Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for A Perilous Premiere (Stone & Steele Mysteries) by Gail Meath. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews and more!
A Perilous Premiere (Stone & Steele Mysteries)
by Gail Meath
A Perilous Premiere (Stone & Steele Mysteries)
Historical Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – California
Publisher : Cranberry Pond Publishing (November 15, 2024)
Paperback : 182 pages
Solving their own murders is the least of their problems…and the beginning of Stone & Steele, a reluctant yet surprisingly skilled investigative team.
The Golden Age of Hollywood, 1938. Vivian Steele moved to California to start a new life. She opened a fashion boutique in Beverly Hills, befriended Carole Lombard, the actress, and married a successful banker. But when her husband is murdered, Vivian discovers she isn’t the only one hiding a few secrets.
An anonymous phone call lures Vivian to a plush hotel room where she stumbles upon the dead body of a beautiful young actress – her husband’s mistress. To add fuel to the fire, she’s not alone.
Preston Stone, her adversary and Hollywood’s notorious playboy, is standing beside her. Suspiciously, they part ways only to find themselves alone again at a movie premiere two days later, and the message becomes brutally clear. They’re both the next targets of a cold-blooded killer.
Together, Vivian and Preston are thrown into a deadly race to find a missing collection of valuable coins and stop a vicious killer before they become the next murder victims. But first, they need to stop pointing their fingers at each other.
A Perilous Premiere is the first book in this exciting new 1930s Stone & Steele mystery series starring a great cast of characters ranging from the rich and famous to Bella, a Boston Terrier, her new friend, Boris, a Saint Bernard, and a few other endearing folks. (A pretty clean read)
My review of A Perilous Premiere
A Perilous Premiere by Gail Meath is the first book in her brand new Stone & Steele Mystery series. I love it when I can start a new series with the first book, but it makes it hard to wait for the next one! That’s how I feel about A Perilous Premiere! It’s such a great book, and it’s set in California during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Though this is fiction, the author throws in some famous actors from the era. In fact, Vivian Steele is best friends with actress Carole Lombard which means Clark Gable is her friend too (since the two eventually married). I loved this because it brought some normal, everyday characteristics to these famous characters. (Yes, it’s all fictionalized, but, you know, they did have ordinary stuff in their lives too!)
I loved Vivian and Preston! We don’t know much about Vivian’s life before she moved to Los Angeles, but there are some hints in the book that really hook you. I’m excited to learn more about that through the series. She’s a young, recently widowed fashion designer who gets caught up in more than she bargained for when she decides to find her husband’s killer. Preston is somewhat of a mystery. Vivian can’t stand him, but when things heat up surrounding Vivian’s husband’s murder, she and Preston are inexplicably thrown together. They’ve got to work together (and try to get along!) to solve the case.
All of the characters are very well-written and play essential roles in the book. I love Vivian’s dog! The author brings the settings to life with her descriptive writing. The mystery is well-plotted and not easily solved! These things make A Perilous Premiere a must-read for historical, cozy mystery lovers! I highly recommend it! 5 huge stars!
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.
About Gail Meath
Gail Meath is the author of the multi-award-winning Jax Diamond Mysteries, the fun series about of a wise-cracking PI, his sweet German Shepherd partner, Ace, and his Broadway singing heartthrob, Laura, as they solve crazy crimes during the Roaring Twenties. She’s currently working on the first book in her exciting new 1930s mystery series, Stone & Steele Mysteries, takes place during the glamorous Golden Age of Hollywood. As always, she blends the most loveable characters with a good, solid mystery.
Gail also has a growing list of other award-winning historical romances, mysteries, westerns, and fictional biographies of true heroines. She lives in a small village in Upstate New York with her husband and their sweet, little Boston Terrier, and she spends loads of time with her grandchildren.
Author Links
Website: https://www.gailmeath.com
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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220631482-a-perilous-premiere
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A Perilous Premiere TOUR PARTICIPANTS
January 8 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
January 8 – Frugal Freelancer – SPOTLIGHT
January 9 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
January 9 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
January 10 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR GUEST POST
January 10 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW
January 11 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT
January 11 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT
January 12 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – REVIEW
January 13 – Deal Sharing Aunt – SPOTLIGHT
January 13 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
January 14 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT
January 14 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT
January 15 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
January 15 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT
January 16 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW
January 16 – Novels Alive – REVIEW
January 17 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
January 17 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
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Christy, thank you so much for reading the book, being part of the tour, and for such a great review! I wish you the very best in the new year! x
You’re welcome, and you as well!
Sounds like a good read.