If you love small towns, quirky characters, and an intriguing whodunit, you’ll love this cozy mystery series!
Dead Before Dinner
A Maddie Swallows Mystery Book 1
by Kat Bellemore
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Green
chile has never been more dangerous.
Psychologist
Maddie Swallows’ decision to return to New Mexico seemed like a
good idea at the time, considering the divorce and her two teenagers
she’d dragged along for the ride.
But that was before the
New Year’s Eve party she was guilt-tripped into attending. Before a
member of the town council wound up dead and everyone at the party
became a suspect. And before she was forced to unravel the secrets of
her former hometown in order to clear her name.
Of course,
with the help of two precocious teenagers and one meddling mother,
the real murderer doesn’t stand a chance.
Dead
before Dinner is
the first book of the Maddie Swallows series. If you love small
towns, quirky characters, and an intriguing whodunit, you’ll love
this cozy mystery.
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before Dinner and
get swept away in this New Mexican mystery series today!
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Dead Upon Arrival
A Maddie Swallows Mystery Book 2
Flying high in the New Mexican sky has never been more lethal.
The biggest hot air balloon festival would have been a vacation if Maddie didn’t have to balance her apathetic teenagers, a meddling mother, and act as therapist for a desperate patient. Let alone solve a murder case!
When Maddie witnesses someone fall from a hot air balloon, it seems like a tragic accident. But as facts come to light, the police are convinced it’s foul play. And Maddie’s friend is to blame.
With the remainder of the festival canceled and all attendees required to stay for questioning, Maddie has two days to discover the truth behind the murder and free her friend from suspicion.
Dead Upon Arrival is the second book in the Maddie Swallows mystery series. If you like humor, intrigue, and, of course, hot air balloons, you'll love this cozy mystery.
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“Unfortunately, we can’t tell you much about Charles Reed.” He looked truly sorry for it. “Didn’t know him all that well.”
“Oh, I’m sorry, I must have been mistaken,” I said. “I heard he’d been traveling all over the world with his balloon for several years now, and I assumed you all must be a fairly tight-knit community.”
Jeremiah was the one who spoke up this time. “Just because he managed to convince unsuspecting fools to fly him around didn’t mean he was a part of the community. The man never lifted a finger to help his crew, sitting back and ordering people around. Even tried to steal me from my own dad’s crew and gave us a hard time when I refused.”
My mom shook her head, like the thought disgusted her. “The more I hear about that man, the worse my opinion of him. It was probably a relief when you heard he’d died.”
Arnold shared an indecipherable look with Jeremiah. “I can’t say we’ll miss him, but no one deserves to die by falling from his own balloon.” He turned back to us. “Charles had a different pilot at every event, no one willing to put up with him longer than that, so I doubt Charles even knew his pilot’s name, let alone what kind of man he was. Something like this was bound to happen eventually.”
My defenses immediately rose, and before I thought better of it, I said, “Andy is as decent a man as they come. He didn’t do this.”
Arnold was quiet for a moment, studying me, and I wished that for once I’d been able to keep my mouth shut. “You know the pilot their holding at the police station?” he finally asked.
“Well, no, not exactly,” I said. “His reputation precedes him.”
Arnold nodded, like he’d thought as much. “Reputation doesn’t mean anything. It doesn’t tell the truth of what lies in the soul. All it means is that this Andy person was very good at telling people what they wanted to hear. Take Charles Reed, for example. He was always flaunting his money, telling people of the charities he’d contributed to over the years. Told people that he hired more crew members than necessary, as well as a pilot, because he believed in giving good, honest folks jobs—helping them provide for themselves. Always raised himself up as a philanthropist. But really, he was covering up for his own laziness and the life of luxury that he’d always enjoyed.
Dead Before I Do
A Maddie Swallows Mystery Book 3
When
Maddie Swallows attends an out-of-town wedding with her best friend,
Benji, she expects free food, dancing, and some awkward moments as
she tries to figure out her feelings for her long-time friend.
What
she finds instead is a dead groom and an entire wedding guest list
who had reason to kill the guy.
It doesn’t help that Maddie
was the last person to see the groom alive and is placed in the local
police’s crosshairs as they work to solve the murder.
It
will take some unexpected sleuthing, and a few therapy sessions, for
this psychiatrist to prove her innocence, and bring justice to the
real killer.
Dead
Before I Do is
the third book of the Maddie Swallows mystery series. If you love
quirky characters, romance, and plenty of intrigue, you'll love this
cozy mystery.
Pick up Dead
Before I Do and
travel to White Sands National Park for Maddie's latest mystery
today!
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**Coming soon on July 31st!**
A Maddie Swallows Mystery Book 4
Kat Bellemore is a small-town romance and cozy mystery author. Deciding to have New Mexico as the setting for two of her series was an easy choice, considering its amazing sunsets, blue skies and tasty green chile. That, and she currently lives there with her husband and two cute kids. They hope to one day add a dog to the family, but for now, the native animals of the desert will have to do. Though, Kat wouldn't mind ridding the world of scorpions and centipedes. They're just mean.
You can visit Kat at www.kat-bellemore.com.
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Thank you for posting about The Maddie Swallows Mystery Series, these sound like great cozy mystery stories and I am looking forward to reading them all
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