I'm very pleased to announce my newest book -- the seventh in my Double V Mysteries series: The Little Engine That Killed.On this adventure, Juliet and Elmer take on a case tracking an about-to-be-released prisoner to recover the money he stole and hid years before -- but as usual, nothing is as it seems, there are more questions than answers, and danger increases with every twist and turn. It's the Christmas season, 1951, and our intrepid duo, unlike Santa Claus, have a little trouble determining for sure who is naughty and who is nice.
Writing this book has been a special treat for me, because I chose the setting for this story in my own hometown -- Chicopee, Massachusetts. But there's a twist to that as well. The particular part of town where the story takes place is Chicopee Falls. In 1951, that village was completely different than it is now, because in the late 1960s and early 1970s, most of it was demolished in an urban renewal project. To write this book, I had to recreate not only a time, but a place that no longer exists. All of the books in this series are a form of time-travel. This one, The Little Engine That Killed, is especially so.
As you can tell from the cover, trains figure prominently in the story. Coal does, too, but not just for the Christmas stocking.
Grab your copy in print or eBook here at Amazon. In a couple weeks, it'll be available from a variety of other online sources including Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo and others!
Today's introductory price for the eBook is 99 cents. Tomorrow, the price goes up to $1.99, and Saturday up to $2.99. Sunday, the regular price of $3.99 will go into effect, so if you want to save some bucks, grab it today!
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Jacqueline T. Lynch is the author of Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. and Movies in Our Time - Hollywood Mirrors and Mimics the Twentieth Century and Hollywood Fights Fascism and Christmas in Classic Films. TO JOIN HER READERS' GROUP - follow this link for a free book as a thank-you for joining.
4 comments:
Congratulations on your latest book, Jacqueline -- it sounds great. And how cool that it's set in your hometown!
-- Karen
Thank you, Karen! It was a lot of fun to write.
Congrats on your latest novel!
I was looking at photos of Chicopee online, and it looks like a beautiful town. Is it close to Springfield?
Thank you so much, Ruth. Chicopee is just north of Springfield, bordered on the west by the Connecticut River. It is a nice town, some parts of it prettier than others, as with most of our communities. The section of town I focus on in the novel is actually quite drastically different now than it was in the time period when the novel is set. Old timers will remember, but I imagine younger readers traipsing around the village wondering, "Hey, where is that building where the thing happened, where is the house where they lived, what happened to that whole street?
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