I’m Clara Quinn. My cousin, Stephanie, owns the Raven’s Nest bookstore, where I work. It’s on the main street of a little coastal town in Maine, called Finn’s Harbor. Molly works there, too. She’s younger than Steffie and me, and knows a lot about paranormal stuff.
Stephanie’s a paranormal freak, and most of the books in her store are about vampires, ghosts, and fantasy worlds. Her favorite author is Edgar Allan Poe. There’s a stuffed raven sitting on a light fixture in the bookstore, and a life-sized figure of a fortune-teller complete with crystal ball. That should tell you something.
Stephanie and I rescued the fortune teller from a garbage dump. We were always doing weird stuff like that when we were kids. We grew up practically joined at the hip.
I inherited this spooky thing called the Quinn Sense. Not everyone in the Quinn family has it. It’s a kind of sixth sense, where I get visions past, present and future. I can also read people’s minds and interpret dreams. Not all the time. That’s the problem. It’s rarely there when I need it, and it pops up when I don’t. Usually at a very awkward moment. Unreliable, that’s what it is. A pain in the neck.
Stephanie didn’t inherit it. She desperately wishes she had. I desperately wish I hadn’t. Though I have to admit, it comes in useful now and then. Like right now.
Rick Sanders owns the hardware store across the street. Rick and I are good friends. I think he’d like to be more, but thanks to a really bad experience with a jerk when I was living in New York, I’m keeping a safe distance between the two of us.
I’m taking care of his dog, Tatters. When Tatters stands on his hind legs, he’s almost as tall as I am. I’m five feet, ten. That’s a big dog. He’s pretty opinionated. How do I know? I can read his mind. Sometimes. Yeah, that’s weird.
Anyway, getting back to Rick. He’s in big trouble. A dead guy was found in the back of his pickup. The cops think Rick killed him. It’s going to take a heavy dose of the Quinn Sense to help me, Stephanie, Molly and of course, Tatters, to get him out of this one.
You can read more about Clara in A Sinister Sense, the second book in the “Raven’s Nest Bookstore” mystery series. The first book in the series is Mind Over Murder.
** Thanks to the publisher, I have one (1) copy of A SINISTER SENSE to give away. Contest open to residents of the US only. Contest ends July 13. Leave a valid-email address with your comment. The book will be shipped directly from the publisher. **
Meet the author
Allison Kingsley is the pseudonym of Doreen Roberts Hight, who is also known as Kate Kingsbury, the author of The Pennyfoot Hotel mysteries, a historical series set in Edwardian England. Doreen has published over sixty books, many of them national best sellers. She lives on a golf course in Oregon with her husband, and a rat terrier who thinks she’s Great Dane.
Books are available at retail and online booksellers.
This is another new-to-me author. Thanks, it sounds like fun! Dee
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i recently read Mind Over Murder & loved it, so A Sinister Sense is a definitel add to my WishList!!
thank you for the giveaway!!!
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I am going to get the first book in this series. Somehow I missed it, lol. I would love to win the second. Thank you for the chance
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This sounds interesting. I like books where the paranormal part is “believeable,” rather than too woo-woo. And I’d surely like to read my dog’s mind. Thanks for this chance at a new author. DZ87507 at gmail dot com
I would like to be entered – sarah2323 at gmail dot com
This sounds like a lot of fun. I’m looking forward to adding it to my reading lists. Thanks, Dru Ann.
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I’d love to vist the Raven’s Nest – what fun !
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Already a fan of this series. Thanks. kuzlin(at)aol(dot)com
There’s nothing wrong with being a paranormal freak. I should know. For years I think things are in the edge of my vision, and when I pick up my head or turn it, there’s nothing there. Maybe I’m seeing the unseen, or a glimpse of the what could or could have been. I’ll never know.
I own the first book in this new series and the book is crying out for #2 to come join it in my burgeoning library.
NoraAdrienne(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks for having this giveaway, Dru Ann. This sounds like a fun read!
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Love Mind Over Murder so would love a copy of A Sinister Sense. Another great contest.
cmgren@aolo.com
This is a new author to me. I love great big dogs, so I know I would love Tatters. Want to try this series. Thank you for the chance.
CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com
I saw this book the other day and this is the best description of it. Boy will I love reading it.
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I’ll be looking for the first book as well. Count me in for the contest.
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Sounds like a fun series!
I just found out a month or two ago that she was Kate Kingsbury, whose books I’ve been enjoying for quite a while. I have the first Raven’s Nest mystery and would love to win the second.
I also wasn’t familiar with the term “woo-woo” referring to paranormal mysteries until I read about it in Mystery Scene magazine.
spookycat72(at)gmail(dot)com
Thank you for hosting this giveaway for this cozy!
wfnren(at)aol(dot)com
I’ve not read many paranormal myteries, but this one sounds so much like a cozy that I think I’d really like it.
suefarrell.farrell@gmail.com
Sounds like a good book
I liked the first one and would love to read this one!
afarage@earthlink.net
Love the series! cricketgirl33@yahoo.com
I enjoyed her first book
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ok just realized I can’t type my email for anything
here is my correct email
idlivru1(at)gmail(dot)com
This is a new author to me, but the book sounds great. I love reading books that take place on the East coast since that is where I grew up.
My email..a.connolley@gmail.com
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