Cozy Capers Cover Reveal & #Giveaway!

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Edith here, feeling a little like a truck hit me – but in a good way!

This has been a record-breaking year for me, bookwise. As of tomorrow, five books of mine will have been published since January.

In order of release starting clockwise from Murder on Cape Cod.

Whew. And now I won’t have a new book out until March, although Murder on Cape Cod goes to wide release on New Year’s Eve. All you Kindle readers and dedicated Amazon shoppers can finally dive in.

So I thought I’d show you the cover for my next mystery, which is book two in the Cozy Caper Book Group Mysteries.

Do you love the cover as much as I do? Here’s an early blurb:

It’s August, full season on Cape Cod, with plentiful sunshine and tourists alike. When Mac Almeida heads out for her early daily walk with her friend, she finds a horrified Gin staring at Beverly Ruchart, an imperious summer person, dead on the sidewalk in front of Gin’s candy shop, Salty Taffy’s.

Lots of people wanted Beverly gone. But when the police find the murder weapon in Gin’s garage, the Cozy Capers book group members put their heads together to clear Gin’s name and to figure out who killed the woman whom almost everyone disliked. Mac’s bike shop is vandalized one night, and when the killer later invades her tiny house to finish her off, Bella, Mac’s African Gray parrot, comes to the rescue.

Murder at the Taffy Shop will again be on a one-year exclusive at Barnes & Noble, and you can preorder yours now! Book three in the series (possibly titled Murder at the Lobstah Shack) is next up on my schedule to write, and it’ll take place in the fall.

To celebrate this banner year, I’ll give one lucky commenter the book of your choice from my 2019 selection.

Readers: What’s your good news, small or large?

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Published by Edith Maxwell

Agatha Award -winning author Edith Maxwell writes the historical Quaker Midwife Mysteries (Beyond the Page) and short crime fiction. As Maddie Day she writes the Dot and Amelia Mysteries, the Country Store Mysteries series, the Cozy Capers Book Group Mysteries, and the Cece Barton Mysteries (all from Kensington Publishing). She lives north of Boston in an antique house with her beau and cat Martin, where she writes, gardens, cooks, and wastes time on Facebook.

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  1. You’ve definitely been busy this year, Edith! I would say I’m happy you finally have some downtime, but I suspect you’ll be working just as hard even though your next book doesn’t come out for a while. And I love your new cover!

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  3. Congratulations!! My good news is in a couple weeks my husband and I will celebrate our 20 year wedding anniversary 😍😍 (I absolutely love the cover also)

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  4. You know what they say:
    No news is good news. Nothing much is going on here.
    Catbooks72(at)Gmail(dot)com

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  5. Much like Michelle Fidler’s post, there’s not much going on here with me as of late. Which is good news for me. Just work, bills and writing.

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  6. Love the cover!! 😍

    My good news is that my mom, who fell critically ill, is now stable and doing better. I’m so grateful she survived. And now with a mind that’s less worried, I have gotten back to reading. 😊

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  7. I love the book cover!!!! My good news today is that one of my best friends and I are doing a day trip this coming Sunday to Atlanta Indiana ( about a hour away from where we live) and go to a craft and vintage event and also stop at garage sales on the way. It will be a great day!!

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  8. My good news is that my Mom’s health is so much better. She was almost housebound for a whole year and finally a Dr. figured out she was dangerously anemic! She had a blood transfusion of 4 pints and now is off all oxygen and has so much more energy! Also, it is finally Fall today! Now if the weather would just catch up and be Fall! 🙂 Love the book cover! Thanks for the chance!

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  9. FIVE in one year??? I’m such a slug.

    My next release isn’t until February, but I’ll get my first look at the cover art in a couple of weeks. Hopefully, that will count as GOOD news!

    And CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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  11. Looking forward to the annual girls weekend away without the husbands in tow. Happy first day of fall.

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  12. Wow, Edith! Your fingers must be worn down to nubs! Yesterday I had 2 bits of good news: Cortland apples are ready at the orchard store and I saw a cardinal while I was taking my walk. I often hear them but to see them up close is very special. He hopped from branch to branch not far from where I stood still. Too bad my phone had died and I couldn’t take a picture.

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  13. My good news was that I renewed my lease on my apartment for another year and the rent only went up $5.00, I was shocked, because I heard other people in the building it went up alot more. Love this cover and the book sounds amazing. Thanks for your generosity. Congrats!!!!!

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  14. So much good news this year for us. We had a fabulous trip to some of the nations great parks. Hubby’s Mom just turned 90 and is doing very well. Snickerdoodle, our Chihuahua furbaby, is doing well although on insulin twice a day and will soon turn 15. My large church bells that made the move with us 3 years ago, are finally in the process of being put up in the yard (which also include two flowerbeds around the bases trimmed in the rock that the house is made of). The raised garden bed is also finished, filled with dirt and compost and waiting for next years crop. Also great news that it’s now fall meaning things will slow down with more time to read and plan our trip for next year. Best good news is that hubby and I have had no major medical issues this year.

    Thank you for the fabulous opportunity to win one of your amazing books!
    2clowns at arkansas dot net

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  18. Congratulations, Edith, on all the new books and the enjoyment they bring! The pun on The Murder at the Taffy Shop marvelous. Brought back memories of an Uncle Wiggly story about pulling taffy with the animals getting stuck and a detailed recipe in (circa 1946) The Golden Book of Christmas (not sure this is the correct title). My joy is having another day to explore and to be in.

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  19. I love, love, love your cover. You have an extreme talent for writing and it’s so nice you share with us. Looking forward to reading this one. I’m one of those that love to be near the water and hear the waves crashing on the shore and watching the boats bobbing on the water.

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  20. We decided to try raising Monarch butterflies this year. All of our caterpillars have turned into chrysalises. Hoping to be able to release butterflies in about 10 days

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  21. Congratulations on the banner year, Edith! My good news, book two of my Laurel Highlands Mysteries series – HEAVEN HAS NO RAGE – launched in August and book three is well on it’s way to being submission ready for next February.

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  23. Wow, five books in 2019 — that’s phenomenal! Congratulations! I love the cover of Murder at the Taffy Shop with the comment “What’s this killer trying to pull?” – Ha! We’ll be celebrating our 26th wedding anniversary this week — I’m very blessed ~

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  24. The sonogram for my six month cancer check up seems to be ok and my daughter in law is out of the hospital. We plan on taking a vacation this month if my husband’s work project is completed.

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  25. Love the cover!
    Good news of the day is it’s Monday and I got your latest book in the mail this weekend!!!

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  27. Our daughter, through no fault of her own, was out of work for three months. She just landed a excellent job and is over the moon. We keep celebrating with her long distance. (Don’t ask about the 4 1/2 hour phone call last night.)

    Edith, you are amazing in the way your keep cranking out one excellent book after another. And the cover of Murder at the Taffy Shop is certainly intriguing. I want to go in the store to see what happened.

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  34. I can’t believe I’ve never read your books. I saw this book cover and thought “next read”! 🤗
    My good news. . . I am relearning to crochet and found a great way to gift those who have supported me over the years as well as help with charity projects! 🥰

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  36. Your cover is fabulous. I love all the details. The brick pathway reminds me of what I have been working on with my dad for awhile now. We laid a very large brick patio and now we are working on laying a circle driveway with brick around the edges. My good news to share is that my youngest son just got a promotion to Sous Chef at work. We are all very excited for him. Renee
    PS: I’m very happy that you have had a very busy year writing for us!

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  38. Congrats to you…you’ve been busy and productive and we all get to benefit from your hard work! My good news is that the weather is finally starting to cool down a bit and I’ve been able to open the windows for some fresh air instead of constantly running the air conditioner! Ahhhhh, fall is in the air!!

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  49. Wow! What a busy year! Congratulations on all you new releases! I’m looking forward to going on vacation with my Sister and enjoying the Fall weather.

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