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The Purloined Picasso Is Published!

The Case of The Purloined Picasso is the first book in a planned series featuring Nick and Norton, noted men about town in San Francisco.

I am sooo excited! Today is the day. Today is the day that The Case of The Purloined Picasso is officially published. I am so excited to see Nick and Norton out in the world! All I can do at this point is hope that readers find them and embrace them. There is only so much an author can do after the book is published. (An believe me, I’m doing all that I can.) But at some point, a book is like a child that has grown up. Like a grown child, a book has to find it’s own way in the world. The author can only hope they make friends and are successful.

The second book in the series, it doesn’t even have a working title yet, is already underway. In the next book, Nick and Norton will face murder at an auto auction!

 

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A New Cover for the Purloined Picasso

My friends really are wonderful. The consensus was that my first cover wasn’t going to do the book justice. One of my good friends even designed a new cover for me!

I think you’ll agree that the new cover is much more appropriate for a cozy mystery! With this cover, more cozy readers will know what kind of book this is. Yay!

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The Case of The Purloined Picasso Launching!

My first book, The Case of The Purloined Picasso, will be released on May 15th, 2017. I am so excited to introduce you to Nick and Norton, my San Francisco sleuths.

An invitation to mystery!

I will be posting a link to the book once it is released!

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Book Cover Preview

I’ve been so busy trying to finish up my first book! Today, I am pleased to present to you a preview of the book cover for my first book, The Case of The Purloined Picasso. It is kind of an old fashioned title, but it seemed to fit the characters and the nature of the mystery.

This is the cover for my first book. It makes me so happy!

Covers for cozy mysteries tend to be just awful looking, in my opinion. The colors, the cartoons, the frilly fonts – it all just comes across as too childish to me. I wanted to evoke the mystery, talk to the location, and still be light. This cover does all that, I think!

The book was popular with my beta readers. But they made some very good points, and I am currently working on polishing the manuscript to address the readers’ concerns. But I also can’t wait to get the book out so you can read it! The publication date will be May 15th. Write, Dorothy! Write!

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