Thursday, April 18, 2013

Virtual Tour: The Temporary Detective and Bad Publicity by Joanne Lessner


Congratulations to Andra, the winner of the GC for commenting.

Goddess Fish Promotions is organizing a Virtual Book Tour for The Temporary Detective and Bad Publicity by Joanne Lessner, mystery novels available now from Dulcet Press. The tour will run June 10 - July 12, 2013, and the stops are separated by book and tour type as indicated below.   The books are available in mobi, ePub and PDF formats for review.

Joanne will be giving away the following prizes: At each stop, one ebook copy of her novel Pandora's Bottle, inspired by the world's most expensive bottle of wine. A grand prize of a $25 Amazon GC will be awarded to one randomly drawn commenter during the tour. One randomly drawn host will receive a paperback or ebook copy of her novel Pandora's Bottle.

Phones, light typing...and murder.

Think breaking into show business is hard? Try landing a temp job without office skills. That's the challenge facing aspiring actress Isobel Spice when she arrives in New York City, fresh out of college and deficient in PowerPoint. After being rejected by seven temp agencies for her lack of experience, Isobel sweet-talks recruiter James Cooke into letting her cover a last-minute vacancy at a bank. New to his own job, and recently sober, James takes a chance on Isobel, despite his suspicion that she's a trouble-magnet. His misgivings are borne out by lunchtime, when she stumbles across a dead secretary in a bathroom stall. With her fingerprints on the murder weapon, Isobel sets out to prove her innocence by investigating the crime herself. While learning to juggle phone lines and auditions, she discovers an untapped talent for detective work--a qualification few other office temps, let alone actresses, can claim.

In the world of PR, there’s only one crime worse than killing a deal—killing a client.

Aspiring actress and office temp Isobel Spice finds a warm welcome at Dove and Flight Public Relations, thanks to her old school friend Katrina Campbell. However, the atmosphere chills considerably when Isobel unwittingly serves an important client a deadly dose of poisoned coffee. Her stalwart temp agent, James Cooke, rushes to her aid, but balks when he learns that the victim was the fraternity brother who got him expelled from college. News that Dove & Flight is being acquired by an international conglomerate quickly supplants the murder as the hot topic of office gossip, but Isobel is convinced the two events are related. When all roads of inquiry lead back to Katrina, Isobel is forced to consider the possibility that her friend’s killer instincts go beyond public relations.

Blurb Blitz for The Temporary Detective:

June 10:  My Devotional Thoughts
June 11:  Straight from the Library
June 12:  Sharing Links and Wisdom
June 13:  Deal Sharing Aunt
June 14:  J.C. Martin, Fighter Writer
June 14:  STOP 2  fuonlyknew

Standard tour (includes interviews or guest blogs) for The Temporary Detective:

June 17:  The Dan O'Brien Project
June 18:  Musings and Ramblings
June 19:  Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews
June 19:  STOP 2  Fantasy Powered by Love
June 20:  It's Raining Books
June 21:  Welcome to My World of Dreams
June 21:  STOP 2 Read Your Writes Book Reviews

Blurb Blitz for Bad Publicity:

June 24:  Brianna Lee Book Reviews
June 25:  Book 'Em North Carolina
June 26:  Bea's Book Nook
June 27:  Fantasy Powered by Love
June 28:  J.C. Martin, Fighter Writer
June 28:  STOP 2  fuonlyknew

Review tour -- choose either The Temporary Detective or Bad Publicity (or both):

July 8:  Kaisy Daisy's Corner
July 10:  Read Your Writes Book Reviews
July 11:  Long and Short Reviews
July 12:  The Muse Unleashed
July 12:  STOP 2  Shelley's Book Case