Posts Tagged ‘cozy mysteries’
new Kaye Eliot Mystery, coming soon
I have spent the last week doing the final edits on my next Kaye Eliot Mystery. The name of this one will be ‘Pareidolia,’ meaning the tendency of people to see specific, meaningful images in random visual arrangements. Those who see a ‘man in the moon’ will know what I mean.
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In this book, the Eliot family will tackle another rural mystery, this time in a huge old house and its marble floors – marble floors with images embedded for those who look closely … a story told in ‘pareidolia.’
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The book and the mystery occur around the planning for Clara and Daniel’s upcoming wedding. Clara and Daniel, the stonemason, are Kaye’s friends and will be known to readers of the Kaye Eliot series.
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The image for the cover of the book is completed, an acrylic painting that shows some of the scenes within the old house – a house being used as a venue for weddings and anniversaries. The marble tiles are also featured in the cover image. Only a rectangular area of the painting will be featured on the book cover.
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The book will be available in late November 2023. This is the fifth book in the series. Come roam with Kaye and her family in rural Nova Scotia and enjoy the antics of the Eliot kids and their friends.
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The other books in the series are:
How Her Garden Grew
Something the Sundial Said
Land Between the Furrows
Stained Glass
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Looking forward to sharing this mystery story with you!
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All my best,
Jane (a.k.a. Alexandra)
I’m Buying a New Brunswick Book
In spite of the weather forecast, I plan to be at Dog Eared Books in Oromocto on Saturday, September 16, 2023, to chat about my books and see a few other NB authors. It’s Buy a Book by a New Brunswick Author Day!!!!
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I’ll be focusing on my Kaye Eliot Mystery Series and I’ll have some props! I’ll bring a ‘grinning tun’ from How Her Garden Grew …
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a ‘sundial’ from Something the Sundial Said …
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a piece of granite to represent a grinding stone from Land Between Furrows (no way I’ll lift a real grinding stone although we have one on our front doorstep)…
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and a bit of my own stained glass work to represent the stained glass in Stained Glass…
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I’ll also bring a cover painting or two so I can talk about creating a cover….
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Hope to see you there from 11:00 to 2:30 at Dog Eared Books (281 Restigouche Road in Oromocto). I also hope to see other local authors, including Chuck Bowie and Jordan Trethewey!
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All my best,
Jane
New Bookstore for Oromocto
Amazing! A new bookstore, Dog Eared Books, is opening in Oromocto! Grand opening April 30, 2022. Located just behind the Sour Grape Cafe at 281 Restigouche Road.
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The bookstore will sell second-hand books (lots of good reads remaining!) and book-related items, and will include a section dedicated to new books by New Brunswick authors. Books by Chuck Bowie, Alan Hudson, Vanessa Hawkins, Pierre Arseneault, Peter Gillet, Joe Powers, and others.
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All four books of my Kaye Eliot Mysteries will be there, with a few signed copies. Join the Eliot family as they chase down mysteries in rural Nova Scotia!
How Her Garden Grew
Something the Sundial Said
Land Between the Furrows
Stained Glass
Every book tracks down a mystery suggested by messages from long ago: diaries, old letters, building stones and stained glass.
Drop by and wish owner Emily Mercer all the best in this new venture. A new way for book lovers to realize their dreams of being surrounded in books!!!!
All my best,
Jane Tims
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