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Let Sleeping Murder Lie - Book Tour and Giveaway

2/28/2021

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Let Sleeping Murder Lie
by Carmen Radtke
Genre: Cozy Mystery 

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‘A wildly entertaining read for lovers of cosy mystery and romance alike’
Fiona Leitch, author of ‘The Nosey Parker mysteries’


Love can be the death of you ...

American Eve Holdsworth is living her quintessential English dream in a picturesque village in the countryside. Meeting an attractive stranger adds to the appeal.

But Ben Dryden is a pariah in Eve’s new neighbourhood, since his wife was murdered five years ago, and he was the only suspect. Eve, who is absolutely sure someone as charming as Ben could never be a killer, is determined to solve the case and clear Ben’s name, even if it’s against his will.
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Soon enough Eve finds herself in deep waters, and with her life at stake, she can only pray that her romantic notions won’t be the end of her …


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Had a good day?” Hayley set down pot and cup, and a china cow with milk. 
Eve showed her the binoculars. “I’ve taken up bird-watching.”
   “There’s a group you could join if that floats your boat.” Hayley shuddered. “They’re 
constantly searching for new blood, and believe me, that’s not simply a turn of phrase. 
Marching for miles at the crack of dawn, through mud and thistles, and when you can’t tell one bloody warbler from another, they’ll tear you apart.” She gave the gleaming counter a quick wipe. “Still, it’s a nice hobby I suppose.”
  “I’m not much of a joiner.” Eve stirred her tea. “I just prefer to have a purpose when I 
go for a longer walk. Otherwise I’ll slack off after a week or so.”
The discussion at the back ended with one of the women, a septuagenarian with a 
mass of flame-coloured hair pouring out from under a woollen hat, taking up the darts. Her lack of aim was only equalled by the force of her throws. The dart-tips penetrated the wall left of the board. Pockmarks in the plaster led Eve to think it was a regular occurrence. The discussion started anew.
   “That’s a pity,” Hayley said. “They always look for reinforcements at our local am-
dram. Our donkey’s ass moved away, and that could be the end of the group.”
   Eve’s blank stare elicited a chortle from Hayley. 
   “We do nothing but the panto each year. It’s good fun.”
   Eve lied, “I’ll think about it.”
   The dart game got heated. Hayley ignored it. 
   “Do you know anything about a cabin in the woods? I was told it’s got a bad 
reputation,” Eve said.
   Hayley dropped her polishing cloth. “What cabin?”
   “A little place, about two or three miles further down the stream?”
   “How did you hear that?”
    Eve added an unnecessary splash of milk to her tea and stirred it again. “A guy I met
mentioned it. Tanned, blonde, thirty-something. His name was …”
   “Ben Dryden.”
   “Yes.” Eve didn’t know why she was surprised. Bartenders knew everything, and 
everyone.
   Hayley picked up her cloth. “The place has a bad reputation alright, as does the rest of 
the property. And the owner.”
   “But why?” Eve asked.
   “A woman was murdered there five years ago. No conviction, but ask most people 
here, and they will swear to one thing. It was Ben who killed his wife.”
 

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Carmen has spent most of her life with ink on her fingers and a dangerously high pile of books and newspapers by her side.
She has worked as a newspaper reporter on two continents and always dreamt of becoming a novelist and screenwriter.
When she found herself crouched under her dining table, typing away on a novel between two earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, she realised she was hooked for life.
The shaken but stirring novel made it to the longlist of the Mslexia competition, and her next book and first mystery, The Case Of The Missing Bride, was a finalist in the Malice Domestic competition in a year without a winner.
Carmen was born in Hamburg, Germany, but had planned on emigrating since she was five years old. She first moved to New Zealand and now lives in York, UK, with her daughter, cat, and sometimes her seafaring husband comes home.



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The charm of small places

I’m a sucker for old world charm. In my youth, I spent many happy hours in St Mary Mead with Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple, spotting crime and misdemeanour behind ivy-covered cottage walls, the thick, turreted walls of mansions, where bodies lay in libraries and the sharp-witted, harmless looking sleuth outwitted every criminal she encountered because she knew how people behaved, especially in a village setting. Thanks to the Margaret Rutherford movies I know exactly how cottages and cobbled alleys appear in the slanting morning sun, I can hear the milkman calling out, and deep in my heart I’m absolutely sure this place and others like it exist. Somewhere. Probably.
“Let Sleeping Murder Lie” is an homage to the locations where so many cozy mysteries live, because it’s all about the people who are deeply acquainted with each other’s habits and peccadilloes, if not necessary with their thoughts. It’s the one place my heroine has longed to find, when, like me, she moved around. Like me, she’s also aware that it might just be a fantasy, but one she’s not willing to give up on yet. Even if it comes complete with homicide. Because that’s the other lesson Miss Marple taught us so well: Here be murder, and if you see a white-haired spinster with a guileless smile, knitting needles and a rockery, pack your belongings and run. Or watch from a safe distance, because there is something irresistible about the St Mary Meads, at least on the page and on the screen.

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59 Comments
Rita Wray
2/28/2021 08:59:30 am

I liked the excerpt.

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Jon Heil
2/28/2021 09:25:23 am

Just be careful what you dig up in the back garden

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Robert Young
2/28/2021 10:30:17 am

Nice Cover!

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Wendy Jensen
2/28/2021 11:43:31 am

The book details are interesting.

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Marcy Meyer
2/28/2021 12:01:50 pm

Cute cover. Sounds like a good story.

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wendy hutton
2/28/2021 02:09:52 pm

this sounds like an interesting book, cute cover

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Susan Smith
2/28/2021 03:33:23 pm

Cute cover, I love cozy mysteries!

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Beyond Comps
2/28/2021 03:33:55 pm

Great cover!

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bn100
2/28/2021 03:53:33 pm

Cute cover

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Amy F
2/28/2021 04:34:32 pm

LOVE this cover! Sounds like an entertaining read.

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Sherry
2/28/2021 06:37:36 pm

I love the excerpt and think the cover is very pretty.

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David Basile
2/28/2021 07:27:54 pm

Sounds good

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Abigail Gibson
2/28/2021 07:48:13 pm

keep up the great work!

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Debbie P
2/28/2021 08:20:49 pm

This sounds very intriguing.

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Ann Fantom
2/28/2021 08:22:19 pm


This sounds like an interesting book and I also like the cover.

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Tara Zarecky
2/28/2021 08:25:19 pm

Sounds like an interesting read.

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Emily B.
2/28/2021 11:11:19 pm

I like how the cheery looking cover contradicts the title.

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Terri Quick
2/28/2021 11:27:36 pm

Great cover

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beth shepherd
3/1/2021 12:19:57 pm

This looks like a great read!

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Bea LaRocca
3/1/2021 12:23:28 pm

I like the cover, synopsis and excerpt, this sounds like a great cozy mystery read. Thank you for sharing your book and author details and for offering a giveaway

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kelly tupick
3/1/2021 01:07:58 pm

The book sounds wonderful!!

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Barbara Montag
3/1/2021 01:52:33 pm

I enjoy reading murder books!
Such an eye catching cover.
Thank you for sharing the review.

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Ginger Hafer
3/1/2021 02:30:39 pm

Charming cover. Sounds like a book that I would read. Will be adding it to my tbr list.

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Bernie Wallace
3/1/2021 02:42:01 pm

How long did it take you to write your book?

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Amara Dey link
3/1/2021 03:04:32 pm

Very Miss Marple, and I love her!

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Peggy Salkill
3/1/2021 04:09:49 pm

Sounds like a good read!

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Tiffany S
3/1/2021 07:13:07 pm

I like the cover and the book sounds interesting.

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Stephanie Liske
3/1/2021 11:35:54 pm

I like the book details.

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Thomas Gibson
3/2/2021 11:15:20 pm

Nice cover and excerpt!

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Mary Cloud
3/5/2021 07:56:06 pm

Sounds very interesting - no questions for the author

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Heather Mahley
3/6/2021 05:22:27 pm

Sounds like a great book

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Angela Heerde
3/8/2021 04:51:21 am

I like book details

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Jamie Martin link
3/8/2021 05:12:36 am

What's your advice for new writers?

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LYNN CLAYTON
3/8/2021 09:42:49 pm

nice cover looks like a great read

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Paula
3/10/2021 03:09:54 pm

Interesting summary. Looks like a good read.

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Christy R
3/10/2021 04:56:55 pm

Hello, It's a very cute cover. Thank you for the giveaway, and best of luck with the book.

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Bridgett Wilbur
3/13/2021 01:15:44 pm

I would love to read your book.

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Melissa
3/15/2021 04:44:56 pm

the book sounds really good, i love reading about murder mysteries.

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Karin
3/17/2021 06:13:11 am

Great cover and excerpt

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Elaine R
3/19/2021 04:49:46 pm

I think the cover is cute!
This sounds like a mystery that I would enjoy reading!

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Nora-Adrienne Deret link
3/19/2021 05:16:58 pm

I liked the sample of the story and can't wait to get my hands on a copy .

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Francine Anchondo
3/22/2021 01:26:01 pm

sounds like a good book

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Candie L
3/25/2021 02:28:43 pm

I like the contradiction of the book cover. Thank you

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Daniel M
3/25/2021 06:39:09 pm

like the cover

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Jessica Hays
3/25/2021 06:58:44 pm

It sounds really interesting!

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Sarah L
3/26/2021 01:49:25 am

Looks like an interesting book.
Thanks for the contest. 

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Heather Kaufman
3/27/2021 07:06:27 pm

This sounds like a great, cozy read.

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Renata
3/27/2021 10:04:46 pm

I like the cover

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jennifer galindo
3/28/2021 10:27:02 am

The fact it's a small town in New Zealand in a small cottage. Tells us that even in small towns things like this are possible. Clever clever.

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Carol G
3/28/2021 01:00:59 pm

I am always interested in learning about new books that I might want to read.

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jose rosado
3/28/2021 01:51:09 pm

What do you think of the book details? Do you have any questions for the author?


A very good blurb

THX

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latisha depoortere
3/28/2021 03:29:30 pm

Thank you so much for sharing!

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Kimberly A Treadway
3/28/2021 06:12:47 pm

Awesome book

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Leah Shumack
3/28/2021 06:54:24 pm

This book is one I am definitely interested in!!

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Jerry Marquardt
3/28/2021 07:17:51 pm

I would like to give thanks for all your really great writings, including Let Sleeping Murder Lie, and wishing the best in keeping up the good work in the future.

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Hesper Fry
3/28/2021 07:36:45 pm

The book sounds wonderful and I really like the book cover as well.

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Stacey A Smith
3/28/2021 09:07:46 pm

the cover is kind of cute.

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Sand
3/28/2021 09:22:57 pm

Sounds like a good book!

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megan allen
3/28/2021 11:14:57 pm

I'm definitely checking this out! Cute cover!

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