Pump Up Your Book Presents Roped In Virtual Book Publicity Tour

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Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you K.D. Hays’ ROPED IN virtual book tour November 2nd –  December 31!

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PUYB Inside the Book

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Roped In Title: Roped In
Author: K.D. Hays
Publisher: K.D. Hays
Pages: 140
Genre: Cozy Mystery

Life has settled into a more stable pattern for fledgling investigator Karen Maxwell of DS Investigations, but that stability is precarious. At work, she has an uneasy truce with Rodney, the “office maximizer” hired by her brother to do some of the administrative work she used to do. Her brother has not assigned her any real cases and she thinks it’s because he doesn’t trust her after she was fired from her last major assignment.

But she soon gets her chance. The firm’s insurance agent calls in a favor and asks them to investigate whether a valuable parrot was killed as a result of snowfall damage to a house. Karen is pretty sure Dave will assign this to her, since the investigation will involve no money or prestige. But it may help earn back his confidence.

Then Gina Callaghan hires DS Investigations to find out who sabotaged her daughter Hayley’s rope at a jump rope competition. Hayley competes in power jumping events, and she failed to make the top four in the regional tournament. If Karen can prove that one of those top four jumpers behaved unethically, then Hayley, (who was fifth) will have a spot at the national competition, and a chance to go to the World tournament. Dave assigns Karen the lead role in this case, so now she has a chance to prove to her brother that she can conclude an investigation before the client is ready to pull the plug.

Karen bribes her son to take a jump rope class on the day when the jumpers she needs to watch have their practices. Initially, Hayley Callaghan does not want the matter investigated so Karen has to be a subtle as possible. Meanwhile, in the parrot case, Karen’s investigation seems to indicate that the parrot’s owners are telling the truth and not trying to defraud the insurance company. But the picture they offer as proof somehow arouses Karen’s suspicion.

At jump rope practice, she finds a lot of masked hostility and a host of possible suspects, but no one who saw anything. Then Hayley’s sister steps forward and admits that she saw someone rummaging through her sister’s rope bag. Circumstances point to two possible suspects, in addition to the sister herself. But Karen can find no proof of wrongdoing and thinks the break was most likely an accident. Then Hayley changes her position and urges Karen to follow through with her initial suspicions. She immediately wonders why.

But she doesn’t have time to wonder. Her brother insists that she stop working on the insurance case and her client insists that she write up suspicions against one of the other jumpers so they can file a complaint with the national sanctioning commission. Working against the clock, Karen finds proof that the picture is fake, proving that the insurance clients were trying to defraud the agency. But time runs out on the jump rope investigation—once again the dissatisfied client fires Karen before she solves the case. This time, she knows an innocent girl is going to face blame and could be banned from the sport she loves. So she digs on until she uncovers the truth —and possible destroys a family in the process.

For More Information

  • Roped In is available at Amazon.
  • Discuss this book at PUYB Virtual Book Club at Goodreads.

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PUYB Meet the Author

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K.D. Hays Kate Dolan began her writing career as a legal editor and then newspaper columnist before she decided she was finally ready to tackle fiction.  As the author of more than a dozen novels and novellas, she writes historical fiction and romance under her own name and contemporary mysteries and children’s books under the name K.D. Hays.  When not writing, she enjoys volunteering as a living history interpreter and riding roller coasters with her daughter.

Her latest book is the cozy mystery, Roped In.

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PUYB Tour Schedule A
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Monday, November 2

First Chapter Reveal & Kick Off at Pump up Your Book

Tuesday, November 3

Interview at I’m Shelf-ish

Wednesday, November 4

Guest Blogging at The Story Behind the Book

Thursday, November 5

Book Review at Queen of All She Reads

Monday, November 9

Interview at The Writer’s Life

Tuesday, November 10

First Chapter Reveal at Read My First Chapter

Wednesday, November 11

Interview at The Literary Nook

Thursday, November 12

Book Featured at Archaeolibrarian – I Dig Good Books!

Monday, November 16

Interview at Beyond the Books

Tuesday, November 17

First Chapter Reveal at Literal Exposure

Wednesday, November 18

Book Featured at Bound 2 Escape

Thursday, November 19

Book Featured at 3 Partners in Shopping

Tuesday, November 24

Guest Blogging at Lori’s Reading Corner

Wednesday, November 25

Book Featured at CBY Book Club

Tuesday, December 1

Interview at As the Page Turns

Wednesday, December 2

First Chapter Reveal at Review From Here

Thursday, December 3

Book Featured at My Bookish Pleasures

Friday, December 4

Book Review at Mom Loves 2 Read

Book Featured at Crystal’s Chaotic Confessions

Monday, December 7

First Chapter Reveal at Literarily Speaking

Tuesday, December 8

Book Featured at Cheryl’s Book Nook

Wednesday, December 9

Interview at Booklover Sue

Monday, December 14

Interview at Deal Sharing Aunt

Tuesday, December 15

Book Featured at Teatime and Books

Thursday, December 17

First Chapter Reveal at A Taste Of My Mind

Tuesday, December 22

Book Featured at Around the World in Books

Monday, December 28

Book Featured at SheWrites

Tuesday, December 29

Interview at The Book Rack

Thursday, December 31

Book Review at StoreyBook Reviews

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