Drawing for free copy of The Red Shoelace Killer

Author Susan Sundwall is having a drawing on her blog for three copies (downloads) of the audio version (voiced by moi) of her cozy mystery The Red Shoelace Killer.  To refresh your memory on the story:

Minnie Markwood can out-sleuth Miss Marple any day of the week - in her imagination. But when a real killer begins to target Minnie and her young sidekicks, reality trumps imagination big time. Who's buying up all the red shoelaces at the mall and stalking a cashier? Is it the killer who terrorized Minnie on the highway and kidnapped her coworker? It soon becomes frighteningly clear that Minnie's onto something, and The Red Shoelace Killer's days are numbered.

All you have to do to enter is just leave a comment -- even if it's just 'Hi' -- on Susan's blog page for the contest which can be found here.  The drawing will be held on Friday, May 9th, 2014.  This book is a fun read so take a chance and good luck!  

The Red Shoelace Killer on sale today at Audible!

Nothing like a good cozy mystery with colorful characters and The Red Shoelace Killer by Susan Sundwall delivers.  This is the first of the Minnie Markwood Mystery series.  The second book is due in print sometime in August of this year. 

Minnie Markwood can out-sleuth Miss Marple any day of the week - in her imagination. But when a real killer begins to target Minnie and her young sidekicks, reality trumps imagination big time. Who's buying up all the red shoelaces at the mall and stalking a cashier? Is it the killer who terrorized Minnie on the highway and kidnapped her coworker? It soon becomes frighteningly clear that Minnie's onto something, and The Red Shoelace Killer's days are numbered. 

If you like cozy mysteries (no sex or profanity), I hope you'll give this one a listen.  It can be found at Audible here.

Catching up...

I'm just wrapping up my latest audiobook, The Red Shoelace Killer by Susan Sundwall, and getting ready to send it in for author approval and post-production.  This was really a fun book to record.  It's a cozy mystery and the main character is a woman named Minnie Markwood.  Minnie is 60-ish (she never says her exact age) has short steel gray hair and weighs 'upwards' of 170 pounds.  She's a widow and former librarian who now works part-time for a company that takes surveys.  Minnie is a big fan of Agatha Christie books and the Miss Marple character from television and considers herself pretty knowledgeable as an amateur sleuth.  She ends up with two unlikely younger people as her investigative partners but that makes for a lot of the fun.  I hope there will be more 'Minnie' books from Susan Sundwall.

Now I'm prepping for my next book, Marilyn Monroe: My Little Secret by Tony Jerris.  This one is non-fiction and I'm very excited about recording it.  It tells the story of Jane Lawrence and her friendship with Marilyn Monroe from the time Jane was first appointed president of Marilyn's fan club at the tender age of 12 until Marilyn's untimely death.  Jane's father was a bigwig at RKO Studios where the young starlet, Marilyn was under contract.  That's how Jane ended up with the enviable job with the fan club.  I should begin recording later this week.


On the yarn front, I'm still looking at possibilities for Easter 'critters' to make for my three young nieces.  Still have lots of time but there are a ton of choices.  Tsk.

Oh, and my nephew Sam has begun taking flying lessons.  I'm not crazy about this.  I freely admit that little planes freak me out.  My uncle was an experienced pilot of over 13 years when his small plane (which he used to fly to and from work each day) crashed into the Everglades.  My cousin (my uncle's oldest son) and my uncle's son-in-law were aboard the plane, too.  The cause of the crash was never discovered.  This happened in 1987 and I still get the heebie-jeebies regarding small planes.  Bad mojo.

Sam has posted some videos of his flight training.  This is my favorite.  One where he lands and is safely back on the ground.  The music is "Fog" by The Mallard.

Recording update

My latest audiobook just debuted on Audible  --  Sanctuary by Edith Wharton.

Young bride-to-be Kate Orme discovers something disturbing about the character of the man she is to marry shortly before the wedding. Years later, after raising their son, Kate realizes that he, too, is now faced with a decision that will reflect upon his ethics and scruples. Will all the time she spent instilling values into her son be enough to keep him from behaving as his father would?  Edith Wharton addresses that age-old question of nature vs. nurture.

The book can be purchased from Audible here.  


Next up is a science fiction short story called Invisible Death by Anthony Pelcher.  This recording is now in post-production and should be available shortly.  Here's a summary:  Darius Darrow, a brilliant scientist and inventor, died suddenly and violently in his home laboratory while his chemist wife, Susan, was nearby.  No one was  seen entering or leaving the home during the crime.  The
perpetrator stole Darrow's latest invention while committing the murder.  The police and the head of the company who paid royalties on some of Darrow's patents begin the search for his killer.  Death threats in the form of letters sent to the company head begin arriving after the murder demanding money or there will be more killings.   What had Darrow invented that someone would want badly enough to kill him for it?

I'll post here and on my website when this story goes on sale.


I've just started recording the first book in a cozy mystery genre called  The Red Shoelace Killer by Susan Sundwall.  It's the first in the Minnie Markwood series.  Terrific characters in this book, particularly Minnie.


I'll have more on this book later as recording progresses.   Gotta get back to my booth...