Blurb Blitz: Haunted Water by Jo A. Hiestand

Thank you for your interest in hosting this tour, but all the stops have now been filled.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Blurb Blitz Tour for Haunted Water by Jo A. Hiestand, a British mystery available now from Cousins House. The tour will run December 13 - December 31, and this tour will not include interviews or guest blogs; however, a blurb, excerpt and author bio will be provided to every host for inclusion on their blog. A PDF copy of the book is available for review in conjunction with a promo post. 

Jo A. Hiestand will be awarding a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn host. 

Cameron Rutter drowned two months ago in a lake on a Cheshire moor. Some say a morgen—a spirit who drags men to a watery grave—was responsible. Others say it was the phantom Grey Lady. The police say Gareth Gynne was the guilty one. Whoever—or whatever—killed Cameron needs to be sorted out. And ex-police detective Michael McLaren is asked to do just that.

McLaren’s not keen on delving into the mystery. The accused is the nephew of McLaren’s nemesis, Charlie Harvester. And if there’s one thing McLaren doesn’t want to do is to associate with another Harvester, no matter what generation he is.

Suspects and motives are as tangled as the mere grass. Did a villager kill Cameron, opposed to his crusade to keep the moor in its pristine state? Or did someone previously arrested by Cameron kill him in revenge?

Or was the morgen really responsible?

Can McLaren discover the killer, or will he too become a victim of the haunted water?

December 13: Stormy Nights Reviewing & Bloggin'
December 13: FUONLYKNEW
December 14: Mythical Books
December 14: fundinmental
December 15: Christine Young
December 15: Locks, Hooks and Books
December 16: Our Town Book Reviews
December 16: Long and Short Reviews
December 17: The Key Of Love
December 17: Iron Canuck Reviews & More
December 27: Literary Gold
December 27: Independent Authors
December 28: Fabulous and Brunette
December 28: Phoebe’s Randoms
December 29: All the Ups and Downs
December 29: Hope. Dreams. Life... Love
December 30: Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read
December 30: Westveil Publishing
December 31: Sandra's Book Club
December 31: Cassidy's Bookshelves

VBT: Related By Murder by Jo A. Hiestand

Congratulations to tour winner Peggy and to host winner All the Ups and Downs.

Thank you for your interest in hosting this tour, but all stops have been filled.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Book Tour for Related By Murder by Jo A. Hiestand, a British mystery available February 24 from Cousins House. The tour will run March 1 - March 5, and Jo A. Hiestand is available for guest post and interviews. A PDF copy of the book is available for review in conjunction with a guest post or interview.

Jo A. Hiestand will be awarding a $20 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a $20 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn host.

From the moment ex-police detective Michael McLaren arrives at his friend’s house, he’s plunged into a nightmare of a case. Two men, hanged a year apart, each killed on a Good Friday. A barrister. A solicitor. Related careers. Related by murder. Related motives?

Pottery shards, a torn newspaper article, and biscuits are found in each man’s pocket. What do they signify? And the blackmail letters Melanie receives… Are they related to the murders, or are they separate, terrifying in their own way?

Professions, calendar date, McLaren’s attack. Could it all be entwined? Or is the motive for murder something else, something so secret that keeping it is worth attempting a third one?

March 1: All the Ups and Downs
March 1: Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews
March 2: Fabulous and Brunette
March 3: Andi's Book Reviews
March 3: The Avid Reader
March 3: Long and Short Reviews - review only
March 4: Viviana MacKade
March 4: Westveil Publishing
March 4: Our Town Book Reviews - review only
March 5: Hope. Dreams. Life... Love
March 5: The Reading Addict
March 5: lisa everyday reads

Review Tour: Hide and Seek by Jo A. Hiestand

Congratulations to tour winner Steve W. and to host winners Hurn Publications and Our Town Book Reviews.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual REVIEW ONLY Tour for Hide and Seek by Jo A. Hiestand, a 328 page British mystery available now. The tour will run every Tuesday for 4 weeks starting on September 1, and the book is available in PDF and ePub formats.

Jo A. Hiestand will be awarding a $30 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn host. Additionally, Goddess Fish Promotions will be awarding a $5 Amazon GC to a randomly drawn host.

Playing a mystery game seems the perfect way to celebrate Jamie Kydd’s promotion to Detective Sergeant rank.  But the game turns real when a body turns up in the pretend crime scene.  Perhaps worse than spoiling the party, the corpse is someone Jamie knows.

Even though the police take on the case, Jamie asks his friend, former police detective Michael McLaren, to also investigate—concerned that the victim’s criminal past may dampen the Constabulary’s usual fervor to nab his killer. It seems to have been a smart decision, for the police aren’t expending a lot of energy on the inquiry.

Suspects float around McLaren…half truthful, hard to find.  More like wraiths than flesh and blood.  If the victim’s burglary partner, ex-wife, or childhood friend didn’t kill Dan, who did?

It’s a desperate game between McLaren and a killer who’s playing Hide and Seek.

September 1: Natural Bri
September 8: Hurn Publications
September 15: Fabulous and Brunette
September 15: Our Town Book Reviews
September 22: Novels Alive
September 22: The Salty Nomad

Review Tour: Photo Shoot by Jo A. Hiestand

Congratulations to tour winner Chelsey R. and to host winners Locks, Hooks, and Books and Notes From a Romantic's Heart.


Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual REVIEW ONLY Tour for Photo Shoot by Jo A Hiestand, a 129 page British mystery available now from Cousins House. The tour will run every Monday for 4 weeks starting on February 4, and the book is available in PDF format.

Jo A. Hiestand will be awarding a $30 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn host. Additionally, Goddess Fish Productions will be awarding a $5 Amazon GC to a randomly drawn host.

Michael McLaren returns home from working a cold case in Cumbria to learn that he’s missed his uncle’s wedding in Scotland.  Angry and fearful that his absence has re-opened the family rift just as it’s healed, he drives to the ancestral home, hoping his appearance and explanation will be accepted. He’s more than welcomed. His uncle asks him to investigate the murder of his first fiancee.

Fiona Lennox was found in a rowboat on a Scottish loch, shot to death during a late night photo shoot. Why would she rent a boat after dark? Did she take it out to photograph the moonlight on the water? She could’ve done, being a professional photographer, but she was also a proponent of civic and environmental causes, which she documented with her camera. Did someone linked to one of her crusades kill her, or was the motive personal?

As McLaren uncovers layers of Fiona’s life and the reason for her nocturnal outing, he and his family are targets of intensifying attacks. But it’s not until he races against a kidnapper’s deadline and the threat of a loved one’s watery death that he realizes who killed Fiona⎯implications that are as deep and dark as the Scottish loch.

February 4: Locks, Hooks and Books
February 4: Bookaholic
February 11: Sharing Links and Wisdom
February 11: Let me tell you a story
February 18: The Reading Addict
February 18: Notes From a Romantic's Heart
February 25: Fabulous and Brunette

Review Tour: Arrested Flight by Jo A. Hiestand

Congratulations to tour winner Michael H. and to host winners Jennifer Macaire, Tell me a Story and Hope. Dreams. Life... Love.
Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual REVIEW ONLY Tour for Arrested Flight by Jo A. Hiestand, a 163 page British mystery available October 23. The tour will run every Monday for 4 weeks starting on November 20, and the book is available in PDF format.

Jo A. Hiestand will be awarding a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn host. Additionally, Goddess Fish Productions will be awarding a $5 Amazon GC to a randomly drawn host.

Ex-police detective Michael McLaren is determined to have a peaceful holiday after the fiasco of his first attempt at Windermere, so he stops at a bed-and-breakfast in Moorton, a village in Cumbria.  But mystery and murder seek him out, and he soon succumbs to the B&B owner’s plea to investigate the year-old death of her daughter’s fiancé, a young musician.

The Lake District parish seems peaceful, but a rival  musician’s jealousy and a business partner’s anger boil beneath the façade.  Mix that with ‘Barmy Barry’s’ sightings of fairy lights  at the castle, references to Uther Pendragon's return and the secrets in the woods, and McLaren finds his sanity shaky.

When the vicar is attacked and Barry disappears, McLaren sets a trap for the killer.  But as it plays out, his concern shifts from the potential capture to praying he and his friend can escape with their lives.

November 20: The Reading Addict
November 20: books are love
November 20: Sharing Links and Wisdom
November 27: Queen of All She Reads
November 27: Hope. Dreams. Life... Love
December 4: Jennifer Macaire, Tell me a Story
December 4: Locks, Hooks and Books
December 11: Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews
December 11: Sorchia's Universe

Review Tour: An Unwilling Suspect by Jo A. Hiestand

Congratulations to tour winner Amanda M. and to host winners EskieMama and Dragon Lady Reads and Queen of All She Reads.
Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual REVIEW ONLY Tour for An Unwilling Suspect by Jo A. Hiestand, a 155 page British mystery available May 18. The tour will run every Tuesday for 4 weeks starting on June 20, and the book is available in PDF format.

Jo A. Hiestand will be awarding a $30 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a $25 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn host. Additionally, Goddess Fish Productions will be awarding a $5 Amazon GC to a randomly drawn host.

McLaren’s fiancée tragically died one month ago. Trying to heal emotionally from her death, McLaren settles into a rented farmhouse in the woods near picturesque Lake Windermere, in Cumbria. But he’s barely had a chance to rest when Helen, the woman in the neighboring cottage, is killed…and is discovered near his front door.

Because McLaren had spent much of the previous day with her, and his snowy footprints lead to and from her house, he becomes the prime murder suspect in what the police label a frustrated romantic advance.

Motives for Helen’s murder are as chilling as the outdoor temperature. There’s the hands-on garage mechanic who’d like to put his hands all over her, the affluent fishing guide, and Helen’s former boyfriend who wanted to renew the relationship.


Can McLaren find the killer before the police jail him for murder? 

June 20: The Reading Addict
June 20: Jennifer Macaire, Tell me a Story
June 27: Booklove - cancelled
June 27: Queen of All She Reads
July 11: Journey of a Bookseller
July 11: Simpliread
July 18: EskieMama and Dragon Lady Reads
July 18: Fabulous and Brunette
July 18: Long and Short Reviews

Excerpt Tour: A Staged Murder by Jo. A. Hiestand

Congratulations to tour winner Brandi D. and to host winner Lorana Hoopes.

Thank you for your interest in hosting this tour, but all stops are filled.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Excerpt Tour for A Staged Murder by Jo. A. Hiestand, a British Mystery available March 27, 2017 from Page 92 Press. The tour will run March 27, 2017 to April 7, 2017, and this tour will not include interviews or guest blogs; however, a blurb, exclusive excerpt and author bio will be provided to every host for inclusion on their blog. Additionally, a PDF copy of this story is available for review in conjunction with a promo post.

Jo will be awarding a handmade lapis lazuli necklace on a bamboo cord to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour - International giveaway. The cord is adjustable and the necklace is comprised of three stones ranging in length from 1 5/8" to 2 1/8". (It's like the one Brenna Taylor in the book wears) A randomly drawn host will be awarded a necklace and a flying bird pendant. The bird is covered in sheet music. The color of the bird is cream and the music notes are black. Bird pendant is 1.69" by 1.38". The necklace chain and bird are made with nickel and lead free brass. An appropriate prize due to Brenna Taylor's love of music! This is an International giveaway.

Bonfire Night! The four hundred-year-old tradition of burning the straw effigy is beginning in Upper Kingsleigh, England. The torch extends… But it’s no mock figure at the end of the rope; it’s the body of a man, an American tourist. Brenna Taylor, Derbyshire C.I.D., is assigned to the case on a team of detectives under Detective-Chief Inspector Geoffrey Graham. It is the chance Brenna has been waiting for, and she is anxious to impress him.

Most villagers suspect an outsider as the killer. But when the frost-covered body of a resident is discovered, apprehension shifts and suspects multiply. Among them are the American's brother-in-law, still angry over his sister's death; the husband, who fears his wife will desert him for the American; the inebriated, penniless uncle, who clings to his nephew's fortune tighter than a cork in a wine bottle. Then Brenna becomes the target of a series of frightening pranks--the work of a harassing male colleague, or a deadly warning to leave the case? Her hunt is personal now.

March 27: Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews
March 28: Jane Reads
March 29: Hearts and Scribbles
March 29: Musings From An Addicted Reader
March 30: Angels With Attitude Book Reviews
March 31: The Avid Reader
April 3: Long and Short Reviews
April 4: Queen of All She Reads - review
April 5: Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews
April 6: Lorana Hoopes - review
April 7: EskieMama and Dragon Lady Reads
April 7: Fabulous and Brunette

Review Tour: No Known Address by Jo A Hiestand

Congratulations to Janice M., winner of the tour prize and to Harlie's Books, the host winner.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual REVIEW ONLY Tour for No Known Address by Jo A Hiestand a 257 page British mystery available October 7 from The Wild Rose Press. The tour will run every Monday for 4 weeks starting on September 12, and the book is available in PDF format.

Jo A Hiestand will be awarding a $40 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn host.

The man seemed not to hear the continuous whine of the phone receiver lying on his lap. He sat upright, stiff-backed, in a wooden kitchen chair that, like the house, had seen better days. As he had also seen better days, he reminded himself, glancing at the calendar on the wall. A date circled in black ink smirked at him, the remaining days of the month X-ed out. As though he was counting down to something. But the dates were three years old.

The discrepancy didn’t bother him. He had never flipped over the rest of the months. They didn’t intrigue him; it didn’t upset him that he had stared at January for more than a thousand days. If he flipped over the page it would signal that the search needed to continue into another month. And possibly another. And another. The consequence was too terrible to comprehend.

September 12: Stormy Nights Reviewing and Bloggin'
September 19: The Reading Addict
September 19: LibriAmoriMiei
September 26: The Avid Reader
September 26: Queen of All She Reads
October 3: Harlie's Books
October 3: Novelist Eryn LaPlant

VBT: An Unfolding Trap by Jo A. Hiestand

Congratulations to MomJane, winner of the tour prize and to The Reading Addict, the host winner.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Book Tour for An Unfolding Trap by Jo A. Hiestand, a British mystery available March 9 from The Wild Rose Press. The tour will run March 7 – March 11, and Jo A. Hiestand is available for guest post and interviews. A PDF copy of the book is available for review in conjunction with a guest post or interview.

Jo A. Hiestand will be awarding a $25 Amazon GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a silver Celtic design pendant on a silver necklace and a CD of the song featured in the book - international shipping to a randomly drawn host.

Since his infancy, Michael McLaren has been the target of his paternal grandfather’s anger. So when the patriarch sends an invitation to heal the rift, McLaren travels to Scotland, eager to meet and finally end the feud. But the welcome never happens. If Grandfather hadn’t invited him, who had? And why?

In Edinburgh, a man standing beside McLaren in a bus queue is killed in a hit-and-run accident. After an attack leaves McLaren for dead on a wintry moor, he’s convinced someone from his past is trying to murder him. As McLaren trails the hit-and-run driver from the medieval ‘underground city’ of Edinburgh to the Boar’s Rock ⎯ the MacLaren Clan’s ancestral meeting place ⎯ the assaults intensify, and he’s plunged into a very personal hunt for a World War II treasure. The puzzle is fascinating; he just has to stay alive to solve it.

March 7: The Reading Addict
March 8: Christine Young
March 8: The Book Connection
March 9: Where the Story Comes First
March 10: Louise Lyndon Romance Author Hear Me Roar
March 11: Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!

Review Tour: An Unfolding Trap by Jo A. Hiestand

Congratulations to Peggy C., winner of the tour prize and to Lilac Reviews and Queen of All She Reads, the host winners.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual REVIEW ONLY Tour for An Unfolding Trap by Jo A. Hiestand, a +/- 360 page British mystery available March 9 from The Wild Rose Press. The tour will run every Tuesday for 4 weeks starting on February 16 and the book is available in PDF formats.

Jo A. Hiestand will be awarding an international giveaway of a Union Jack tea towel and oven mitt, along with a McLaren-themed gel mousepad to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour, and a silver Celtic pendant necklace to a randomly drawn host. Additionally, Goddess Fish Productions will be awarding a $5 Amazon GC to a randomly drawn host.

Since his infancy, Michael McLaren has been the target of his paternal grandfather’s anger. So when the patriarch sends an invitation to heal the rift, McLaren travels to Scotland, eager to meet and finally end the feud. But the welcome never happens. If Grandfather hadn’t invited him, who had? And why?

In Edinburgh, a man standing beside McLaren in a bus queue is killed in a hit-and-run accident. After an attack leaves McLaren for dead on a wintry moor, he’s convinced someone from his past is trying to murder him.

As McLaren trails the hit-and-run driver from the medieval ‘underground city’ of Edinburgh to the Boar’s Rock ⎯ the MacLaren Clan’s ancestral meeting place ⎯ the assaults intensify, and he’s plunged into a very personal hunt for a World War II treasure. The puzzle is fascinating; he just has to stay alive to solve it.

February 16: Long and Short Reviews
February 23: Lilac Reviews
March 1: Editing Pen and Publishing
March 1: Queen of All She Reads
March 8: Hope. Dreams. Life... Love
March 8: The Certifiable Wenches

Review Tour: Shadow in the Smoke by Jo A. Hiestand

Congratulations to Valerie T., winner of the tour prize and to The Certifiable Wenches and Liza O'Connor, the host winners.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual REVIEW ONLY Tour for SHADOW IN THE SMOKE by Jo A Hiestand, a 330 page British mystery available October 30 from The Wild Rose Press. The tour will run every Tuesday for 4 weeks starting on November 10. The Book is available in PDF format.

Jo will be awarding a McLaren-design tote bag AND a choice of a water bottle (McLaren designed) or a ceramic McLaren coaster tile to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour (international giveaway), and a tote bag and a gel mousepad -- both in McLaren design to a randomly drawn host (international giveaway). Additionally, Goddess Fish Productions will be awarding a $5 Amazon GC to a randomly drawn host.

Janet Ennis tragically died five years ago in what the police labeled an accidental fire. But Janet’s mother, Nora, believes it to be murder and arson. And she’s hoping ex-cop Michael McLaren can prove it quickly, for she’s losing her memory to dementia.As McLaren pokes through the case details, he becomes emotionally involved with the dead woman. Yet, Janet isn’t the only person who threatens mental well-being. A series of arsons on his own property hint that he’s upset someone connected with this case. Motives for Janet’s murder rise like the smoky tendrils of a fire. And, motive aside, the murder scene seems a bit too pat: a drought-stricken landscape eager to lap up flames, and a conveniently locked door barring Janet’s escape. 
Will McLaren solve the case while Nora can still comprehend the resolution, or will Harvester’s plans see McLaren’s career go up in smoke?

Available dates:

November 10: Romorror Fan Girl
November 10: Long and Short Reviews
November 17: Stormy Nights Reviewing and Bloggin'
November 17: Straight from the Library
November 24: LibriAmoriMiei
November 24: Unabridged Andra's
December 1: Liza O'Connor
December 1: The Certifiable Wenches
December 1: Paranormal Romance and Authors That Rock

NBTM: Last Seen by Jo A. Hiestand

Congratulations to the tour prize winners: Debra, Renee, bn100, Anne, Rhonda, Mary, Sheryl, Rita, and Michaela.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Name Before the Masses Tour for Last Seen by Jo A. Hiestand, a Mystery available now from The Wild Rose Press. The tour will run every Monday for 8 weeks starting on September 7, and Jo A. Hiestand is available for guest post and interviews. A PDF copy of the book is available for review in conjunction with a guest post or interview.

Jo A. Hiestand will be awarding a McLaren/"Last Seen" ceramic mug and a CD recording of the song featured in the book to several randomly drawn winners via rafflecopter during the tour (International Giveaway).

One dark night, popular singer Kent Harrison goes missing after his performance at Tutbury Castle.  When his body's found in a forest, the police investigation focuses on Kent's ex-wife, a local herbalist, a covetous colleague, and even the curator of another castle who tried to lure Kent into performing there.  But his occasional singing partner, Dave Morley, seems to have the biggest motive.  He's dying to make his name, money, and the big time, especially at the medieval Minstrels Court reenactment, where Kent's appearance guarantees SRO.  Did Dave murder Kent to eliminate the competition...or had their partnership struck a wrong chord?  To entice him into investigating, ex-cop McLaren's girlfriend plays detective.  But Dena ends up in great danger.  Now McLaren must not only solve Kent's murder but also rescue her, a hard task when a blast of jealousy, anger, and lies mutes the truth.

September 7: BooksChatter
September 14: The Reading Addict
September 21: Christine Young
September 21: Undercover Book Reviews - review only
September 28: FictionZeal
October 5: The Blog of C.R. Moss
October 12: Archaeolibrarian - I dig good books! - review
October 19: A Writer's Life
October 26: It's Raining Books