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Jokers Wild (Mah Jongg Mystery Series)
by Barbara Barrett
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Jokers Wild (Mah Jongg Mystery Series)
Cozy Mystery
6th in Series
Publisher: Bowker (July 5, 2020)
Paperback: 232 pages
“The show must go on.” That applies even to playwright Marianne Putnam, when the director of her one-act play, “Jokers Wild,” fails to show for curtains up on opening night at the community theater in Serendipity Springs, Florida. When the director’s wife begs Marianne to accompany her to their home to check on him, they find the man floating in his pool. Dead.
Though not known for his pleasant disposition—her relationship with him had been tense since nearly ramming into his car in a parking lot, but after all, he was the director—who would have wanted to murder him? Surely no one in the production crew, cast or the staff of the community center where the play was to be staged. Maybe it was the wife, who Marianne had overheard arguing with him. Or perhaps someone from his theater connections back in the Big Apple.
Since she was there when the body was discovered, Marianne is considered a suspect. That doesn’t mean she can’t help her three Mah Jongg friends—Syd, Micki and Kat—assist the sheriff with the investigation. But who’s there to help her when her path crosses the murderer’s.
About Barbara Barrett
Author Barbara Barrett. Photo by Chris Kridler, ChrisKridler.com
Barbara Barrett started reading mysteries when she was pregnant with her first child to keep her mind off things like her changing body and food cravings. When she’d devoured as many Agatha Christies as she could find, she branched out to English village cozies and Ellery Queen.
Later, to avoid a midlife crisis, she began writing fiction at night when she wasn’t at her day job in human resources for Iowa State Government. After releasing eleven full-length romance novels and two novellas, she returned to the cozy mystery genre, using one of her retirement pastimes, the game of mah jongg, as her inspiration. Not only has it been a great social outlet, it has also helped keep her mind active when not writing.
Jokers Wild, the sixth book in her “Mah Jongg Mystery” series, features four friends who play mah jongg together and share otherwise in each other’s lives. None of the four is based on an actual person. Each is an amalgamation of several mah jongg friends with a lot of Barbara’s imagination thrown in for good measure. The four will continue to appear in future books in the series.
Barbara is a member of Sisters in Crime, Sinc-Iowa, Romance Writers of America and the SpacecoasT chapter of Romance Writers of America.
She is married to the man she met her senior year of college. They have two grown children and eight grandchildren.
Now retired, she is a resident of Florida, although she spends her summers in Iowa, her home state. She earned her B.A. degree in History from the University of Iowa and her Master’s Degree in History from Drake University.
When not in front of her laptop creating her next story, she plays mah jongg, travels and enjoys lunches with friends.
Author Links
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Purchase Link – Amazon
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Jokers Wild Tour Participants
September 15
My Reading Journeys – REVIEW, GIVEAWAY
Dee-Scoveries – SPOTLIGHT
September 16
I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT
A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW
September 17
Christy’s Cozy Corners – SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY
Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT
September 18
I Read What You Write – SPOTLIGHT, RECIPE
FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
Readeropolis – SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY
September 19
Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
Author Elena Taylor’s Blog – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
September 20
Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
September 21
Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW
eBook Addicts – SPOTLIGHT
September 22
Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
Reading Authors Network – SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY
September 23
Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
Reading, Writing & Stitch-Metic – SPOTLIGHT, GIVEAWAY
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View Comments (5)
It's my pleasure to appear here today with Book 6 in my Mah Jongg Series, "Jokers Wild." I hope your readers will check it out. I have enjoyed writing the four protagonists in this series and switching out who takes the lead in each successive book. During these times of spending so much time at home, I really appreciate seeing my friends every so often via video conferences. I hope the feelings I have about these friendships shine through in the friendship of these four.
Barbara
Thank you for stopping! I'm sure we will enjoy these books!
I do like the mysteries about a woman in a bakery...wish I could remember the name! Ugh. It escapes me.
Maybe the Hannah Swenson books by Joanne Fluke?
I enjoy the Hannah Swenson books by Joanne Fluke. I don't have a special favorite book.