Posts Tagged ‘crime fiction’

📚{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Jennifer Chase’s The First Girl Virtual Book Publicity Tour #truecrime

· ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jennifer Chase’s The First Girl Virtual Book Tour May 6 – June 28! We are looking for Reviews – This book is only available to review as paperback (U.S. only/3 copies are available first come first serve) and PDF (unlimited) Self- Interviews – the author fills out questions and answers them and all you have to do cut and paste Interviews – the blogger sends the questions Guest posts – the author is willing to write guest posts especially for your blog readers Book Spotlight – we send you the book info, author
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Pump Up Your Book Trailer Of The Week: Her Dying Kiss by Jennifer Chase #BookTrailer #BookTeaser

Title: Her Dying Kiss Author: Jennifer Chase Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: July 17, 2023 Pages: 370 Genre: Crime Fiction/Thriller She wakes to the dawn light streaming through the window and rolls over to whisper good morning to her fiancé. But panic floods her veins. His side of the bed is empty and cold. Blood trails towards the open door. All trace of him is gone… It’s been one month since Detective Katie Scott’s fiancé, Chad, went missing without a trace. Devastated Katie is still working tirelessly day and night to track down the love of her life, barely sleeping and chasing every new lead. But now the case has
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📚Pump Up Your Book Presents Jennifer Chase’s Her Dying Kiss Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Crime Fiction #Thriller

· ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jennifer Chase’s Her Dying Kiss Virtual Book Tour November 1 – December 29. · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Title: Her Dying Kiss: Detective Katie Scott Book 10 Author: Jennifer Chase Publisher: Bookouture Publication Date: July 17, 2023 Pages: 370 Genre: Crime Fiction/Thriller She wakes to the dawn light streaming through the window and rolls over to whisper good morning to her fiancé. But panic floods her veins. His side of the bed is empty and cold. Blood trails towards the open door. All trace
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents THE BUTCHER’S PRAYER Virtual Book Publicity Tour #CrimeFiction #Noir

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Anthony Neil Smith’s THE BUTCHER’S PRAYER Virtual Book Tour October 18 – November 12. Inside the Book Title: THE BUTCHER’S PRAYER Author: Anthony Neil Smith Publisher: Fahrenheit 13 Pages: 275 Genre: Crime Fiction/Noir ______________________________________ BOOK BLURB ______________________________________ Rodney Goodfellow watches his friend kill a man, and then volunteers the unthinkable – to carve up the body with his butcher’s knives in order to get rid of the evidence. But the victim’s girlfriend escapes halfway through the butchering, sending Rodney and the triggerman, Charles, on the run. Charles is unhinged, flying high on meth. When it’s clear that escape isn’t
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Pump Up Your Book Presents York Street Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jan Walters’s YORK STREET Book Blast January 11 – 22!     Title: York Street Author: Jan Walters Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Crime Fiction Format: Ebook “The story left me ready for more adventures with all the characters. I look forward to the next book from this author!” – Kelly Stuhr, Senior Des Moines Police Officer Brett O’Shea is a young street cop in Des Moines trying to make detective. He works by the book and doesn’t believe in hocus-pocus. When a killer begins terrorizing the streets of his city, Brett is forced to alter his view of the paranormal world when a
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Pump Up Your Book Tours Presents The Baker’s Men Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book Tours is pleased to bring you Donald Levin’s The Baker’s Men  (Mystery) virtual book tour October 1-31. Title: The Baker’s Men Author: Donald Levin Publisher: Poison Toe Press Publication Date: April 20, 2014 Pages: 338 ISBN: 978-0615968568 Genre: Mystery / Crime Fiction / Police Procedural Format: Paperback, eBook, PDF Easter, 2009. The nation is still reeling from the previous year’s financial crisis. Ferndale Police detective Martin Preuss is spending a quiet evening with his son when he’s called out to investigate a savage after-hours shooting at a bakery in his suburban Detroit community. Was it a random burglary gone bad? A cold-blooded execution linked to Detroit’s drug trade? Most frightening of
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with AB Bard, author of ‘The Killer Poet’s Guide to Immortality’

ABOUT AB BARD Reclusive Seattle author AB Bard’s poetry has twice been nominated for the Pushcart. He is the author under a pseudonym of two other hysterical novels, or perhaps historical novels, neither of which is funny. Mr. Bard is not now, nor has he ever been, a member of the Republican Party. Mr. Bard does not Tweet. He was awarded a sheepskin (BAaa) from Reed College Sleeper Cell. His one super power is the ability to repel all conventional measures of literary success. Mr. Bard is lap to a cat, pal to a girl, God to a dog, & dog to the Man. To find out more, please
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  • January 13, 2013
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Orchestra Murders Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Rena Fruchter, author of the crime fiction novel, The Orchestra Murders, as she tours the blogosphere February 4 – February 28,2013 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ——————————————————————– ABOUT RENA FRUCHTER Rena Fruchter is the author of three books—two critically acclaimed books in the biographical genre—Dudley Moore—An Intimate Portrait, and I’m Chevy Chase…and you’re not. And now, her exciting and soon to be released book: The Orchestra Murders—A Cynthia Masters Mystery Ms. Fruchter is a renowned pianist, writer and educator, and director of an arts organization. Her performances have taken her throughout the United States, Europe, Australia and the Far East in both
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Interview with Mike Faricy, author of Crime Fiction ‘Bombshell’

Mike Faricy is the award winning author of mystery suspense thrillers woven together with a rich strain of humor and even some romance. He and his wife live in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Dublin, Ireland. His entertaining tales are populated with the sort of quirky, oddball characters we’d all like to know more about, but wisely prefer to keep at a distance. They serve not so much as examples as they do warnings to the rest of us. None of his characters will be saving the world from terrorism, international banking conspiracies or coups to topple the government. Rather, they’re individuals inhabiting a world just below the surface of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Killer Poet’s Guide to Immortality Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join AB Bard, author of the crime fiction/urban fantasy novel, The Killer Poet’s Guide to Immortality, as he tours the blogosphere November 19 through January 18, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT AB BARD Reclusive Seattle author AB Bard’s poetry has twice been nominated for the Pushcart. He is the author under a pseudonym of two other hysterical novels, or perhaps historical novels, neither of which is funny. Mr. Bard is not now, nor has he ever been, a member of the Republican Party. Mr. Bard does not Tweet. He was awarded a sheepskin (BAaa) from Reed College Sleeper Cell. His one
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Bombshell Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Mike Faricy, author of the crime fiction, Bombshell, as he tours the blogosphere November 5 – January 18 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT MIKE FARICY Mike Faricy is the award winning author of mystery suspense thrillers woven together with a rich strain of humor and even some romance. He and his wife live in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Dublin, Ireland. His entertaining tales are populated with the sort of quirky, oddball characters we’d all like to know more about, but wisely prefer to keep at a distance. They serve not so much as examples as they do warnings to the
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New Crime Fiction for Review: Bombshell by Mike Faricy

Mike Faricy will be touring November 5  – January 15 with his crime fiction, Bombshell. Dysfunctional, bumbling, crazy babe-magnet Dev Haskell, P.I., becomes the envy of every guy with a heartbeat when he’s hired to watch over a team of gorgeous English roller derby stars. Though he’d rather be standing guard in the shower room, he suddenly finds himself under arrest and found guilty before he’s even charged. He’s got an attorney who drinks too much, a beautiful woman with a bad attitude, a feisty team of females ready to kill him – and no answers. Bombshell is another fast paced, engrossing suspense thriller from Minnesota’s master of the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Crashers: A Tale of Cappers and Hammers Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012 + WIN KINDLE FIRE

Join Lindy Hudis, author of the crime suspense fiction, Crashers: A Tale of Cappers and Hammers, as she tours the blogosphere August 6 – September 28 2012 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!  This tour is part of a Kindle Fire giveaway.  Be sure to stop off at all her stops for more chances to win! UPDATE: BECAUSE AMAZON NO LONGER SELLS THE KINDLE FIRE, WE WILL BE AWARDING A GIFT BASKET TO THE WINNER. ABOUT LINDY S. HUDIS Lindy S.Hudis is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied drama. She is a former actress, having appeared
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New Crime Fiction/Suspense for Review: Crashers by Lindy S. Hudis

Lindy S. Hudis will be touring August 6 – September 24 2012 with her new crime fiction/suspense novel, Crashers: A Tale of Cappers and Hammers. Fraudulent car accidents is a multi-million dollar racket, involving unscrupulous medical providers, personal injury attorneys, and the cooperating passengers involved in the accidents—and who also receive a portion of the illegal proceeds. Such is the fate of newly engaged, Nathan and Shari, whose joy is tempered by the dark cloud of mounting debt. A chance encounter with a stranger in whom Shari confides her troubles proves fortuitous: he tells her of a get-rich-quick scheme that will put her and her fiancé on easy street.
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  • June 4, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Attorney-Client Privilege Virtual Book Tour 2012 – Win a Free Kindle Fire HD!

Join Pamela Samuels Young, author of the legal thriller, Attorney-Client Privilege (Goldman House Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere September 3 – November 30 2012 on her 14th virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT PAMELA SAMUELS YOUNG PAMELA SAMUELS YOUNG is a practicing attorney, whose fast-paced legal thrillers tackle law and crime. Her novels include Attorney-Client Privilege, Murder on the Down Low and Buying Time. A former television news writer, Pamela is a graduate of USC, Northwestern University and UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. Pamela currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Chapter of Sisters in Crime, an organization
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New Mystery Novel for Review: Heaven’s Rage by Tiffany Craig Brown

Tiffany Craig Brown, will be touring April 2-20, 2012 with her mystery novel, Heaven’s Rage (Outskirts Press)! Homicide Detective Ian Buchanan is assigned to the murder investigation of Richard Tate, a retired military helicopter pilot. Buchanan quickly determines the victim’s three former wives and college girlfriend all had motive and opportunity to commit the crime. As each of these women takes him through her volatile relationship with Tate, the detective finds himself sympathizing with his suspects rather than with the victim. GINA RODRIGUEZ is a career naval officer determined to break through the invisible barriers of a male-dominated military. It’s 1989 and along comes Dick Tate to charm her
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Heaven’s Rage Virtual Book Publicity Tour April 2012

Join Tiffany Craig Brown, author of the mystery novel, Heaven’s Rage (Outskirts Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere April 2 – April 20,2012 on her first book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Tiffany Craig Brown As the daughter of a career Air Force officer, Tiffany Craig Brown has traveled the world, living in such exotic places as Ethiopia and Japan. Some of her first memories include bathing beneath waterfalls in the African bush. She also saw first-hand the effects of extreme poverty and disease which taught her to appreciate how lucky she was to have been born an American. After a tour in the Army and a
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Paul Levine

The author of 14 novels, Paul Levine won the John D. MacDonald fiction award and has been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity,International Thriller, and James Thurber prizes. His critically acclaimed and bestselling “Jake Lassiter” novels have been published in 21 countries. The first of the series, “To Speak for the Dead,” was named one of the top ten thrillers of the year by the Los Angeles Times, and is now a bestselling e–book. A former trial lawyer, he wrote more than 20 episodes of the CBS military drama “JAG” and co-created “First Monday,” starring James Garner and Joe Mantegna. He is also the author of the “Solomon vs. Lord” series
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No One to Hear You Scream Virtual Book Tour June & July 2011

Join Julia Madeleine, author of the thriller novel, No One to Hear You Scream (Black Heart Books), as she virtually tours the blogosphere June 6 – July 29 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Julia Madeleine Julia Madeleine is the youngest daughter of Irish immigrant parents from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Born in Canada and raised in a small town in southern-western Ontario on the shores of Lake Huron, Julia honed her duel passions for art and fiction writng from the time she was old enough to hold a crayon. As a teenager she moved to Toronto and graduated in Media Writing from
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New Book For Review: Hard Boiled Crime Fiction ‘Flesh and Bones’ by Paul Levine

Paul Levine is touring in June and July with his hard boiled crime fiction novel, Flesh and Bones ( William Morrow and Company). “I was sitting at the end of the bar sipping single-malt Scotch when I spotted the tall blond woman with the large green eyes and the small gray gun.” The next thing Jake Lassiter knows, the woman pumps three bullets into the man on the next barstool. And Jake, the linebacker-turned-lawyer, has a new client. She’s stunning model Chrissy Bernhardt, and the dead man is her wealthy father. The defense? Chrissy claims that she’s recently recovered repressed memories of having been sexually abused by her father.
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Flesh and Bones Virtual Book Tour June and July 2011

Join Paul Levine, author of the hardboiled crime fiction novel, Flesh and Bones (William Morrow and Company), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in June and July on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Paul Levine The author of 14 novels, Paul Levine won the John D. MacDonald fiction award and has been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, and James Thurber prizes. His critically acclaimed and bestselling “Jake Lassiter” novels have been published in 21 countries. The first of the series, “To Speak for the Dead,” was named one of the top ten thrillers of the year by the Los Angeles Times,
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Kathryn Casey

Kathryn Casey is an award-winning, Houston-based novelist and journalist, the creator of the Sarah Armstrong mystery series and the author of five highly acclaimed true crime books. SINGULARITY, the first in the Armstrong series, debuted in June to rave reviews. It was a Deadly Pleasures magazine Best First Novel of 2008 selection, was included on Vanity Fair’s Hot Type page, won stars from Publishers Weekly and Booklist, and the Tampa Tribune said: “Not since Patricia Cornwell’s POSTMORTEM has a crime author crafted such a stellar series debut. Kathryn Casey hits the right notes.” The second in the series, BLOOD LINES (2009) was called a “strong sequel” by Publisher’s Weekly,
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The Killing Storm Virtual Book Tour December 2010

Join Kathryn Casey, author of the mystery novel, The Killing Storm (St. Martin’s Minotaur), as she virtually tours the blogosphere December 6 – December 17 ‘10 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kathryn Casey Kathryn Casey is an award-winning, Houston-based novelist and journalist, the creator of the Sarah Armstrong mystery series and the author of five highly acclaimed true crime books. SINGULARITY, the first in the Armstrong series, debuted in June to rave reviews. It was a Deadly Pleasures magazine Best First Novel of 2008 selection, was included on Vanity Fair’s Hot Type page, won stars from Publishers Weekly and Booklist, and the
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