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Deep Discounts During Our Flash Sale Running From December 7-10!

Take advantage of our FLASH SALE (Dec. 7-10) and give great stories to those in your family who love to read.

For one weekend only, we’re lowering the prices of our hardcover and softcover books by 9-16 percent. murderbecomes.com.

And, you’ll find our eBooks lowered by 30-60 percent at your favorite online bookseller (Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, BN.com and Smashwords).

The discounts apply to all four of the books in the ‘Murder Becomes’ series:

> Murder Becomes Manhattan (eBook reduced to just $.99!!)
> Murder Becomes Miami
> Murder Becomes Mayfair
> Murder Becomes Macau

‘Tis the season of giving. We’re happy to help you give more for less, but just between December 7-10. Happy shopping!

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‘Murder Becomes Macau’ hardbacks have arrived!

On September 26, ‘Murder Becomes Macau’ went on sale. And one day later, a shipment of the first printing of the hardback version arrived at our offices. You can get your hands on a beautiful copy, designed by Randall White, at murderbecomes.com

The arrival of a shipment of hard copies is always exciting because it means we can start sending out all the pre-orders that have come in during the weeks beforehand.

But it’s an important milestone in another way. It’s an opportunity for us to scan the book to ensure the printing and delivery resulted in a book you’ll be proud to own. We’re happy that this first set appears to be free of any defects such as mis-registered pages, page crumpling, etc.

Always thinking of you, dear reader. Pick up a hardcopy of the new “Murder Becomes Macau,” at murderbecomes.com. Or, download the eBook (or one of our other three books in the series) from Amazon, Apple Books, Kobo, BN.com or Smashwords.

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Who Murdered Casino Executive Jocelyn Cheng?

In “Murder Becomes Macau,” the murder victim (which now goes by ‘O’) is the CEO of Macau’s largest gaming consortium. After sipping a martini brought to her while she watches the action in one of her casinos, she collapses to the floor.

Next to her corpse is the telltale card of The Organization (which now just goes by ‘O’), this time tucked discreetly into her purse.

There are several suspects. A mysterious blonde at a roulette table appears to have sent her the weaponized martini (or did she)? There’s also the belligerent server who brought her the cocktail — and had the opportunity to spike it.

The executive’s younger sister holds a definite grudge against her more accomplished sibling, and there’s a former executive assistant who found out some shady secret about her boss and then left the job (and the murder scene?) in a hurry.

As always, there are also a few other oddballs on the periphery who may or may not have been ‘O’s assassin in waiting.

I hope you enjoy this fourth installment of The Dalton Lee Mysteries. Get your copy now at murderbecomes.com (hardbacks go on sale in late September).

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Friends of Richardson Public Libraries Presents Author Jeffrey Eaton, October 1

The evening of October 1, author Jeffrey Eaton will discuss mystery writing and his “Murder Becomes” series before the Friends of the Richardson, Texas, Libraries group. Get more details on this fun, intriguing event at: https://www.richardsonfol.org/annual-meeting/

The appearance has prompted Eaton’s detective/protagonist, Dalton Lee, to impart an important message: “Libraries, and librarians, still matter.”

Librarians can guide us to the best research sources faster than most Google searches filled with ads ever will. Meanwhile, libraries have become outstanding locales for lectures, panel discussions, poetry readings and more.

Not convinced? This “Forbes” article is likely to shift your thinking: https://tinyurl.com/librariesstillmatter.

Jeffrey Eaton hopes to see you at the Friends of the Richardson Public Library annual event on October 1. And, in your neighborhood library, as well. murderbecomes.com

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Architecture for each book’s location

There’s so much groundbreaking architecture in Manhattan. Who can resist the pull of the Guggenheim Museum, the New York Public Library or Grand Central Station? Yet none of those get coverage in my novel Murder Becomes Manhattan. Why is that, a couple of early readers have asked.

My primary detective in the “Murder Becomes” series, Dalton Lee, is a world-renowned architect with projects across the globe. In each book, his knowledge of architecture will help him solve the murder at hand. So I wanted architecture to play a key role in each book.

The architectural form Manhattan is most renowned for is the skyscraper. That is the city in which it debuted and that is the city in which it has been perfected over time. And in the 2010s, it is the city in which a revolution in skyscraper design is underway.

Since I cannot focus on ALL of the tremendous architecture available in my murder locales, I chose to settle on the subset of architecture most important to each place. In my mind, in Manhattan, that should be the skyscraper, and in my next mystery, Murder Becomes Miami, it should be the Deco architecture that city is known for. But do you agree?

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Mysterious formations

As it turns out, aliens were not responsible for the mysterious patterns showing up in the sand next to high-rise apartment buildings in Edgewater, Florida, recently. Or were they?

First an elaborate and intricate compass pattern appeared on the beach overnight. A day or two later, out of nowhere, a Mobius-like triangle pattern materialized. People now speculate an artist is responsible for the magical elements. But no one has claimed them as of yet.

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