Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Death in the Woods (Rev & Rye Mysteries) by Maria Mankin & Maren C. Tirabassi. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews and more!
Death in the Woods (Rev & Rye Mysteries)
by Maria Mankin & Maren C. Tirabassi
Death in the Woods (Rev & Rye Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – New England
Brain Mill Press (July 11, 2023)
Number of Pages: 415
Misty fall weather should make for an idyllic walk in the New England woods and a needed respite from Reverend Wanda Duff’s duties. She’ll just take a stroll with her dog, breathe in the cool air, and remember that she loves her job and doesn’t really long for a life of solitude, even when the quiet red-and-gold patch of forest tempts her with it.
But she should’ve known she couldn’t really catch a break.
She only saw his hand—cold, palm up. In the twilight, everything else was indistinct. And even as Wanda said a prayer for the dead man and called for help, she couldn’t shake the feeling of another presence, one that would compel her to follow a path out of these woods to find a killer.
But ever since Wanda and her friend Rye solved a murder together, no one has wanted the reverend to take on anything more dangerous than choir practice. She has no choice, really, but to carry the news of her discovery directly to no-nonsense Assistant Principal Rye, who understands because her own life was upended by last summer’s investigation. Rye’s own life is upended, period.
Unfortunately, solving the murder of drama teacher Jonathan Thorne isn’t an undertaking Wanda and Rye can accomplish without involving their ever-widening circle of family and friends, which means that in addition to investigating, they have to resolve a few personal problems of their own. The truth is, nothing happens in a quaint New England town without everyone noticing. Without everyone speculating. Without everyone talking.
Without everyone knowing a killer is among them.
Wry humor, twisty sleuthing, and what Jane Willan (author of the Sister Agatha and Father Selwyn Mysteries) calls “punchy writing” and “fall-in-love-with-me characters” in “the enjoyable setting of a newsy small town” come together to make Death in the Woods a perfect one-sitting read.
About the Authors
Maren C. Tirabassi’s forty years’ experience in mainline ministry shape Wanda Duff’s professional life (but not her personality). Tirabassi is a former Poet Laureate of the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and has published poetry and short stories in fifteen anthologies, as well as twenty nonfiction titles.
Maria Mankin, Maren’s daughter, has written five nonfiction books and a thriller, Circ (Pigeon Park Press). Rye’s dilemmas are influenced by Mankin’s ten years in education as a teacher and administrator. She holds a degree in Writing, Literature and Publishing from Emerson College.
Website – https://www.brainmillpress.com/books/death-in-the-woods/
Purchase Links – Amazon – B&N – Kobo – Brain Mill Press
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Death in the Woods TOUR PARTICIPANTS
July 11 – Cozy Up WIth Kathy – CHARACTER GUEST POST
July 12 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT WITH RECIPE
July 13 – Novels Alive – REVIEW
July 14 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT
July 15 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
July 16 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee – SPOTLIGHT
July 17 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
July 18 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
July 19 – Indie Author Book Reviews – AUTHOR GUEST POST
July 20 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – SPOTLIGHT
July 21 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
July 22 – Bigreadersite – REVIEW
July 22 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – AUTHOR GUEST POST
July 23 – StoreyBook Reviews – CHARACTER GUEST POST
July 24 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
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I love the cover art on thise book. Sounds like a great read
Death In The Woods sounds like a cool summer read!
This sounds like a great book and one I would so love to read this summer.
Sounds like a good read.