Tag: Cozy Mystery

Sadie Sabatini believes in standing up for the underdog, but this time around, she’s using all the skills she’s honed as a grifter to defend her new life and keep herself out of prison.

Murderous CONsequences 

A Sadie Sabatini Mystery Book 1 

by Nicole Leiren

Genre: Cozy Mystery 

Sadie Sabatini thinks of herself as a modern-day Robin Hood who uses her gift as a skilled con artist to help those who have nowhere else to turn. Leading this life is rewarding, but the number of enemies are piling up.

Sadie decides to lay low and start over with a new (and legitimate business) in the small town of Wilson, Texas, situated on a small peninsula in beautiful Lake Amore.

Trouble is never far behind though and her past catches up to her in a big way when a friend of a former mark threatens blackmail for his silence.

When he turns up dead and Sadie is the prime suspect, she realizes this time she must protect herself.

Her skills prove helpful as she digs deeper into the web of revenge, blackmail, and secrets to discover she’s not the only one with a past to hide.

As the threats mount, Sadie knows she’s closing in on the truth. She now worries that the few new friends she’s made in town are in danger because of her.

With time running out, can she protect those around her and find the real killer before this new chapter in her life is conned out of a happy ending?

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About the Author 

Described by those who know her best as perky, quirky and effervescent, USA Today Best-Selling author Nicole Leiren likes to have fun — in life, with her characters and, of course, her readers.

She admits to being sassy (just ask her mother!) and inspiration for her characters are drawn from the real-world heroes and heroines she meets while traversing the country.

Nicole enjoys sharing the love, laughter, mystery, and occasionally a touch of the mayhem she forces her characters to endure—all for the reader’s pleasure! Her real-world heroes and heroines will keep you turning the pages until you reach the whodunit or happily ever after (usually both!)

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Guest Post

Have you written any other books that aren’t published?

The very first book I wrote is still unpublished. I’ve been writing stories for as long as I can remember.

At first, it was stories for my little sister, then some fanfic, and finally I wanted to try my hand at my own story. It took a number of years with lots of stops and starts and more name changes than I can remember before I finally typed “The End” Of course, once I’d done that, I had no idea what I should do next. So, I did what anyone would do, Googled it I learned that you had to submit a pitch, hook, and query.

I had no idea how to do that so I found an online class, offered by Savvy Authors that taught you how to do those things. The class was being taught by an agent, Dawn Dowdle.

We learned how to write the hook and pitch and after submitting mine, she typed in my chat that she would be open to my querying her with this story.   Of course, I replied that as soon as she taught me how to do that, I would love to!  LOL 

She did just that and I used what she taught me to submit my query to her. A week or so later, she offered representation.

We went through several edits and finally sent it out to query publishers. Rejection after rejection followed and, I confess, to being a bit disheartened. Ironically, the reason for the rejections weren’t really bad.

The mystery publishers said it didn’t have enough mystery, suspense publishers said not enough suspense and romance pubs said not enough romance.  I took that to mean it was a well-balanced story.  

Thankfully, my story didn’t end there.  While that story still hasn’t seen the light of day…yet, I went on to write my first contemporary sweet military romance which was picked up by Gemma Halliday Publishing.

From there, I published six full-length novels with Gemma before taking a break for a couple years. 

My next book, Murderous CONsequences, was picked up by Harbor Lane Publishing and I hope you enjoy this latest endeavor. And, maybe one day, soon, that first book will get to be in the hands of readers too.

Do you prefer to write in silence or with noise? Why?

Interestingly enough, when I was writing my romance novels, I would listen to music as it kept me in the right mood.

I had a playlist with specially selected songs that fit the different scenes I needed to write. 

Once I started writing the mysteries, however, I found I needed white noise (usually a fan) to block out all those pesky little noises and help me concentrate.

Occasionally, I will listen to music before I start writing to get my mind in the right head space (suspenseful, sad, etc.) depending on what scenes are due to be written that day, but once fingers go to the keyboard, it’s white noise for me

Tell us about a favorite character from a book:

It’s really hard to pick just one favorite. Obviously, my main characters hold a special place in my heart, but the role of supporting actor or actress can be just as important to a story.

I mean imagine Cagney without  Lacey (and if you don’t get that reference, I’ll try Batman without Robin or Dory without Nemo ) You get the idea. In my romance series, of course,  I loved the main couple, but Annie (Daniel’s daughter) was a favorite of mine.

I don’t have many children in my stories, but the creation of Annie and the role she played in the life of her father and, subsequently, in Melody’s life, warmed my heart.

In the Danger Cove series, I would have to say Abe was afavorite character. The wisdom he shared with the younger generation and the way he looked after them meant a lot to me.

It also didn’t hurt that my inspiration for what he looked like was Sir Patrick Stewart (who I could look at all day LOL) might have influenced my decision to pick him as a favorite.

In the new series, it’s too hard to pick a favorite just yet LOL Of course, I adore Kelsey and the friendship she and Sadie are forming. Estelle “EZ” Zimmerman makes me smile and I love her grit and determination to lead the life she’s chosen with no apologies.

And, of course, Emerson holds a special place as a special kid who the whole town has taken under his wing.

I always enjoy hearing who the reader pick as their favorite and why too!!