Wednesday, March 12, 2014

LET'S GET COZY! SHUNNED AND DANGEROUS: A PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

 
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SHUNNED AND DANGEROUS
An Amish Mystery
BY LAURA BRADFORD

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Living in the small town of Heavenly, Pennsylvania, Claire Weatherly has come to admire the Amish for their wholesome, honest way of life. But she also knows that nothing is as simple as it seems—especially when murder disturbs the peace.

Claire has always been game for a good puzzle, so when she hears that Mose Fisher has made one of his famous corn mazes, she can’t wait to walk the paths and test her skill. But she’ll have a much more serious puzzle to solve when, deep inside the maze, she discovers the body of Amish dairy farmer Harley Zook.

It won’t be easy for Detective Jakob Fisher to investigate a murder on his own father’s farm—not after being shunned by the man for leaving the Amish community and becoming a cop. With Mose himself as a suspect, and old family secrets cropping up, it’s up to Claire to help catch the killer before she finds herself at a dead end. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Pseudonym for Elizabeth Lynn Casey.
While spending a rainy afternoon at a friend’s house more than thirty years ago, Laura Bradford fell in love with writing over a stack of blank paper, a box of crayons, and a freshly sharpened number two pencil.

Those early attempts at the craft had her writing and illustrating stories for young children. Wise beyond her years, Laura saved her first writing attempt in a hand decorated shoe box (complete with sparkly stickers) and moved on to her next idea. Her second book—O’Casey’s Wish—was so utterly brilliant, she sent it off to a well-known New York publishing house at the tender age of ten, confident she was on the verge of becoming the next Don Freeman (Corduroy) or Shel Silverstein (Giving Tree).

Months later, she received her first form letter rejection.

While she wasn’t of the mindset to save that first crushing blow for posterity, Laura did save the original copy of this particular literary masterpiece in the event the letter was a mistake.

Desperate to prove her flexibility as a writer, Laura soon found herself dabbling in jokes (for her Girl Scout troop’s newsletter), stories of angst (a somewhat autobiographical look at her teenage years), movie reviews (for the Xavier University Newswire), and countless news and feature articles (for newspapers in CT, SC, TN, and MO).

It wasn’t until Laura was home raising children of her own though, that she was finally able to dust off that rainy day dream and bring it back to its original form—writing fiction. Today, she is a bestselling mystery author with Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin Publishing), and an award winning romance author with Harlequin American. She lives in New York with her family.

Oh, and if you meet Laura at a book event in the future, ask her about O’Casey’s Wish. It tends to travel with her everywhere she goes.

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GIVEAWAY
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158 comments:

Karen B said...

I've read so many wonderful reviews that it already is on my wish list!
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I would like to see who did it.
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I really like this series and how well Laura incorporates the world of the Amish with her world of cozy crime.
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I always enjoy Amish copies. The body in the corn maze sounds fascinating. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I love stories that involve the Amish and I also love corn mazes. You really don't know how muich fun they are until you try it!

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It would be hard to investigate your own father even though I'm guessing he didn't do it. I'd like to find out who did.

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One of her fun Amish facts.... Families average about 7 children each. But you generally see anywhere from 6-12 children per Amish household. As a result, the Amish population is doubling every 20 years. I had no idea.

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