Concession Stand Crimes: The Ballpark Mysteries by Nicole Asselin

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Concession Stand Crimes: The Ballpark Mysteries

by Nicole Asselin

Concession Stand Crimes: The Ballpark Mysteries
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – Abington, MA
Pandamoon Publishing (June 22, 2022)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 190 pages

HOTDOG, CRACKERJACK, BEER, and MURDER. PLAY BALL!

MADELINE BOUCHER is still reeling from her first few weeks of working for her family’s Independent League Baseball Team, the Abington Armadillos. She found a dead body and survived a kidnapping before finally clearing her brother of a murder. She didn’t think anything could be as dramatic as that, but she was wrong.

Her parents have given her more responsibility in running ballpark events in the hopes that they could retire and leave the team in her hands. Her brother is moving on to the big leagues, so this is her time to shine. Her first task? Deal with a concession stand kerfuffle. Redmond Brewery heiress, Alaska Redmond, storms her way into the ballpark making demands.

The next day, the son of the concession’s manager finds Redmond’s body in one of the beer stands along the ballpark concourse. Again, Madeline finds herself immersed in an investigation. While the suspects start piling up, including a promising young player on the team, Madeline knows she must get involved. With the help of Davis, her new love interest and head of the security department, she delves deeper into the death of the heiress.

Trying to run team events, solve a murder, and have a normal life take their toll as Madeline comes to depend on those in her baseball-loving community, including Bronia, her old family friend who runs a garden center and helps her make sense of things. She even chances a psychic for advice while at a Salem Warlock’s away game. Will anyone help her untangle the mess of suspects including the victim’s family?

Can she clear the name of the Abington Armadillos and start focusing on the season?

Guest post from the author

My favorite part of being an author? Getting to talk to other people who loves books as much as I do!

I’ve been lucky to be a member of Sisters in Crime since about 2017 and have found it to be the best organization in introducing me to other authors and mystery lovers. They’ve introduced me to the world of the Malice Domestic and NE Crime Bake conferences. They have the “Great Unpublished” GUPPIES that provide a message board of support for all. I didn’t know that this world existed before I started working on my mystery writing passion.

When I was fortunate enough to find my group of like minded readers and writers, I found a way to channel my creativity into my Ballpark Mysteries. These groups asked the most important question when I attended events. “If you could write a mystery, what would you write about?”

As a giant Boston Red Sox fan, immediately “baseball mystery” popped into my head. I knew that there were other baseball fans like me who would be interested in a mystery set in the world of baseball. Thus, the Ballpark Mysteries were born. After lucking out in finding a publisher equally as big of a baseball fan as I was, the first in the series, MURDER AT FIRST PITCH was released in 2019. The second, CONCESSION STAND CRIMES was released this summer. I’m so pumped to be able to travel to all the places I had gone before I was a published author. Now I’m on panels. I’m doing book signings! I’m meeting so many readers and writers who love the things I do. This environment makes me want to write more.

This summer I got to actually sell my books at ballparks! I was in Nashua, NH and Harrisburg, PA to reach directly to baseball fans. I’m hoping to do more events like that in the future.

Moral of the story? Write what you love! If you love it, someone else out there probably does too.

Malice Domestic 2022

Sisters in Crime Event 2019

About Nicole Asselin

Nicole Asselin spent her formative high school years in the middle of Pennsylvania but always identified with her New England roots. Nicole’s family is originally from Connecticut, and her Grandpa Asselin introduced her to the Red Sox nation where she has been a member for her whole life and her Grandma Asselin introduced her to the world of mystery novels. Now those two loves are combined into her new Ballpark Mystery series.

Nicole graduated from Curry College in Milton Mass with a degree in English/Creative Writing, minoring in Dance in 2004. She also attended George Mason University and received a Master’s in Arts Management. She worked in the Government sector for over ten years before transitioning to Healthcare. Now working just outside of Boston as a Technical Writer, she lives on the South Shore of Massachusetts with her three cats Julia, Jacques, and Madeline (no relation to the main character of her book).