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Free E-Book!
Good news: The e-book format of THE IMPERSONATOR is free for three days. (This is the first in the Roaring Twenties series, the book that won the national Best First Crime Novel award in 2021) Quick, order one today at amazon.
Another Good Review for Newest Book
Kirkus, the American book review magazine, published this nice review for Deadly Spirits, just published on Sept. 6 in hardcover and ebook formats. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mary-miley/deadly-spirits/
Nice Review for New Book
Another good review for my newest publication, this one from Kirkus, the American book review magazine. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mary-miley/deadly-spirits/
Happy Birthday to my New Book!
Today is the pub date for my latest in the Mystic’s Accomplice series. My publisher is releasing it in hardcover and ebook format, paperback available next year in May. Look at this terrific review from Publisher’s Weekly! https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781448306848
History Camp program
I was honored to be interviewed for the History Camp about my book Death By Petticoat. Check it out!
https://historycamp.org/mary-miley-theobald-death-by-petticoat-american-history-myths-debunked/
Introducing Spirits & Smoke
This month marks the release of the second in the Mystic’s Accomplice series, Spirits and Smoke. The publisher brought it out first in hardcover and as an ebook–the paperback version will be released in August. I was thrilled that it merited a rare starred review in the Library Journal, and then learned it got a second starred review in Publishers Weekly. I’ve never written a book that got TWO starred reviews!
The story features Maddie Pastore, a reluctant sleuth struggling to survive in 1925 Chicago, when gangsters ruled the streets and Prohibition turned law-abiding citizens into criminals. The word “Spirits” in the title refers both to bootleg hooch and to the ghosts a fraudulent medium conjures up in her seances; “Smoke” is present at the seances and is also Twenties slang for deadly wood alcohol, the murder weapon of choice in this whodunnit. Available at your local library, bookstores, and online.
Surprise at the Hospital
Cover Reveal for #2
My publisher sent the cover design for book #2 in the Mystic’s Accomplice series. I love it–especially the smoky cocktail! The two words in the title, Spirits and Smoke, carry double meanings: spirits refers to liquor and to the spirits of the dead contacted by the mystic; smoke is a feature of her seances but also Prohibition-era slang for deadly methyl alcohol (AKA wood alcohol). What do you think?
Terrific Surprise!
My publisher just notified me that my new book received a (rare) Starred Review from the Library Journal. The book releases on June 1.
Miley, Mary. The Mystic’s Accomplice. Severn House. Jun. 2021. 224p. ISBN 9780727850423. $28.99. Grieving pregnant widow Maddie Pastore didn’t know what her husband did for a living, until the Chicago mob shows up at his 1924 funeral. She ends up broke and loses her house, but she’s determined to make a living without calling on the mob for help. When the mystic Madam Carlotta, asks her to a séance, Maddie sees opportunity. She offers to research Carlotta’s clients, and discovers she’s good at digging through newspapers and wills and talking with servants. One of the mystic’s clients always cancels her sessions, claiming illness; Maddie learns the woman lost her husband and a nephew to tragedy and she begins to worry that the client could be the target of a killer. Courageous Maddie uses her new skills to attempt to save a life and trap a murderer. VERDICT Miley (“Roaring Twenties” series) returns to the jazz age in this mystery introducing a remarkable amateur sleuth, widow, and mother. It skillfully combines the tantalizing atmosphere of a speakeasy- and mob-filled Chicago, historical figures, and an intriguing mystery.—Lesa Holstine, Evansville Vanderburgh P.L., IN
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