Cover Reveal ~ Murder at the Bus Depot by Judy Alter

Feb 18, 2018 | Cover Reveal

It’s here! The cover for the fourth book in the “Blue Plate Café” mystery series from Alter Ego Press, coming April 6, 2018.

Title: Murder at the Bus Depot
Series: Blue Plate Café #4
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Alter Ego Press
Website: Judy Alter

Is the depot a symbol of the worst episode in a town’s history or does it stand for revitalization, bringing the citizens of Wheeler together with pride in their community?

Kate Chamber’s trouble antenna go up when Dallas developer Silas Fletcher decides to help “grow” Wheeler. She and her brother-in-law, Mayor Tom Bryson, have less spectacular and drastic ideas for revitalizing the town. When Old Man Jackson dies in an automobile accident, the specter of the past comes back to haunt the town. Thirty years ago, Jackson’s daughter, Sallie, was murdered at the bus depot. The murder is still unsolved.

Kate and Silas clash over almost everything, from the future use of the abandoned depot to a fall festival celebrating Wheeler.

Another murder at the depot blows the town apart, and Kate know she must do something to solve the murders and save her town, let alone the festival she’s planning.

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About the author
Judy Alter is the author of seven books in the Kelly O’Connell Mysteries, three books in the Blue Plate Café Mysteries; and two in the Oak Grove Mysteries. Pigface and the Perfect Dog follows The Perfect Coed in this series of mysteries set on a university campus.

For twenty years, she was director of TCU Press, the book publishing program of the university. The author of many books for both children and adults primarily on women of the American West, she retired in 2010 and turned her attention to writing contemporary cozy mysteries. She holds awards from the Western Writers of America, the National Cowboy Museum and Hall of Fame, and the Texas Institute of Letters. She was inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame and recognized as an Outstanding Woman of Fort Worth and a woman who has left her mark on Texas. Western Writers of America gave her the Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement and was inducted into its Hall of Fame in June 2015.

All comments are welcomed.

13 Comments

  1. KnyttWytch
    KnyttWytch on February 18, 2018 at 8:30 am

    I’m so glad to see this series is continuing – so I have pre-ordered!

  2. Judy Alter
    Judy Alter on February 18, 2018 at 8:49 am

    Thanks KnyttWytch!

  3. Mary Jo Doig
    Mary Jo Doig on February 18, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    This is a great cover, Judy! I’m looking forward to opening it when the time comes. Congratulations for another Blue Plate mystery for us to enjoy!

    • Judy Alter
      Judy Alter on February 18, 2018 at 2:22 pm

      thanks, Mary Jo. I like your visceral feeling!

    • Judy Alter
      Judy Alter on February 18, 2018 at 2:23 pm

      Thanks, Mary Jo. I love your visceral feeling.

  4. Celia Fowler
    Celia Fowler on February 18, 2018 at 1:26 pm

    Great cover!

    • Judy Alter
      Judy Alter on February 18, 2018 at 2:24 pm

      Thanks. I particularly like the dark, lurking figure.

  5. Susan Van Kirk
    Susan Van Kirk on February 18, 2018 at 4:10 pm

    Oooh. Love the cover, especially the person with the gun. And there she is, so unsuspecting as she washes the dishes.

  6. Susan Schoch
    Susan Schoch on February 18, 2018 at 8:41 pm

    A wonderful cover, Judy! Look forward to the story.
    Btw, finished Pigface and the Perfect Dog, and really enjoyed it, so I left a review on Amazon.
    You are on a roll!

  7. LD Masterson
    LD Masterson on February 19, 2018 at 9:18 am

    Great cover. Just the right touch of sinister.

  8. Judy Alter
    Judy Alter on February 19, 2018 at 9:51 am

    Thanks, you all, for the kind words. Susan/s, so glad you liked Pigface. Thanks for the review.

  9. June Shaw
    June Shaw on February 19, 2018 at 10:49 am

    Judy, love your cover — and the book’s premise! Look forward to reading it!

  10. Susan J. Tweit
    Susan J. Tweit on February 19, 2018 at 12:48 pm

    Great cover and synopsis, Judy! And I love the name of your press, Alter Ego. It’s fun and intriguing.