Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It's our great pleasure to present Olivia Blacke!
Writes:
Light-hearted cozy mysteries set just outside of Austin, Texas where the only thing hotter than the cowboy-hat-wearing Detective Beau Russell is the weather. Luckily, you can dip into Sip & Spin Records, the local vinyl records shop/coffee café, where Juni Jessup and her sisters always have the perfect music selection and delicious caffeinated beverage to help you beat the heat, that is unless they’re off solving a murder at the annual Cedar River Bluebonnet Festival.
About:
Must love unicorns! I’m a little nerdy, a lot awkward, and just the right amount of weird. Luckily, I finally found a way to put my Criminology degree to use by writing mysteries. And please, don’t judge me by my search engine history or any notes you might find lying around about how to get away with murder. They’re for research. I promise.
What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match:
- Appreciates a wide variety of music and isn’t afraid of getting an earworm (or two!) stuck in your head.
- Enjoys caffeine, chaotic family dinners, and the occasional accidental cow. (What’s an accidental cow you ask? Read A FATAL GROOVE to find out!)
- Likes their murder with a side of humor and a dash of light romance sprinkled on top.
- Would never, ever pick a bluebonnet.
What to expect if we're compatible:
- Lots and lots of puns.
- Music, murder, mayhem, and macchiatos.
- A spunky amateur sleuth with a heart as big as Texas who will do anything to keep her friends and family safe.
- Did I mention lots of puns?
It’s springtime in Cedar River, Texas. The annual Bluebonnet Festival is brewing and the whole town is in harmony. Juni Jessup and her sisters Tansy and Maggie thought opening Sip & Spin Records was going to be their biggest hurdle, but the Frappuccino hits the fan when the mayor drops dead—poisoned by their delicious coffee.
Since Tansy was the one to brew the coffee, and Juni was the unfortunate citizen who stumbled upon the mayor’s body, the sisters find themselves in hot water. Family is everything to the Jessups, so with Tansy under suspicion, the sisters spring into action.
Between the town festivities, a good old-fashioned treasure hunt, and an accidental cow in the mix, Juni will have to pull out all the stops to find the mayor’s killer.
Mystery Cozy [St. Martin's Paperbacks, On Sale: July 25, 2023, Mass Market Paperback / e-Book, ISBN: 9781250860101 / ]
OLIVIA BLACKE (she/her), author of the Record Shop Mysteries, beginning with Vinyl Resting Place, and the Brooklyn Murder Mysteries, finally found a way to put her Criminology degree to good use by writing quirky, unconventional, character-driven cozy mysteries. Olivia is a little nerdy, a lot awkward, and just the right amount of weird. She is a recovering ex-Texan who resides with her husband, Potassium, and Baileycakes, their roly-poly rescue puggle. When not writing, reading, or spending way too much time on social media, Olivia enjoys Amigurumi crochet, scuba diving, collecting tattoos, watching hockey, and baking dog cookies. She wants to be a unicorn when she grows up.
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