Sale: Southernmost Murder (audiobook)

Tis the season of giving, and audiobooks.com is offering 50% off Southernmost Murder! Narrated by the wildly entertaining Wyatt Baker, this standalone mystery is packed full of humor, history, sex, and a killer who'll stop at nothing to recover a long-lost pirate treasure in Old Town, Key West.

Pick up this novel for $8.50 and meet Aubrey and Jun today!

Blurb: Aubrey Grant lives in the tropical paradise of Old Town, Key West, has a cute cottage, a sweet moped, and a great job managing the historical property of a former sea captain. With his soon-to-be-boyfriend, hotshot FBI agent Jun Tanaka, visiting for a little R&R, not even Aubrey's narcolepsy can put a damper on their vacation plans.

But a skeleton in a closet of the Smith Family Historical Home sure does throw a wrench into the works. Its identity drags Aubrey and Jun into a mystery with origins over a century in the past. They uncover a tale of long-lost treasure, the pirate king it belonged to, and a modern-day murderer who will stop at nothing to find the hidden riches. And if a killer on the loose isn’t enough to keep Aubrey out of the mess, it seems even the restless spirit of Captain Smith is warning him away.

The unlikely partnership of a historian and special agent may be exactly what it takes to crack this mystery wide-open and finally put an old Key West tragedy to rest. But while Aubrey tracks down the X that marks the spot, one wrong move could be his last.

Sale: Backlist at Smashwords

Join readers at Smashwords for their end of year sale, going strong until January 1, 2025! Pick up majority of my backlist for 25 - 50% off, including series: Snow & Winter, Memento Mori, Magic & Steam, and A Lancaster Story. Stock up on some funny, feel-good, and romantic short stories to top off your reading count for the year: New Game, Start, Love in 24 Frames, That Turtle Story, and my newest, Curio.

Go to my Smashwords profile for a complete list of titles on sale. Happy reading and Happy New Year!

Soundtrack: Ira Doye's playlist

In the Memento Mori series, I've written several instances of Doyle listening to music while working—be it sculpting or drawing—as it helps keep his restless energy focused and mind creative. Larkin has referred to Doyle's musical tastes as eclectic, but in reality, he's not a fan of much (if any) of it. No one will ever take Doyle's love of queercore, riot grrrl punk, grunge, and alt-metal/hip-hop away from him, but out of respect for Larkin's sensitivities to sound, he does wear headphones.

Here's a sample of what he might be listening to while in his office:

Bad Boyfriend - Pansy Division

No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys

He's My Thing - Babes in Toyland

 

Double Dare Ya - Bikini Kill

Smooch - God Is My Co-Pilot

Dumb - Nirvana

Bounce - System Of A Down

You're Gonna Go Far, Kid - The Offspring

Sale: Color of You

Color of You is on sale, only at Kobo! Pick up Book Three of A Lancaster Story (can be read entirely as a standalone) for 50% off during December. You can also read in or listen with your Kobo+ subscription, with audio has been narrated by the wonderfully talented Greg Boudreaux.

Blurb: Bowen Merlin—yes, that’s his real name—accepts a position in the quaint town of Lancaster, New Hampshire, as the high school band director. He leaves New York City for the snowy countryside of New England just in time for the holidays. With class, homework, after-school activities, and a surprise Christmas concert to plan and rehearse, Bowen is plenty busy. And since he’s never had much luck with romance, factoring in time to find Mr. Right isn’t a priority.

Until he meets the proprietor of Snowy Ridge Apple Orchard, Felix Hansen. Suddenly, true love seems like a possibility for the first time in Bowen’s life. The two are a perfect match and fill the skipped beats of each other’s hearts. But as wonderful as Felix seems, he’s harboring old scars that could bring an end to their budding relationship after someone in town goes to great lengths to sabotage their careers.

If Bowen is to survive, he’ll need to lean on old friends and new, convince Felix he’s worth any hardship, and prove they can come out of the catastrophe stronger if they do so together.

Sale: A Friend in the Dark

Cyber Monday only! Pick up the first book in the Auden & O'Callaghan Mysteries, co-written by Gregory Ashe and C.S. Poe. A Friend in the Dark is only 99c! This sale is available everywhere, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, iBooks, Kobo, and Smashwords. And with the recent release of Book 3, A Friend in the Glass, now is a great time to start the series and meet our cynical and sarcastic duo, Sam and Rufus.

Blurb: Rufus O’Callaghan has eked out a living on the streets of New York City by helping the police put away criminals as a confidential informant. But when Rufus shows up for an arranged meeting and finds his handler dead, his already-uncertain life is thrown into a tailspin. Now someone is trying to kill Rufus too, and he’s determined to find out why.

After leaving the Army under less than desirable circumstances, Sam Auden has drifted from town to town, hitching rides and catching Greyhounds, until he learns that a former Army buddy, now a police detective in New York City, has died by suicide. Sam knows that’s not right, and he immediately sets out to get answers.

As Rufus and Sam work together to learn the truth of their friend’s death, they find themselves entangled in a web of lies, cover-ups, and accelerating danger. And when they witness a suspect killed in cold blood, they realize they’re running out of time.

Release: A Friend in the Glass

Today is the long-awaited release of the third mystery in the Auden & O'Callaghan series, co-written with Gregory Ashe: A Friend in the Glass! We are so, so excited to finally have a new Sam and Rufus novel out in the world and hope readers enjoy the latest death, danger, snark, grump, and romance that follows these two like a bad penny.

Blurb: It’s winter in New York City, and Rufus O’Callaghan is trying to make things work. He’s still got his job as a confidential informant, and he’s still got Sam Auden. The ex-Army drifter has moved in with Rufus, and the two men are trying to build a lasting relationship as Sam struggles to find his footing in the city.

When Sam gets a call from a woman offering to sell him information about Project Stonefish, though, neither man knows what to make of it. Sam still has questions about the training operation that caused him to leave the Army—and that ended in the death of someone Sam cared about. And Rufus is all too aware that when it comes to Stonefish, Sam’s judgment might be in question.

Everything changes when Sam and Rufus learn that the woman who called Sam has died from a suspicious overdose—and that, before she died, she contacted someone else about Stonefish. Someone who wants Stonefish to stay buried in the past. Someone with the power—and the ruthlessness—to make sure it stays buried. And to learn the truth about what happened all those years ago, Sam and Rufus will have to place themselves in the crosshairs.

Purchase: Ebook available with all retailers
(paperback release is imminent)
Title: A Friend in the Glass
Series: An Auden & O'Callaghan Mystery
Book #: Three
Cover Art: Reese Dante

Add to your Goodreads and BookBub shelves today!

Sale: Madison Square Murders

Meet Everett Larkin and Ira Doyle in the award-winning and fan-favorite series Memento Mori when you pick up a copy of Madison Square Murders for only 99c at Amazon U.S. and Canada. But act quick, this is a Kindle Daily Deal and the sale's over after today.