Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour and Giveaway for Murder in the Family by Ramona Richards, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: Murder in the Family
Author: Ramona Richards
Publisher: Firefly Southern Fiction
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release Date: September 17, 2019
Greed Poisons Even The Sweetest Well
Storm chaser Molly McClelland must return to her small Alabama hometown when she unexpectedly inherits her hoarder aunt's house . . . and all of its contents.
Despite her suspicions that her aunt was murdered, Molly wants nothing more than to sell everything and get back to the life she loves. Especially once her homecoming reignites the decades-old family conflict that drove her away in the first place. But when Molly uncovers caches of cash, journals revealing secrets-and a body-amongst the stockpiles, she finds herself locked in a cat-and-mouse dance with a deadly endgame.
Molly teams with local sheriff, Greg Olson, to find the truth. But will her determination and his skills be enough, or will the killer-or killers-put an end to their efforts once and for all?
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EXCERPT
Prepping for Fumigation
Aunt Liz’s words echoed in her
head. This is why I’m turning to you …
You are the only one who can help them. I hope you find it in your heart to
carry out my wishes. And forgive me.
“Aunt Liz, I don’t know if I can.”
She stumbled over the corner of a box that stuck out from beneath a chair, and
growled in frustration as she kicked the box. A scattering of flies and spiders
repaid her anger, and she danced backward, trying not to fall.
In the kitchen, the grit of spilled
food, ripped bags, and dirt ground under her bootie-covered shoes. The white
stovetop was stained brown with burned grease, and smears of jam and mustard
coated the refrigerator door. She opened cabinets, astonished to find one
filled with clean dishes. More clean dishes stood in a drying rack, although
the dirty ones in the sink had been there awhile. Probably since way before
Aunt Liz died.
She opened drawers where she could,
pulling the refrigerator door last. The stench shot through the mask and the
Vicks and snatched her breath away. Molly swallowed hard and turned, bending
over the sink, trying not to lose her breakfast. She inhaled through her mouth,
then held her breath as she straightened, turned, and reached in to turn off
the refrigerator.
Stepping back, she turned her
attention to the basement entrance, near the back door. It opened easily, but
Molly could go no farther; the stairs were completely blocked with boxes. She
shook her head, not doubting for a moment that every room upstairs, plus the
attic, looked the same. Her throat tightened as images of how her aunt had
lived the last few years swamped her.
“Seriously, Aunt Liz, fire would be
much quicker. And a whole lot easier.” The thought was no longer a joke, no
matter what her aunt had begged of her.
Molly left the basement door open,
then pushed open the one window she could reach. She paused, looking around the
kitchen, trying to imagine where she could even start. She leaned against the
counter, bracing herself as tears stung her eyes. “Oh, Aunt Liz.” She looked
down, noticing for the first time the cloud of black spots that dotted her
white-clad ankles and shins. Fleas.
No
wonder Blossom bolted. I wouldn’t live here either.
Abruptly, the sadness that had
settled over her fled as a flush of anger returned. Her family’s obsession with
acquiring more and more possessions had led to this, had culminated in the
misery of a sweet woman who could no longer say no to her family. To stuff.
It had to stop.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ramona Richards is the associate publisher for Iron Stream Media, the parent company of New Hope Publishers, Iron Stream Kidz, and Ascender Books. She has been an in-house editor for Abingdon Press, Thomas Nelson, Rutledge Hill Press, and Ideals magazine, and has freelanced for a dozen other publishers. The author of nine novels, three books of devotions, and numerous magazine articles, she is a frequent speaker for women’s and writers’ groups, and has presented at numerous conferences across the country. Her latest book, Murder in the Family, released in October from Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas.
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TOUR GIVEAWAY
(1) winner will receive two signed copies of Murder in the Family by Ramona Richards (it's Christmas!), a $15 Visa gift card, and a signed copy of one of the author's older books!
Be sure to check out each stop on the tour for more chances to win. Full tour schedule shown below. Giveaway will begin at midnight November 7, 2019 and last through 11:59 PM EST on November 14, 2019. Open internationally except where prohibited by law or logistics. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize.
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