New
Release, Excerpt & Giveaway!
Murder
Comes Ashore by Julie Anne Lindsey
Thank
you so much for inviting me over today, Jeffrey. I’m excited to see the birth
of my new book baby and share a teaser piece with you and your readers.
Giveaway:
If the excerpt makes you smile, I hope you’ll consider leaving a comment. I’m
giving away one copy each of Murder Comes Ashore and book one in
the series, Murder by the Seaside. Two chance to win! I’ll keep an eye on
comments today. Good luck! And I hope the excerpt makes you smile : )
Excerpt:
“Look.”
I smacked Sebastian’s arm.
Sebastian
turned to look and I darted past him. His footfalls kept pace with mine,
allowing me to maintain the lead when he could easily have passed me. I waded
into the grasses, waving my arms overhead to keep the gulls at bay.
“Told
you I could help.” In a moment of gloating, I lost sight of the evidence. A
seagull honked and dove at me. I jumped back on instinct and fell into the
sand. A wilted reed of grass rammed up my nose and I screamed. Sneezing bug
eggs and cooties, I scrambled to my feet and chased the offending bird across
the sand. Two more birds joined him in the air and attacked. Whatever they all
wanted, it was flesh colored and I wanted it too.
Sebastian
shoved two fingers in his lips and whistled. Fargas jogged toward me, a look of
shock on his face. Yeah, yeah. How’d I get here? I pointed to the sky. “They’ve
got something.”
The
birds circled in the air, stretching the thing in their beaks and flapping with
vigor.
“Should
I shoot them?” Fargas called to Sebastian.
A
mob of birders appeared from the trees like magic. “No!”
“What
the hell?” Sebastian frowned.
“They
were probably here all night looking for owls or something.” I rolled my eyes.
Fargas
unholstered his side arm and the birders started closing in, cell phones at
arm’s length, digitally capturing the chaos.
“Do
not shoot that bird!” A wild scream broke out above the other voices. A woman
in hip waders and a dirty shirt charged Fargas.
I
tossed shells at the birds circling overhead. “I can’t hit them!” Frustration
burst from my chest in a growl. “Stop!” I screamed at the birds.
Fargas
toppled into the sand beside me, crushed beneath the rampaging woman. Her giant
binoculars bounced off his forehead and he went limp.
“Aw,
hell.” Sebastian groaned. He scooped a handful of rocks from the sand and
pulled his arm back.
A
shower of feathers burst above me and a bird fell from the sky. The others
squawked complaints, but headed out to sea. I ran for the grounded bird and
yanked the skin from his beak. He flapped his wings and waddled in a daze
across the sand.
“You
monster! You hit that bird with a rock! Murderer!” The woman climbed off Fargas
and headed for Sebastian, who dropped his remaining rocks in favor of cuffs and
badge. She raised her fists and Sebastian spun her around, cuffing her and
reciting her rights.
I
flipped the fleshy prize in my hands, struggling to make sense of what the
birds had worked so hard to keep. I tugged and squeezed the thing, looking past
the damage done from multiple bird beaks. Realization dawned. My tummy lurched.
“Ahh!”
The scream that ripped loose from my chest was Oscar-worthy. I dropped the
thing and ran in a tiny circle, unsure which way to go for bleach and a fast hand-removal
surgery. I rubbed my palms over the seat of my pants until they hurt.
Sebastian
finished reading Waders her rights.
A
line of EMTs-turned-beachcombers surrounded Fargas. One checked his vitals. One
followed the waddling bird and radioed the park ranger for assistance. We had
two head injuries, six EMTs and no ambulance. I marched in big,
knee-to-my-chest steps, trying not to think of the thing I would never forget.
Ever. Ever. Ever.
I
covered my eyes with one hand. The one without lifelong cooties. With the other
hand, I pointed to the item saved from the seagulls. “The victim is not a woman!”
Murder
Comes Ashore
Patience Price is just settling into her new life as
resident counselor on Chincoteague Island when things take a sudden turn for
the worse. A collection of body parts have washed up on shore and suddenly
nothing feels safe on the quaint island.
Patience instinctively turns to current crush and
FBI special agent Sebastian for help, but former flame Adrian is also on the
case, hoping that solving the grisly crime will land him a win in the upcoming
mayoral election.
When the body count rises and Patience's parents are
brought in as suspects, Patience is spurred to begin her own investigation.
It's not long before she starts receiving terrifying threats from the killer,
and though she's determined to clear her family's name, it seems the closer
Patience gets to finding answers, the closer she comes to being the killer's
next victim.
About
Julie:
Julie Anne Lindsey is a multi-genre author who
writes the stories that keep her up at night. She’s a self-proclaimed nerd with
a penchant for words and proclivity for fun. Julie lives in rural Ohio with her
husband and three small children. Today, she hopes to make someone smile. One
day she plans to change the world.
Murder
Comes Ashore is a sequel in her new mystery series,
Patience Price, Counselor at Large, from Carina Press.
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