Guest Post & Giveaway ~ A Friendly Game of Murder by J.J. Murphy

January 26, 2013 By 4 Comments
“This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.” — Dorothy Parker
 
Dorothy Parker, a writer and wisecracker of 1920s New York, was the source of many such memorable quotes. You may also know, “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.” Or, “That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.”
 
Now, what would happen if that tart-tongued poet Dorothy Parker happened to stumble across a murder scene? What would she say to that?
 
This is the basic premise of the Algonquin Round Table Mysteries. In the latest, A FRIENDLY GAME OF MURDER, it’s New Year’s Eve at the Algonquin Hotel. But it’s not such a joyous occasion for Dorothy Parker. She merely wants a midnight kiss from her friend Robert Benchley. Then her colleague Alexander Woollcott draws her into a parlor game of "Murder"—with dire consequences!
 
The game turns all too serious when the naked body of a Broadway starlet is found dead in the penthouse bathroom. And the bathroom door was locked from the inside! Fortunately (or unfortunately) the entire hotel is quarantined, so Dorothy, Benchley and Woollcott—along with hotel guest Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—are stuck inside with the murderer. Now all they have to do is figure out "who done it"… while Dorothy still has to figure out how to get that midnight kiss!
 
I love combining real historical characters with fictional stories. Many readers ask: How much is real and how much is fiction? Well, that’s part of the fun, isn’t it? Do you really want to know?
 
Oh, all right… There’s a Historical Note at the end of the book that explains it all. But you can always skip that part, if you don’t want to know!

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friendlyPublisher: Signet (December 31, 2012)
Genre: Cozy Mystery
ISBN-10: 0451238990
Series: Algonguin Round Table Mystery, Book 3
Buy: Amazon, Kindle, IndieBound, The Book Depository

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Why should Dorothy Parker’s friends be the only ones making “enviable names” in “science, art, and parlor games”? Dorothy can play with the best of them—as she sets out to prove at a New Year’s Eve party at the Algonquin Hotel. Since the swanky soiree is happening in the penthouse suite of swashbuckling star Douglas Fairbanks, some derring-do is called for. How about a little game of “Murder”?

Each partygoer draws a card to be detective, murderer, or victim. But young Broadway starlet Bibi Bibelot trumps them all when her dead body is found in the bathtub. No one knows who the killer is, but one thing is for sure—they won’t be making gin in that bathtub.

When more partiers are put in peril, it becomes clear the game is indeed on, and it’s up to Dorothy, surprise guest Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and the members of the Round Table to stay alive—and relatively sober—long enough to find the killer…

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Thanks to the publisher, I have one (1) copy of A Friendly Game of Murder to give away.

Giveaway open to residents of the US only.
Giveaway ends on February 9th

Winner will have 48 hours, from the time of notification to confirm their win or another winner will be chosen.

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jjJ.J. Murphy is an award-winning health care writer in Pennsylvania, and has been a long-time fan of Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Round Table. J.J. started writing after the birth of twin daughters as an escape from toddler television.

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Comments

  1. Melissa B says:
    January 26, 2013 at 12:10 PM

    I havent yet read any books by this author, but I have a friend who has! =)
    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  2. Sharon says:
    January 26, 2013 at 1:26 PM

    I look forward to reading this and more from J J Murphy. I love that Dorothy Parker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are characters in the novel. What a wonderful concept!
    Thanks for the Giveaway!

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  3. Gloria Walshver says:
    January 26, 2013 at 9:02 PM

    I like that the author comprised her characters from famous people.

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  4. Nora-Adrienne says:
    January 26, 2013 at 9:05 PM

    I already own a copy of this book and I can’t wait till I can read it (I have a few others that I MUST read first).
    Nora-Adrienne recently posted..Murder for the Halibut is a FIVE STAR read!My Profile

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