France Book Tours stops for September 25-28
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Monday, September 26 Spotlight + Giveaway at History from a Woman’s Perspective Review + Giveaway at Tuesday, September 27 Wednesday, September 28 |
France Virtual Book Tours: a promotional tool to connect authors with bloggers with a passion for France
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Monday, September 26 Spotlight + Giveaway at History from a Woman’s Perspective Review + Giveaway at Tuesday, September 27 Wednesday, September 28 |


(thriller)
Release date: October 11, 2016
at New Vessel Press
ISBN: 978-1-939931-39-3
210 pages
Fifty thousand believers and photo-hungry tourists jam into Notre Dame Cathedral on August 15 to celebrate the Feast of the Assumption. The next morning, a stunningly beautiful young woman clothed all in white kneels at prayer in a cathedral side chapel. But when an American tourist accidentally bumps against her, her body collapses. She has been murdered: the autopsy reveals disturbing details. Police investigators and priests search for the killer as they discover other truths about guilt and redemption in this soaring Paris refuge for the lost, the damned, and the saved. The suspect is a disturbed young man obsessed with the Virgin Mary who spends his days hallucinating in front of a Madonna. But someone else knows the true killer of the white-clad daughter of Algerian immigrants. This thrilling novel illuminates shadowy corners of the world’s most famous cathedral, shedding light on good and evil with suspense, compassion and wry humor.
Alexis Ragougneau
is a playwright and
The Madonna of Notre Dame is his first novel.
He has worked in Notre Dame Cathedral
helping monitor tourist crowds
and knows well its infinite secrets
and the forgotten souls who linger in its darkest corners.
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on Tour
January 9-20
with

(mystery / paranormal mystery)
Release date: January 8, 2017
at Midnight Ink
ISBN: 978-0738742366
336 pages
Dorian Robert-Houdin, the three-and-a-half-foot gargoyle chef who fancies himself a modern-day Poirot, is slowly turning into stone, and it’s up to Zoe Faust to unravel the alchemical secrets that can save him. When they discover that a long-lost stone gargoyle with a connection to Dorian has reappeared in Europe, the stakes are even higher.
From Portland to Paris, Zoe searches for the hidden knowledge she needs, but a cold case that harkens back to 1942 throws her off course. With an ailing friend desperately trying to discover his own elixir of life and a new romantic interest offering the first chance at love she’s had in nearly a century, Zoe is torn between a dangerous form of alchemy and her desire for a safer life.
“Hits high marks for a modern twist on an ancient practice. Amusing supporting characters and historical details solidify this engaging mystery.” — Library Journal
USA Today bestselling author
Gigi Pandian
spent her childhood
being dragged around the world
by her cultural anthropologist parents,
and now lives outside San Francisco
with her husband
and a gargoyle who watches over the garden.
Gigi writes the Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt mysteries,
Accidental Alchemist mysteries,
and locked-room mystery short stories.
Gigi’s fiction has been awarded the Malice Domestic Grant
and Lefty Awards,
and been nominated for Macavity and Agatha Awards.
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Visit her Gargoyle photography blog: http://www.gargoylegirl.com
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Friday, January 13
Spotlight at Svetlana’s reads and views
Friday, January 20
Review + Giveaway at Libri Amori Miei
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of the Tour will give you 5 extra entries each time!
[just follow the directions on the entry-form]Global giveaway open to all:
1 participant will win:
The first two books in the series
(The Accidental Alchemist and The Masquerading Magician)
plus a set of 7 book-themed recipe cards