At an auction, competition can be deadly…
Welcome to the January 24th stop on the blog tour for Going, Going, Dead by Kirsten Weiss with Goddess Fish Promotions. Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for spotlights, reviews, and a giveaway! More on that at the end of this post.
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About the Book
Going, Going, Dead
by Kirsten Weiss
Publishing 31 January 2022
Misterio Press
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Page Count: 309
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At an auction, competition can be deadly…
When Maddie attends an estate auction of artifacts from America’s spiritualist era, it’s just another day in the life of a paranormal museum owner…. Until she discovers the body of the murdered auctioneer.
Her mother is convinced the murderer is after a mysterious statuette that once belonged to the town’s Ladies Aid Society. With the holidays approaching, Maddie and friends dive into the mad world of obsessive collectors to find the missing statuette… and a killer.
Maddie tracks her suspects through a secluded gothic estate, in the wineries of Central California, and along the streets of small-town San Benedetto. But this clever criminal is determined to win at all costs. Will the killer use Maddie’s friends as the ultimate weapon against her?
If you love laugh-out-loud mysteries, witty heroines, quirky cats, and a touch of the paranormal, you’ll love Going, Going, Dead, book 6 in the Paranormal Museum mystery series. Read this twisty cozy mystery today!
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Excerpt
I stared down at an antique traveling chest, fit for the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary. The trunk’s leather straps lay undone on the hardwood floor. A sticker with a number and barcode had been loosely affixed to the top, and I checked my catalog.
“Whoa,” I said. “This belonged to Houdini.” The famous magician had also been known for exposing spiritualist frauds. Was that why Solomon had acquired the chest?
“Anything connected to Houdini is potentially—” Herb clamped his mouth shut.
“Haunted?”
“No,” he said quickly. “There are no rumors of any hauntings attached to this chest.”
I bit back a smile. He didn’t have to worry about me making a bid. I was all in for Zoltan. “Do you think it’s a magic show chest, or just a traveling chest?” A winsome magician’s assistant could easily fit inside it.
“Traveling,” he said, “definitely.” He reached for the lid.
“I don’t think we’re allowed to touch the items that are for sale.”
“Please.” He rolled his eyes. “You’d be a fool to buy anything without thoroughly examining it first.” Herb lifted the lid.
I’d like to say I had a premonition, a foreboding. But I didn’t even feel a quiver of remorse as I leaned forward, like a rube, to peer inside.
A woman curled in the fetal position stared back at us, her head turned at an awkward angle, her blue eyes blank and very, very dead.
About the Author
Kirsten Weiss writes laugh-out-loud, page-turning mysteries. Her heroines aren’t perfect, but they’re smart, they struggle, and they succeed. Kirsten writes in a house high on a hill in the Colorado woods and occasionally ventures out for wine and chocolate. Or for a visit to the local pie shop. Kirsten is best known for her Wits’ End, Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum, and Tea & Tarot cozy mystery books. So if you like funny, action-packed mysteries with complicated heroines, just turn the page…
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Giveaway Alert!
Kirsten Weiss will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B&N gift card to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
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Sounds like a good book.
Do book ideas randomly come to you?
Hm… Sort of. I attended an online presentation through Atlas Obscura of this guy showing his house off that was filled with paranormal and spiritualist objects. I got to thinking setting a story around a house like that, at an auction, would be fun. And that’s how I got the idea. Then I plotted out a murder around it.
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I enjoyed the excerpt and Going, Going Dead sounds like a delightful mystery for me to enjoy! Thanks for sharing it with me and have an awesome week!
This sounds like a wonderful book.