Hi, I’m Olivia Blacke.

And I’m Olivia Matthews.

What could be more fun than a free signed cozy mystery from a brand new cozy series by Olivia? 2 free, signed cozy mysteries from 2 brand new cozy series from 2 Olivias – Olivia Blacke AND Olivia Matthews! 2X the murder! 2X the amateur detectives! 2X the Olivias! 2X the Fun!

2 Olivias, 2X the Fun, launches 12/20/2022 (That’s a lot of 2s!), to celebrate the debut of our cozy mystery first-in-series releases from St. Martin’s Press. One entrant will received a signed copy of both first-in-series releases, Vinyl Resting Place: A Record Shop Mystery by Olivia Blacke and Against the Currant: A Spice Isle Bakery Mystery by Olivia Matthews. For details and to enter, visit our campaign page.

But the 2X fun is just beginning!

In Olivia Blacke’s RECORD SHOP MYSTERIES, Juni Jessup and her 2 sisters run Sip & Spin Records, with 2 specialties: cool music and hot coffee, in Cedar River, Texas. The first book in the series, Vinyl Resting Place, releases 12/27/2022.

With a body deader than disco in the supply closet, 2 potential love interests, and one missing uncle being hunted by the police, it’s up to Juni and her 2 sisters to get in the groove and figure out whodunit before the killer’s trail―and the coffee―goes cold. Vinyl Resting Place blends murder, music, and macchiatos in a delightful cozy mystery that’s 2 good to miss!

Olivia Matthews’s SPICE ISLE BAKERY MYSTERIES features a West Indian American family who’ve opened a bakery in the Little Caribbean neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. The first book in the series, Against the Currant, releases 1/24/2023.

Lyndsay Murray is opening Spice Isle Bakery with her family, and it’s everything she’s ever wanted. The West Indian bakery is her way to give back to the community she loves, bring her 2 cultures together: her adopted American home and her Grenadian roots, and work side-by-side with 2 generations of her family. The only thing getting a rise out of Lyndsay is Claudio Fabrizi, a disgruntled fellow bakery owner who does not want any competition.

On opening day, he comes into the bakery threatening to shut them down. Fed up, Lyndsay takes him to task in front of what seems to be the whole neighborhood. So when Claudio turns up dead a day later―murdered―Lyndsay is unfortunately the prime suspect. To get the scent of suspicion off her and her bakery, Lyndsay has to prove she’s innocent―under the watchful eyes of her overprotective brother, anxious parents, and meddlesome extended family. What could go wrong?

We hope you’ll enter our 2 Olivias, 2X the Fun contest. Good luck and happy reading!

About the Authors
Olivia Blacke (she/her), author of the Record Shop Mysteries, beginning with Vinyl Resting Place, and the Brooklyn Murder Mysteries (Killer Content and No Memes of Escape), finally found a way to put her Criminology degree to good use by writing quirky, unconventional, character-driven cozy mysteries. She is a recovering ex-Texan who resides with her husband and their roly-poly rescue puggle. Olivia enjoys Amigurumi crochet, scuba diving, collecting tattoos, watching hockey, and baking dog cookies. Connect with Olivia on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or check out her website OliviaBlacke.com.

Olivia Matthews (she/her) is the cozy mystery pseudonym of national best-selling author Patricia Sargeant. The Spice Isle Bakery mysteries are inspired her family history and the history of her birth place. As Olivia Matthews, Patricia is also the author of the Sister Lou mysteries and Peach Coast Library mysteries. Her work has been reviewed in national publications such as Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Kirkus Reviews, Suspense Magazine, Mystery Scene Magazine, Library Journal and RT Book Reviews. For more information about Patricia and her work, visit PatriciaSargeant.com.