Which Flannigan Sisters Mystery is here today?

Angi & Amanda
Yes, that's a giant rooster.

If you follow me on Facebook, you might have seen  road trip last week with fellow author Amanda Reid. More than just another author to me, Amanda's a good friend who has supported me...a lot!  

Well, GLIAS friends, I don't need to be bias to recommend a Flannigan Sisters Mystery. These stories are funny, flirty and fantastic !!  You're going to love them! ~Angi

GHOSTS, PIES 

& ALIBIS

A Flannigan Sisters Mystery #2

The Flannigan Gift. Ha! Mina Flannigan Shaffer never believed in anything paranormal, let alone the claims her Grandmother and sisters had visions and other psychic abilities. This skeptic’s more focused on running Sweetie’s Tea Cup Cafe, rehabilitating her life, and spending time with her family after a recent split and reunification with her husband.

But her careful plans are upended when she learns she can see ghosts. Even worse? The spirit of a man who nearly caused her to lose her small-town diner blackmails her into figuring out who shot him. Now, this reluctant sleuth is hot on the trail of a murderer who is willing to kill again to keep their secrets. The suspects are piling up and Mina’s time is running out faster than icy sweet tea on a hot Texas day.

READ A LITTLE, BUY THE BOOK

Mina turned away from the farthest booth with an armload of empty plates then halted in her tracks.

"For the love of all that's holy," Mina muttered to herself. Why in the world would Wayne Beedy be standing in her restaurant’s entry unless he'd come to cause trouble?

Today he appeared especially strung-out. His skin had taken on the grey cast of people who aren't getting enough oxygen. Usually greasy, shoulder-length dark hair stuck out at every angle. Clothing was torn with a huge black stain right in the middle of his gray t-shirt.

He stared at Mina across the heads of the customers in the diner's seating area, his gaze unfocused, seeming a bit confused. Fabulous. For heaven's sake, he tried to poison her sister's boyfriend, a sheriff’s deputy no less, in this very restaurant not three weeks ago. And now all doped up. How in the heck had he bonded out on an attempted capital murder charge?

Ugh. Before he could do something stupid, it'd be better to get Chief Ruiz started this way. She began to weave through the tables to head off Beedy and any ensuing mayhem.

"Yoo hoo! Mina, I need to talk to you about ten pies for the church picnic." Melissa Turner, the town busybody Mina called ‘Nosey’, waved at her from a booth near the window.

Double fabulous. All Mina needed was the gossip about Wayne nearly poisoning someone stirred up again. "I'll be right there." Hopefully she could evict Beedy before everyone noticed him. She pulled her phone from her jean's back pocket and punched 9-1-1. She swung her gaze back to the troublemaker. Her thumb halted on its way to stab the green button to connect the call.

Where'd he go?

The bell should've sounded when he left. Had she missed it over Nosey’s shrill voice? She scanned the front and side windows. No Beedy. Kayla stood at the cash register rolling silverware in paper napkins. Surely the waitress would've heard him come in or seen him standing there or even leaving, but she hadn't reacted at all. It was as if Wayne Beedy had evaporated into thin air.

Like a ghost.

The creeps danced up and down her spine as the hairs on the back of her neck rose to attention. She shook it off.

Bah. No such things as ghosts.

MEET AMANDA

I’m an author of light paranormal cozy mysteries, launching my first book in October 2019, with urban fantasy romance to be added to my list in 2020. Since I was little, I’ve been a reader and lover of mystery, sci-fi, romance, and paranormal books. Some of my early favorites were a Wrinkle in Time, Dune, and Lord of the Rings. Classics, right? I found my first romance book in my aunt’s closet around thirteen years of age and quickly decided it needed to be added to my repertoire. As do many readers, I had always dreamed of writing. I finally learned the secret, and I’ll let you in on it--do it. Sure, there’s a lot to learn about writing, but the first step is to put that story on the page. Then comes the rest.

As for me beyond writing, I was a career Army brat and lived in exotic locations like Tehran, Iran and DeRidder, Louisiana as a child. I obtained an International Politics degree from Penn State, and dreamed of a career in the State Department, but due to unforeseen circumstances I learned of much later, I ended up as a federal agent. I spent 24 years investigating murders, fraud, identity theft, drug dealers and many other crimes before retiring in mid-2019. As you can imagine, it’s given me a wealth of inspiration for my mystery and urban fantasy stories. I do like to help people get law enforcement right in their stories, so don’t hesitate to message me if you have a question and I’ll do my best to help.

Peace, love and murder, y’all!

 STAY CONNECTED

AmandaReidAuthor.com  | Facebook  | Amazon | 

Twitter @AReidWrites  | Previous GLIAS interview

Angi, Robin Perini & Amanda

THE Q&A

ANGI: What story have you gotten lost in recently?

AMANDA:  I just finished a story from Fenley Grant we, and other awesome writers, will be publishing in June 2020. It’s an Urban Fantasy Romance Series called the Enchanted Rock Immortals. It was a great read, full of snark and action and the urban fantasy that I do love so!

ANGI: Favorite field trip?

AMANDA: I generally love an aquarium. Been to the Baltimore Aquarium, the Dallas World Aquarium (surprisingly good, BTW!), and a couple of others. When I visited Monterey last year, my hubby and I took our three-year old granddaughter to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We lost sight of her age and it was more in and done. One day, I would love to go back. I worked at the Waikiki Aquarium in college when I thought I wanted to be a marine biology major and I’m still in love with the sea.

ANGI: What’s your favorite cartoon character?

AMANDA: My favorite cartoon character is Bugs Bunny. My family quotes it all the time. From “I must’ve taken a wrong turn in Albuquerque,” to “what a maroon,” to “Shaddup, shuttin’ up,” to “Duck season,” to “Oh, Bunhilde you’re so wuv-we” and so many more. They are all classics in my eyes!

ANGI: Daffy Duck or Donald Duck?

AMANDA: With my answer above, it would have to be Daffy. Duck Dodgers in the 21^st and a Half Century is one of my favorite cartoon skits.

ANGI: What’s your favorite dessert of all time?

AMANDA: Crème Brule. And I’m milk intolerant and it kills me because I just can’t eat it anymore!

ANGI: Got a favorite song? What makes it special?

AMANDA: There are too many songs out there to get a favorite. I love music—something speaks to me in it. I sing along, it forces my body to move. Even cry when something’s incredibly sad. I’m partial to the story-tellers, though, so Steely Dan, Billy Joel, Robert Earl Keen, and Sting are among my favs. I’m having fun with the song titles from my mythical Flannigan Sisters Mysteries band, the Country Swing Kings—My Heart’s Warmin’ Up with Her Kisses is among my favorites so far!

ANGI: Wild Flower or Roses?

AMANDA: Wild flowers. Roses are pretty, but the idea that wildflowers have randomly sprouted and survived makes me love them all the more, especially here in Texas. Roses generally get more maintenance.

ANGI: Favorite inspiration or Quote?

AMANDA: Right now, my favorite inspiration is, “Just a girl who decided to go for it.” It’s a sticker from my Happy Planner and it spoke to me recently. Unfortunately, I’m somewhat of a procrastinator and perfectionist. If I hadn’t decided to go for it, Finders Keepers and Ghosts, Pies, & Alibis would still be in my computer! And my planner... Don’t get me started!

ANGI’s GOTTA ASK:  Where is your favorite writing place & why? 

AMANDA’s GOTTA ANSWER:   This is my writing corner in my Room of Requirement. I refinished the desk from a junk-store $20 find. It’s quarter-sawn oak and silky-smooth to the touch! And the big drawer is awesome. I also made the lamp out of a wooden industrial thread spool and recovered the chair. I’ve got pictures of my loved ones surrounding me. The shells I’ve all collected and the things on the wall inspire me. The rest of the room is part craft room with two big armoires holding most of it, and part TV room. It’s one of my favorite places to be!

UP NEXT for AMANDA :

MURDER MOST MERRY

A Flannigan Sisters Mystery #3

Lacey Flannigan should be wallowing in the cheer of her favorite time of the year—Christmas. She just aced finals in her toughest college semester yet. Instead, she’s working herself into a frazzle with extra shifts as a vet-tech, a service project at the shelter, and studying for classes that haven’t even started yet. Plus, she can barely make time for Walker, the dreamy firefighter she met during summer break who believes in her crazy premonition powers.

But at the shelter’s Home for the Holidays campaign kickoff, the director tragically dies of a heart attack. Police swoop in claiming that not only is major money missing from the shelter’s donations, but they suspect murder. It’s bad enough she’d foreseen the director’s death before it happened and couldn’t stop it—when Lacey becomes the prime suspect in the killing, she must find the culprit before she spends the holidays behind bars.

PREVIOUSLY RELEASED by AMANDA:

FINDERS KEEPERS

A Flannigan Sisters Mystery #1

Adulting isn’t easy, but everything is finally falling into place for Sunny Flannigan. New apartment all of her own? Check. Dream job as a physical therapist? Check. Ex-boyfriend Cace Navarro back in the picture after her meddling older sister kept them apart for seven years? Check. Her crazy power to find things leading her to a stash of stolen goods in a library’s restroom? Womp, womp.

Just when everything seems to be going right, Sunny finds someone sabotaging her carefully planned world, sending Sunny and her boyfriend on the run from the police. Can she and Cace figure their way out of the web before Sunny loses her newfound semi-adult kind of life?
READ A LITTLE, BUY THE BOOK

AMANDA is giving away a digital copy of Ghosts, Pies, & Alibis. Use the Rafflecopter to enter. 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Angi Morgan

Get Lost on Facebook   @GetLostInAStory  #GetLostStories

AND OUR NEW Facebook Group: The Readers’ Spot

Angi, Tami Cowden & Amanda

AMANDA WANTS TO KNOW:   Mina’s got some gourmet pies at Sweetie’s Tea Cup Café. My all-time favorite pie is Chocolate Bourbon Pecan. It’s a chocolate pie flavored with bourbon and a pecan crust on top—think chocolate pie on the bottom and pecan pie on the top for the best of both worlds. So. Dang. Delicious. What’s your favorite pie?