From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Heather Graham, comes HAUNTED BE THE HOLIDAYS, a new novella in her Krewe of Hunters Series, brought to you by 1,001 Dark Nights! Be sure to grab your copy today!
About HAUNTED BE THE HOLIDAYS:
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham comes a new story in her Krewe of Hunters series…
When you’re looking for the victim of a mysterious murder in a theater, there is nothing like calling on a dead diva for help! Krewe members must find the victim if they’re to discover the identity of a murderer at large, one more than willing to kill the performers when he doesn’t like the show.
It’s Halloween at the Global Tower Theatre, a fantastic and historic theater owned by Adam Harrison and run by spouses of Krewe members. During a special performance, a strange actor makes an appearance in the middle of the show, warning of dire events if his murder is not solved before another holiday rolls around.
Dakota McCoy and Brodie McFadden dive into the mystery. Both have a
special talent for dealing with ghosts, but this one is proving elusive. With the help of Brodie’s diva mother and his ever-patient father – who were killed together when a stage chandelier fell upon them – Dakota and Brodie set out to solve the case.
If they can’t solve the murder quickly, there will be no Thanksgiving for the Krewe . . .
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Excerpt:
“Okay,” he said gently. “You’re convinced the blood was real?”
“You don’t believe me!” she said indignantly.
“No, I believe you. I just want you to think carefully. It is Halloween. You don’t think the young woman was in costume, or the blood might have been faked?” he asked.
The clerk was about twenty-four years old, tiny in height, dark-eyed and dark-haired, with a round, friendly face. Right now, however, her eyes were large, pupils dilated, and she appeared to be frightened.
“Mr. McFadden,” she said. “I’m telling you, I’ve worked here since I got out of high school. I…I know kids at Halloween—and adults at Halloween. This woman…she was crazed. I think she…that she—she ate someone, somewhere.”
“Ate them?” he asked carefully.
“Or drained them of blood. I could smell blood on her—it had that rusting tin kind of smell…”
He did know the smell. He might be a consultant at the moment, and not officially a Krewe agent yet, but he’d been military, he’d been a private eye—and, unfortunately, he’d already been on more than a few murder investigations.
“Oh, I don’t know—she ate someone—someone munched on her neck. There was just so much blood.”
“It could have been fake,” he said gently.
“Not unless she ordered some ‘Eau de Blood’ to go with it! I know costumes and makeup. We’re right by the theater, and,” she added dryly, “I have witnessed Halloween all my life. And at Halloween, there are always people running around in costume—and not just the players. But this…this was real blood.”
“All right, you said she was covered in blood. And it could have been hers. Could she have been hurt somehow?” Brodie asked. “Was there any kind of an injury you could see?”
“Oh, God!” the young clerk said. “I don’t know. Maybe. Maybe she was in real pain. But she was obnoxious—threatening. She wanted opioids. Yes, I mean, I guess that would mean she might be hurt. Her neck was all red—but the blood was all over the costume, too. At a distance, I thought maybe she was doing a just-enjoyed-dinner vampire or something. But when she got closer…there was that smell!”
“And when she got belligerent at the pharmacy counter, you heard her—and walked up and warned her you were going to call the police?” Brodie asked.
Rebecca nodded solemnly.
He glanced quickly at the notes on his cellphone. The woman was young, but as she said, she’d been there several years. She was a clerk, and an assistant store manager, and she had called in the incident—which might have been a non-incident, not something that would normally involve the FBI.
Except Detective Angus Hilton of the D.C. police was close friends with Jackson Crow, head of the Krewe unit of the bureau. Since Brodie had just picked up Jackson to head to the theater—all who could were gathering for the last children’s and adult Halloween season shows—he had found himself investigating what might have been an addict’s attempt to fulfill a craving.
Halloween—like a full moon—brought out the crazies.
Heather Graham’s HAUNTED BE THE HOLIDAYS – Review & Excerpt Tour Schedule:
October 31st
Between The Bookends – Review
Family, Books and Food – Excerpt
Sofia Loves Books – Review & Excerpt
November 1st
3 degrees of fiction – Excerpt
It’s All About the Romance – Excerpt
SBB Reviews – Review
November 2nd
Incidental Inspiration – Review & Excerpt
Kay Daniels Romance – Review & Excerpt
Mythical Books – Excerpt
November 3rd
Bound by books book review – Review
Cup of Tea Book Blog – Review
The Reading Cafe – Review & Excerpt
November 4th
Ginreads – Review & Excerpt
Lynn’s Romance Enthusiasm – Excerpt
Panty dropping Book Blog – Review
November 5th
I Smell Sheep – Excerpt
Literary Misfit – Review & Excerpt
Reading Between the Wines Book Club – Excerpt
November 6th
All Things Dark & Dirty – Excerpt
Dreamer’s Book Blog – Excerpt
JOJO THE BOOKAHOLIC – Review
November 7th
Books 2 Blog – Review & Excerpt
Read-Love-Blog – Excerpt
Vampire Book Club – Excerpt
November 8th
Cupcakesandbookshelves – Excerpt
Rachel Loren’s Love of Reading – Excerpt
The Book Addict’s Reviews – Review & Excerpt
November 9th
Jax’s Book Magic – Excerpt
Shelleen’s Musings – Review
About Heather Graham:
New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Heather Graham has always been an avid reader, from classics to sci-fi, mystery, horror, thriller, romance, and all kinds of non-fiction. She’s fairly certain that her mom’s deliciously crazy family–arriving in the US a bit before her birth from Ireland–gave her the love of storytelling. She started out in theater and commercials, but once her children began to arrive, she stayed home and gave writing a try. She’s incredibly grateful to be doing what she’s doing for a living. Heather belongs to MWA, RWA, Sisters in Crime, HWA, and ITW, and has the recipient of the RWA Lifetime Achievement Award, a Silver Bullet for charitable works, and this year, she will receive the Thriller Master title from ITW. She has over 200 novels in print, and has been published in 22 languages.
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Awesome excerpt!!!! Can’t wait to read!! Shared on all my socials!!💖😉