Wednesday, February 22, 2012

LET'S GET COZY: OLD HAUNTS - A PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

GIVEAWAY ENDED
OLD HAUNTS
A HAUNTED GUESTHOUSE MYSTERY
BY E. J. COPPERMAN

ABOUT THE BOOK:
The ghosts haunting Alison Kerby's Jersey Shore guesthouse are sad. Maxie wants to know who murdered her ex-husband, and Paul pines for his still-living almost-fiancee. The only one who isn't missing her ex is Alison-because The Swine just arrived on her doorstep...

AN EXCERPT FROM OLD HAUNTS:
Chapter One
“Careful!” I said. All right, shouted. “We can’t afford to drop this.”

It wasn’t so much that the sheet of wallboard Maxie, Paul and I were holding up was so expensive it couldn’t be replaced; it was more that hanging another heavy sheet up here in the attic of my massive Victorian home and guesthouse would be enormously difficult.

Renovating the attic into a bedroom for my ten-year-old daughter, Melissa, during breaks from my duties as hostess and overall ringleader of the house at 123 Seafront Avenue had seemed like a good idea when I’d come up with it in April—it would give Liss a little privacy from the flow of guests in the house, and would free up another bedroom downstairs to rent out, thus generating more income. It had seemed like a practical and logical idea. In April.

Now it was July on the New Jersey Shore, and the attic was not yet air-conditioned. Heat, in case you haven’t heard, rises. It was about 15,000 degrees up here, even with the windows open.

Sometimes, my creative instincts overcome my common sense. I really should watch out for that.
TO FINISH READING THIS EXCERPT, VISIT E. J. COPPERMAN'S WEBSITE HERE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
E.J. Copperman is a mysterious figure, or has a mysterious figure, or writes figuratively in mysteries. In any event, a New Jersey native, E.J. has written for such publications as The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, American Baby and USA Weekend. Night of the Living Deed is the first E.J. Copperman novel. It will be followed in 2011 by An Uninvited Ghost, the second in the Haunted Guesthouse mystery series.

E.J., having worked as a newspaper reporter, teacher, magazine editor, and screenwriter, writes stories that combine humor and mystery with just the right amount of spooky supernatural happenings and a large does of Jersey attitude.

Sound like we’re being evasive? Well, the fact is that E.J. Copperman is the pseudonym of a well-known mystery novelist, now embarking on a new type of story that includes some elements of the supernatural as well as a fair number of laughs. And the Copperman novels will have a different attitude, a different setting and completely different characters than anything that has come before, so E.J. really is a new author.
TO READ MORE OF E. J. COPPERMAN'S BIOGRAPHY, VISIT THE WEBSITE HERE
Follow E.J.:
facebook
twitter

SOME OTHER BOOKS IN THE HAUNTED GUESTHOUSE SERIES BY E. J. COPPERMAN:
                   

GIVEAWAY
THANKS TO KAYLEIGH AND THE GOOD
FOLKS AT BERKLEY PRIME CRIME
AND PENGUIN BOOKS,
I HAVE ONE COPY OF THIS MYSTERY,
OLD HAUNTS, TO GIVE AWAY
 
--U.S. RESIDENTS ONLY
--NO P. O. BOXES
---INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
IN CASE YOU WIN!
--ALL COMMENTS MUST BE SEPARATE TO
 

COUNT AS MORE THAN ONE!
   

HOW TO ENTER

+1 ENTRY: COMMENT ON WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT YOU READ ABOVE ABOUT OLD HAUNTS THAT MADE YOU WANT TO WIN THIS BOOK, AND DON'T FORGET YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

+1 MORE ENTRY: BLOG AND/OR TWEET ABOUT A FITTING END AND COME BACK HERE AND LEAVE ME YOUR LINK

+1 MORE ENTRY: COMMENT ON SOMETHING YOU FIND INTERESTING AT E. J. COPPERMAN'S WEBSITE HERE


+1 MORE ENTRY: "LIKE" AND COMMENT ON E. J. COPPERMAN'S FACEBOOK PAGE HERE ABOUT THIS GIVEAWAY OR ABOUT THIS NEWEST BOOK 

+1 MORE ENTRY: COMMENT ON ONE WAY THAT YOU FOLLOW MY BLOG. IF YOU FOLLOW MORE THAN ONE, YOU MAY COMMENT SEPARATELY FOR EACH TO RECEIVE MORE ENTRIES
 
GIVEAWAY ENDS AT
6 PM, EST, MARCH 6
 GOOD LUCK!

79 comments:

debbie said...

I enjoy a cozy with ghosts in it. I would love to read this book.
twoofakind12@yahoo.com

debbie said...

I am a gfc follower
debbie
twoofakind12@yahoo.com

debbie said...

I am a email subscriber.
twoofakind12@yahoo.com

lag123 said...

I would love to read more about the ghosts. I love a little supernatural in my books.

lag110 at mchsi dot com

lag123 said...

Tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/lag32583/status/172280166951813120

lag110 at mchsi dot com

lag123 said...

I enjoyed EJ's blog: Sliced Bread.

lag110 at mchsi dot com

lag123 said...

I subscribe via email.

lag110 at mchsi dot com

lag123 said...

I follow via google reader.

lag110 at mchsi dot com

lag123 said...

I follow via GFC.

lag110 at mchsi dot com

lag123 said...

I follow via networked blogs.

lag110 at mchsi dot com

lag123 said...

I follow via twitter. @lag32583

lag110 at mchsi dot com

lag123 said...

I follow via FB: Lisa holmes Garrett

lag110 at mchsi dot com

lag123 said...

1. +5 February Facebook

lag110 at mchsi dot com

lag123 said...

4. +5 February Facebook

lag110 at mchsi dot com

lag123 said...

5. +5 February Facebook

lag110 at mchsi dot com

rubynreba said...

I haven't read any books by this author and this sounds like a good mystery.
pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

rubynreba said...

+5 February facebook
pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

rubynreba said...

+5 February facebook 3
pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

rubynreba said...

+5 February facebook 4
pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

rubynreba said...

+5 February facebook 5
pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

traveler said...

This cozy is unique and would be captivating. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

traveler said...

I am an e-mail subscriber. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

mamabunny13 said...

I think the cover of this book is gorgeous, I love ghostly cozies!
mamabunny13 at gmail dot com

traveler said...

It is interesting that the locale is the Jersey Shore. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

Carol N Wong said...

I love cozies period. Renovation is a great way to start of the tale.

CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

mamabunny13 said...

You can read the first chapter of Old Haunts on his website!
mamabunny13 at gmail dot com

mamabunny13 said...

I follow by email
mamabunny13 at gmail dot com

petite said...

This book looks and sounds imaginative and fascinating. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

mamabunny13 said...

I follow onn fb-mamabunny shelor
mamabunny13 at gmail dot com

mamabunny13 said...

I follow via gfc - mamabunny13
mamabunny13 at gmail dot com

petite said...

I am a follower.elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

mamabunny13 said...

I follow on NB-mamabunny shelor
mamabunny13 at gmail dot com

petite said...

The author is talented, a screenwriter, journalist and writes for many publications. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

mamabunny13 said...

#21 +5 February Facebook
mamabunny13 at gmail dot com

mamabunny13 said...

#3 1 +5 February Facebook
mamabunny13 at gmail dot com

mamabunny13 said...

#4 +5 February Facebook
mamabunny13 at gmail dot com

mamabunny13 said...

#5 +5 February Facebook
mamabunny13 at gmail dot com

mamabunny13 said...

I like E. J. COPPERMAN on FACEBOOK-mamabunny shelor
mamabunny13 at gmail dot com

Carol N Wong said...

On his website, he has links to where he has been on different blogs. There were some that I had never seen before like CatsBooksCats.

CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

Carol N Wong said...

I had already liked E.J. Cooperman's Facebook page.

CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

Carol N Wong said...
This comment has been removed by the author.
Carol N Wong said...

I follow your blog with an e-mail subscription.


CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

Carol N Wong said...

I follow your blog with Facebook.

CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

Carol N Wong said...

I follow your blog with a RSS feed on my IGoogle page.


CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

Carol N Wong said...

I follow your blog with Twitter.


CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

Carol N Wong said...

I follow your blog with
Google Friends Connect.

CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

Carol N Wong said...

+5 Februray Facebook Bonus


CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

Carol N Wong said...

+5 Februray Facebook Bonus


CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

Karen B said...

I'm warming up to cozies with ghosts and this sounds like it'd be right up my alley - or attic!
kpbarnett1941[at]aol.com

Karen B said...

+5 February FB bonus entry +1.
kpbarnett1941[at]aol.com

Karen B said...

+5 February FB bonus entry +2.
kpbarnett1941[at]aol.com

Karen B said...

+5 February FB bonus entry +3.
kpbarnett1941[at]aol.com

Karen B said...

+5 February FB bonus entry +4.
kpbarnett1941[at]aol.com

Karen B said...

+5 February FB bonus entry +5.
kpbarnett1941[at]aol.com

Sue Farrell said...

Cozies and ghosts just seem to compliment each other--and the Jersey Shore setting would be new to me.
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com

Sue Farrell said...

I followed some links on the author's website and discovered that he is also Jeff Cohen who wrote the Aaron Tucker series.
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com

Sue Farrell said...

I am an email subscriber.
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com

Sue Farrell said...

I follow on GFC as Suekey.
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com`

Sue Farrell said...

I follow on Google+ as Sue Farrell.
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com

Sue Farrell said...

I follow on twitter as @Suekey12.
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com

Sue Farrell said...

I follow on Networked Blogs where I am Suzan Morrow Farrell.
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com

Sue Farrell said...

I am a fan on facebook where I am Suzan Morrow Farrell.
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com

Sue Farrell said...

+5 February facebook bonus - #1
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com

Sue Farrell said...

+5 February facebook bonus - #2
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com

Sue Farrell said...

+5 February facebook bonus - #3
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com

Sue Farrell said...

+5 February facebook bonus - #4
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com

Sue Farrell said...

+5 February facebook bonus - #5
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com

Unknown said...

I love murder mysteries. I would love to read this book. It sounds very good. Please enter me in contest. I am a follower and email subscriber. Tore923@aol.com

Linda Kish said...

This sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun.

lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Linda Kish said...

It seems his other persona (Jeffrey Cohen)writes humorous mysteries as well as a few nonfiction books.

lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Linda Kish said...

I am an email subscriber

lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Linda Kish said...

I am a GFC follower

lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Linda Kish said...

+5 February facebook
1
lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Linda Kish said...

+5 February facebook
2
lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Linda Kish said...

+5 February facebook
3
lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Linda Kish said...

+5 February facebook
4
lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Linda Kish said...

+5 February facebook
5
lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Sue Farrell said...

I liked E J Cooperman on facebook and commented about the giveaway.
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com

Margie said...

The house rennovation and the ghost activity here sounds intriguing. Thanks for the giveaway.
mtakala1 AT yahoo DOT com

CLICK HERE TO
SEE MY POLICY