Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles – Part 2

Had a wonderful time Wednesday, April 6 with my fellow Underground Authors, Caleb Pirtle III and Cindy Davis, and hosts Rob and Joan Carter on the Meet the Authors podcast.

If you missed the live show, watch the replay:

Carters’s website at:  https://indiebooksource.com/podcast/ . This is  the best place to go, because you can see all the links for the show.

Video:  https://youtu.be/pZ8SW7lRKc4

Audio:  https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/49347972/download.mp3

Now, on to the books!

April – Death Wears A Crimson Hat

April 21st is the official launch day of Book 1 in the Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles by The Underground Authors. And that book is my Death Wears A Crimson Hat.

It’s an honor for me to launch what is going to be a fabulous series.

So what’s the book about? It’s about Harry Thurgood and the Rev. Ember Cole. And murder, of course.

Harry and Ember have known each other for about 3 years when the story begins. Three years ago being when they arrived in Magnolia Bluff. Harry to get away from, well, we don’t really know, and Ember to take charge of the flock at St Luke’s Methodist Church. As the story opens, Harry’s come to the realization that he’s in love with Ember.

However, both have a secret past. Things get further complicated when one of Ember’s parishioners decides she wants Ember gone.

And if that isn’t enough to scuttle a relationship, murder splashes right down in the middle of the puddle — with Ember as the chief suspect.

Does Harry ever have his work cut out for him. But will he get Ember off the hook, and put a ring on her finger? Will he be able to find out whodunit? You’ll find out on April 21st.

Death Wears A Crimson Hat is a classic whodunit (with a heartwarming splash of romance) that will have you scratching your head trying to figure out, well, whodunit!

May – Eulogy in Black and White

Eulogy in Black and White is about murder and revenge. It’s also about life and death. It’s about what the dead know, that we, the living, don’t: how precious life is. It’s also about what’s just and unjust.

Graham Huston should have died in Afghanistan. He didn’t. His friend, Harley, did. Harley was from Magnolia Bluff, the town where someone dies every May 23rd.

And Huston, as if by Fate, has the chance to unravel the mystery of the murders plaguing Magnolia Bluff. His chance to earn redemption for the bullet that killed Harley instead of himself.

Caleb Pirtle knows how to write a powerful novel, and this is one heck of a powerful novel. It’s one heck of a whodunit, with things twisting and turning right up to the end. 

You will love it. I know you will.

June – The Great Peanut Butter Conspiracy

I love characters that come across as real people, and Bliss Jager is one of them. She could be your next door neighbor.

I also love humor. Especially in a murder mystery, where it eases the tension and suspense. And The Great Peanut Butter Conspiracy has plenty of laugh out loud humor. As well as plenty of suspense.

And while I don’t read mysteries to try and solve the puzzle, I do like the story to be complex and not obvious. Cindy Davis is an experienced mystery writer and she delivers.

She’s given us a superb story, peopled with delightful characters, and plenty of laugh out loud moments — and plenty of nail biting suspense.

The Great Peanut Butter Conspiracy is a super fun read. I enjoyed it immensely and I’m sure you will too.

Those are the first three books in the Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles. Each novel is unique. Each shows us a different side of the little town on the shore of Burnet Reservoir, nestled deep in the Texas Hill Country.

I’ll give highlights for the other books in the series as we get close to their publication dates.

In the meantime, take a look at Beyond the Sea to sample stories by these and the other Underground Authors. You can find it on Amazon.

You can also take a look at each author’s Amazon US page:

Cindy Davis’s Amazon page

Caleb Pirtle’s Amazon page

CW Hawes’s Amazon page

Good reading awaits!

Comments are always welcome. And until next time, happy reading!

 

CW Hawes is a playwright, award-winning poet, and a fictioneer; as well as an armchair philosopher, political theorist, and social commentator. He loves a good cup of tea and agrees that everything’s better with pizza.

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