Welcome to Mac’s Bikes! I’m Mackenzie Almeida, but everybody calls me Mac. What’s that, you don’t want to rent a bicycle? No worries, although our Cape Cod bike paths run for miles and are mostly flat. You didn’t bring one in to be repaired, either, I see.
Hang on just a second, I need to put out the Open flag. It’s the last thing on my store-opening checklist. I’m big on checklists. Mom says I’m a bit too obsessed with order and neatness, but of course she chalks that up to my astrological chart with my sun in Virgo. I say a mechanic has to be neat and do things in order, right? Also, if you live in a tiny house like I do, well, a place for everything and everything in its place, like my grandma Abo Reba says.
Oh, you have a question about the Cozy Capers? Great. I think we have room for one more member. We’re a book group that only reads cozy mysteries, one each week, in fact. We meet on Thursday nights, usually in the lighthouse my brother lives in, and we always make food from the book, whether from a recipe that the author includes or a dish mentioned in the story. My friend Gin is in the group – she runs Salty Taffy’s, the candy store at the other end of town. We also have the head librarian, the town clerk, the rum distiller, our former police chief, and Tulia, who owns the Lobstah Shack. It’s a fun group.
That picture? That’s Belle, my African Gray parrot. She’s a hoot. I’m drastically allergic to cats and dogs, so she’s the only kind of pet I can have.
Uh-oh, there’s Lincoln Haskins out on the sidewalk. Yes, state police detective Haskins. I hope he’s not here to tell me about another homicide in town. Literally tripping over a body a few weeks ago was an experience I never want to repeat. The book group started getting all excited that we were going to be in our own cozy mystery. I reminded them this was real life, not fiction!
And when the killer started coming after me? I knew it was for real.
Hey, gotta run. I have to finish tuning up fifteen tour group bikes before the tour leaders arrive to pick them up. If you want some yummy baked goods, stop in at Greta’s Grains. It’s my boyfriend’s bakery.
Have a glorious day, and enjoy the Cape!
Giveaway: Leave a comment below for your chance to win a signed copy of Murder On Cape Cod. U.S. entries only, please. The giveaway ends December 19, 2018. Good luck everyone! Bonus question: do you ride a bike?
You can read more about Mac in Murder On Cape Cod, the first book in the NEW “Cozy Capers Book Group” mystery series, coming December 18, 2018 only at Barnes & Noble and will release on all platforms and formats a year from now.
A Cape Cod shop owner and her book club must find a crafty killer in this charming new series from the Agatha-nominated author of the Country Store Mystery series.
Summer is busy season for Mackenzie “Mac” Almeida’s bicycle shop, nestled in the quaint, seaside hamlet of Westham, Massachusetts. She’s expecting an influx of tourists at Mac’s Bikes; instead she discovers the body of Jake Lacey. Mac can’t imagine anyone stabbing the down-on-his-luck handyman. However, the authorities seem to think Mac is a strong suspect after she was spotted arguing with Jake just hours before his death. Mac knows she didn’t do it, but she does recognize the weapon—her brother Derrick’s fishing knife.
Mac’s only experience with murder investigations is limited to the cozy mysteries she reads with her local book group, the Cozy Capers. So to clear her name—and maybe her brother’s too—Mac will have to summon help from her Cozy Capers co-investigators and a library’s worth of detectives’ tips and tricks. For a small town, Westham is teeming with possible killers, and this is one mystery where Mac is hoping for anything but a surprise ending. . .
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About the author
Agatha- and Macavity-nominated Edith Maxwell writes the Quaker Midwife Mysteries, the Local Foods Mysteries, and award-winning short crime fiction. As Maddie Day she writes the Country Store Mysteries and the Cozy Capers Book Group Mysteries. She lives north of Boston with her beau and two elderly cats, and gardens and cooks when she isn’t wasting time on Facebook. Please find her there, at edithmaxwell.com, on Instagram, and at the Wicked Authors blog.
All comments are welcomed.
I used to ride my bike to school when I was a child but can’t say I ride much now.
Sounds like an interesting series.
I have been admiring this cover since it was first released. I can’t wait to read this book. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
I grew up riding my bike everywhere! I made sure when I moved out to have a bike. It is wonderful transportation! I don’t have one now, as I have a bum hip, but I do hope I will be able to have one again.
Thank you for the chance to win this book. I know this series is going to be wonderful!
My twin sister and I rode bikes everywhere. Back in the day we had a paper route together and our way of delivering paper was on our purple banana seat bikes. Great memories!
As a child I was always riding my bike around our neighborhood. I immediately fell in love with this cover and I’m thankful for a chance to get a copy!
I use to ride a bike, I miss not doing it . I am really looking forward to reading Murder on Cape Cod, spent many years vacations there, even looked into moving there .
I love to ride my bike! I am really looking forward to this new series from Maddie Day.
Sounds like a great book.
I used to ride a bike but now am more of a walker than a biker
I used to ride a bike but I haven’t done it in years 🙂
Love Maddie Day’s books and I can’t wait for the opportunity to read more adventures of Mac and the Cozy Capers. After all, you know Det. Haskins and the rest of the police need their help.
Love this cover from the purple flowers to the lighthouse and everything in between. Can you imagine waking up to that view every day. However, after having lived by the coast once, that fog is really something to deal with. Never leave home without a light jacket and scarf.
I have ridden a bike and love it. However, we live where there are no sidewalks or really any where to ride it. They have walking paths in the little park but nothing to ride a bike on. Roads are too narrow and most without even any shoulders to even think of riding in the street.
Thank you ever so much for the wonderful chance to win not only a book but a signed book. I’m sure it will make someones Christmas a whole lot brighter. I know it would mine.
Really looking forward to this book! Where I live riding a bike is just not a good idea, which works for me because every bike I have ever rode hurt. I even got a special gel-filled saddle once but it didn’t help much.
I’m looking forward to reading this. I haven’t ridden a bike since I was a kid. Unless you count a stationary exercise bike.
sgiden at verizon(.)net
This sounds like a great new series. I’ve never been to Cape Cod, but it’s on my ever-increasing bucket list.
My favorite vacation memories were when our children were younger and we’d rent bikes every year and ride all over Hilton Head Island. Once We even saw a sea turtle digging her nest in the sand! I’d be delighted to win this signed copy.
Hi Dru,
I’d love to win a finished copy of this book.
I got my first bike when I was 12 years old. My dad got it second hand from the Salvation Army, fixed it up, painted it blue and white and that was my gift from Santa that Christmas. One of my fondest memories. Thanks Dru and Maddie for this interview and giveaway!
I grew up riding my bike all over town, oh for the good old days! This sounds like a good cozy, thank you for the chance to win a copy.
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This sounds like a great start to a new series, plus the author has great writing credentials already. I grew up riding my bike all over town, and to school and university. You see things from a bicycle that you don’t in a car. Looking forward to reading this cozy.
Growing up I rode my blue bike everywhere. There was always a new adventure every time. This sounds like a great book with interesting characters.
Thank you for the chance to win.
This sounds awesome! I love the idea of the book group reading cozy mysteries. Thanks for an awesome giveaway!
Edith Maxwell, aka Maddie Day, is one of my favorite authors. It would
be wonderful to be able to claim this as my own. Thanks Dru Ann for
providing an insight into Murder on Cape Cod.
What a great and fun sounding series!!!
I haven’t ridden a bike in years. I used to ride my bike all over my neighborhood and to pick up a few grocery items for my mother. I do kind of miss it but with my arthritis and poor balance, I don’t dare ride a bike now.
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Gave up riding a bike when I became disabled. I have great memories riding as a kid and as an adult. Great author, love her books. Thanks for the giveaway!
I haven’t ridden a bike in along time.
Enjoy the Country series so am looking forward to this release!
I haven’t ridden a bike since I was 12…I doubt I still could. However I love characters that do like Jessica Fletcher. Please enter me.
Marilyn ewatvess@yahoo.com
It sounds like Edith/Maddie Day has another hit series! I look forward to reading Murder on Cape Cod. I used to ride my bike everywhere until I got my driver’s license. One day, I borrowed a friend’s bike and hers had a mileage tracker, and I rode 80 miles that day — a feat I’ll probably never match again!
I ride stationary bikes at the Y, but not a real bike in a long time! Can’t wait to try out this new series! Thanks for the chance to win!
I am so excited about this new series. I hope to get it as soon as things calm down around here. I used to be attached to my bike. Havent ridden in so long and am not sure I want to test that theory of “like riding a bike”. I am tempted to get a three wheel one though. Thanks for the chance to win.
I can’t wait to read this new series by a favorite author.
Yes I still have a bike and ride it. I hit the curb and fell last year!
Sounds awesome!
I’ve only been to the Cape once, but it was lovely.
Growing up, I rode my bike everywhere. I haven’t been on a bike recently.
I am excited about this book and would love to win and read it!
I haven’t been on a bike in years. Sounds like a great start to a new series. Looking forward to reading about Mac and Cape Cod.
This sounds like a good series. I haven’t ridden a bike for years.
Murder on Cape Cod sounds like a mus have!
Sounds like a great book-I will be reading this one for sure! I used to ride my bike all the time, but a bad knee, bad back, and age creeping up on me has kept me off of it for the past several years. The thought of going on a biking holiday has always been a dream.
I used to ride a lot, but a bad knee, a bad back, and advanced age creeping up on me has prevented me from riding for several years. I always wanted to go on a bike riding vacation to someplace exactly like this! (No murder necessary however!)
I have not ridden a bike in so many years….not looking forward to the aches in my butt & thighs…..LOL!!!!
Sounds like a good read.
When I lived in Vermont and Connecticut growing up, I’d ride my bike all around. The Cape would be a great place to ride.
I haven’t ridden a bike in years…many, many years. When I was younger I used to love riding around.
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Murder on Cape Cod is Kay Garrett
Congratulations!