 This winter, The Dead of Sled Run hit store shelves, continuing the Piper Blackwell Series with a new murder to solve and gracing websites with giveaways, interviews, and excerpts to this latest release--as well as some insight into the author of the novel's work.
Shots Mag hosted the author for a post titled, "Fire Talks" where Jean Rabe explained how she learned some of the things that made The Dead of Sled Run cut so close to the bone of reality. “I forgot Larry’s last name sometime in the past thirty years, but I never forgot what he taught me about fire. Larry was the top arson investigator for Kentucky ‘back in the day’ when I ran the Western Kentucky News Bureau for Scripps Howard.” Rabe said. “He taught me that sometimes you can look at a building fire while it rages and tell if it was deliberately set. It’s in how the fire burns, how it travels. ‘Fire talks,’ he told me.” That wisdom spilled out onto the page of The Dead of Sled Run, pieces of humans bleeding into fictional characters, as they’re sometimes wont to do. A fact she elaborated on in an interview on Stephen D. Sullivan’s blog. “Are there characters in the Piper Blackwell series that have been inspired by people you know in real life?” Posed the question on Stephen’s site. “Several. There are pieces of me in Piper Blackwell and Oren Rosenberg.” Rabe answered, “Detective Basil Meredith has ingredients from Bill Gilsdorf and Michael A. Black, retired lawmen who I consult for various aspects of an investigation. DA Scales is based on Robert Scales, an awesome DA in real life, who runs fun Pathfinder roleplaying sessions on the side. Zeke the Geek … ah, he is several of my gaming friends rolled into one teenaged body.” Rabe is no stranger to fiction, though the contemporary mystery genre is relatively new to her–only the better part of a decade or so. Rather, Jean Rabe's roots are deeply twined within the realms of role playing table top games and high fantasy adventures. Rabe worked with Andre Norton, continuing on some of the illustrious author's posthumous works and created the award-winning Love-Haight series with Donald J. Bingle, alongside her own intrepid novels and anthologies. On Faith Hunter’s website, Jean pondered about what's to come: “...maybe I ought to write another urban fantasy. I’ve been toying with the notion of Benjamin Franklin as a wizard. Have to write some more Piper Blackwell first,” Jean finished, assuring her mystery fans that more Piper Blackwell is yet to come. We here at Psst... wanted to know how she refills the well, especially when it comes to a series. "I usually take a couple of days off and play boardgames and roleplaying games and read a couple of books at the top of my to-be-read pile. Oh, and toss a lot of tennis balls for my cadre of dogs. Then I’m energized to dig into my next book. I have too many plots and outlines bouncing around in my computer… I have to write." The first three books of her series remain on sale for $.99 (e-books and select sites only) until January 15th. The rafflecopter for her blog tour giveaway will remain open until January 17th. Rabe is available for book clubs, signings, and appearances upon request. Find the blog tour schedule here.
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The Dead of Sled RunBlog Tour ScheduleSchedule is subject to change. Please check in daily for new stops. November 13 November 14 November 15 November 16 November 17 November 20 November 21 November 22 November 23 November 24 November 25 November 27 November 28 November 29 December 4 December 5 December 6 December 7 December 8 About the Book:It is almost Christmas and yards glow with twinkling lights. But more than chestnuts are roasting.  A raging fire sweeps through the decorated landscape of Sled Run, destroying the home of Chief Deputy Oren Rosenberg and killing two. An accident? Or did something toxic fuel the flames? Sheriff Piper Blackwell and Detective Basil Meredith believe Oren was targeted and are tasked with finding motive and means before more than the holiday burns bright. With many clues reduced to ashes, can Piper and Basil catch the culprits before they strike again? Or is this blaze just the start of the most murder-filled time of the year? Publisher: Boone Street Press (November 13, 2023) Publication date: November 13, 2023 Language: English Print length: 316 pages Buy link: https://mybook.to/DeadSledRun Dead of Sled Run is book five of the Piper Blackwell Series. Want to read the series in order? Check it out on Amazon. Prefer audio? The Piper Blackwell series is in audio, read by Catherine Wenglowski. Start with book one of the series, The Dead of Winter Love the Piper Blackwell Series and want to keep up with Jean's latest works? Sign-up for her newsletter here and follow her on Amazon or Bookbub. Jean Rabe returns with another installment in her highly addictive Piper Blackwell series. As masterfully plotted as the previous five volumes, THE DEAD OF SLED RUN is a compelling page-turner that opens with a harrowing scene sure to have readers on the edge of their seats, and only escalates from there. The only flaw I can find in Rabe’s mysteries is they are over too soon, but that’s my fault for being unable to put the book down.” --Brian A. Hopkins, Four-time Bram Stoker Award Winning Author About the Author: USA Today best-seller, Jean Rabe's impressive writing career spans decades, starting as a newspaper reporter and bureau chief. From there she went on to become the director of RPGA, a co-editor with Martin H. Greenberg for DAW books, and, most notably, Rabe is an award-winning author of more than forty science fiction/fantasy and murder mystery thrillers. She writes mysteries and fantasies, because life is too short to be limited to one genre--and she does it with dogs tangled at her feet, because life is too short not to be covered in fur. Find out more about her at www.jeanrabe.com The time has come! Jean Rabe has written book number six in The Piper Blackwell Series, The Dead of Sled Run and we're so glad we are able to help her celebrate this new release. Congratulations, Jean! We're wishing you all the best and many hugs! Love, Mud and Echo  As featured in The Crime Fiction Lover Rap Sheet. Congratulations, Jean! We're wishing you every success in the world! Love, Mud and Echo Welcome to the blog tour for Dead of Autumn!Thank you for checking out the blog tour for the Dead of Autumn! Below is a list of blogs that are hosting the novel to help spread the word about this latest mystery thriller from Jean Rabe. Go to each blog to find excerpts, reviews, and giveaways and check out the rafflecopter to win a $35 Barnes and Noble gift card. Blog Tour ScheduleMay 15 May 16May 17May 18 May 19 May 20
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About the Book: Sheriff Piper Blackwell is plunged into the dark heart of “idyllic” Spencer County, Indiana... About the book: A teenager dressed as Tinker Bell never made it to the Halloween party. Her murders sends a ripple of fear through Piper Blackwell's rural jurisdiction. Investigating the crime, the young sheriff and her detective are drawn into an underworld they didn't know existed. Can the pair survive the trip into the dark heart of once idyllic Spencer County? Can they find the killer before more lives are are destroyed and he strikes again? Publisher: Boone Street Press (May 15, 2022) Publication date: May 15, 2022 Language: English Print length: 319 pages Buy link: mybook.to/DeadofAutmn Dead of Autumn is book five of the Piper Blackwell Series. Want to read the series in order? Check it out here: http://mybook.to/PiperBlackwellSeries. Prefer audio? The Piper Blackwell series is in audio, read by Catherine Wenglowski. Start with book one of the series: mybook.to/DeadofWinterAudio Sign-up for her newsletter: https://jeanrabe.com/sign-up-for-my-newsletter/ and follow her on Amazon: http://author.to/JeanRabe to keep up with her latest works! About the Author: USA Today best-seller, Jean Rabe's impressive writing career spans decades, starting as a newspaper reporter and bureau chief.
From there she went on to become the director of RPGA, a co-editor with Martin H. Greenberg for DAW books, and, most notably, Rabe is an award-winning author of more than forty science fiction/fantasy and murder mystery thrillers. She writes mysteries and fantasies, because life is too short to be limited to one genre--and she does it with dogs tangled at her feet, because life is too short not to be covered in fur. Find out more about her at www.jeanrabe.com  The small town mystery-thriller series from USA Today best-selling author, Jean Rabe, is being turned into audio, brought to life by narrator Catherine Wenglowski.
Set in a small town in Indiana, newly elected sheriff, Piper Blackwell, is tossed into the deep end of the pool when 58 minutes into her first day on the job, she’s faced with a grisly murder, the victim artfully poised amid the ornaments on his lawn. And thus begins the intense first novel of the series, Dead of Winter. Dead of Winter, Dead of Night, and Dead of Summer, are all available in audio, where audiobooks are sold. The rest of the series, including Rabe’s latest release, Dead of Jerusalem, has not yet been released in audio. Print and e-copies of the book, however, can still be found where books are sold. The next novel of the series, Dead of Autumn, is set to release in 2022 with Boone Street Press. The audio series spent this November on blog tour. Find reviews, guest posts, and giveaways here: https://tinyurl.com/2p8pch7s All giveaways close by December 22, 2021. For more information on the Piper Blackwell series and her other words, check out Jean Rabe’s website at https://jeanrabe.com/ and, for more info about Catherine Wenglowski: https://www.wenglowvo.com/ Piper Blackwell Audiobook Blog Tour ScheduleNovember 15 November 16 November 17 November 18 November 19 November 22 November 23 November 24 November 25 November 26 About the Books: Set in a small town in Indiana, Piper Blackwell is the newly appointed sheriff in this intense mystery thriller series from Faust lifetime achievement winner, Jean Rabe. Narrator Catherine Wenglowski lends her voice to this series of books that will keep you up at night... DEAD OF WINTER, DEAD OF NIGHT, and now, DEAD OF SUMMER, have been converted into ear candy (or, audiobooks) for your listening enjoyment. About the Books: DEAD OF WINTER In a deceptively peaceful county, a murderer hides in plain sight. Fifty-eight minutes into her first day on the job, 23-year-old Sheriff Piper Blackwell is faced with a grisly murder, the victim artfully posed amid decorations on his lawn. Drawing on former military training, Piper must prove herself worthy of the sheriff's badge, and that won't be easy. Genre: Mystery/Thriller Length: 8 hr 47 min Language: English Buy Link: mybook.to/DeadofWinterAudio DEAD OF NIGHT As Sheriff Piper Blackwell rushes to a clandestine meeting with an aging, paranoid veteran who believes spies are trailing his every move, she is caught in a fierce thunderstorm. Pounding rain drums against the bluff, washing away the earth and revealing a grisly secret someone tried to bury a long time ago. Putting a name to the skeleton on the bluff, and searching for the thief who robbed the old veteran of his life’s earnings, sends Piper delving into the sleepy towns that dot her rural county. Now she’s digging into pasts perhaps best left alone. Accompanied by Chief Deputy Oren Rosenberg, Piper seeks to expose a truth someone wants to remain forever hidden. The investigation may have started with a thunderstorm, but Piper aims to finish it and find justice. Uncovering fragments of Spencer County’s history could prove more dangerous - and deadlier - than she ever expected. Genre: Mystery/Thriller Length: 8 hr 32 min Language: English Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Night-Piper-Blackwell-Mystery/dp/B08Q9SFKNY/ DEAD OF SUMMER Shouts of delight turn to screams of terror when a carnival ride goes berserk at the Spencer County Fair. Sheriff Piper Blackwell must contain the chaos and investigate the possible sabotage, even as she tries to solve a local businessman’s horrific murder. But managing two investigations with at least one killer on the loose pushes the young officer and her tiny staff to their limits. Can Piper catch the murderer, or will the summer’s body count continue to rise? Genre: Mystery/Thriller Length: 8hr 19 min Language: English Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Summer-Piper-Blackwell-Mystery/dp/B094M1NCKF/ Love the Piper Blackwell Series and want to keep up with Jean's latest works? Sign-up for her newsletter: https://jeanrabe.com/sign-up-for-my-newsletter/ and follow her on Amazon: http://author.to/JeanRabe. About the Author/Narrator: About the Author: USA Today best-seller, Jean Rabe's impressive writing career spans decades, starting as a newspaper reporter and bureau chief. From there she went on to become the director of RPGA, a co-editor with Martin H. Greenberg for DAW books, and, most notably, Rabe is an award-winning author of more than forty science fiction/fantasy and murder mystery thrillers. She writes mysteries and fantasies, because life is too short to be limited to one genre--and she does it with dogs tangled at her feet, because life is too short not to be covered in fur. Find out more about her at www.jeanrabe.com  About the Narrator:
Catherine Wenglowski is a New York City based audiobook narrator. With a background in theater and as a classically trained singer, combined with her lifelong love of reading, Catherine uses her trained ear and creativity to add breath and life to characters and to connect with her audience. Visit her website at: https://www.wenglowvo.com/  Blog Tour ScheduleFollow these author blog tours for excerpts, reviews, giveaways and more! Be an active part of the urban fantasy fandom and tweet, share, and spread the word about the Love-Haight Case Files series! September 20 #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog All Things Dark and Dirty Stephen D. Sullivan September 21 Distinct Authors The State of the Nerd September 22 The Emotional Rationalist September 23 Stephanie Brown Author September 24 BooksGloriousBooks September 27 Taming Chaos Janet Walden-West September 28 BOOKS TO CURL UP WITH September 29 Ken-Schrader.com September 30 Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub Books Behind the Title October 1 Monster Complex Girlzombieauthors Faith Hunter About the Book: Supernatural beings are willing to fight for their legal rights! Since the Summer of Love, the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco has been known for attracting weird and unconventional souls, but things got even stranger when the monsters moved in. Magic has returned to the world and with it a host of supernatural creatures—not just vampires and ghosts, but sentient gargoyles, ghouls, sprites, faeries, and more. The frightened citizenry, holier-than-thou bigots, headline-seeking reporters, and harried police refer to them as OTs (Other-Than-Humans), but Thomas Brock and Evelyn Love believe even supernatural creatures have legal rights. Delve into their case files for a genre-bending mix of mystery, horror, suspense, thrills, courtroom drama, and romance. The city’s OT element is sometimes malevolent, sometimes misunderstood, and often discriminated against. Brock and Love represent them all, dead, undead, or alive—whatever the case, whatever the species. **Winner of three prestigious Silver Falchion Awards ** for mysteries, thrillers, and suspense novels: Best Fantasy, Best Urban Fantasy, and Best Multi-Genre Novel. ASIN: B098K6SG49 Publisher: Craig Martelle, Inc (September 20, 2021) Publication date: September 20, 2021 Language: English Genre: Paranormal Mystery Thriller Check it Out on Amazon: http://mybook.to/LoveHaightBk2 Want to stay up to date with Donald and Jean? Follow them on Amazon: Donald J. Bingle (http://author.to/DonaldJBingle) and Jean Rabe (http://author.to/JeanRabe). New to the Love-Haight Case Files? Check out the rest of the series: http://mybook.to/LoveHaightSeries About the Authors:
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Love-Haight Case Files, Book One: Seeking Supernatural Justice #BlogtourSchedule #blogtour8/27/2021  August 23, 2021 Faith Hunter Blog b for bookreview Books To Curl Up With All Things Dark and Dirty August 24, 2021 GirlZombieAuthors Shadow Alliance (Facebook group) August 25, 2021 The Emotional Rationalist Stephen D. Sullivan August 29, 2021 Distinct Authors September 1, 2021 I Smell Sheep September 3, 2021 Booksbehindthetitle Want to be part of the next blog tour for The Love-Haight Case Files book? We're currently accepting sign-ups! Click the banner below!  About the Book: The Love-Haight Case Files #1 Thomas Brock and Evelyn Love are attorneys who crusade for the rights of OTs—Other-Than-Humans. Their clients include ghosts, gargoyles, vampires, and things that have not yet been given names. The city’s OT element is sometimes malevolent, sometimes misunderstood, and often discriminated against. Brock and Love represent them, whatever the case, whatever the species. Magic hangs heavy in San Francisco, and danger and intrigue is as thick as the fog around the Golden Gate Bridge. Love-Haight is a comedy, locked within a mystery, hidden in a horror story... Wonderfully clever, stylish, and ghoulish. Delightfully twisted fun! —William C. Dietz, New York Times bestselling creator of The Legion of the Damned Making the freakiest burg in the nation ten times freakier is a considerable achievement. —Glen Cook, bestselling author of The Black Company series Publisher: Craig Martelle, Inc (August 23, 2021) Releases: August 23, 2021 Genre: Paranormal Mystery Thriller Language: English Print Length: 396 pages ISBN: 978-1614752752 ASIN: B098J8L6W5 Buy Links: Pre-Order on Amazon: http://mybook.to/LoveHaightBk1 About the Authors:Jean Rabe USA Today best-seller, Jean Rabe's impressive writing career spans decades, starting as a newspaper reporter and bureau chief. From there she went on to become the director of RPGA, a co-editor with Martin H. Greenberg for DAW books, and, most notably, Rabe is an award-winning author of more than forty science fiction/fantasy and murder mystery thrillers. She writes mysteries and fantasies, because life is too short to be limited to one genre--and she does it with dogs tangled at her feet, because life is too short not to be covered in fur. Find out more about her at www.jeanrabe.com Donald J. Bingle Donald J. Bingle is the author of eight books and more than sixty shorter works in the horror, thriller, science fiction, mystery, fantasy, steampunk, romance, comedy, and memoir genres, including the Dick Thornby Thriller series (Net Impact; Wet Work; Flash Drive), Frame Shop, a murder mystery set in a suburban writers’ group, Forced Conversion, a near future scifi thriller, GREENSWORD, a darkly comedic eco-thriller and (with Jean Rabe) The Love-Haight Case Files, Books 1 & 2, a paranormal urban fantasy series about two lawyers who represent the legal rights of supernatural creatures in a magic-filled San Francisco. He also edited Familiar Spirits, an anthology of ghost stories. More on Don and his writing can be found at www.donaldjbingle.com. Want to be contacted when we have an upcoming blog tour? Fill out our blog tour form: https://forms.gle/655MUXJ9xB9jHaCv8
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