Resurrection Garden Virtual Book Tour February 2011

Resurrection Garden

Join Frank Scully, author of the mystery novel, Resurrection Garden (MuseItUp Publishing, January 2011), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book.

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Frank Scully was born and raised in a small town in North Dakota and received a Bachelor’s degree in History with Phi Beta Kappa Honors and a Juris Doctor degree in Law from the University of North Dakota. He then served more than five years as a Judge Advocate General Corps Officer in the U. S. Army in the U. S., Vietnam, and Thailand. After that he attended the prestigious Thunderbird School and received a Masters in Business Administration with honors. In his professional career he has worked as an executive with large aerospace and defense manufacturers and also owned his own small business.

Depending on the vagaries of the universe he has been well off at times and broke, but never broken, at other times. Blessed with an understanding wife who gave him twin sons, he has remained through it all a dreamer whose passion is writing stories that will entertain readers.

Resurrection Garden, a mystery novel, is the first of five books Frank has under contract with MuseitUp Publishing.

You can visit Frank’s website at www.frankjscully.com.

Resurrection Garden Cover

About Resurrection Garden

Jake Turner, a scarred veteran of the charge up San Juan Hill, has been a lone drifter through much of the settling of the west.  Opportunity was growing out of the newly turned sod of the North Dakota prairie in 1904 when he stopped to take a part time job as a Deputy Sheriff, expecting to move on again when the dark parts of his past catch up to him.

An investigation into a murder of a man hated by everyone has threads that lead to his best friend, Isaac.  Jake is ambushed and almost killed, but is nursed back to health by Isaac.  While Jake follows the clues into a labyrinth of hatred, sordid crimes and missing money he becomes attached to an eight year old orphaned boy named Andy and falls in love with Isaac’s sister, Alice.   After being alone for so long with no hope or care for what tomorrow might bring, Jake finds it difficult to accept these new emotional attachments.

Jake believes in Justice, but before he had only his own life on the line.   When Andy is kidnapped and almost killed, Jake knows the killers will do anything to stop him.   In order to protect Alice and Andy, he must break their hearts and leave them and North Dakota behind.

Jake knows he’ll be back.  So do the killers.  Trap and counter trap are laid.  Jake knows there will be graves.  He just doesn’t know who will be in them.

Read an Excerpt!

The sheriff joined me in my contemplation of the body. It wasn’t pretty. Thor had never been handsome and the ravages of being frozen under the snow for the winter and having birds and other animals picking away at the skin as the snow thawed and exposed the body made what was left of him downright disgusting.

One thing was evident though. He hadn’t died easy. Freezing to death is relatively painless. Wander out in the cold, get lost, fall asleep and don’t wake up. That wasn’t what happened to Thor.

“What do you think? Shotgun, maybe?” the sheriff opined.

“At least,” I answered. The hole in his chest was big enough to put a fist through. “But why? He musta been dead already when he was shot.”

“Yeah, first someone beat him to a bloody pulp, then gutted him and slashed his throat. And then shot him. Ain’t that what you said, Doc.”

“Looks that way to me,” Doc answered. “Can’t tell you much more until he thaws out all the way.”

“Somebody wanted him deader than dead,” the sheriff shook his head.

“Takes some hate to do all that,” Doc commented. “Got any suspects?”

Doc and the sheriff both turned to face me.

I let out a deep sigh. “I suppose you want me to find out what happened to him.”

Read the Reviews!

“I love mysteries and usually am not a fan of the western genre, but I enjoyed the Resurrection Garden.  There was just the right combination of the Old West meets mystery with a wee bit of romance thrown in.  Mr. Scully’s written word allows one to feel the dust as the characters are riding away, feel the hardness of the wood beds, see the tumbleweeds roll around us.  I felt as if I was right in all of the action as I was reading Resurrection Garden, whether I was recouping with Jake, or investigating.  Mr. Scully’s secondary characters are fun. He provides strong  visuals as well as he stimulates  other senses, for example:  You can even smell Andy from the months without a bath.

Resurrection Garden is both a charming western and mystery.  Thumbs up!”

–Cynthia Lea Clark, Psy.D.

“…people from rural areas that have lived when life was harsh or been told stories of that time will especially enjoy this book.”

–Amazon reviewer

“I would definetely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good murder mystery.”

–Amazon reviewer

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Resurrection Garden Tour Schedule

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Tuesday, February 1

Book spotlighted at Putting the Words Down on Paper

Wednesday, February 2

Interviewed at Literarily Speaking

Thursday, February 3

Book spotlighted at Book Tours and More

Friday, February

Interviewed at Boston Daydreaming

Monday, February 7

Interviewed at Examiner

Tuesday, February 8

Book spotlighted at Broowaha

Wednesday, February 9

Interviewed at Pump Up Your Book

Thursday, February 10

Guest blogging at Review from Here books

Book reviewed at Life in Review

Friday, February 11

Interviewed at The Writer’s Life

Monday, February 14

Book spotlighted at The Plot

Interviewed at Blogcritics

Tuesday, February 15

Character interviewed at The Plot

Wednesday, February 16

Interviewed at Paperback Writer

Thursday, February 17

Guest blogging at The Hot Author Report

Friday, February 18

Guest blogging at Lori’s Reading Corner

Monday, February 21

Interviewed at American Chronicle

Tuesday, February 22

Book reviewed and author interviewed at Marilyn’s Musings

Wednesday, February 23

Book reviewed at Broken Teepee

Thursday, February 24

Book reviewed at The Book Connection

Friday, February 25

Interviewed at As the Pages Turn

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Frank Scully’s RESURRECTION GARDEN VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR ‘11 will officially begin on February 1st and end on February 25, 2011. Please contact Cheryl Malandrinos at cg20pm00(at)gmail(dot)com by January 20th if you are interested in hosting and/or reviewing his book or click here to use the form. Please note this book is only available in electronic format. Thank you!