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Song of the Chimney Sweep - Book Tour and Giveaway

8/30/2022

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Song of the Chimney Sweep
by Tamatha Cain
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery  

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Love is a song played on repeat…

A cryptic blog post leads cold case podcasters Melody and Dorian on a twisty journey back in time to uncover the mysterious story of a forgotten missing woman.
 
In 1969 near the Florida/Georgia Line, idealistic young Betty Langdon and fast-rising R&B singer Dominicus Owens begin an irresistible but dangerous interracial romance that ends under mysterious, heartbreaking circumstances. Betty is forced to return to her rural home to care for her manipulative mother, while Dominicus goes on to mega-stardom with his band The Downtown Sound. She follows his skyrocketing career from behind the front desk of a dying highway motel--until one day decades later, she disappears.
 
Now, a popular true crime podcast produced by college friends Melody Hinterson and Dorian Santos takes on the cold case of a missing local woman. The duo’s carefully-balanced workplace dynamic is weirdly off-kilter lately, but they can't take their eyes off the investigation as the intriguing new story suddenly boosts the show into the national spotlight. When the investigation uncovers the missing woman's diaries full of family secrets and the century-old legend of a fortune hidden in an old chimney somewhere in town, the truth behind the podcast's mystery suddenly becomes personal, and Melody must make life-changing choices before the final episode airs.

But who owns the rights to a secret?




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​ A sound came from somewhere down the sidewalk. The other girls sauntered into the saloon, the cheers of an already rowdy crowd pouring out the doors along with the sound of guitar sound checks. As the doors closed behind them, the sound from down the road rose again. Voices. Voices singing.
 
The dark asphalt road glowed with puddled yellow light. Betty strolled to the nearest light pole and stopped, listening. Her head bobbed along with the music, the harmony buzzing through her belly. She walked to the next light pole, stopped again, one hand against the humid wood. My Girl. She loved that song—the harmony so sweet, it brought a craving to her tongue. She swallowed hard.
 
She looked back toward the saloon, then forward again toward the sound. It was coming from one of the small shotgun houses on the other side of the street. It wasn’t a record. People were singing. No instruments, only voices. A cappella. Like the hymn mama suggested last week at choir practice, mostly to put that haughty organist Vera in her place. Betty leaned toward the source of the sound, then pulled back, anchored to the post.
Whoa, whoa, whoa…they improvised, somehow, in harmony. 

The voices sang on about all that honey and those envious bees. Tantalizing. Her mind filled in the trumpet hit. She set her jaw tight and tilted her head, then stepped out toward the next light pole. She stopped between posts, pressed her clutch against the front of her skirt, clenched her knees together with a shudder. Her shoulders swayed to the rhythm, a rhythm snapped by fingers on a porch across the street.
 
There were figures. Five men on the porch, singing and snapping The Temptations song. Her mother didn’t even like their name, let alone their music.
 
But her mother wasn’t here.

Betty couldn’t turn away.
 
Her eyes adjusted to the light of a single bulb and the glowing tips of cigarettes fluttering like fireflies. A man stood in each corner of the tiny, weathered porch, singing their parts, their heads tilted toward the front door as they found the harmony. 

Against the front door frame, a tall, narrow man leaned on his shoulder while he crooned the melody. The bare bulb shone down like a spotlight between them. Betty closed her eyes and imagined herself part of an audience, like on the Ed Sullivan Show. Her shoulders rocked as she swayed.

The melody trickled down and stopped, giving way to a melodic hum.
 
“Live, from the porch on Edison Avenue!”

Her eyes flew open. They’d seen her. She froze.

“Hey, that’s alright now! We love an audience. Don’t we, boys?”
The harmonizing stopped and they chimed in agreement.

“Sure we do!”

“Yes, indeed!”

“Any requests?”

The tall one came down the stairs and stood across the street. His eyes glinted golden brown in the yellow moonlight and a wave of black hair swooped up from his smooth brown forehead. He wore a collared shirt with short sleeves tucked into pegged trousers. She looked at the ground, but her eyes found the grass at his feet. His shoes were wingtips, brown, and polished to a high shine. She focused on them, studied them, to keep from looking up at him. But she didn’t walk away.

“Now, you’re not lost are you, ma’am?” he said. His voice was warm and smoky. 


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Tamatha Cain writes about ordinary people in extraordinary situations. She believes that before she gave up a thriving business to pursue writing full-time, her most compelling lines of prose were probably found in the pages-long love notes she wrote to bewildered boys back in middle school. Her writing has appeared in The Experience Art and Literary Magazine, The Florida Writer, American Cake Decorating, and others. She won the 2020 Royal Palm Literary Award for Unpublished Literary Mystery and The Experience Poetry Competition. She writes reviews for Southern Literary Review and serves as a judge in the RPLA Awards. She is a member of WFWA and FWA. (She did eventually hone the love notes enough to impress her high school sweetheart, and now they have three grown kids). Learn more about her on her website or follow her on Twitter or Instagram.


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61 Comments
Will G
8/30/2022 04:43:00 am

Sounds like a good plot and I love the cover!

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Beyond Comps
8/30/2022 06:03:24 am

Great cover!

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Bernie Wallace
8/30/2022 06:09:46 am

How long did it take you to write your book?

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Marcy Meyer
8/30/2022 07:04:43 am

The cover looks great. Sounds like a good story.

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Marcy Meyer
8/30/2022 07:11:09 am

Love the cover. Looks great.

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Rita Wray
8/30/2022 10:23:03 am

Sounds like a good book.

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Amy F
8/30/2022 11:54:57 am

Really nice cover and great title!

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Wendy Jensen
8/30/2022 12:16:02 pm

Very interesting book details.

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xjanelx78
8/30/2022 01:32:14 pm

What question do you wish that someone would ask about your book, but nobody has?

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wendy hutton
8/30/2022 03:21:24 pm

great cover, this sounds like a wonderful book

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Sherry
8/30/2022 03:55:25 pm

Wonderful excerpt and cover.

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Terri Quick
8/30/2022 04:00:17 pm

Nice cover

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Jon Heil
8/30/2022 04:21:59 pm

Hope it does well!

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Eva Millien
8/30/2022 05:42:36 pm

Happy Book Birthday, Tamatha! Song of the Chimney Sweep sounds like a great mystery for me to read! Good luck with your book and the tour!

Thanks for sharing it with me and have a fantastic day!

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bn100
8/30/2022 08:13:02 pm

nice excerpt

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Kim Kern
8/30/2022 09:11:59 pm

I like the title. Sounds like a great mystery story.

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Marisela Zuniga
8/30/2022 10:50:05 pm

This sounds like a great mystery book to read

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Michele Soyer
8/31/2022 10:49:05 am

Interesting title - draws me in.

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Jen L
8/31/2022 12:15:14 pm

Enjoyed the excerpt

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Debbie P
8/31/2022 10:27:15 pm

This sounds like a very good read.

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Susan Smith
9/1/2022 02:58:07 pm

Sounds like a good book. I like the cover and excerpt.

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Dana Banana
9/1/2022 04:07:51 pm

Being a chimney sweep had to of been a tough job. What kind of research did you have to do to write this book?

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Bea LaRocca
9/1/2022 07:34:03 pm

I like the cover art, synopsis and excerpt, Song of the Chimney Sweep sounds like a great story and I am looking forward to reading it. Thank you for sharing your bio and book details and for offering a giveaway

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Tracie Cooper
9/2/2022 04:09:20 pm

What inspires your book titles?

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Heather Mahley
9/2/2022 07:09:38 pm

this sounds like a great read

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Ellie Wright
9/2/2022 08:09:51 pm

Sounds like a great book. I'm looking forward to reading it.

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David Basile
9/2/2022 08:27:59 pm

Looks like a good mystery

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David Hollingsworth
9/2/2022 09:14:03 pm

What's your go-to snack?

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Christy R.
9/2/2022 09:37:32 pm

The book details sound interesting. I like the cover as well. Simple yet effective.

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Tammy
9/2/2022 10:21:46 pm

woah..I love cold cases (my favorite TV show is a show from the 90's called cold case) My question would be what was the inspiration for this story?

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Serge B
9/3/2022 11:36:54 am

Nice excerpt!

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Debbi Wellenstein
9/3/2022 12:18:56 pm

I enjoyed the excerpt. Thank you for the giveaway!

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Dana Banana
9/3/2022 05:18:21 pm

Do you have any plans over the Labor Day weekend?

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Stephanie Liske
9/3/2022 07:02:12 pm

I like the book details.

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Danielle S Day
9/3/2022 07:18:52 pm

It sounds good.

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Cynthia C
9/4/2022 11:19:27 am

The excerpt is interesting. Thank you for sharing it.

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Leo Pierson
9/4/2022 11:41:22 am

Nice writing!🐈🐱

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Kris Johnson
9/4/2022 04:30:47 pm

I like the excerpt! Sounds like a good read!

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beth shepherd
9/4/2022 06:46:39 pm

This looks like a great read!

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Dana Banana
9/5/2022 05:26:02 pm

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day

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kelly tupick
9/5/2022 05:42:59 pm

Thanks, the book sounds great.

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K
9/5/2022 09:11:38 pm

I'm really looking forward to giving this a read! Thanks so much for sharing.

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Peggy Salkill
9/5/2022 10:25:55 pm

Sounds like a good read!

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Barbara Montag
9/7/2022 10:14:34 am

I like everything about this book!!
Title genre and cover.
Thank you for sharing this.

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Betsy Kaplan
9/7/2022 02:53:16 pm

very interesting

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Bridgett Wilbur
9/8/2022 06:20:48 am

I would love to read your book.

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Leah A
9/13/2022 08:23:14 am

Interesting mystery. :) Congrats to the author!

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Steve Weber
9/14/2022 11:05:15 am

Did you have a good summer?

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Valerie Seal
9/18/2022 09:47:05 am

The title brings up a nostalgic atmosphere.

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Walter Sidor
9/18/2022 10:40:37 am

I love reading books, any type or genre. This one looks really interesting and unique.

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Karin
9/26/2022 06:27:50 am

Great excerpt

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Cindy Merrill
9/26/2022 05:53:19 pm

Goodness. The first few paragraphs took me back to my very first crush! Young love. So fleeting.

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Calvin
9/27/2022 01:08:25 am

It's a wonderful book! Cool.

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Daniel M
9/28/2022 04:31:37 pm

like the cover

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Christina Gail Pearce
9/29/2022 08:32:16 am

I can't wait to read it!

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Jennifer Mckelvey-Galindo
9/30/2022 12:20:15 am

Old school R&B if only those clubs walls could talk...I'd listen for hours and hours.

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Judy Gregory
9/30/2022 06:58:56 pm

Good luck with all your future endeavors.

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Jonathan W link
9/30/2022 07:10:13 pm

Sounds really interesting, and I feel like I can guess some of what will happen and yet I’m sure it would surprise me!

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Alecia Gibson
9/30/2022 08:12:32 pm

This book sounds great. I can't wait to read it!!

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Renata
9/30/2022 09:39:11 pm

Sounds good!

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Jen Reed
9/30/2022 10:05:20 pm

This sounds like a fun book to read. Thanks for introducing it.

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