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Big Shots and Bullet Holes: Read what reviewers are saying!

3/31/2020

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Big Shots and Bullet Holes is the steak dinner the main characters are pursuing. Thick, rich, tasty, and presented on a 1940s platter that is a feast for your senses, it is a delectable period mystery that races to a satisfying conclusion. Spicer’s wit and cleverness shine and leave you wondering what he will serve up next for your reading pleasure."
   
— ​ Jean Rabe, author of the Piper Blackwell mystery series
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From the moment I picked this book up, I was spun back in time. Spicer’s writing is superb. Every scene is visceral as if you are right there, be it during an argument, a shootout, or a rainstorm. The characters are believable and quirky in a way that grounds you in that 1940s era. What more could you ask?" 
​— Wendy Dingwall, Author of the Yvonne Suarez Travel Mysteries
Big Shots and Bullet Holes will be available on April 20th. Preorder your Kindle copy today, and check back for more launch details!
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Available for preorder on Kindle: Big Shots and Bullet Holes by B. David Spicer!

1/13/2020

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Reserve your copy for a tasty bite of WWII noir with plenty of action! A young detective, searching for a missing girl, stumbles into a hornet's nest of homefront German sympathizers. Release date is 4/20/2020. 

If you are a reviewer and are interested in reviewing this book, contact us directly for an e-ARC or to request a print ARC. 
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​Cincinnati, 1942. The secret to being a grifter is changing up the con so the rubes don’t realize they’re being taken. Kissy Lisbon’s spent years honing her skills as a con-woman, but as the war in Europe drags on, things get tough in the Queen City. Her new scheme: hiring herself out as a private eye. Her first client has a missing daughter, the missing daughter has a German boyfriend, and the German boyfriend has friends in all the wrong places. Following a lead sends Kissy careening headlong into a whirlwind of stolen money, American Nazis, and bleeding corpses. When an old flame from Kissy’s past shows up wearing a shiny new detective’s badge, she’s less than thrilled, but together they scour the city for answers. As the bodies start to pile up around her, Kissy is in a race to save the missing girl, her country, and her very life.
B. David Spicer graduated from Ohio University, earning a BA in English. His first name is Brian, but he thinks B. David sounds more artsy and pretentious. He’s had short stories in more than a dozen anthologies, including Cosy Crime from Flame Tree Press, Out of Phase and Wicked Deeds: Witches, Warlocks, Demons & Other Evil Doers from Sirens Call Publications, Strangely Funny II and III and VI from Mystery and Horror, LLC, and Pernicious Invaders and From the Corner of Your Eye from Great Old Ones Publishing. Big Shots and Bullet Holes is his first novel. He lives in Ohio and owns more books than ought to be legal.
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Now Available: Murder at the Million Dollar Pier!

9/28/2019

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The authors have conjured up a farcical, witty and twisty tale in a solidly researched setting of the mid-1920s society of St. Petersburg, Florida.  It is a well-crafted, deftly plotted mystery with a razzle-dazzle pacing that keeps you guessing until the end. This installment in the Three Snowbirds Mystery Series is a cracking-good, page-turning entry in what promises to be a long and successful run."
---- Cheryl Hollon, author of Webb's Glass Shop Mysteries
Murder at the Million Dollar Pier is now available in print and Kindle from Amazon, and is free on Kindle Unlimited. Returnable copies will soon be available for bookstores and libraries.

Army nurse Cornelia Pettijohn and Uncle Percival must save Teddy Lawless from murder charges--and from herself--in the second installment of the Three Snowbirds Mysteries, set during the 1920s land boom in Florida.

It's a tale of young and forbidden love, an old and painful scandal, and a secret engagement--so secret, even the bride didn't know.

Oh, and murder. We mustn't forget murder.
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Presenting a new mystery: Murder at the Million Dollar Pier!

9/17/2019

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We are pleased to present Murder at the Million Dollar Pier, the second book in the Three Snowbirds mystery series. It will be available for sale on September 27th, and you can preorder the book on Kindle now. Scroll down to see its excellent cover, designed by Patty G. Henderson at Boulevard Photografica, and to learn more about the story. 

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Never waste good rum on a bad night."
          -- Teddy Lawless, February 1926.
There are many bad nights ahead for Teddy. Shortly after she arrives at the newly opened Vinoy Hotel in Saint Petersburg, she comes face to face with her ex-fiancé, Ansel Stevens, in the dining room. Cue the slap that was thirty years in the making. Unfortunately, her ex-fiancé dies during a yacht race shortly thereafter. Conclusion of the authorities: poison. His family closes ranks, leaving Teddy as the prime suspect. Worse, Teddy's hair comb is found on the deck of Ansel's boat, leading to her swift arrest. Can Cornelia Pettijohn and Uncle Percival save fun-loving Teddy before she goes from the grand hotel to the big house?
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Preorder on Kindle!
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March Update

3/14/2017

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If you're wondering why it's been so long between posts, it's because we've been busy. I said that before, but it's still true. Last year was slow in terms of publication, but productive for our own writing.

We jump-started 2017 with the launch of our novel, Murder on the Mullet Express, and have spent the last two months working on guest posts, interviews, and other promotional activities. We're also hitting the book fairs. That's what you do when you write a book and want it to sell: you get out there and peddle it.

We'll be spending the next two weekends at the Southwest Florida Reading Festival in Fort Meyers  and the Venice Book Fair. After that, we'll have a little more time to get Strangely Funny IV to press. We're currently contacting authors about their stories. Once that's done, things with the book should move along nicely.

Other plans for the future: We have at least one single-author collection we'll be publishing this year, and probably one other book once we decide between several other attractive selections.

I'd like to do another anthology, but it may not come to pass. There's only so many books we can do in a year, and we want to spend more time in 2017 focusing on the promotion of all the press' books.
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Now On Sale: Murder on the Mullet Express

1/16/2017

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Here at last!

"MURDER ON THE MULLET EXPRESS is an action-packed crime caper set during the Florida Land Boom, as bootleggers, mobsters and grifters galore feed on the dreams of sun-seekers. Teddy and Cornelia, well-nigh unshockable after their WWI tours of nursing duty, are at full stretch as it is - wrangling their eccentric Uncle Percy, when a murder hijacks their trip and throws them in at the deep end. Truly original and tremendous fun with a big heart. Make that two big hearts."

Catriona McPherson, Agatha, Anthony and Lefty-winning author of the Edgar-nominated THE CHILD GARDEN.

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Now available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, Kobo, Scribd, iBooks, and all sorts of other places.
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The Giveaway: Murder on the Mullet Express

1/14/2017

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Enter now for a chance to win a free copy of our newest novel!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Murder on the Mullet Express by Gwen Mayo

Murder on the Mullet Express

by Gwen Mayo and Sarah E. Glenn

Giveaway ends February 22, 2017.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

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HMOM Authors Nominated for Agatha Award!

2/3/2016

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We are pleased to report that two (count 'em - two!) of the five finalists for the Agatha Awards' category of Best Short Story came from History & Mystery, Oh My!

Many, many congratulations to the excellent authors, Edith Maxwell and Harriette Sackler. We were flattered that they sent their stories to us, and of course we're tickled pink about the nominations.

The Agatha Awards are awarded at Malice Domestic, an annual fan convention that honors the "traditional mystery" as exemplified by the works of Agatha Christie. The first convention was held in 1989. Attendees make the nominations and choose the winners. We wish good luck to both women!

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Goodreads Giveaway For Concealed in Ash (Nessa Donnelly Mysteries)

10/1/2015

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We're giving away three print copies of Concealed in Ash for Halloween! Enter now.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Concealed in Ash by Gwen Mayo

Concealed in Ash

by Gwen Mayo

Giveaway ends October 31, 2015.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

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Now in print: Concealed in Ash

9/24/2015

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Our victim was spread too awkwardly on the floor for him to have been simply knocked out by a piece of falling debris. He could have died from the smoke, but the fire had not traveled much beyond the bed. I cleaned the grime from my own spectacles with my handkerchief and moved to where I could examine him more closely. That’s when I saw the bullet holes. One entered through the back of his head, ranged downward, and removed the lower portion of his face. The other shot had been fired into his back.

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Concealed in Ash is now available in print and Kindle format. You'll notice that the cover for the print novel is slightly different from the Kindle cover; it features one of the secret societies active in the novel.

We received the proof yesterday, and were very pleased with the product. We think you will be, too.

The book contains an appendix with historical notes about the fire (one of several) at the Phoenix Hotel, the Red Strings, and Adamstown (a community of newly free blacks). You don't need the notes to enjoy the story, but if you'd like to learn more about Nessa's world, this section will add depth.

Take a look. We think you'll enjoy it.
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