Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for No Small Murder: A Mini-Meadows Mystery by Lena Gregory. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews and more!
No Small Murder: A Mini-Meadows Mystery
by Lena Gregory
No Small Murder: A Mini-Meadows Mystery
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Florida
Level Best Books (February 21, 2023)
Number of Pages 215
Mini Meadows, a Tiny Home community in rural Central Florida, is home to Emma Wells, a downsize specialist who left her daddy’s mansion and her inheritance behind in favor of a simpler, more peaceful life in a tiny home that was once two shipping containers. But when she opens a shipping container and discovers her dead client sitting in a rocking chair, neatly wrapped and labeled, and two of her friends end up on the suspect list, Emma pitches in to help find the killer. With plenty of clues to unpack, Emma narrows down the suspect list, but as she begins to close in on the culprit, she realizes if she’s not careful she could end up in a box of her own.
Author guest post: Inspiration
People often ask me where I get the inspiration for my stories. The short answer is… Everywhere! No matter where I go, I find something that inspires me to write. It can be something that strikes me as funny, or odd, or sad, or scary. But whatever feelings it brings out in me, it also brings inspiration.
One day, my husband and I pulled into a Walmart parking lot. A brand new shiny red corvette pulled in at the same time and parked a few spots away from us where we had a clear view of the car’s occupant emerging. Now, I don’t know what comes to mind when I think of who might be driving a red corvette, but I can tell you it was not this woman. She was amazing!
She was a very petite elderly woman dressed in a velour sweatsuit, high top sneakers, and a headband. She bopped across the parking lot with a pep in her step that had my husband and I both sitting and staring. Neither of us made a move until she was out of sight.
That woman became the inspiration for Granny Rose in No Small Murder. Before I had any idea what the story would be about, before I knew what any of the other characters would be like, before I wrote a single word, I knew Granny Rose would play a huge role in this story.
Now, every time I read the first scene, when Granny pulls up to Emma’s tiny home in her shiny red corvette and emerges as a teeny bopper version of the woman Emma has always known and bops across the street, it brings a smile and a happy memory of that woman who seemed so thrilled with being her.
As the story progressed, I realized she was missing something. Companionship. And I asked myself what kind of pet that woman in the Walmart parking lot would have had. What kind of pet would be perfect for a rail thin, four-and-a-half-foot tall woman of a certain age? And it struck me—a Great Dane. So Granny adopted Butch and moved with him into Emma’s four-hundred square foot tiny home with Emma and her cat, Ginger.
About Lena Gregory
Lena Gregory grew up in a small town on the south shore of eastern Long Island, but she recently traded in cold, damp, gray winters for the warmth and sunshine of Central Florida, where she now lives with her husband, three kids, son-in-law, and four dogs. Her hobbies include spending time with family, reading, and walking. Her love for writing developed when her youngest son was born and didn’t sleep through the night. She works full-time as a writer and a freelance editor and is a member of Sisters in Crime.
Author Links
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- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/lenagregoryauth/
Purchase Links – Amazon
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No Small Murder TOUR PARTICIPANTS
February 21 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – AUTHOR GUEST POST
February 21 – Sneaky the Library Cat’s blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
February 22 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
February 22 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
February 23 – Literary Gold – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
February 23 – Lady Hawkeye – SPOTLIGHT
February 24 – Cozy Up WIth Kathy REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW
February 24 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee – SPOTLIGHT
February 25 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
February 25 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW
February 26 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST
February 26 – StoreyBook Reviews – REVIEW
February 27 – I’m Into Books – SPOTLIGHT
February 27 – Reading, Writing & Stitch-Metic – SPOTLIGHT, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY
February 28 – Jane Reads – CHARACTER GUEST POST
February 28 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – AUTHOR GUEST POST, INDIVIDUAL GIVEAWAY
March 1 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
March 1 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – REVIEW
March 2 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
March 2 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT
March 2 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – REVIEW
March 3 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW
March 3 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
March 4 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 5 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
March 6 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
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Sounds like a book I will enjoy reading.
Thank you, Rita!
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for having me! And for sharing the release of No Small Murder!
You’re welcome! Thanks for stopping!
Looks like a fun read and the cover art is really eye catching
Love cozies, especially with pets!
Sounds like a great cozy!