Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Death of a Bad Penny: The Moonlighting Mysteries by A.M. Loweecey. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews and more!
Death of a Bad Penny: The Moonlighting Mysteries by A.M. Loweecey
Death of a Bad Penny: The Moonlighting Mysteries
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – New York State and Washington, D.C.
Publisher : Level Best Books
Publication date : September 8, 2026
Print length : 270 pages
Paperback
College professor Cordelia West loves her life–until her deadbeat husband returns at the losing end of a car chase and gun battle. He dies in her lap in front of a packed restaurant. Powering through the police interrogation and bystander videos going viral, Cory vows no man will ever wreck her life again.
But after finding the cryptic artifact he slipped into her pocket as he died, Cory has a new problem: the killer’s after the artifact. Now she’s stuck with a charming detective who insists on helping her as they go on the run. Dodging the relentless killer and the detective’s suspicious behavior is giving Cory whiplash. She’s seriously considering smashing the artifact over Mr. Charming’s head.
Character Guest Post: Cordelia West
Teaching high school isn’t for the faint of heart. When my grandmother taught grade school back in the day, she was told not to smile before December first. I think about that advice every September when at least one student decides to nickname me “The Wicked Witch” because my last name is West.
When I turn the joke around on them and spend an entire period analyzing the history of using traditional witch lore as a plot device in classic literature, they tend to back off. Sometimes one or two of them actually get interested in literature.
College students are a whole different experience. I teach ancient lit and drama at a local college during the summer. They want to learn–they’re paying for the privilege. We get into some great discussions.
This is the life I’ve built for myself. My career, evenings in my own house in bed with a good book, weekends at the movies or hiking in the woods. Sound boring? What if your marriage had gone south in less than a year, with gangsters breaking in to collect gambling debts and your deadbeat husband emptying the bank account and disappearing. Does my life still sound boring?
It’s a good thing I dissect literature for a living, because my deadbeat husband decided to return like the proverbial bad penny, drop dead, and paint a target on my back. Now I have to solve a real-life mystery before gangsters catch up to me.
And let’s not forget the police detective who showed up on my doorstep after all that. He’s as gorgeous as a romance novel cover model. He’s also a sexist jerk, but listens occasionally. Of course, the gangsters are after both of us now.
Between his criminal expertise and my ability to get to the heart of a story, we should be able to figure everything out by the weekend.
Right?
Men!
About A.M. Loweecey
Baker of brownies and tormenter of characters, A.M. Loweecey grew up watching Hammer horror films and Scooby-Doo mysteries, which explains a whole lot. When A.M. isn’t on walks with their dog Zeus or finding new ways to scare the pants off readers, they’re growing vegetables in the garden and water lilies in the koi pond. A.M. (as Alice Loweecey) also has 9 books in the Giulia Driscoll PI mystery series and 2 stand-alone horrors as Kate Morgan: Staking Cinderella and The Redeemers. They also have several anthologized short stories.
Author Links
- AM’s Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/author/amloweecey
- Website: www.amloweecey.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amloweecey
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amloweecey
- Goodreads: A.M. Loweecey (Author of Demons & Ramen) | Goodreads
Purchase Link: Amazon
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DEATH OF A BAD PENNY TOUR PARTICIPANTS
November 9 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
November 9 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
November 9 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
November 10 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW
November 10 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – REVIEW
November 11 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
November 11 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
November 12 – Sarcastically Yours, Jen – SPOTLIGHT
November 12 – Carstairs Considers – REVIEW
November 13 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
November 13 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – CHARACTER GUEST POST
November 14 – Sarandipity’s – AUTHOR GUEST POST
November 14 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – SPOTLIGHT
November 15 – Books1987 – SPOTLIGHT
November 15 – Romance Novel Giveaways – AUTHOR GUEST POST
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