Spoiled Rotten Murder

Poor Jane.

So many readers took a side in the little love triangle of Jane and Isaac and Jake that when Jane finally realized where her heart was (in Bright New Murder) I couldn't just abandon Isaac! Readers loved him. And anyway, I had drawn inspiration for his character from my own dear husband (warts and all, poor, Daniel.) And I love the guy, too, so in the last year, we have taken a detour from Jane's adventures to follow Isaac overseas to a new job and a new romance in the Tillgiven Romantic Mysteries.

But, if you happened to pick up our blog's short story collection, you got a little taste of fun for Jane--a taste that is very important! So if you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend

A Cup of Cozy 2. Jane's story in that book is a series must read! And you must read it now, because Spoiled Rotten Murder, the fifth Plain Jane is finally live in ebook and paperback!

A missing groom, a dead gamer, and a woman who had the nerve to design a popular video game. A case of possible insurance fraud turns into a bloody mess for Jane Adler and her new boss at the Senior Corps of Retired Investigators.

But the good news is Jane Adler has gone legit. As an intern for SCoRI, she's getting the supervised hours she needs for her Private Investigator's License. And her first case as a real investigator proves murder is not a game.

Spoiled Rotten Murder is just 99 cents for a limited time!

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But that's not all!

Also for a limited time, you can get five mysteries for just 99 cents in the Dying to Read collection...a library of cozy mysteries, (featuring the first Tillgiven Romantic Mystery, Hard to Find)...

But there's more!

Speaking of romance, you can pick up a copy of Hearts to God, my own Western romance in Love Out West, a collection of four Western romances--all for just 99 cents!

You're probably thinking, "That's an obnoxious announcer voice" and "That's a lot of links to click."

*clears throat and puts down coffee. Talks in normal voice again*

I apologize. That was an obnoxious voice. And it is kind of a lot of links. On the other hand... it's ten novels for less than three dollars!

And you can make it 11 novels for less than three dollars by clicking one more link...tracihilton.com

If you click that one, and sign up for my newsletter, you get a free copy of Dark and Stormy, the second Tillgiven Romantic Mystery!

Happy Reading!

Bad Guys and Great Deals

I have a nice little pile of mystery news today!

First, I am also one of the authors in the mystery anthology that Cynthia mentioned! So if you want a great deal--seven deadly mysteries for only 99 cents--pre-order it now!

Mystery, Murder & Mayhem at Amazon.

Second...

Dark and Stormy the second Tillgiven Romantic Mystery is now available in paperback and ebook!

If Isaac Daniels can catch the pranksters before they ruin the Christmas Smorgasbord, he can make up for ditching his job in October. It's a great plan--until a dead body turns up.

Dani Honeywell grew up in the mountains with a mom on the search and rescue team, so if there's one thing she knows, it is dead bodies.

What she isn't that keen on is pickled fish.

So when a dead body turns up at the Tillgiven Bible School she has the chance to escape the kitchen and do something she's good at.

Solve a murder, save her boyfriend's reputation, and avoid pickled fish--Christmas break is starting to look up!

And third, but definitely not least...

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As you can see, it's been a busy and fun winter for me, I hope the books will be just as much fun for you!

Plain Jane's Dirty Little Murder!

When we last saw Jane Adler she had managed to just barely escape being kicked out of Bible School, and there was a young man in her life she wanted to see quite a bit more of. (And another young man she was glad to see the back of!) She had solved her first murder (and likely hoped it would be the last!)

But things aren't easy for stubborn young women with lofty ambitions!

A year after Good, Clean Murder we find Jane cleaning houses and enjoying a relaxing summer. Her boyfriend (is it Isaac or Jake? You must read to find out!) is out of town for the summer, the only flaw in an otherwise perfect break.

The great news is that her church has included her in a group of future missionaries they are interested in supporting.

The bad news is she finds another dead body.

What ought to have been a summer of saving up money, impressing her church, and mooning over her long distance boyfriend becomes a haywire adventure filled with competitive future missionaries, boy troubles, and very jealous wives and widows.

If Jane can't clean this mess up quick she might just crack under the pressure!

For a brief period Good Clean Murder and Dirty Little Murder will be exclusive at Amazon! If you're a prime member, you can read them for free!

Mystery Solved!

You know what's a mystery to me? How my house can get so messy when the kids are at school all day! I drop them off at 8:30 (or 8:20 if I'm on time) and I don't pick them up until 3 (or 4, depending.)

They spend the whole afternoon doing homework, playing video games, and fighting with each other. I don't remember the last time I saw them take out a toy--AND play with it. I mean really, when do they make these messes?

For example, we have a cushioned bench under the picture window. The dog (Dr. Watson) likes to sit on it and stare mournfully out the window while we are gone. I would stare mournfully too, because in addition to the couch cushion, he's lying on top of two kiddy laptops, three paperbacks, a backpack that lights up when you touch it, a stack of papers from school, a sample sized bottle of hair detangler, my embroidery scissors and pin cushion (that's where those went!), a pink chicken purse, Fun With Ballet in library binding, a hairbrush, a hat, and a mechanical pencil.

Their rooms are no better. (You don't look surprised.) Dave Ramsey wants us to teach them about money so they have their childrens' version of the envelope system and all they have to do to earn their commission is take their laundry to the laundry room, keep the books off of the floor (they are the daughters of an author, after all,) pick up the debris, and feed their pets (one feeds the dog, the other the chicken and ducks.) It's really not onerous work.

The girls were tasked with making their floors "clean enough to vacuum" this evening. As I walked passed one door I over heard my eldest moaning, "It's just too hard."

Well, yes. I said to myself. Why do you think I am making YOU do it? I don't have the time to clean that mess up!

I was an awful mess as a kid too. My mom managed to keep the house nice and clean. She did some after school babysitting when I was little so she even had more kids making a mess than I do, but...she didn't have the internet. I'm thinking if she had had the internet she wouldn't have kept such a clean house.

So maybe the mess isn't such a mystery...between authors groups, keeping up with industry news, negotiating things like audio books and editors, planning marketing campaigns, and eventually getting around to writing fiction, I don't have much time for little things like laundry, dishes, or general tidying up...;)

Once I made a joke to another mom about how I was a terrible housekeeper. This woman looked me square in the face and said, "Oh, I believe that!" which goes on the long list of rudest things people have ever said to my face.

She might be right.

But who wouldn't prefer pursuing their dreams with passion and zeal to finding all of Polly Pocket's teeny tiny accessories?

I wouldn't!

So in a way, Jane Adler, the detective of my Plain Jane Mystery Series is the anti-Traci. I make my dreams come true instead of cleaning my house, and she cleans houses to make her dreams come true. And the mystery she has to deal with isn't "Where did all this junk come from?" but "Where did this dead body come from!"


Good, Clean Murder is available everywhere fine eBooks are sold--and the next Plain Jane will be out soon too, that's why this house is still such a mess!










Traci Tyne Hilton is an award winning author and playwright from Portland, Oregon. Her newest book

Good, Clean, Murder won the Mystery/Suspense category in the Christian Writers of the West Phoenix Rattler Contest, and was a finalist in the Write Integrity press Books of Hope contest. Traci has a BA in History from Portland State University and lives in the rainiest part of the Pacific Northwest with her husband the mandolin playing funeral director from Kansas, their two daughters, and their dog, Dr. Watson. More of Traci's work can be found at tracihilton.com