First, we have a cover for Fatal Frost, the second Dewberry Farm mystery, and I love it! The book is available for pre-order now, and will be out in October.  I really hope you enjoy the second installment of Lucy’s adventures in Buttercup!

Second, I’ve gotten tons of e-mails asking about the Gray Whale Inn… and several readers have expressed concern that the series may be over.

It’s not!

The seventh Gray Whale Inn mystery, Whale of a Crime, is 2/3 complete and will be out in 2017… although it is not up for pre-order yet, it will be soon! As a teaser, here’s the cover… and if you sign up for the newsletter (look at the top of the page!), you’ll be getting a link to download The Gray Whale Inn Kitchen — which includes the first chapter of the book — in August.

It’s back to the word processor for me, but the book pages will be up shortly… and more news soon!

Lots of things going on this month! First, both books in the Margie Peterson series are in the Kindle 50 Books for $2.00 list this July… snap them up before they disappear! (Or you can buy both books for only $3.60… a steal!) I’m busy wrapping up the third book in the series, Mother’s Little Helper, now… more news soon.

Second Fatal Frost is available for pre-order! This Dewberry Farm holiday mystery will be out in October… I can’t wait for you to meet Gidget and Hot Lips, the new additions to Lucy’s farm!

Third, I’m almost done formatting The Gray Whale Inn Kitchen… this compendium of Gray Whale Inn recipes will be available in August as a $2.99 e-book… or free to newsletter subscribers.  I’ll be sending subscribers an e-mail with instructions for downloading as soon as it’s ready, which will be in the next few weeks.  You can sign up to receive your copy at the top of the home page (you’ll also receive subscriber-only bonus material like free stories, recipes, deleted scenes, and updates from MacInerney Mayhem)… in the meantime, for daily updates, please feel free to check in with me at my author page on Facebook.

And last but not least, if you live in Austin, I’ll be on a panel discussing writing groups at 7:00 Thursday, July 21 at BookPeople.  (For details, click here.) I hope to see you there!