Hello, lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Jo A. Hiestand and her new book, “Ancestral Whispers”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.
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Ancestral Whispers
by Jo A. Hiestand
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GENRE: Mystery (British)
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BLURB:
Each
year the residents of Nether Haddon celebrate the village’s founding in the
time-honored way with games, music, and performances by their sword dancers.
But something new is added to the fancy footwork this year: a team member dies
... murdered. Fear, jealousy and suspicion quickly engulf the group, emotions
as tightly interlocked as the five swords used in the dance: a series of turns,
jumps and clogging steps intricate as Celtic knots. Was the victim the intended
target, or should it have been someone else? In the course of the CID
investigation, a mysterious 17th century puzzle is discovered. Does it hold a clue
to the murder? Detective Brenna Taylor and her colleagues have more than enough
to worry about. But unbeknownst to her, career criminal King Roper has escaped
from prison where he was serving time for murder. Now free and eager to settle
the score for his capture, Roper tracks down Brenna’s whereabouts, ready for
revenge...
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EXCERPT TWO:
Mark
pulled slightly on the body of his pale yellow shirt, peeling it away from his
sweaty body. He held it like that, probably hoping some air would dry him off.
“If anything had happened or might happen to Sam, Graham’d let you know. Scott
would too. Now, don’t worry about nothing. My gran used to say that there was
enough to occupy our emotions without seeing the Gean-canach everywhere.”
“Pardon?”
“The
Irish faery. He personifies love and idleness.”
“Strange
combination.”
“Must
be something to it, if he’s the bloke to do it, Bren.”
“So,
what’s wrong with seeing this faery?”
Mark
smiled and patted my hand. “My dear, innocent girl. It is very unlucky to meet
him. We’re here, I think.”
Jack
Darkgate’s house appeared liked a magician’s rabbit, popping out from behind a
dense cluster of hemlock and fir as we rounded the bend in the road. Two-storied, bulky and gabled, the house
might’ve stood guard for the others on the road, or lodged any number of Mark’s
faeries.
“What
do you think?” We paused at the foot of his drive. It curved up the slope on
which his house sat, with massive clusters of hostas, iris, and rhododendron
nearly camouflaging its path. Mulched beds of enthusiastic roses hugged the
house foundation, giving the appearance of Sleeping Beauty’s fortress.
“I
think he needs to lay off the bone meal.” Mark shook his leg to dislodge an
iris stem. “And us without our machete.”
“Think
we can find the door?”
“We’ll
requisition a sniffer dog.”
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BOOK TRAILER:
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Jo will be awarding a $30 Amazon or B/N GC to a
randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
AUTHOR BIO:
A
month-long trip to England during her college years introduced Jo to
the joys of Things British. Since then,
she has been lured back nearly a dozen times and lived there during her
professional folksinging stint.
Jo’s
insistence for accuracy--from police methods and location layout to the general
“feel” of the area--has driven her innumerable times to Derbyshire for
research. These explorations and
conferences with police friends provide the details filling both her Peak
District mysteries and the McLaren mystery series.
In
1999 Jo returned to Webster University to major in English. She graduated in 2001 with a BA degree and
departmental honors.
Her
McLaren mystery, BLACK MOON, received the ‘N.N. Light Best Mystery Book’ award
for 2019.
Jo
lives with her cat, Tennyson, and way too many kilts in the St. Louis-area.
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Jo ~ Good morning! Welcome back! It is so great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteHi, Ally! Thank you for hosting this leg of the tour. I really appreciate it!
ReplyDeleteGreat post and awesome giveaway :)
ReplyDeleteVictoria, good morning! Thanks for logging on today. Glad you like the giveaway -- good luck with that!
DeleteSounds like a great book.
ReplyDeleteHi, Rita. I appreciate the comment and good luck with the drawing!
DeleteWho was your favorite character to write for?
ReplyDeleteIn this book, I'd choose Mark Salt. He's done a real about face as a person and I like how he and the story ended up.
DeleteThank you so much for taking time to bring to our attention another great read. I appreciate it and thank you also for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteThat's all right, James. Glad you stopped by.
DeleteHow do you celebrate a book release?
ReplyDeleteI exhale slowly, pour myself a root beer or brew a cup of hot tea, and email a friend to tell her the good news. Not what you expected, probably, but I'm a low-key person! ;-)
DeleteThank you, Ally, for giving me and my book a post on your blog today. Good to connect with you again!
ReplyDeleteI'll say good night now. I thank everyone for logging onto Ally's blog spot today and leaving a comment. I appreciate it.
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