🐾 Dot's Wander & Wonder Weekly
Traveling from one mystery to the next... with Margo and Dot.Hello, friends!
🐾 Dot's Detective Notes
Hello, Detectives!
It's September.
Which means I would like it officially noted that I WAS RIGHT. Fall is here. 🍂
D.A. keeps muttering something about the calendar and the “official” first day of fall still being weeks away.
I have chosen to ignore her.
There are pumpkins appearing, fall books on today's bookshelf, and I have already claimed the coziest blanket in the house.
The evidence speaks for itself.
And today's featured mystery has pumpkins, cider, an orchard, a small town, a dog AND a murder.
Case closed.
Fall has arrived. 🐾
🎃📚 This Week's Cozy Mystery
Deadly Harvest: A Pumpkin-Spiced Small Town Cozy Mystery
by Ava Keene
- Biscuit stopped dead at the pumpkin display. Not all of it was a pumpkin.*
Well.
Biscuit clearly understands the importance of a good sniff.
Maggie Thornton arrives looking for cider and ribbons, but Warren Gill has questions about old property lines that someone apparently doesn't want answered.
And then Warren turns up dead.
Now there's a missing bronze trophy, a mysterious note waiting at the orchard gatepost, numbers that don't seem to belong to anyone else—and three suspects carrying three very different secrets.
But somebody has already figured out that Maggie is asking questions.
If she doesn't solve the mystery first, she may be the next thing someone finds hidden under a tarp.
With an autumn harvest setting, pumpkins, cider, small-town secrets and Biscuit at Maggie's side, this one feels just right for our first Wander & Wonder Weekly of September. 🍎🎃🐾
🌸 Something Is Blooming in Bellwether...
Okay, everyone.
D.A. is taking the newsletter back now because I am apparently “not allowed to make official publishing announcements without supervision.”
Ridiculous.
— Dot 🐾
Hi everyone!
I have some exciting news I've been waiting to share.
We are getting very, very close to the next step for...
🌸 Murder at Bellwether Gardens
And that means ARC invitations will be going out SOON! 🎉
For anyone unfamiliar with the term, an ARC is an Advance Reader Copy—an early copy of a book provided to readers before release.
I cannot tell you how excited I am to finally be getting to this point.
I've truly enjoyed writing this book and bringing Margo and Dot home to Bellwether. You'll get to experience the Bellwether Garden Show, learn more about the town and its history, meet some of the people who call it home...
And, because this is Margo and Dot we're talking about, naturally someone has to go and ruin all those beautiful flowers with a murder. 🌸🔎
If you've been waiting to read Book 3, keep an eye on your inbox.
I'll be sending out the official ARC invitation soon with information about how you can apply to receive an advance copy.
I cannot wait to welcome some of you into Bellwether Gardens before everyone else. 💜
And Dot would like it noted that ARC readers are technically assisting an investigation.
Apparently that sounds much more prestigious.
🍂 More Mysteries for Your Fall TBR
Dot and I aren't finished filling your September TBR yet!
We've got a few more cozy mysteries from fellow authors that we thought you might enjoy.
See something that catches your eye?
Go ahead.
Your TBR already knows what kind of relationship this is. 😂📚
☕ Coffee with D.A.
Before you go, I have a question for you—especially with our ARC invitation getting so close.
📚 Have you ever been an ARC reader before?
A. Yes! I love reading books before release.
B. Once or twice.
C. No, but I've always wanted to try it.
D. What's an ARC? This is completely new to me!
Hit Reply and tell me your answer.
I'd especially love to hear from those of you who have never been on an ARC team before. Don't worry if this is completely new territory—we'll explain everything when the invitation goes out.
Until next time, grab something cozy, add another mystery to that TBR, and keep watching your inbox...
Bellwether Gardens is getting closer. 🌸🔎
Happy travels,
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