreat and many other writer’s conferences. She makes her home in Springville, much like Bear Creek where Deputy Tempe Crabtree lives.

Visit Marilyn online at http://fictionforyou.com.

TO SEE WHERE MARILYN, STACEY AND DOUG STOP NEXT, VISIT http://virtualbooktours.wordpress.com/