Today, I'm welcoming Ellen Jacobson to this blog and I have the admit Murder at the Marina sounds fun and intriguing, despite the subject matter. So, now for Ellen ...
Thanks for
hosting me on your site today to celebrate the release of my cozy mystery, Murder
at the Marina. This is the first book in the lighthearted and humorous Mollie
McGhie Sailing Mystery series, featuring a reluctant sailor turned amateur
sleuth.
My own sailing
adventures and misadventures inspired me to write this series. My husband and I
bought our first sailboat in New Zealand in 2012. After a couple of years
cruising in those beautiful waters, we returned to the States and bought a
bigger boat which we moved onto in 2015. We've since cruised in Florida and the
Bahamas, labored over endless boat projects, and worked to keep our cruising
kitty (savings) topped up.
I wanted to
reflect my experiences learning to sail, cruising and living aboard a boat, and
being part of the boating community in my cozy mysteries. You could say that
there's a little bit of me in my main character, Mollie.
I thought I'd share one of the boating tidbits which I wrote about in Murder
at the Marina—namely,
all of the terminology that sailors use. When Mollie first gets involved in the
sailing community, she has to learn all sorts of new words such as “winch” and
“starboard.” Then there are the terms like “bow,” which she associates with
gift-wrapped presents, but which means something entirely different when it
comes to boats.
I can relate to
Mollie's frustration—learning to sail is hard enough, having to do
it another language is even worse. Why can't sailors just say “right” instead
of “starboard” and “left” instead of “port”? It will be interesting to see over
the course of the series how Mollie copes with learning about all of the more
technical aspects of boat ownership and whether she becomes fluent in
“Nauticalese.”
If you'd like to learn more about Mollie and her sailing adventures, you
can find details about Murder at the Marina below.
Blurb
A dilapidated sailboat for your
anniversary—not very romantic. A dead body on board—even worse.
Mollie McGhie is hoping for diamonds for
her tenth wedding anniversary. Instead, her husband presents her with a
dilapidated sailboat. Just one problem—she doesn’t know anything about boats,
nor does she want to.
When Mollie discovers someone murdered
on board, she hopes it will convince her husband that owning a boat is a bad
idea. Unfortunately, he’s more determined than ever to fix the boat up and set
out to sea.
Mollie finds herself drawn into the
tight-knit community living at Palm Tree Marina in Coconut Cove, a small town
on the Florida coast. She uncovers a crime ring dealing in stolen marine
equipment, investigates an alien abduction, eats way too many chocolate bars,
adopts a cat, and learns far more about sailing than she ever wanted to.
Can Mollie discover who the murderer is
before her nosiness gets her killed?
Buy Links
Murder at the
Marina—A Mollie McGhie Sailing Mystery #1
Print ISBN
978-1-7321602-1-7
eBook ISBN 978-1-7321602-0-0
Mystery
eBook ISBN 978-1-7321602-0-0
Mystery
Amazon (US) - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CHXQ29Y
Amazon (CA) - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07CHXQ29Y
Amazon (UK) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CHXQ29Y
Apple iBooks - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1373848719
Author Bio
Ellen Jacobson
writes mystery and scifi/fantasy stories. She is the author of the “Mollie
McGhie Sailing Mystery” series. She lives on a sailboat with her husband,
exploring the world from the water. When she isn't working on boat projects or
seeking out deserted islands, she blogs about their adventures at The Cynical
Sailor.
You can connect
with Ellen on:
Author Website - https://ellenjacobsonauthor.com/
Author Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/EllenJacobsonAuthor/
The Cynical Sailor Blog - http://thecynicalsailor.blogspot.com/
The Cynical Sailor Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/TheCynicalSailor/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/Ellen__Jacobson
Newsletter Sign-up - http://eepurl.com/dpy5sv
This sounds like a fun book and the beginning of a fun series. I like cozy mysteries (as opposed, say, to hard crime fiction). I like them because they usually are puzzle mysteries and have some humor in them, as this one appears to do.
ReplyDeleteMaybe she'll learn how to talk like a pirate!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for hosting me on your blog! Very much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteAlex - It would be pretty funny if Mollie started talking like a pirate. A possibility for a future book. :-)
Elizabeth - Humor and solving the puzzle are some of the reasons I enjoy cozies too.
I know there are reasons why sailors use those terms, but it does seem silly to a non-sailor. Congrats on your new book.
ReplyDeleteHappy to host you Ellen. Thanks for dropping in, guys.
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