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COMING
SOON!

TRUSSED
TO KILL:

Book
Four of the Vivienne Finch Magical Mysteries

With a very busy
summer behind her, Vivienne Finch is looking forward to her first year hosting a
small, yet tastefully elegant, Thanksgiving dinner. With the guest list topping
out at four, she is confident she can pull off a beautiful occasion that would
look worthy in any home entertaining magazine article.

Before she has even
purchased her first bag of stuffing, her plans are turned upside down with the
news that the Arkins family, a dozen strong, will be visiting Cayuga Cove for
an unexpected family reunion. To make matters worse, the Brass Cricket Inn has
no rooms to spare for the holiday, leaving Vivienne with a house full of guests
to entertain for the long weekend. As pots simmer on the stovetops, tempers
flare when dueling mothers each try to ensure that their familiar family
traditions are carried out.

Yet, that is only the
start to Vivienne’s troubles when the owner of Slate’s Pub & Grill is found
dead in the establishment’s kitchen. Ghoulishly bound with cooking twine and
stuffed head first into the gas oven, news of the murder spreads faster than
butter on a hot dinner roll. An investigation soon reveals a cornucopia of
illegal football gambling pools, personal grudges, and the inclusion of several
of Joshua’s family members as possible suspects in the gruesome crime.

With the timer counting down to disaster, it will
take all of Vivienne’s magical and sleuthing skills to stop a cunning killer
who has placed murder on her exquisitely prepared holiday menu!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

J.D. Shaw
is a 2008 graduate of the prestigious Odyssey
Writing Workshop run by Jeanne Cavelos, former senior editor at Bantam
Doubleday Dell. During his six weeks in the program, he worked alongside such
award winning authors as Barry B. Longyear and Nancy Kress.

He resides in Elmira, NY with Sam, an indoor orange
tiger cat who seems to think that sleep is just wasted time between feedings
and spending quality outdoor time with his pal, the neighborhood stray, Mister
Tommy Cat.

This is the third novel in his ongoing supernatural
cozy series, ‘
The Vivienne Finch Magical Mysteries
’. He is hard at work
on the next book in the series.

‘Like’
The Vivienne Finch Magical Mysteries
page on Facebook and stay informed on all the latest news, contests, and book
signing events.

Be sure to visit his web site,
JDSHAWBOOKS.COM
, to discover more about the author and the series.

He loves to hear from his
readers. Email him at
[email protected]

THE
IMPORTANCE OF REVIEWS

As an independently
published author, I do not have the vast resources of the corporate publishing
machine to spread the word about this book. Despite this lack of corporate
support that can increase awareness of the book series, I am extremely pleased
that remaining independent allows me to keep complete artistic control.
However, by doing so, I rely exclusively on all of you wonderful readers to
spread the good word about this book and the ongoing series.

If you have
enjoyed this book, would you please take a moment to log onto Amazon.com,
Barnes & Noble.com, or wherever you purchased or loaned this book from and
leave your review? Not only does this help future readers to decide if they
wish to give the series a try, it really does make a difference when it comes
to promotional emails that places like Amazon and Barnes & Noble will send
to readers that like this genre. The more reviews a title receives, the more
notice from sites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble, the more suggested
book emails these companies will generate to generate sales. It is simple math,
but it can make a world of difference to an independent author. Your single
review can really increase sales! What better way to support a book series?

So, dear
reader, your voice is very important to me. I would love to hear about what you
liked and why others might like the same. Thank you for taking the time to read
this little section and hopefully post a review soon after.

See you all in Cayuga Cove for the next
adventure!

J.D. Shaw