Thursday, July 20, 2017

LET'S GET COZY! KNIT YOUR OWN MURDER: A PREVIEW AND GIVEAWAY

 
KNIT YOUR OWN MURDER
A Needlecraft Mystery
BY MONICA FERRIS

ABOUT THE BOOK:
In the USA Today bestselling Needlecraft Mysteries, Betsy Devonshire has her hands tied between running her needlework shop and turning her sharp eye for deduction to solve a knotty murder at a local fund-raiser…

The Monday Bunch and other local knitters are participating in a fund-raising auction to save a community center, creating a growing pile of stuffed animals and toys right in front of the auctioneers as the audience bids. Among those contributing the most knitted goods is temperamental businesswoman Maddy Hanover—who keels over halfway through the event.

After she is pronounced DOA, an autopsy reveals that Maddy had been poisoned. But how? And by whom? One of the prime suspects is her ruthless business rival, Joe Mickels, who lost a bitterly contested property bid to Maddy.

When Mickels pleads his innocence to Betsy, she reluctantly believes him. But if Betsy is going to uncover the real murderer’s identity, she must first untangle the knots Maddy made in her relationships throughout her life…

FREE KNITTING PATTERN INCLUDED 


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Mary Monica Pulver (her maiden name) is an incidental Hoosier — Terre Haute, Indiana, had the hospital closest to her parents’ home in Marshall, Illinois. She spent the later part of her childhood and early adult life in Wisconsin, graduating from high school in Milwaukee. She was a journalist in the U.S. Navy for six and a half years (two in London), and later attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She is married to a museum curator.
 

Mary Monica sold her first short story, “Pass the Word,” to Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, in 1983, and has since sold more than two dozen short stories to anthologies and magazines, including some in Germany, England, Italy and France. Her first mystery novel, Murder at the War, appeared from St. Martin’s Press in 1987 and was nominated for an Anthony as Best First Novel. The Unforgiving Minutes and Ashes to Ashes followed in 1988; but Original Sin was sold to Walker, who also presented the fifth book, Show Stopper, in May of 1992. Berkley Diamond brought these mysteries out in paperback. They feature detective Peter Brichter – a cop one reviewer said was “a hardboiled sleuth who’s somehow landed in a cozy mystery”.
 

Berkley published six medieval mysteries Mary Monica wrote in collaboration with Gail Frazer under the pseudonym Margaret Frazer. The detective in the mysteries is a nun, Dame Frevisse, a niece by marriage of Thomas Chaucer, the legendary Geoffrey’s son. The stories take place in England in the 1430s. Gail continued the series alone.
In 1998 Mary Monica began writing a new series for Berkley featuring amateur needleworking sleuth Betsy Devonshire. Set in Excelsior, Minnesota, Crewel World came out in March and was followed by Framed in Lace, A Stitch in Time, Unraveled Sleeve, A Murderous Yarn, Hanging by A Thread, Cutwork, Crewel Yule, Embroidered Truths, Sins and Needles, Knitting Bones, Thai Die, Blackwork, Buttons and Bones, Threadbare, and And Then You Dye. These light and traditional novels are written under the pseudonym Monica Ferris, and all have gone to multiple printings – the first one is in its eighteenth printing!
 

Mary Monica has taught courses on mystery writing to children at North Hennepin Community College, gifted children in District #287, and adults at one-evening seminars at Hennepin and Ramsey County libraries. She does lectures and signings, and has appeared on panels at mystery and science fiction conventions. She has spoken to stitchery guilds on local, state, and national levels. She is a member of Sisters in Crime (a national organization that promotes women who write mystery fiction), remains a paid speaker on the life of a mystery author, and is a volunteer for Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation, and in area public schools.
 

Mary Monica studies the medieval period as an amateur, and does needlework. She is a Lay Eucharistic Visitor and Lector at the Episcopal Church of St. George in Minneapolis. She collects and is often seen in exuberant hats.

SOME OTHER BOOKS BY MONICA FERRIS:

               
                    

            

GIVEAWAY
THANKS TO KAYLEIGH AND THE GOOD FOLKS
AT BERKLEY PRIME CRIME AND PENGUIN
BOOKS, I HAVE ONE COPY OF
KNIT YOUR OWN MURDER
TO GIVE AWAY TO A LUCKY READER
 
--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 READ ABOVE ABOUT KNIT YOUR OWN MURDER THAT MADE YOU WANT TO WIN THIS BOOK, AND DON'T FORGET YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

+1 MORE ENTRY: BLOG AND/OR TWEET ABOUT THIS GIVEAWAY AND COME BACK HERE AND LEAVE ME YOUR LINK 


+1 MORE ENTRY: COMMENT ON SOMETHING YOU FIND INTERESTING AT MONICA FERRIS'S WEBSITE HERE

+1 MORE ENTRY: COMMENT ON ONE WAY YOU FOLLOW MY BLOG. IF YOU FOLLOW MORE THAN ONE WAY, YOU CAN COMMENT SEPARATELY AND EACH WILL COUNT AS AN ENTRY

 +1 MORE ENTRY: COMMENT ON A CURRENT GIVEAWAY THAT YOU HAVE ENTERED ON MY BLOG. IF YOU ENTERED MORE THAN ONE, YOU MAY COMMENT SEPARATELY FOR EACH TO RECEIVE MORE ENTRIES
GIVEAWAY ENDS AT
6 PM, EST, AUGUST 12
  GOOD LUCK!

51 comments:

Unknown said...

I want to read this book for the author, she is one of my favorites and I love the needlecraft series.
jslbrwon2009 at aol dot com

Unknown said...

tweet https://twitter.com/LuLu_Brown24/status/888001553440714752
jslbrown2009 at aol dot com

Unknown said...

following via GFC: smurfette/lisa brown
jslbrwon2009 at aol dot com

traveler said...

Captivating cozy.saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

traveler said...

Email subscriber. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

traveler said...

Talented author. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

traveler said...

Entered A Just Clause. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

traveler said...

Entered French Fried. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

traveler said...

Entered A Ghostly Light. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

traveler said...

Entered Only Skein Deep. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

traveler said...

Entered Once Upon a Spine. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

traveler said...

Entered The Black Cat Sees His Shadow. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com

petite said...

A fascinating cozy which I would enjoy. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

petite said...

Follower. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

petite said...

Email subscriber. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

petite said...

I enjoyed the site and the mysteries. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

petite said...

I entered French Fried. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

petite said...

I entered Only Skein Deep. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

petite said...

I entered A Just Clause. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

petite said...

I entered A Ghostly Light. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

petite said...

I entered Once Upon A Spine. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

petite said...

I entered Black Cat Sees His Shadow. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)com

Margie said...

A knitting shop and a murder mystery, an intriguing combination.
mtakala1@yahoo DOT com

Karen B said...

Love this series!
kpbarnett1941[at]aol.com

holdenj said...

It's so near where I live, what's not to like! Thanks for the chance to win a copy!
JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

holdenj said...

Hmm, my son worked with District 287 for two summers, wonder if he met her!
JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

holdenj said...

Email follower
JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

holdenj said...

GFC follower
JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

holdenj said...

RSS subscriber
JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

holdenj said...

Twitter
JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

holdenj said...

Bloglovin
JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

holdenj said...

Entered French Fried
JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

holdenj said...

Entered Once Upon a Spine
JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

holdenj said...

Entered Only Skein Deep
JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

holdenj said...

Entered A Just Clause
JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

holdenj said...

Entered Black Cat Sees His Shadow
JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

holdenj said...

Entered A Ghostly LIght
JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

Theresa N. said...

I love the knitting and also a fan of the authors work.
Theresa N
weceno(at)yahoo(dot)com

Theresa N. said...

I follow with email.
Theresa N
weceno(at)yahoo(dot)com

Theresa N. said...

I follow with GFC.
Theresa N
weceno(at)yahoo(dot)com

Linda Kish said...

I never learned to knit but I wish I could. I think it's more a right-handed thing. I haven't read any of this series but I'd like to start now. This sounds interesting.

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...

I am a bloglovin' follower

lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Linda Kish said...

+5 July Facebook
1
lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Linda Kish said...

+5 July Facebook
2
lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Linda Kish said...

+5 July Facebook
3
lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Linda Kish said...

+5 July Facebook
4
lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Linda Kish said...

+5 July Facebook
5
lkish77123 at gmail dot com

Patricia said...

The title is adorable and completely drew me in.
patricia dot mariani,dot,esq at g mail dot com

Patricia said...

Shared on Twitter:
https://mobile.twitter.com/CapitalismRox/status/891524226519375872

@CapitalismRox

CLICK HERE TO
SEE MY POLICY