
From: No Mallets Intended
Series: Vintage Kitchen Mysteries
Released: November 4th, 2014
There's a strange wind blowing through Queensville, and I don't like it. Folks are bickering and arguing about the oddest things, especially at heritage society meetings! We're supposed to be planning the refurbishing of the former Dumpe House, now the Queensville Historic Manor, in time for the December festival we call Dickens Days.
I've always loved Dickens Days, and was excited a few years ago when I started to participate after I joined the heritage society. During the annual December festival we make much of Queensville's Victorian feel and connection to all things Victorian. This year should be even cooler, with the new historic home opening!
Or it would be if we could get moving on it! We can't even get people to agree on the right color to paint a parlor wall, much less what to do about the leaky plumbing.
It doesn't help that I don't like the writer they hired to whip up a pamphlet on the house, though I like the other guy who tried out for the job even less.
But... I wouldn't give up this task for anything, no matter what! I get to work on the kitchen all on my own, and you know what that means: more antique sales and junk shops and auctions! A Hoosier cabinet to hunt for, antique kitchen implements to catalog, including the largest collection of kitchen mallets I've ever seen!
It is kind of eerie to be out at the house alone late at night, though, even with Hoppy for company. The whole house creaks and moans, especially at his time of year, with a chill wind blowing up in the attic and outside, sending gusts of dead leaves scuttering around the property. I keep hearing noises, like somebody walking along the second floor hall. A more timid gal would have cut and run, but not me. There is nothing going on of a spectral nature, that I can guarantee you. I always look for the logical explanation, like the house is settling, or the furnace is kicking in. Or... is there actually someone up there, moving around? I hope not. What would they want in an old house anyway?
As long as no one gets murdered, I'll be good.
I'm trying to convince myself I'm not nervous, anyway. Are you susceptible to fits of the nerves when you hear strange sounds?

Package 1 will have one set of audio CDs of the first three books of the Vintage Kitchen Mystery series, as well as a paperback copy of No Mallets Intended, a cozy mystery tote and pen.
Package 2 will hold the tote, pen, a copy of No Mallets Intended, AND a hardback book entitled Something From the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America, a fascinating look at the way dinner preparation and serving changed in that decade. Both packages will have as a bonus a copy of Muffin But Murder, Book 2 of my Merry Muffin Mysteries!
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I need to catch up on this series. I've only read the first book.
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I've read all the books in this series so far and have enjoyed them all. Looking forward to No Mallets Intended. I haven't read the Merry Muffin Series but it is on my "to read" list.
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I've been known to have "fits of nerves", in eerie situations, Jaymie/Victoria. (Sometimes you have to trust your instincts.)
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I've read--and loved--all the books in the series so far, so I'm hoping I can win Package #2. I'm fascinated with 50's cooking--recipes, techniques--everything. Looking forward to reading No Mallets Intended whether I win or not!
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This is such a fun series--and all the old kitchen things remind me of what was in grandma's kitchen.
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Jaymie always has so much fun going vintage! I'd love to have her kitchen (but maybe not her knack for finding bodies!)!! Hmm, wonder if I could get her to find some vintage treasures for MY house. I love vintage, especially kitchen. I can't wait for "Mallets" even though I know that I'll just start getting antsy about how long I'll have to wait for the NEXT Vintage Kitchen Mystery.
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And, I forgot to reply that YES, I do get nervous fits (lol!) when I hear strange sounds that go bump in the night! The worst at my house are tree lambs too close to the roof on a stormy night---they get me every time! :-)
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pamrp52@yahoo.com thinks your giveaway is awesome! I freak out at strange noises and have a grandson who loves to play on that fact. He finds strange sounds on his smart phone and puts it so only I can hear it!
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Oooh! Can't wait to read! Getting ready to plan and redo my own kitchen soon. Bet this story has some great ideas.
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What Great prize packages! Shame I live in the UK and unlikely to win them :) Good Luck to all who enter! :)
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My comment disappeared. So I hope this is not a duplicate. I have not started the series but would love to. I do get nervous when I hear noises that I am not sure what they are.
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Thank you ALL for such a wonderful response! I'm choosing the two winners today, and I will email them!
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ReplyDeleteMy comment disapeared :( I love your books and for once I'd like to come in 2nd. I love the idea of recreating dinner in the 50's. For 3 generations (and soon to be 4 as diiner for Thanksgiving passes to my grown daughters) we use the same electric "turkey oven". And I still have dinner at 6 like my parents always did in the 50's. kphans08@gmail.com
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Jaymie, I want you to know that I consider myself your friend. I've been at your side for a few years now and I will be there as long as you so wish. We have a lot in common. I, too, live in Michigan. I'm not fortunate enough to live by Lake St. Clair, but I visit the area every chance I get. (There's something special about being by the water, isn't there?) Like you, I also love to cook. I don't have a lot of vintage kitchen equipment, but I. myself, could be classified as "vintage." We're alike, too, in our love of reading, but mysteries are a bit more to my liking than romances. And finally, like you, I do get nervous when I hear strange noises in the house. My advice to you is to trust your instincts because they've served you well so far. Above all, be very careful. I surely don't want to lose a friend.
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my imagination tends to go wild at strange sounds, especially after watching shows like "Ghost Adventures" and "The Dead Files."
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