It’s hard to believe that it’s been more than two years since I paid a visit to Dru’s Book Musings and if you told me back then that I’d still be living in Marketville, I would never have believed it. Yet here I am, in a new house in an old part of town, and the co-owner (along with my business partner, Chantelle Marchand) of my very own business: Past & Present Investigations. What can I say? Now that I’ve had a taste of setting my own hours and being my own boss, the thought of another nine-to-five job is enough to give me hives. Besides, I’ve developed a few skills digging into my mother’s murder thirty years earlier. I may as well use them, right?
Our first case involves a woman who wants to find out what happened to her grandmother, Anneliese Prei, who came to a “bad end” in 1956. You’d think she might have had a bit more information than “bad end,” but nope, all she had to offer us was an old train case with some photographs and documents, including Anneliese’s immigration papers from England to Canada on the T.S.S. Canberra in 1952. With our work cut out for us, Chantelle suggested bringing Misty Rivers and Shirley Harrington into our investigation. Shirley I could understand: she’s a wizard when it comes to newspaper archives, and trust me when I tell you that is tedious work I’m happy to pass along to someone else. But Misty— a supposed psychic that specializes in tarot cards— that one took a bit more convincing.
Anyway, here we are, Team Past & Present, ready to tackle our first old, cold case. Hopefully we’ll earn enough to keep the lights on, and learn enough along the way to solve it.
Giveaway: Two readers selected at random will receive a kindle copy of Past & Present. Leave a comment below for your chance to win. The giveaway ends September 23, 2018. Good luck everyone!
You can learn more about Callie in Past & Present, book two in the “Marketville” Mystery series.
Sometimes the past reaches out to the present. . .
It’s been thirteen months since Calamity (Callie) Barnstable inherited a house in Marketville under the condition that she search for the person who murdered her mother thirty years earlier. She solves the mystery, but what next? Unemployment? Another nine-to-five job in Toronto?
Callie decides to set down roots in Marketville, take the skills and knowledge she acquired over the past year, and start her own business: Past & Present Investigations.
It’s not long before Callie and her new business partner, best friend Chantelle Marchand, get their first client: a woman who wants to find out everything she can about her grandmother, Anneliese Prei, and how she came to a “bad end” in 1956. It sounds like a perfect first assignment. Except for one thing: Anneliese’s past winds its way into Callie’s present, and not in a manner anyone—least of all Callie—could have predicted.
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About the author
An Amazon International Bestselling Author, Judy Penz Sheluk’s debut mystery novel, The Hanged Man’s Noose, the first in the Glass Dolphin Mystery series, was published in July 2015, and is also available in audiobook. The sequel, A Hole In One, was published March 2018, with audiobook to follow Fall 2018.
Skeletons in the Attic, Judy’s second novel, and the first in her Marketville Mystery series, was first published in August 2016 and re-released in December 2017. It is also available in audiobook format. Judy’s short crime and literary fiction appears in several collections.
Judy is a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, the Short Mystery Fiction Society, and Crime Writers of Canada, where she serves on the Board of Directors as a representative for Toronto/Southwestern Ontario.
Find out more about Judy at judypenzsheluk.com.
All comments are welcomed.
I just read the 1st book & it was spook good…..
Thank you for the giveaway of the 2nd book…..
Thanks for reading Skeletons in the Attic, Cyn. Good luck!
Have not read the first book but it sounds like an interesting series.
Hi Sharon, I wrote P&P so it can be read as a standalone, or as a sequel! Thanks for coming by.
I enjoyed Skeletons in the Attic and Callie. This sounds like a good second in a good series.
Thanks Catherine! And good luck!
Sounds like an intriguing team for an intriguing case!
Thanks Ann! It was fun to write.
Now this sounds like a good read. Exciting, intriguing, and well written. The author has some good writing/publishing creds. Everyone enjoys a spooky good read and this fits the genre. Looking forward to reading. Ordering the first book too.
Thank you Helen! It can be read as a standalone, but it works best if you read book 1 and 2 (I like to read series in order, too).
I haven’t read the first book, but this sounds like an interesting series. Thank you for this chance.
Thanks Peggy — you can read this as a standalone.
Sounds like a good series. Thanks for the giveaway.
Hi Doward, you’re finding me all over today! Thanks for that.
Thanks for the giveaway. This book is one I am looking forward to reading
Good luck, Renee.
I haven’t read this series yet, but I’m definitely adding to my TBR list. Sounds like an awesome series.
Thanks Dianne, for adding to your TBR.
This sounds really interesting. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
Thanks Ashley and good luck.
I should mention that if you have Kindle Unlimited, Past & Present is FREE!
This does sound like a fun premise.
Thanks Libby. It was fun to write, but also it offered me some “solace” as much of it was inspired by things I found in my mother’s train case after she passed away. In fact, the release date of Sept. 21 marks the two-year anniversary of her death. I think she’d approve of the book!
Judy the job you have set forth for Callie almost sounds impossible! But I know she will manage somehow! Loved Skeletons in the Attic and can’t wait for this one! Thanks for the chance to win a copy! Interesting cover, too!
Hi Barbara, Thanks fro the comments and so sorry for the delay. For some reason I wasn’t notified of comments. But I believe you are the winner, so great that you’ve read Skeletons. I’d love to hear your opinion of P&P. All the best.
Thank you giving away this book. It is a new series to me and sounds terrific!
Hi Debbie, sorry I didn’t respond sooner. I hope you check out the series! You can read Past & Present as a standalone or as a sequel to Skeletons, it works both ways.
Yes, please!
Hi Amy, I hope you’ll check out the series. All the best.
**** WINNER ****
Past & Present is Barbara Hackel
Congratulations!