Publication Day Party – A Most Malicious Messenger by Katherine Black – @KellyALacey @LoveBooksTours #BookTwitter #FreeBookReview #CozyMysteries

Excited to have been included in the Book Tour for this one. If you’d like to hear my thoughts about this awesome book, check out my review. You can also read my review of her first book over on Goodreads. Be sure to check out all the other hosts’ reviews as well!

About the Book

Menacing texts lead to murder in an English village, in this unmissable, witty mystery by the Dagger Award–nominated author of A Most Unusual Demise.

May Morrigan is in her bookshop one morning when she—and everyone else in the shop—receives an anonymous text. It contains a reference to a Shakespeare quotation—and seems to be aimed at the vicar and his partner, Juan. The next morning, one of them is dead.

Meanwhile, May’s elderly mother, Minty, is staying with her, her old friend Fletcher, and her two dogs. To her dismay, Minty is quite preoccupied with death herself lately. She also keeps reminiscing about her past in ways that make May wonder what secrets she’s hiding.

As disturbing texts continue to arrive, the Blackheath residents are threatened with further revelations and titillations. Then Fletcher becomes the focus of the tormenting texter . . . and barely escapes an attempt on his life. It’s time for May to send a strong message—and block this killer permanently . . .

About the Author

Katherine Black was born and raised in Texas, but has spent most of her life in England. These days, her drawl is long gone unless she’s had a few drinks or a late night.

Armed with an art history degree from the University of Texas (Hook ’em, Horns!) she worked in the arts in the UK and Europe before chucking it all in for the glamourous life of a stay-at-home mom. When she decided to pursue her dream of writing crime fiction, she completed an MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) at the University of East Anglia. Her first novel, written as part of the MA, placed third in the Yeovil Literary Prize. Re-titled as A Most Unusual Demise, that story is published by Bloodhound Books and is the first in The Most Unusual Mysteries series. You can read more of May & Fletcher’s adventures in January 2024!

Katherine’s novel, Lufkin, Texas, was longlisted for the Crime Writers Association’s Debut Dagger.