[OUT NOW] – KILLING MEMORIES by Peg Herring – The Loser Mysteries Book Two

 KILLING MEMORIES

The Loser Mysteries – Book Two

by Peg Herring

Published by LL-Publications

PRICES 12.99 (US) /9.99  (UK/EU) /  $5.99 USD (ebook)

ISBN   978-0-9574726-3-1 (print)/ 978-0-9574726-4-8 (ebook)

© Peg Herring

235 pages / 77,800 words

Release Date: May 23, 2o13

Genre(s): mystery, detective, series, Southern fiction

Loser returns to the hills where she was raised in search of peace, but even in the lovely little town of Beulah, West Virginia, trouble manages to find her. When one of her fellow foster children, Nadine, returns to town, the secrets she carries with her lead Loser into a tangle of deception.

Nadine hasn’t got much to say about why she’s back in Beulah, and her son Eddie might be just a little too good to be true. Still, Loser’s willing to help them—at least until Nadine pulls a disappearing act.

Each time Loser learns the answer to a question, another one arises. Why did Nadine run from a comfortable life and a successful husband? Is Eddie a good kid or an opportunistic manipulator? What happened in the town of Romulus that was worth killing for? And most important: Can Loser protect the innocent and at the same time preserve her own life, the life she’s only recently begun to want?

Killing Memories is the second book of The Loser Mysteries. The first book, Killing Silence, was rated by Lelia Taylor (Buried Under Books) as one of the Best Mysteries of 2012. “Once in a while, I come across a book that can only be called an unexpected gem. Killing Silence is one of those wonderful surprises. In many ways, it’s a standard mystery but Peg Herring has crafted a novel that is much more than just ‘standard.’”

About the Author

Peg Herring loves mystery in all its forms. She writes the award-winning Dead Detective Series (LL-Publications) as well as the critically acclaimed Simon & Elizabeth historical series (Five Star Publishing). Peg lives with her husband in northern Michigan and loves to travel, read, and write “Strong Women, Great Stories.” Visit her at http://pegherring.com or on Facebook.

 Killing Memories will be available in print and several ebook formats including Kindle and NOOK and can found at many online retailers. Visit the Killing Memories page at LL-Publications: www.ll-publications.com/killingmemories.html

Author Spotlight

Author Spotlight

Morgen Bailey is hosting me today on Author Spotlight. I’m talking about how I got started writing fiction and nonfiction. Stop by if you have a chance.

Petition to Demand Change in Amazon’s Treatment of eBook Returns

Amazon’s return policy and how they treat ebooks is completely detrimental and unfair when you consider how Amazon treats other “media items.” To quote Amazon’s return policy: “Media items (for example, movies, music, video games, and software) must be unopened and still in their plastic wrap.”

Why aren’t ebooks treated the same? As a publisher and author of ebooks, we know how Amazon returns can wipeout significant earnings.

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There’s a petition on Change.org to get Amazon to change their policy regarding ebook returns/refunds. Right now too many people are buying ebooks, reading them
within the 7 days allotted for returns, then returning them for a full refund. There are people who cheerfully brag about doing this and see nothing wrong with
it. I and many others see it as another form of piracy. Whether you’re traditionally published or indie published, this policy negatively affects authors’ incomes. If
you’re interested in signing, here’s the link:

http://www.change.org/petitions/amazon-kindle-e-book-return-policy-stop-allowing-refunds-on-e-books-after-e-books-have-been-read

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[BOOK SIGNING] April 8, 2013 – ARIA:Left Luggage by Geoff Nelder

Geoff Nelder will be at an ARIA: Left Luggage signing and chat as part of the Leigh & Wigan Words Together Literary Festival on Monday 8th April in Wigan Library 2-4pm. Entry is free.

Don’t forget!

About ARIA: Left Luggage

Today, Jack caught a bug at work. He catches a bus home. By the time he disembarks in the desert town of Rosamond, all the other passengers and the driver have fuzzy heads. Jack had caught an amnesia bug, and it’s infectious.

Imagine the ramifications:

The passengers arrive home, infecting family; some shop en route infecting everyone they meet. The bus driver receives more passengers giving them change for last week’s prices and today’s amnesia.  Some passengers work at the power plant, the water treatment works, the hospital, fire station. All shut down in weeks.

One man, Ryder Nape, realizes what’s going on, but can he persuade friends to barricade themselves in a secluded valley, hiding from the amnesia bug?

“Geoff Nelder’s ARIA has the right stuff. He makes us ask the most important question in science fiction–the one about the true limits of personal responsibility.”

—Brad Linaweaver

Robert J. Sawyer calls ARIA a “fascinating project.”

“ARIA has an intriguing premise, and is written in a very accessible style.”

—Mike Resnick

About the Author

Geoff Nelder lives in Chester with his long-suffering wife and has two grown-up children whose sense and high intelligence persist in being a mystery to him. He would do most things for a laugh but had to pay the mortgage so he taught I.T. and Geography in the local high school for thirty years. A post-war baby boomer, he is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society (FRMet S), and his experiences on geographical expeditions have found themselves into amusing pieces in the Times Educational Supplement. Visit Geoff’s website – www.geoffnelder.com

Infectious Amnesia Wins an Award!

Q) How can a disease thata doesn’t exist win an award? A) When the disease is the fictitious Alien Retrograde Infectious Amnesia and is the only use of infectious amnesia in any story so far. So many readers liked it that they voted it the best science fiction novel of 2012 out of 85 novels in the SF category. Get your copy of ARIA: Left Luggage from HERE!

More news. ARIA featured in a blog tour in December 2012 but one blogger had the misfortune to have a punctured lung so couldn’t take his turn. However, he has recovered and kindly put up a brilliant piece about ARIA and my article about the Moon and coincidences. Les Floyd has over 108,000 twitter followers and is an inspirational blogger on matters of self awareness and viewing life in a fresh way. Check out Lesism HERE.

 

Glowing Reviews for KILLING SILENCE

Start your New Year by getting to know Loser. If you need more convincing, then read the reviews below.

“Knowing that any novel’s premise is contrived doesn’t stop my feeling that many stories lately involve rickety staircases of logic just to read them.

Peg Herring’s KILLING SILENCE was a delightful departure…”

Read the rest of the review at Reviews by T de V

Lelia Taylor at Buried Under Books has put KILLING SILENCE on her list of Best Books Read in 2012!

“Once in a while, I come across a book that can only be called an unexpected gem. Killing Silence is one of those wonderful surprises. In many ways, it’s a standard mystery but Peg Herring has crafted a novel that is much more than just “standard”.”

Read the complete Buried Under Books review.

Help! ARIA is singing for you…

I’ll e-hug you if you would kindly vote for ARIA: Left Luggage in the

current P&E Readers’ Poll at http://critters.org/predpoll/novelsf.shtml

If you do so, you will be contacted by critters at P&E (Preditors and

Editors – a respected writers’ organisation) to click on a verification

link. It is well established and very safe.

I appreciate you might not have read all of ARIA but you might have seen

extracts on the publisher’s web or on Amazon at (click on the look inside) http://www.amazon.co.uk/ARIA-Left-Luggage-ebook/dp/B008RADGYC/ or for non-UK http://www.amazon.com/ARIA-Left-Luggage-ebook/dp/B008RADGYC/

paperback available too at Amazon and the publishers at http://www.ll-publications.com/leftluggage.html

Hugs to you all

Geoff http://geoffnelder.com http://twitter.com/geoffnelder