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Clockwork.

 They play their signature tunes,
the audience goes wild,
as only a terra cotta crowd can.

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But you can soar, instead,
1/4 of the way around the world.

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Join the migration today.

¡EBOOKS FREE, RED HOT & READY!

from the Ellen and Geoffrey Fletcher Mystery series

for five October days in 2016, the 6th to the 10th, Thursday through Monday

free from Amazon.com (the cover pictures below are links), available only in Kindle format

If you haven’t got a Kindle Device, one shall be prepared for you.
Amazon sends a drone to your home (they know when you are sleeping)
that upgrades your refrigerator with a Kindle-reader app,
also for your computers, tablets, mobile phones (free of charge).
This modest incursion opens access to hundreds of thousands of free titles,
classic and modern, not just to mine.

Kindle Direct Publishing invites authors on their platform to trade income for exposure, tooffer their books for free every few months. It’s a simultaneous worldwide deal on all the Amazon stores (US, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, India, Australia, Japan, Mexico, Brazil). People will take a chance on free stuff who’d hesitate to pay for a book from an author unknown to them.

Give either or both of these a try and let me know what you think.
Comment here, or email me at mystery@budcrawford.com.

FitToCurve

The Asheville Story.

Heart Attack

The Williamsburg Story.

A few clips from readers,
carefully culled from
from favorable reviews on Amazon
.

    Fit to Curve is a skillfully written mystery with complex characters and such a fascinating plot that I’m way behind on my chores.

    This series is a favorite with interesting plots and wonderfully drawn characters. Wish the author would write more of them. The type of book you don’t want to end.

    A bed and breakfast mystery. Super characters, well developed. You’re waiting for the other shoe to drop. A mouth-watering, good read. Love the old lady with the sharp wit. I’d like the recipes, too.

    The plot builds very slowly. But once I got into it, I was hooked. I liked the characters, and you get a lot of insight into them.

    This is too fine a novel to be mired in the mystery/suspense ghetto. It’s a good mystery, with a complex plot, all the mystery trappings, but the characters are rounded and attractive. The theme seems to me to be a consideration of morality – not just sexual morality (or immorality), though there’s some of that too, for those who like to read such descriptions, but all kinds of morality: for how high a price might you sell your soul?

    Heart Attack is a great read!

    This couple are a great addition to the mystery genre. Sharp and interesting with a bit of humor and spice.

    Snappy dialog. Geoff and Ellen are a great team. He has a definite intuitive method of assessing info and arriving at conclusions that baffle and irk his cohorts. Ellen is more conventional and together are a great team. Unusual mystery not easily solved.

COMING SOON:

 
The Charleston Story: seeking agent.
The Atlanta Story, under edit.

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Fallen into dance.

Fall into Dance

The Asheville Ballet’s annual free performance in the park.

3-400 people watched and, if clapping and hooting count,
they enjoyed what they saw.

Photos are from last night’s performance (Friday, 23 Sept 2016).

One more show, tonight, Saturday, at 7:30 pm.

8 dances from 6 choreographers using 15 dancers,
beautiful work with poised and professional dancing.

Well-done tech — lights  and recorded sound and live music
— wonderful venue, perfect weather.

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Don’t miss tonight’s show, bring friends and family, maybe folding chairs.

Performance details at the Asheville Ballet website.

 

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Free for the discriminating reader.

If you’re curious about life, and death,

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don’t let gravity take you down.

¡GET RED HOT EBOOKS FOR FREE!

from the Ellen and Geoffrey Fletcher Mystery series

for five days in July 2016, the 7th to the 11th, Thursday through Monday

free from Amazon.com (the cover pictures below are links), available only in Kindle format

If you haven’t got a Kindle Device, one will be prepared for you.
Amazon will send one of their drones to your home (they know when you are sleeping)
which upgrades your dishwasher and installs Kindle-reader aps on all your computers, tablets,
and mobile phones (totally free of charge).
This modest incursion opens access to hundreds thousands of titles, not just to mine.

Kindle Direct Publishing invites authors on their platform to trade income for exposure and offer their books for free every few months. It’s a simultaneous worldwide deal on all the Amazon stores (US, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, India, Australia, Japan, Mexico, Brazil). People take a chance on free stuff who wouldn’t pay for a book from an unknown author.

Give either or both a try and let me know what you think.
Comment here, or email me at mystery@budcrawford.com.

FitToCurve

The Asheville Story.

Heart Attack

The Williamsburg Story.

Here are a few clips from readers,
from favorable reviews on Amazon
.

    Fit to Curve is a skillfully written mystery with complex characters and such a fascinating plot that I’m way behind on my chores.

    This series is a favorite with interesting plots and wonderfully drawn characters. Wish the author would write more of them. The type of book you don’t want to end.

    A bed and breakfast mystery. Super characters, well developed. You’re waiting for the other shoe to drop. A mouth-watering, good read. Love the old lady with the sharp wit. I’d like the recipes, too.

    The plot builds very slowly. But once I got into it, I was hooked. I liked the characters, and you get a lot of insight into them.

    This is too fine a novel to be mired in the mystery/suspense ghetto. It’s a good mystery, with a complex plot, all the mystery trappings, but the characters are rounded and attractive. The theme seems to me to be a consideration of morality – not just sexual morality (or immorality), though there’s some of that too, for those who like to read such descriptions, but all kinds of morality: for how high a price might you sell your soul?

    Heart Attack is a great read!

    This couple are a great addition to the mystery genre. Sharp and interesting with a bit of humor and spice.

    Snappy dialog. Geoff and Ellen are a great team. He has a definite intuitive method of assessing info and arriving at conclusions that baffle and irk his cohorts. Ellen is more conventional and together are a great team. Unusual mystery not easily solved.

 

COMING SOON:

Ghost Walk sample                                                                                                                                                                                     Little Fishes sample

GhostWalk

The Charleston Story: seeking agent.

 

Little Fishes

The Atlanta Story, editor ready.

 

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They’re only a little more free.

When you start at 99 cents, the distance is not so great, even all the way to zero.

Still: someone you haven’t read, might like, might not, it’s an opportunity.

So, if you’re a Kindle reader (or have one, or have one of its alter egos) and like to read mysteries,
you might like to meet Geoffrey and Ellen in their first two adventures.

The Asheville story:

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Fit To Curve cover

 

And the Williamsburg story:

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Heart Attack cover.

 

They’ll be free from Friday (4 April 2014) through Tuesday (8 April 2014) on Amazon.com (per AST, Amazon Standard Time, similar to PST). Direct links below:

Fit To Curve

Heart Attack

Nothing to lose, a wide world to win. Take a chance.

 

 

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Like watching election returns. Buy me, buy me, do.

When you put your Kindle titles on a brief free promotion, your “sales” always go up. Not your receipts, but there are new readers willing to take a chance for free for someone they’ve never heard of. Rational, human, inarguable.

What’s kind of fun is watching the returns. I’ve got just one long day to go (long because I’m EST and the Kindle day is PST). So the current score may be close to the final store. Got hits in US, naturally, but also in Great Britain and Germany and France. Nothing (yet) in Spain or Italy or Japan. But some in India and Canada. None for Brazil or Mexico, but yes for Australia (the new store, this cycle, along with Mexico).

Have had “sales” previously in Spain and Japan and Brazil, never yet in Italy or Mexico. But I should go check. It’s been half an hour. Maybe some new ones.

In the end it’s not how much you win or lose but how the game has played you.

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Free! Free at last!

 

      Special Kindle promtional deal, from 3-7 October 2013, Thursday through Monday: both of these titles are free. Penny savings for the pound foolish.

      You must have to have a Kindle to play, either a Kindle device or a Kindle ap (also available free from Amazon for PC, Mac, IPhone, Android and most recent model washers and dryers).

 

 

 

            Far better to regret what you have done than what you have not done. Enjoy anyway.

 

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