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Dying On Edisto - Book Tour and Giveaway

4/4/2019

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Dying on Edisto
The Edisto Island Mysteries Book 5
by C. Hope Clark
Genre: Cozy Mystery

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One death. Two detectives. And unexpected backup.

A Callie Morgan and Carolina Slade crossover! (A standalone mystery)

When a renowned—and now dead—travel blogger washes ashore on the banks of Indigo Plantation, Police Chief Callie Morgan of Edisto Beach agrees to head the investigation as a favor to the county sheriff, whose reasons are as questionable as the death itself.
When death turns to murder and a watchdog from the county makes her investigation difficult, Callie reluctantly turns to Carolina Slade and Wayne Largo, vacationing agents with the Department of Agriculture. Because poison is growing on this plantation, and someone knows how to use it well.
"Page-turning...[and] edge-of-your-seat action...crisp writing and compelling storytelling. This is one you don't want to miss!" —Carolyn Haines, USA Today bestselling author
"Her beloved protagonist, Callie, continues to delight readers as a strong, savvy, and a wee-bit-snarky police chief.”—Julie Cantrell, NY Times and USA Today bestselling author


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​Prologue

Slade

BODIES WEREN’T foreign to me, but they weren’t commonplace either.
Trying to keep my feet out of the water, I stooped over, not too much, to study the corpse floating face down about three feet away. The ears were chewed on by some kind of creature. A denim shirt clung to a pudgy back, and the torso gently rocked though no boat stirred the South Edisto River.
The last body I’d discovered in Newberry, my most recent major case, made me vomit my breakfast burrito, and if I hadn’t skipped lunch today, I’d have upchucked here, too.
We were supposed to be on vacation. Or rather, I’d been ordered by my boss to take a vacation.
“Go take basket weaving or something,” he’d said, his way of telling me to get out of his hair for a while and quit finding investigations where there were none. Sorry, but when I thought there was a case, there usually was a case. My record proved it. He sort of pissed me off.
So I’d Googled basket weaving and South Carolina Lowcountry, and made reservations for a week at Indigo Plantation. I was from this piece of the state, and revisiting would be nice. Plus, I planned to make the biggest, gaudiest basket in the world, and set the damn thing on his desk when I returned.
Patiently, Wayne had stood guard on dry land, while I searched for the right grass for a basket, along the edge of the river. But as I waded calf deep in the water, a heavy something bumped me from behind.
Imagining a gator, I screamed, teetered, and fell, making the lawman come running.
Wayne saw the body before I did. “Don’t touch it, Slade!” he’d yelled.
From sitting waist deep in brackish water, slick mud under my butt, I scrambled like a crab at surf’s edge, putting distance between me and the dead man. “It touched me first,” I yelled back.
Gently but quickly, he rolled the man over and checked for a pulse.
I’m sure my eyes rolled. Skin color and missing eyelids told us what we needed. I couldn’t stop staring though I was sure I’d regret it in my dreams.
“Stay here and guard the scene,” Wayne said, in his federal agent voice, the boyfriend in him gone. “Don’t disturb anything. And don’t let anyone else disturb anything.”
Then off he waded to shore and left me. Just like that. Before I could ask what to do if the body tried to float off.

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C. HOPE CLARK has a fascination with the mystery genre and is author of the Carolina Slade Mystery Series as well as the Edisto Island Mysteries, both set in her home state of South Carolina. In her previous federal life, she performed administrative investigations and married the agent she met on a bribery investigation. She enjoys nothing more than editing her books on the back porch with him, overlooking the lake, with bourbons in hand. She can be found either on the banks of Lake Murray or Edisto Beach with one or two dachshunds in her lap. Hope is also editor of the award-winning FundsforWriters.com.


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When Fact and Fiction Become One
By C. Hope Clark


My family is binging on the series Breaking Bad right now. Many aspects of the story are dark. My husband retired from 29 years as a federal agent, having spent a major chunk of his life dealing in the reality of human beings, and this is the first show I’ve ever seen him watch where he openly spoke about relating to the character. “He’s willing to do anything for his family. Anything. I get that.”
My jaw dropped. Here is a man who absolutely never suspends belief. There’s life and there’s entertainment. Never the twain shall meet.
Stories become more real and readers more eager to read them (or watch the show) when they can insert their being into the tale and exist there. When the character says what you are thinking. . . when the setting is so real you want to drive the streets and find the murder site. . . when tears roll down your cheeks because simple words touched your heart, the author has entwined fact and fiction and made them one.
It takes lots of practice to write realistic fiction. Anyone can tell a story, but to carve the dialogue and shape the setting such that the reader feels possessed, takes tons and tons of practice. And hours and hours of reading good books.
I’m not one to believe that reading bad or so-so books teaches you how to write better. If immature writing makes me stumble, it’s barring me from falling into the story and making it my world. I toss it. As an author, I want the more brilliant material embedded in my head. I want those stories that snatch me into the middle of the telling to take up residence in my brain. We don’t hire bad teachers. We don’t seek slack mentors. We learn best from the best.
And my goal in each and every book I write is to plant the reader in the place, make them walk alongside the protagonist, or even the antagonist, and want to be right there. Being there as a character, on vacation, wades into the dark water she fears in order to find the best plant to make her basket. Be there as the floating body bumps her calves and she falls beside. There as the body is rolled over and the eyelids are eaten away. Adrenaline pumping on both sides of the page.
“Don’t touch it, Slade!” he’d yelled. From sitting waist deep in brackish water, slick mud under my butt, I scrambled like a crab at surf’s edge, putting distance between me and the dead man. “It touched me first,” I yelled back.
Or right there as a character is surrounded by a horde, sniffling, shaking, “trying to stiffen with resolve. A weighted warmth in the air promised more rain. Light waned as evening approached with gray, sagging clouds.” I want the reader sweating by the end of the page.
Experiences mold us. They dictate our behavior, reactions, likes and dislikes. They define us in how we respond to stimuli in the future. They warn us about dangers from dangers we’ve weathered in the past. They warm us because of positive moments that gave us pleasure.
When a piece of fiction cuts into our psyche such that we respond to events in our lives from experiences we had in reading a book, that author has turned fiction into fact, and vice versa. Exactly what a reader is hungry for.
Fiction becoming fact is what makes someone keep a book on their shelf to be read again.


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51 Comments
Bea LaRocca
4/4/2019 03:13:53 am

I just love the contrast between the lovely, peaceful cover and the ominous title! I've enjoyed reading the excerpt and your guest post. Thanks so much for sharing your words.

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C. Hope Clark link
4/5/2019 01:23:31 pm

So thrilled you like the contrast. This is probably the most fun book I've written.

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James Robert
4/4/2019 04:05:24 am

My family and I all appreciate you bringing to our attention the book description of another great book to read. Thanks so much!

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C. Hope Clark link
4/5/2019 01:24:05 pm

Hope you get the chance to read it!

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Janet W.
4/4/2019 07:35:27 am

Mystery is my favorite genre to read. I love the cover and can't wait to dive into this book!

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C. Hope Clark link
4/5/2019 01:24:33 pm

Hope you like it!

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Kelly D
4/4/2019 10:49:44 am

I like the cover, it makes it look like a creepy mystery!

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C. Hope Clark link
4/5/2019 01:25:08 pm

Bell Bridge Books does great covers for me. Hope you enjoy the story just as much!

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Sara Zielinski
4/4/2019 11:20:52 am

I think this book has an amazing cover.

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C. Hope Clark link
4/5/2019 01:25:44 pm

My publisher is awesome with covers. Thanks.

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Rita Wray
4/4/2019 11:51:31 am

Sounds like a good book.

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Calvin
4/4/2019 12:15:29 pm

Slightly eerie cover, but yeah I would like to find out where it's cozy

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Wendy Jensen
4/4/2019 01:07:45 pm

Wonderful book cover.

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Debbie P
4/4/2019 02:34:28 pm

This sounds like a really good and intriguing read.

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Kelly Nicholson
4/4/2019 03:40:43 pm

What do you think of the book or the cover?

looks like a swamp...cool

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heather
4/4/2019 03:56:15 pm

I am so loving the cover of this one and it sounds like my kind of read. Good luck on the tour.

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wendy hutton
4/4/2019 04:51:26 pm

love the cover, reminds me of home

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Marcy Meyer
4/4/2019 06:37:31 pm

Sounds like a great cozy mystery. Thanks for sharing.

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Dale Wilken
4/4/2019 11:36:52 pm

The cover is great I the excerpt was great.

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Jeanna Massman
4/5/2019 02:02:32 am

The cover is great. The colors are beautiful.

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Beyond Comps
4/5/2019 04:54:13 am

Great looking cover!

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Amy F
4/5/2019 08:05:45 am

Beautiful cover. Sounds like a great mystery!

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Barbara Montag
4/5/2019 10:10:04 am

A mystery - I love it already.
And the cover - talk about natural beauty.
thank you

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Tracy Robertson
4/5/2019 09:02:56 pm

I love the cover, the big house and the spooky water are very intriguing I really enjoy a good thriller!

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C. Hope Clark link
4/6/2019 08:29:23 am

Enjoy this one then. Thanks!

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Lissa Crane
4/5/2019 09:21:42 pm

The book sounds great and I love the cover! It reminds me of a summer I spent with my aunt in the South when I was a teenager. I will definitely be curling up on the couch with this book soon!

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C. Hope Clark link
4/6/2019 08:28:47 am

Then this is the book for you. Thanks!

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Lavender P.
4/6/2019 06:36:47 am

Genre: Cozy Mystery
me: YAAAS!!🙌 Come to mama honey.👐

A Callie Morgan and Carolina Slade crossover! (A standalone mystery)
me: Ooh a cross over!!😁

Loved Slade's passive aggressive plan of plopping a gaudy basket on her boss's desk lol. And the "it touched me first"... so what do I do with the body if it floats off?

Thank you for bringing this book to my attention.

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C. Hope Clark link
4/6/2019 08:28:12 am

Love your remarks. Hope you love the book!

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Ann Fantom
4/6/2019 08:08:42 am

I like the cover. Very pretty!

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bn100
4/6/2019 12:00:51 pm

looks interesting

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Daniella Bonagura
4/6/2019 03:40:29 pm

Looks very interesting, nice cover.

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Terri Quick
4/6/2019 09:38:31 pm

Very beautiful cover

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Mary Cloud
4/6/2019 09:55:13 pm

No questions - the cover is nice

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Renee Collins
4/7/2019 09:51:31 pm

I love reading cozy mysteries. And I am familiar with the area.. a daughter of ours lives in Florida on the gulf

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Judith R.
4/8/2019 09:23:21 am

Nice book cover. It triggers fond memories of summer vacations in summer cottages.

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Mood Reader
4/9/2019 12:45:52 am

Sounds good :)

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Denise Higgins
4/9/2019 05:24:40 am

Love the cover

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Robin Abrams
4/9/2019 12:35:23 pm

The cover is very nice looking

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Jessie Redding
4/9/2019 08:51:09 pm

I think the cover promises feelings of going home. :)

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Lisa Ellison
4/10/2019 05:22:12 pm

I love the cover, it makes me want to read the book

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Nikki
4/11/2019 01:38:04 am

It looks very comfy and sweet. The cover makes me smile.

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lynn clayton
4/12/2019 09:10:58 pm

love the cover looks like a great read

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Abigail Gibson
4/13/2019 01:32:22 am

I really like the book cover.

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Ellie Wright
4/14/2019 10:37:14 am

I'm intrigued. I'm looking forward to reading this.

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Starla
4/14/2019 07:20:19 pm

I really like the cover of the book and the storyline seems so interesting! Would love to read!

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Jason Cullum
4/17/2019 11:40:31 pm

The cover and story are intriguing and I like the review on the front.

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Kathy Cozzarelli
4/21/2019 09:32:00 pm

This sounds like a good mystery.

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tiago rosado
5/2/2019 06:10:25 pm

What do you think of the book or the cover?
its an amazing photo,and a beautiful place
THX

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Daniel M
5/3/2019 04:17:23 pm

like the cover

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Jerry Marquardt
5/4/2019 11:33:17 pm

I would like to give thanks for all your really great writings, including Dying On Edisto, and wishing the best in keeping up the good work in the future.

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