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Mary Christmas Mystery Series
Don’t you think it’s time to dive into some Christmas mysteries? Not just any Christmas mystery, let’s mingle it with a little romance, and mix it with lots of twists and chances to keep you turning the pages. These three Christmas tales will keep you in the Christmas spirit and on the edge of your seat. Let’s take a look at the three books in the Mary Christmas Mystery series.
Slay Bells
This is the first book in the series. The lead character is, you guessed it, Mary. She is single. She is beautiful. And she’s a mortician. Though Mary is a powerhouse of strength, she has a caring and nurturing side to her. She stands by people in the worst times of their lives and their lowest points. Something odd happened during the Christmas rush. A “John Doe” disappeared from the embalming room whirling her into the police investigation. Mary needed to take matters into her own hands in the process of investigation a murder determined to find the missing body. Without warning, she found herself falling into a heart-warming romance, but her adventure led her into danger and secrecy.
Bleak Midwinter
This is the second book in the Mary Christmas Mystery series and is a must-read following Slay Bells as Mary is thrust into the middle of the next investigation. This time it is a double-homicide investigation. As she edges into more danger, she is aided by friends and forced to deal with an array of interesting yet odd personalities from a grieving sister to a released convict. Will she be able to unravel the mystery of this double homicide and maintain the new love in her life?
Cold Snap
Mary’s romance continues to bud in this third book from A Mary Christmas Mystery series. Where Bleak Midwinter leaves off, Cold Snap picks up the adventures in Mary’s life and career. In this investigation, two people have been poisoned. They are trying to pinpoint who would do this and what could be the motive. Mary is determined to find out and goes to work tirelessly to get the answers. This time she ends up in the midst of a scandal centered around business and all the matters that could lead to murder.
How does Mary continue her work as a funeral director and coroner and also have time to build a Yuletide romance? Each page holds passion and intrigue.
R.L. Perry’s vivid imagination and love for mysteries and romance come to life on the pages of these Mary Christmas Mystery Series books.
Pick up the series today, and get one for your mystery-loving friends to help keep them in the Christmas spirit!
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Happy Reading ~ Ginger Bock
Celtic Legends
Peek inside the basketball franchise of the Boston Celtics and find out even more about the famous tales of this legendary team. Some of the stories
Highlights from the beginning of the franchise to the 2022 NBA Finals
may be familiar while other are glimpses into less known but ever-fascinating activities.
Travel back in time with players like Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, John Havlicek, and Larry Bird and discover facts about the 17-time world champions and the jam-packed history that goes along with them. But Boston Celtics history is not the only tales to tell in Celtic Legends: Pivotal Moments, Players, & Personalities. You will also read about the present-day stars that are also included such as Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
11 Crowns in 13 Years
No sports team was more deserving of the Dynasty label than the Celtics who won 11 crowns in 13 years in the 1950s and 1960s. They stamped the Celtic green and white colors in the minds of basketball fans everywhere under famed coach Red Auerbach.
A Team for the Times
Simultaneously, the Celtics acted as the most progressive of organizations, becoming the first basketball team to draft an African-American player under the guidance of owner Walter Brown and the first to field an all-Black starting lineup. Cousy virtually invented the point guard role and Russell, the winningest athlete in North American professional sport, effectively invented defense while also becoming the first African-American coach in the league and the first in modern pro sport.
Where Did That Phrase Come From?
Phrases such as “Celtics Mystique” worked their way into the lexicon as so many aspects of Celtic history permeated the league, including gravel-voiced announcer Johnny Most, the NBA’s most recognizable court, the parquet floor at the Boston Garden, and the grand and great team rivalries pitting Boston against the St. Louis Hawks, each of Wilt Chamberlain’s teams, and the most enduring: Celtics-Lakers.
The Celtics personified unselfish basketball, the team game, the fast break. With so many members of the franchise voted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, the Celtics could have their own wing.
The Writer
The author, Lew Freedman is a native of Boston, Massachusetts and has followed the Celtics all of his life. He has written stories about the team for many publications. Lew knows the Celtics, and Celtic Legends is packed-full of history, facts, and information about this legendary team.
The Legends Series
Blue River Press presents The Legends Series where pivotal moments, players, and their personalities come to life in the pages of the books. Pick up a copy today. They make great gifts!
Celtic Legends · Yankee Legends · Red Sox Legends
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