BLOG TOUR & GIVEAWAY - Fog City Strangler by Greg Messel ~ Mystery/Romance

Title: Fog City Strangler
Author: Greg Messel
Pages: 453
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Romance
Format: Paperback, Kindle

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As 1958 nears an end San Francisco is being terrorized by a man who calls himself the “Fog City Strangler,” who preys on pretty young blonde women.  The strangler announces each murder by sending a note and piece of cloth from the victim’s dresses to the local newspapers.

Private eye Sam Slater is worried that the Fog City Strangler may be eyeing his beautiful blonde wife, stewardess Amelia Ryan. Sam’s angst mounts as the strangler continues to claim more victims. His anxiety is further fueled when TWA launches an advertising campaign with Amelia’s picture on a series of billboards plastered all over the city. Sam fears the billboards may attract too much attention--the wrong kind of attention.

Meanwhile, Sam and Amelia are hired to try to find the missing daughter of a wealthy dowager who fears she has lost her only child. The missing woman went for a walk with her dog on Stinson Beach, near San Francisco, and seemingly vanished into thin air. The woman’s husband arrived at their beach house and found the dog running loose but there was no trace of his wife. The police are stumped in their investigation.

As Sam and Amelia look into the disappearance of the woman on the beach they discover that nothing is as it seems at first glance. On a stormy night a shadowy figure sets fire to the beach house where the couple is staying--hoping to stop their investigation.

Fog City Strangler

is a stand-alone thriller but is part of the Sam Slater Mystery Series--Last of the Seals, Deadly Plunge and San Francisco Secrets

About the Author:

Greg Messel grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and now lives in Edmonds, Washington on the Puget Sound with his wife, Carol.  Fog City Strangler is his seventh novel and is the fourth in a new series of Sam Slater mystery novels. Greg has lived in Oregon, Washington, California, Wyoming and Utah and has always loved writing, including stints as a reporter, columnist and news editor for a daily newspaper.

Follow news about Messel’s writings and books at www.gregmessel.com.

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Giveaway Details:

Greg Messel is giving away a 3 book set of his Sam Slater Mystery Series (Last of the Seals, Deadly Plunge and San Francisco Secrets AND a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

• By entering the giveaway, you are confirming you are at least 18 years old.
• One winner will be chosen via Rafflecopter to receive the 3 book set and $25 Amazon Gift Card.
• This giveaway begins February 3 and ends on March 28.
• Winner will be contacted via email on Monday, March 31, 2014.
• Winner has 48 hours to reply.

Good luck everyone!

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR - Two Romantic, Two Suspenseful by Harmony Stalter ~ Romance, Chick Lit, Suspense

TITLE - Two Romantic,Two Suspenseful

AUTHOR - Harmony Stalter

GENRE: Romance, Chick-lit, Suspense

Book Blurb:

Two Romantic, Two Suspenseful has four very different short stories.

The Former Student - A shy girl returns to her school to see the teacher she has always had a crush on still there. When fantasy becomes a reality for them both, the teacher becomes the student.

The Stolen Child - A mother chooses to ignore the warning given to her by a strange and mysterious woman. When her child is taken, it becomes a race against time to rescue the child alive.

My Death- A woman chooses to put her career first, but at what consequence. Witness the accounts of a break up gone terribly wrong.

Dancing the Night Away - Two people, who have been hurt countless times, finally find love in the unlikeliest of places.

Excerpt:

The Former Student: Alana returned to her old high school seven years after graduating. She took the open English teachers position. When she walked through the doors on her first day of work, she could not believe it looked the same. There was one classroom she was particularly interested in, his room. She wanted to know if he was still working here. She walked up the flight of stairs and turned left. Two doors down, she peaked in the room on the left side of the hallway. There he was writing his name on the board in preparation for the first class. She smiled. He still looked the same with a bit of gray peppered throughout his hair. She knocked on the door. He turned and smiled that same innocent smile she seen every day of her senior year.

The Stolen Child: Louise ran all the way home with Jenny in her arms. By the time they got home, the rain fall had increased and they were soaking wet. Louise placed Jenny on the porch, sandwiched between her and the front door. Looking around, she made sure that the woman had not followed them home. She unlocked the door and ushered Jenny on the house. Securely locking the door behind her, she turned to Jenny.

My Death: I felt him slip one of his muscular arms around my waist. The other one wrapped around my shoulders, his hand covered my mouth. I could smell the soap he used to wash his hands. My heart and mind were racing. I did not know what was going on. I began to panic. I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to fight back the tears. I began to weep. He cinched his grip tighter..

Dancing the Night Away: I spotted her as I walked in the door; she was with a bunch of her friends.  The girls were all out on the dance floor, with their purses in a pile in between them.   They had their drinks in one hand, and their bodies all moved in a cohesive rhythm.  She was wearing a knee length, cobalt blue dress with a pair of black pumps.  Her copper red hair was wet with sweat, and her fair skin had a glistening sheen. 

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About The Author ~ Harmony Stalter:

Harmony Stalter (1976-Present)was born in Newburgh, New York. She currently makes her home in Central Florida, and is a freelance writer that currently writes for a monthly magazine called All Access Music Magazine. She was an architectural drafter for three years before she dove head first into pursuing her career in writing, her first love. Employee Body Language Revealed: How to Predict Behavior in the Workplace by Reading and Understanding Body Language is her first book. Since completing this book, she has written Dancing the Night Away, Bulk Cooking: Everything You Need to Know, and The Great Wolf Lodge 2011 Travel Guide.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/writer247

Website: http://www.harmonysfreelancewritingworld.com

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4639373.Harmony_Stalter

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