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March 27, 2023

On Tour: Chris Crossed Murder by Lauren Carr with Giveaway

Book Title: Chris Crossed Murder
Author: Lauren Carr
Publisher: Independently Published
Publisher Date: 2023-01-30 (422, Pages, Paperback)
Genres: Mystery, Cold Case, Adventure, Murder Mystery,
Series: A Chris Matheson Cold Case Mystery #4

It proves to be a Christmas to remember when the Matheson family receives the horrendous news that Chris Matheson’s body has been found in the woods near an international airport.

Everyone is stunned—especially Chris Matheson.

The mystery deepens when they discover the victim has Chris’s federal agent badge and appears to have been investigating one of his old cases.

The Geezer Squad’s latest case is not only a whodunit but who-got-dun. Is this a case of mistaken identity? Was Chris the intended victim? If not, then they must identify the murder victim to find his killer.

With Christmas days away, join the Chris Matheson and the Geezer Squad as they race to piece together the clues to their most puzzling case yet.

Disclaimer: I received a free Copy from the author for an honest review and Book Tour
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Are you into murder mysteries? Then look at Lauren Carr's books if you want a cold case to unpack and enjoy. Then her latest series, "Chris Matheson Cold Case Mystery," is an excellent series to get your fix or bite into.

My latest book, "Chris Crossed Murder," is filled to pack a punch from the very beginning of the book. Why would someone send a swat team after Chris Matheson and his daughter? Why do these family members think he is dead? We get twists and turns from the beginning of the book to every end.

The cold case starts to get hot, and Chris Matheson gets pulled into a hard case that he worked on nine years earlier. Who should be the text buddy that Chris Matheson gets? It starts with a dead body found with Chris Matheson's federal badge.

Every time I turned the page, I would try and guess, but we met the holiday gang. Who are they, and did they commit Sky Belmont murder? Who wants Chris dead? Is Dylan trying to figure out what Serra's stepfather is doing? Why? Dylan's parents wish to do something, or are they connected to Sky Belmont's murder?

There seem to be quite a few different murders going on. But who wants Chris dead, and why? The geezer squad is on it. There appears to be a romance in the air for a member and new family member named "Red"? This book set is on a winter night near Christmas.

Prize: Geezer Squad has some fun and Cookies while Chris tries to solve a cold case, Enter to win $75 Paypal & Grandma Bellas Cookies! Ends April 7th, 2023

Selling over half a million books worldwide, Lauren Carr is the international best-selling author of the Mac Faraday, Lovers in Crime, Thorny Rose, Chris Matheson Cold Case Mysteries, and Nikki Bryant Cozy Mysteries—thirty titles across five fast-paced mystery series filled with twists and turns!

Book reviewers and readers alike rave about how Lauren Carr seamlessly crosses genres to include mystery, suspense, crime fiction, police procedurals, romance, and humor.

The owner of Acorn Book Services and iRead Book Tours, Lauren is also a publishing manager, consultant, and virtual book tour coordinator for independent authors.

Lauren is a popular speaker who has made appearances at schools, youth groups, and on author panels at conventions.

She lives with her husband, and two spoiled rotten German shepherds on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV.

Connect with the Author: website ~ blog ~ facebook ~ instagram ~ twitter ~ pinterest

Tour Schedule:

Feb 22 - Mystery Review Crew - book series spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Feb 22 - The Book Countess – book series spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 22 – Locks Hooks and Books – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / author interview / giveaway
Feb 22 - Because I said so -- and other adventures in Parenting – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / guest post / giveaway
Feb 23- Leanne Bookstagram – book review of ICE
Feb 24 – My WorldReads – book series spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Feb 24 – Book Reviews by Linda Moore – book series spotlight / giveaway
Feb 27 - Splashes of Joy – book review of ICE / giveaway
Feb 27- Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review of WINTER FROST / giveaway
Feb 27 – Bound 4 Escape – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Feb 28 - Blooming with Books - book series spotlight / giveaway
Feb 28 - Splashes of Joy – book review of WINTER FROST / giveaway
Feb 28 - Paws.Read.Repeat – audiobook book review of ICE / giveaway
Mar 1 - Christa Reads and Writes - book review of ICE / giveaway
Mar 1 - Leanne Bookstagram – book review of WINTER FROST
Mar 1 – Cover Lover Book Review – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / guest post / giveaway
Mar 1 - Rockin' Book Reviews – audiobook review of THE LAST THING SHE SAID / giveaway
Mar 2 – Diane’s Book Journal – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER
Mar 3 - Novels Alive – book review of ICE / giveaway
Mar 3 - Gina Rae Mitchell - book review of ICE / giveaway
Mar 3 –Bigreadersite – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 6 - Welcome To MLM Opinions Reviews – book review of ICE / giveaway
Mar 6 –Novels Alive – book review of WINTER FROST / giveaway
Mar 6 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / guest post / giveaway
Mar 7 - Welcome To MLM Opinions Reviews – book review of WINTER FROST / giveaway
Mar 7 - Leanne Bookstagram – book review of THE LAST THING SHE SAID
Mar 8 – Deborah-Zenha Adams – book series spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Mar 8 - Paws.Read.Repeat – audiobook book review of WINTER FROST / giveaway
Mar 8 - Welcome To MLM Opinions Reviews – book review of THE LAST THING SHE SAID / giveaway
Mar 9 - Splashes of Joy – book review of THE LAST THING SHE SAID / giveaway
Mar 9 - Welcome To MLM Opinions Reviews – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 9 – FUONLYKNEW – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / guest post / giveaway
Mar 10 - Gina Rae Mitchell - book review of WINTER FROST / giveaway
Mar 10 –Novels Alive – book review of THE LAST THING SHE SAID / giveaway
Mar 10 - Splashes of Joy – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 13 – Liese's Blog – book series spotlight
Mar 13 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 14 –Paws.Read.Repeat – audiobook book review of THE LAST THING SHE SAID / giveaway
Mar 14 - Library of Clean Reads – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 15 –Novels Alive – book spotlight of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 15 –Novels Alive – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 16 - Leanne Bookstagram – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 16 – Olio by Marilyn – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 17 – Celticlady's Reviews – book series spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Mar 17 - Gina Rae Mitchell - book review of THE LAST THING SHE SAID / giveaway
Mar 17 - Christa Reads and Writes - book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER
Mar 17 - Older & Smarter? – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / author interview / giveaway
Mar 20 - Books for Books - book series spotlight
Mar 20 – Sandra's Book Club – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER
Mar 21 – Paws.Read.Repeat – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 21 – fundinmental – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 22 - My Reading Getaway – book review of ICE / giveaway
Mar 22 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of WINTER FROST / giveaway
Mar 23 - My Reading Getaway – book review of WINTER FROST / giveaway
Mar 23 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of THE LAST THING SHE SAID / giveaway
Mar 24 - Gina Rae Mitchell - book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / guest post / giveaway
Mar 24 – Book Corner News and Reviews –book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 24 – Pause for Tales – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 27 – My Reading Journeys – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 27 - Nighttime Reading Center - book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 28 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book series spotlight / guest post / giveaway
Mar 28 - My Reading Getaway – book review of THE LAST THING SHE SAID / giveaway
Mar 29 – inspired.j.reads – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER
Mar 30 - My Reading Getaway – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 31 – Adventurous Jessy – book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
Mar 31 - Just Another Reader - book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway
TBD - Leels Loves Books - book review of CHRIS CROSSED MURDER / giveaway

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November 15, 2019

1:00 AM By Lindz No comments Edit This

Book Tour: The Last Thing She Said by Lauren Carr with Giveaway

Book Title: The Last Thing She Said
Author: Lauren Carr
Publisher: Independently Published
Publisher Date: 2019-07-22 (390, Pages, Paperback)
Genres: Mystery, Cold Case, Adventure,
Series: A Chris Matheson Cold Case Mystery #3

“I’m working on the greatest mystery ever,” was the last thing noted mystery novelist Mercedes Livingston said to seven-year-old Chris Matheson before walking out of Hill House Hotel never to be seen again.

For decades, the writer’s fate remained a puzzling mystery until an autographed novel and a letter put a grown-up Chris Matheson on the trail of a cunning killer. With the help of a team of fellow retired law enforcement officers, each a specialist in their own field of investigation, Chris puts a flame to this cold case to uncover what had really happened that night Mercedes Livingston walked out of Hill House Hotel. Watch out! The clues are getting hot!

Disclaimer: I received a free Copy from the author for an honest review and Book Tour
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The Last Thing She Said is filled with more then one mystery. Chris is the main one that needs to find answers for a dying friend. But what if that friend ends up being a famous author that wants to give her children the legacy that she left behind?

Well the way this plot goes. Chris and his mother do not know anything or seem to know that they are were friends to someone that was to be kidnapped and dead. When your mother last friend is leaves a letter to your son and ask you find out who murder her first husband George? The plot start to get thick and hot again.

This brings in the Geezer Squad to open up the cold case of a century. The author seem to bring in Mac and his wife which help a bit. If you meet the mayor you should not be surprised that their going to be a case that brings laughter between the two dogs.

Their seems that theirs is murder that needs solving that happens to be bring in two murders and a kidnapping. Who killed Lacy Woodhouse? Who would want George Livingston dead? Why extort money from Horace Billingely?

Laura Carr doe not disappoint. She gives us more then one mystery to dig into. How they all be connected and be related to the kidnapping and murder of George Livingston? To find out all this you will have to read The Last Thing she said. There is not one why to find one answers to why Mercedes Livingston? What ever happened to her? Their seems to be mystery until Chris gets and autographed book.

This author does her book brilliantly that I can not wait for the next one. This author adds her other mystery characters in seemly and they seem to help if they can. This time Mac get pulled in a bit. Will his wife be able to help with Chris cold case?

Prize: Win a $50 Amazon gift card courtesy of Lauren Carr

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May 15, 2019

1:00 AM By Lindz No comments Edit This

Audiobook Tour: Winter Frost by Lauren Carr with Giveaway

Book Title: Winter Frost
Author: Lauren Carr
Publisher: Acorn Book Services
Published Date: March 22, 2019 (8 Hrs & 56 Mins, Audiobook)
Narrated by: Mike Alger
Genres: Mystery, Action, Adventures, Crime, Detective, Crime Fiction, Police Procedural
Series: A Chris Matheson Cold Case Mystery (Book #2)

It all started with a chance encounter in the city with Blair, his late wife.

Chris Matheson and the Geezer Squad, working under the guise of a book club, dig into the events surrounding his late wife’s supposed death halfway around the globe. A state department employee shoots himself in the back three times. A CIA operative goes missing. A woman is targeted by an international assassin three years after being declared dead in a terrorist attack overseas.

Nothing is as it seems.

In his most personal cold case, Chris fights to uncover why the state department told him that Blair, the mother of his children, had been killed when she was alive. What had she uncovered that has made her a target? Who terrified her so much that she had gone into hiding and why are they now after him?

Disclaimer: I received a code from IReadBookTours to get a copy of the audiobook to review the book. My review is honest for the readers and author. I review for IReadBookTours.
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Lauren Carr does is once again. This book Winter Frost is filler of mystery. It will pull you into the story from the first page to last page. I loved it.

As we know Chris, and his family. We also have Helen and her daughter. We running into and meet Chris supposed dead wife Blair. We also have Murphy join forces with Chris Matheson. I love that the author did this. Bring Murphy and Tristan into the mix. They were more of sub characters but almost like the main characters.

The story was really told well. I can say the narrator did wonderful. I hope to see more mix of the other series like having Chris be brought in with his book club into the other series. I was really surprised and happy when I heard Murphy name when he was helping with Chris escape. We have action from the beginning to the end.

If you have not picked up Lauren Carr books you are missing something. Pick any of her books and you will be hooked. I can not wait to read more. So glad to have two more to read or listen to this time around. Mystery lovers and Crime and detective loves would love these books and series.

Prize: Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card courtesy of Lauren Carr, author of Winter Frost (open to wherever Amazon.com delivers)

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Lauren Carr is the international best-selling author of the Mac Faraday, Lovers in Crime, and Thorny Rose Mysteries—over twenty titles across three fast-paced mystery series filled with twists and turns!

Now, Lauren has added one more hit series to her list with the Chris Matheson Cold Case Mysteries. Set in the quaint West Virginia town of Harpers Ferry, Ice introduces Chris Matheson, a retired FBI agent, who joins forces with other law enforcement retirees to heat up those cold cases that keep them up at night.

Book reviewers and readers alike rave about how Lauren Carr’s seamlessly crosses genres to include mystery, suspense, crime fiction, police procedurals, romance, and humor.

Lauren is a popular speaker who has made appearances at schools, youth groups, and on author panels at conventions. She lives with her husband, and three dogs on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV.

Connect with the author: Website ~ Twitter ~ Facebook ~ Instagram

BOOK and AUDIOBOOK TOUR SCHEDULE:

May 1 - Library of Clean Reads - tour kick-off / giveaway
May 1 - My Reading Journeys - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
May 2 - Working Mommy Journal - review Winter Frost / giveaway
May 2 - Dab of Darkness Book Reviews - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
May 3 - Christine's Book Corner - book spotlight / giveaway
May 3 - Laura's Interests - review of ICE / giveaway
May 6 - Hall Ways Blog - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
May 7 - Words And Peace - book spotlight / giveaway
May 7 - Life as Leels - review of ICE
May 8 - Kristin’s Novel Café - review of Winter Frost
May 9 - Locks, Hooks and Books - review of ICE / giveaway
May 10 - Bound 4 Escape - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
May 13 - A Fountain of Books - review of ICE / giveaway
May 14 - JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
May 15 - JB's Bookworms with Brandy Mulder - review of Crimes Past / giveaway
May 15 - Nighttime Reading Center - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
May 16 - Locks, Hooks and Books - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
May 16 - Life as Leels - review of Winter Frost
May 17 - Seaside Book Nook - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
May 20 - Elizabeth McKenna Romance Author - book spotlight / giveaway
May 20 - Laura's Interests - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
May 21 - Bound 4 Escape - review of It's Murder My Son / giveaway
May 22 - Buried Under Books - review of Winter Frost
May 23 - StoreyBook Reviews - book spotlight / giveaway
May 23 - T's Stuff - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
May 24 - Svetlana's Reads and Views - review of It's Murder My Son / giveaway
May 24 - Dab of Darkness Book Reviews - review of It's Murder My Son / giveaway
May 27 - A Fountain of Books - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
May 28 - Locks, Hooks and Books - review of It's Murder My Son / giveaway
May 29 - Life as Leels - review of It's Murder My Son
May 30 - Seaside Book Nook - review of It's Murder My Son / giveaway
May 30 - Readers' Muse - review of It's Murder My Son / giveaway
May 31 - Laura's Interests - review of It's Murder My Son / giveaway
June 3 - Bound 4 Escape - review of Crimes Past / giveaway
June 3 - Amy’s Booket List - review of ICE
June 4 - Locks, Hooks and Books - review of Crimes Past / giveaway
June 5 - Buried Under Books - review of Crimes Past
June 6 - Nighttime Reading Center - review of Crimes Past / giveaway
June 6 - A Fountain of Books - review of It's Murder My Son / giveaway
June 6 - Readers' Muse - review of Crimes Past / giveaway
June 7 - Library of Clean Reads - It's Murder My Son / giveaway
June 10 - FUONLYKNEW - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
June 10 - Amy’s Booket List - review of Winter Frost
June 11 - Svetlana's Reads and Views - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
June 11 - Life as Leels - review of Crimes Past
June 12 - Library of Clean Reads - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
June 12 - Dab of Darkness Book Reviews - review of Crimes Past / giveaway
June 13 - FUONLYKNEW - review of It's Murder My Son / giveaway
June 13 - Readers' Muse - review of ICE / giveaway
June 14 - Mystery Suspense Reviews - review of Winter Frost
June 17 - Seaside Book Nook - review of Crimes Past / giveaway
June 17 - Amy’s Booket List - review of It's Murder My Son
June 18 - Laura's Interests - review of Crimes Past / giveaway
June 19 - A Fountain of Books - review of Crimes Past / giveaway
June 20 - Nighttime Reading Center - review of It's Murder My Son / giveaway
June 20 - Readers' Muse - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
June 21 - JBronder Book Reviews - review of It's Murder My Son / giveaway
June 24 - Mystery Suspense Reviews - review of Crimes Past
June 24 - Amy’s Booket List - review of Crimes Past
June 25 - Books for Books - book spotlight
June 26 - JBronder Book Reviews - review of Crimes Past / giveaway
June 27 - JBronder Book Reviews - review of Winter Frost / giveaway
June 28 - Adventurous Jessy - review of Winter Frost / giveaway

April 12, 2018

1:30 AM By Lindz No comments Edit This

Book Tour: ICE By Lauren Carr

Book Title: ICE
Author: Lauren Carr
Genres: Crime fiction, Crime/Detective, Mystery, Police Procedural, Cozy Mystery
Series: A Chris Matheson Cold Case Mystery
Publisher: Acorn Book Services
Publish Date: February 26, 2018 (380 Pages, Paperback)
ISBN-10: 1983743380
ISBN-13: 978-1983743382
ASIN: B078XG7QKNDisclaimer: I received a free copy of the book from +Laura Fabiani iRead Book Tours for an honesty review
Description: The clues for a close-to-the-heart missing person’s case heat up when Chris Matheson starts chipping away at the ice on the cold case.
When Sandy Lipton and her unborn child disappear, the court of public opinion finds young Chris Matheson guilty. Decades later, the retired FBI agent returns home to discover that the cloud of suspicion cast over him and his family has never lifted. With the help of a team of fellow retired law enforcement officers, each a specialist in their own field of investigation, Chris Matheson starts chipping away at the ice on this cold case to uncover what had happened to Sandy and her baby and the clues are getting hot!

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Have you ever heard of a dog playing blackjack? I know that I have not, Lauren Carr has brought us a book with another dog. We meet Chris Matheson and his family in this very entertaining book.

They are a mystery every time we turn the page. I would call this a page-turner with a twist and turns with each time you decide to turn the page.

What book club is Elliott trying to get Chris to join? There mysteries and secrets too from the beginning to the end of the book. Do we have a serial killer on the loose? Who after Chis Matheson and why is the town believe that he killed Sandy Lipson and her baby?

Lauren Carr does not disappoint. If you have not read her other books then I suggest you do. ICE is only book one of her newest series. I look at this Sterling and say he may have Gnarly by entertaining you. Gnarly and Sterling should team up and see what they do together.

Will Chris Matheson and his buddies solve the cold case? There seems to be quite a few twists and turns you will not be able to guess some of the crimes.

There are a long of death and crime through this book but that is cause it is crime fiction and a mystery. I would also suggest that you if you are the fan of both or Mystery and have not read Lauren Carr other books. Then you are missing out. Once you read one you are going to want to read her other books. You can check out my reviews for The Mac Faraday Mysteries, Lovers In Crime Mysteries, The Joshua Thornton Mysteries, Thorny Rose Mysteries.

You can add ICE to the list as well. I can not wait for book two of this series. I can not wait for to pick up another Lauren Carr book soon.