Tag: Mystery and Mayhem Book Awards

  • The M&M 2022 CIBA WINNERS for Cozy and No-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem Novels

    The M&M 2022 CIBA WINNERS for Cozy and No-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem Novels

    Cozy Mystery Fiction AwardThe M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem fiction genre.  The M&M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, not-so-cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards, and for international intrigue see our Global Thriller Awards)

     1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners were announced at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony by Maggie Marr on Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference

    This is the OFFICIAL 2022 LIST of the M&M BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the M&M Grand Prize Winner.

    M&M Blue and Gold 1st Place Badge Image

     

    Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works!

    • Michelle Cox – A Spying Eye

    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Book of Rules

    • E. E. Burke – Tom Sawyer Returns

    • Elizabeth Woolsey – Small Town Secrets: Horse Doctor Adventures

    • Lori Roberts Herbst – Frozen in Motion

    • M.K. Graff – The Evening’s Amethyst

    • Kathleen KaskaEagle Crossing: A Kate Caraway Animal-Rights Mystery

    The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2022 Mystery & Mayhem Awards is:

    A Spying Eye

    A Henrietta and Inspector Howard Novel

    by Michelle Cox 

    The M&M Grand Prize for Mystery and Mayhem M&M Awards goes to A Spying Eye by Michelle Cox

    PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

    Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

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    A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in June. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items.

    To ALL the WINNERS: You will receive an OFFICIAL EMAIL NOTIFICATION with Digital Badges and more information.

    Grand Prize Division Winners will receive a customized digital badge. When we receive it from our graphic artist, we will also post here and in the Grand Prize Division Winners Official Posting.

    Thank you for participating in the 2022 CIBAs! We are looking forward to reading your future entries.

     Team Chanticleer

  • The M&M 2022 CIBAs Finalists for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

    The M&M 2022 CIBAs Finalists for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

    Agatha Christie's image for the M&M Awards for Mystery and Mayhem

    The M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Cozy and not-so-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem. The M&M Book  Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

    Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards.)

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 M&M Semi-Finalists to the 2022 M&M Book Awards FINALISTS. These entries are now in competition for 2022 M&M Finalists. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBAs divisions’ Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies on April, 27-30, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    These titles have advanced to the FINALS of the 2022 M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

    Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

    • Scott Kauffman – Saving Thomas
    • Miriam Verbeek – The Website
    • Michelle Cox – A Spying Eye
    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Book of Rules
    • Lori Roberts Herbst – Frozen in Motion
    • Kathleen Kaska – Murder at the Menger and Eagle Crossing
    • Nancy J. Cohen – Styled for Murder
    • Charlotte Stuart – Moonlight Can Be Deadly (A Discount Detective Mystery)
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Hollywood Holmes
    • Lynn Slaughter – Deadly Setup
    • Rima Ray – Ruby Roy and the Murder in the Falls
    • Landis Wade – Deadly Declarations
    • Betty Jean Craige – Life and Death at Zoo Arroyo
    • Lori Robbins – Murder in Second Position
    • Traci Andrighetti – Valpolicella Violet
    • Gail Meath – Songbird
    • E.E. Burke – Tom Sawyer Returns
    • M. K Graff – The Evening’s Amethyst: A Nora Tierney English Mystery
    • Elizabeth Woolsey – Horse Doctor Adventures Small Town Secrets

    Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

     


    Congratulations to Michael Scott Garvin whose work Ophelia’s Room took home the Grand Prize for the 2021 M&M Book Awards

    Blue and Gold Badge for the Mystery and Mayhem M&M Grand Prize Winner Michael Scott Garvin's book Ophelia's Room

    Ophelia's Room Cover

    “Michael Scott Garvin’s latest psychological thriller makes us question everything – and trust no one. Here’s one that will keep you up at night! Highly Recommended! – Chanticleer Reviews

    Here is the link to the 2021 M&M Book Award Winners!

    Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held during CAC23 on April 27-30, 2023  for the 2022 CIBA winners.

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

     

    Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

    We are now accepting entries into the 2023 M&M Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com. 

  • The M&M 2022 Semi-Finalists for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries – a Division of the CIBAs

    The M&M 2022 Semi-Finalists for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries – a Division of the CIBAs

    Agatha Christie's image for the M&M Awards for Mystery and Mayhem

    The M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Cozy and not-so-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem. The M&M Book  Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

    Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards.)

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 M&M Short List to the 2022 M&M Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. These entries are now in competition for 2022 M&M Finalists. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBAs divisions’ Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies on April, 27-30, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    These titles have advanced to the SEMI-FINALS of the 2022 M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

    Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

    • Scott Kauffman – Saving Thomas
    • Miriam Verbeek – The Website
    • Michelle Cox – A Spying Eye
    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Book of Rules
    • Lori Roberts Herbst – Frozen in Motion
    • Kathleen Kaska – Murder at the Menger and Eagle Crossing
    • Eileen Charbonneau – Missing at Harmony Festival
    • Nancy J. Cohen – Styled for Murder
    • Charlotte Stuart – Moonlight Can Be Deadly (A Discount Detective Mystery)
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Hollywood Holmes
    • Lynn Slaughter – Deadly Setup
    • Cheryl Denise Bannerman – Cats, Cannolis and a Curious Kidnapping
    • Rima Ray – Ruby Roy and the Murder in the Falls
    • Landis Wade – Deadly Declarations
    • Judy L Murray – Murder in the Master
    • Dime Sheppard – Crime Writer
    • Betty Jean Craige – Life and Death at Zoo Arroyo
    • Lori Robbins – Murder in Second Position
    • Traci Andrighetti – Valpolicella Violet
    • Gail Meath – Songbird
    • E.E. Burke – Tom Sawyer Returns
    • M. K Graff – The Evening’s Amethyst: A Nora Tierney English Mystery
    • Elizabeth Woolsey – Horse Doctor Adventures Small Town Secrets
    • M. K. Dean – An Embarrassment of Itches
    • Ellen Butler – Pharaoh’s Forgery

    Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.


    Congratulations to Michael Scott Garvin whose work Ophelia’s Room took home the Grand Prize for the 2021 M&M Book Awards

    Blue and Gold Badge for the Mystery and Mayhem M&M Grand Prize Winner Michael Scott Garvin's book Ophelia's Room

    Ophelia's Room Cover

    “Michael Scott Garvin’s latest psychological thriller makes us question everything – and trust no one. Here’s one that will keep you up at night! Highly Recommended! – Chanticleer Reviews

    Here is the link to the 2021 M&M Book Award Winners!

    Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held during CAC23 on April 27-30, 2023  for the 2022 CIBA winners.

    A Collage of Speakers and Blue Ribbon Winners for CAC23

     

    Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

    We are now accepting entries into the 2023 M&M Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com. 

  • The M&M 2022 Short List for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries – a Division of the CIBAs

    The M&M 2022 Short List for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries – a Division of the CIBAs

    Agatha Christie's image for the M&M Awards for Mystery and Mayhem

    The M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Cozy and not-so-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem. The M&M Book  Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

    Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards.)

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 M&M Long List to the 2022 M&M Book Awards SHORT LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2022 M&M Semi-Finalists. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBAs divisions’ Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies on April, 27-30, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    These titles have advanced to the SHORT LIST of the 2022 M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

    Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

    • Scott Kauffman – Saving Thomas
    • Miriam Verbeek – The Website
    • Michelle Cox – A Spying Eye
    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Book of Rules
    • Lori Roberts Herbst – Frozen in Motion
    • Kathleen Kaska – Murder at the Menger and Eagle Crossing
    • Eileen Charbonneau – Missing at Harmony Festival
    • Nancy J. Cohen – Styled for Murder
    • Charlotte Stuart – Moonlight Can Be Deadly (A Discount Detective Mystery)
    • Nicole Asselin – Concession Stand Crimes
    • Tony Garritano – I Saw What I Saw: A Harmony Neighborhood Mystery
    • AG Flitcher – Boone and Jacque: Cytrus Moonlight
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Hollywood Holmes
    • Lynn Slaughter – Deadly Setup
    • Doug Dorsey – Kick Ball Slay: An Introduction To West Coast Swing…AND A Murder Mystery
    • Cheryl Denise Bannerman – Cats, Cannolis and a Curious Kidnapping
    • Rima Ray – Ruby Roy and the Murder in the Falls
    • Roxanne Dunn – Murder Undetected
    • Susan Wingate – Gag Me: A Friday Harbor Novel
    • Landis Wade – Deadly Declarations
    • Judy L Murray – Murder in the Master
    • Dime Sheppard – Crime Writer
    • Betty Jean Craige – Life and Death at Zoo Arroyo
    • Lori Robbins – Murder in Second Position
    • Traci Andrighetti – Valpolicella Violet
    • Gail Meath – Songbird
    • Kathleen Rhoads Carpenter – Summer’s Cloud Over Berry
    • E.E. Burke – Tom Sawyer Returns
    • M. K Graff – The Evening’s Amethyst: A Nora Tierney English Mystery
    • Carl and Jane Bock – Day of the Jaguar
    • Elizabeth Woolsey – Horse Doctor Adventures Small Town Secrets
    • M. K. Dean – An Embarrassment of Itches
    • Ellen Butler – Pharaoh’s Forgery

    Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.


    Congratulations to Michael Scott Garvin whose work Ophelia’s Room took home the Grand Prize for the 2021 M&M Book Awards

    Blue and Gold Badge for the Mystery and Mayhem Grand Prize Winner Michael Scott Garvin's book Ophelia's Room

    Ophelia's Room Cover

    “Michael Scott Garvin’s latest psychological thriller makes us question everything – and trust no one. Here’s one that will keep you up at night! Highly Recommended! – Chanticleer Reviews

    Here is the link to the 2021 M&M Book Award Winners!

    Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held during CAC23 on April 27-30, 2023  for the 2022 CIBA winners.

    Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

    We are now accepting entries into the 2023 M&M Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com. 

  • The M&M 2022 Long List for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

    The M&M 2022 Long List for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

    The M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the genre of Cozy and not-so-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem. The M&M Book  Awards is a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards and Novel Competitions (CIBAs).

    Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor. We will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards.)

    These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2022 M&M entries to the 2022 M&M Book Awards LONG LIST. These entries are now in competition for 2022 M&M Short List. The Short Listers will compete for the next level of achievement in the CIBAs. The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 25 CIBAs divisions’ Finalists. We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremonies on April, 27-30, 2023 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. at the 2023 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

    These titles have advanced to the LONG LIST of the 2022 M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

    Good luck to all as your works move on to the next rounds of judging.

    • Scott Kauffman – Saving Thomas
    • Miriam Verbeek – The Website
    • Michelle Cox – A Spying Eye
    • Gail Noble-Sanderson – The Book of Rules
    • Lori Roberts Herbst – Frozen in Motion
    • Kathleen Kaska – Murder at the Menger and Eagle Crossing
    • Eileen Charbonneau – Missing at Harmony Festival
    • Nancy J. Cohen – Styled for Murder
    • Charlotte Stuart – Not Me: Speluncaphobia, Secrets & Hidden Treasure
    • Charlotte Stuart – Moonlight Can Be Deadly (A Discount Detective Mystery)
    • M. A. Winslow – Cradle of Storms
    • Sallie Barr Palmer – Name Your Poison
    • Nicole Asselin – Concession Stand Crimes
    • Tony Garritano – I Saw What I Saw: A Harmony Neighborhood Mystery
    • AG Flitcher – Boone and Jacque: Cytrus Moonlight
    • Elizabeth Crowens – Hollywood Holmes
    • Lynn Slaughter – Deadly Setup
    • Doug Dorsey – Kick Ball Slay: An Introduction To West Coast Swing…AND A Murder Mystery
    • Cheryl Denise Bannerman – Cats, Cannolis and a Curious Kidnapping
    • Rima Ray – Ruby Roy and the Murder in the Falls
    • Roxanne Dunn – Murder Undetected
    • Susan Wingate – Gag Me: A Friday Harbor Novel
    • Landis Wade – Deadly Declarations
    • Judy L Murray – Murder in the Master
    • Jen Shieff – The Final Call
    • Dime Sheppard – Crime Writer
    • Betty Jean Craige – Life and Death at Zoo Arroyo
    • TJ Stecker – Dishonored
    • Henry G. Brinton – Windows of the Heavens
    • Lori Robbins – Murder in Second Position
    • Traci Andrighetti – Valpolicella Violet
    • Gail Meath – Songbird
    • Betty Jean Craige – Death in Potter’s Woods
    • Kathleen Rhoads Carpenter – Summer’s Cloud Over Berry
    • E.E. Burke – Tom Sawyer Returns
    • M. K Graff – The Evening’s Amethyst: A Nora Tierney English Mystery
    • Carl and Jane Bock – Grace Fully
    • Carl and Jane Bock – Day of the Jaguar
    • Elizabeth Woolsey – Horse Doctor Adventures Small Town Secrets
    • M. K. Dean – An Embarrassment of Itches
    • Ellen Butler – Pharaoh’s Forgery

    Good Luck to All as Your Works Compete to Advance to the Next Level of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.


    Congratulations to Michale Scott Garvin whose work Ophelia’s Room took home the Grand Prize for the 2021 M&M Book Awards

    Blue and Gold Badge for the M&M Grand Prize Winner Michael Scott Garvin's book Ophelia's Room

    Ophelia's Room Cover

    “Michael Scott Garvin’s latest psychological thriller makes us question everything – and trust no one. Here’s one that will keep you up at night! Highly Recommended! – Chanticleer Reviews

    Here is the link to the 2021 M&M Book Award Winners!

    Our next Chanticleer International Book Awards Ceremony will be held during CAC23 on April 27-30, 2023  for the 2022 CIBA winners.

    Enter your book or manuscript in a contest today!

    We are now accepting entries into the 2023 M&M Book Awards, a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards.

    As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, concerns, or suggestions at info@ChantiReviews.com. 

  • The M&M 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Cozy and No-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem Novels

    The M&M 2021 CIBA WINNERS for Cozy and No-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem Novels

    Cozy Mystery Fiction Award

    The M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem fiction genre.  The M&M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

    Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, not-so-cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards, and for international intrigue see our Global Thriller Awards)

    The 2021 M&M Book Awards First Place Category Winners and the M&M Grand Prize Winner were announced by Pamela Beason on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Hotel Bellwether and broadcast via ZOOM webinar.

    This is the OFFICIAL 2021 LIST of the M&M BOOK AWARDS First Place Category Winners and the M&M Grand Prize Winner.

    M&M Blue and Gold 1st Place Badge Image

     

    Join us in celebrating the following authors and their works!

    • Michael Scott Garvin – Ophelia’s Room     
    • Lori Roberts Herbst – Double Exposure  
    • Cam Lang – The Concrete Vineyard   
    • Eileen Charbonneau – Death at Little Mound
    • Codi Schneider – Cold Snap: A Viking Cat Mystery
    • Darryl Wimberley – A Star in her Crown

      The Grand Prize Winner for the CIBA 2021 Mystery & Mayhem Awards is:

      Ophelia’s Room
      by Michael Scott Garvin

      Ophelia's Room Cover

      Ophelia's Room M&M Grand Prize Badge

      PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

      Attn CIBA Winners: More goodies and prizes will be coming your way along with promotion in our magazine, website, and advertisements in Chanticleer Int’l Book Awards long-tail marketing strategy. Welcome to the CIBA Hall of Fame for Award Winners!

      This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the Facebook post. However, for Facebook to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews.

      Please click here to visit our page to LIKE, COMMENT, and SHARE on Facebook.

      Additionally, we also post on Twitter. Chanticleer Facebook and Twitter handle is @ChantiReviews

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      The 2022 Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards winners will be announced at CAC23 on April 29, 2023. Save the date for CAC23, scheduled April 27-30, 2023, our 10 year Conference Anniversary!

      Submissions for the 2022 M&M Book Awards are open until the end of July. Enter here!

      Don’t delay! Enter today! 

      A Note to ALL the WINNERS: The coveted CIBA Blue Ribbons will be mailed out starting in August. We will contact you with an email to verify your mailing address and other items. We thank you for participating in the 2021 Chanticleer International Book Awards!

    • The 2021 MYSTERY & MAYHEM Finalist Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

      The 2021 MYSTERY & MAYHEM Finalist Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

      Cozy Mystery Fiction Award

      The M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem fiction genre.  The M&M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

      Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, not-so-cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards, and for international intrigue see our Global Thriller Awards)

      These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 M&M Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Semi-Finalists to the 2021 M&M Book Awards FINALISTS. FINALISTS will be announced and then recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

      The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

      We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference

      These titles are in the running for the FIRST PLACE WINNERS of the 2021 M&M Book Awards novel competition for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries!

      Congratulations to the Mystery & Mayhem 2021 Finalists!

      Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

      • Michael Scott Garvin – Ophelia’s Room     
      • Codi Schneider – Cold Snap: A Viking Cat Mystery
      • Lori Roberts Herbst – Double Exposure  
      • Mally Becker – The Turncoat’s Widow    
      • Tina deBellegarde – Winter Witness    
      • Alexander Mukte – The Recruiter    
      • B.L. Smith – The Irritating Misadventures of Bert Mintenko    
      • Arlene McFarlane – Murder, Curlers & Kilts  
      • Eileen Charbonneau – Death at Little Mound  
      • Elizabeth Crowens – Babs and Basil, and the Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles    
      • Charlotte Stuart – Who Me? Fog Bows, Fraud and Aphrodite 
      • Jolie Tunnell – Loveda Brown Sings the Blues      
      • Lori Robbins – Murder In First Position     
      • Patricia C. Lee – First Gear : a Sadie Hawkins Mystery   
      • Cam Lang – The Concrete Vineyard   
      • Susan McCormick – The Fog Ladies: Family Matters   
      • Diane Weiner – An Ear for Murder   
      • Darryl Wimberley – A Star in her Crown   
      • Kelly Miller – Accusing Mr. Darcy   

        PROMOTING OUR AUTHORS! 

        This post has been posted on the Chanticleer Facebook Page. We try to tag all authors listed here in the FB post. However, for FB to allow us to tag an author, that author must LIKE our page and Follow Chanticleer Reviews. FB rules — not ours.

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        Good luck to all as your works move on the next rounds of judging for the Finalists! 

        Click here to see the 2020 M&M Book Award Winners for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries.

        The M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

        for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries 2020

        Grand Prize Winner is

        Blue and gold Grand Prize Winner Badge for M & M Mystery and Mayhem The Discovery by Patrick M. Garry

        THE DISCOVERY by Patrick M. Garry

        Cover of The Discovery by Patrick M. Garry

        We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 M&M Awards writing competition.

        Please click here for more information.

        Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

        VIRTUAL and IN-Person –  June 23 – 26, 2022! Register Today!

        FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

        Seating is Limited. The  esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

        Join us for our 10th annual conference and discover why!

        Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.

      • The 2021 MYSTERY & MAYHEM Semi-Finalist Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

        The 2021 MYSTERY & MAYHEM Semi-Finalist Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries

        Cozy Mystery Fiction Award

        The M&M Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works in the Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mystery & Mayhem fiction genre.  The M&M Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer International Book Awards (The CIBAs).

        Chanticleer International Book Awards is looking for the best books featuring “mystery and mayhem,” amateur sleuthing, light suspense, travel mystery, classic mystery, British cozy, not-so-cozy, hobby sleuths, senior sleuths, or historical mystery, perhaps with a touch of romance or humor, we will put them to the test and choose the best among them. (For suspense, thriller, detective, crime fiction see our Clue Awards, and for international intrigue see our Global Thriller Awards)

        These titles have moved forward in the judging rounds from all 2021 M&M Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Short List to the 2021 M&M Book Awards SEMI-FINALISTS. These entries are now in competition for 2021 M&M Finalists. The Semi-Finalists will compete for the Finalists positions. FINALISTS will be announced and then recognized at the Chanticleer Authors Conference (CAC22).

        The First Place Category Winners, along with the CIBA Division Grand Prize winners, will be selected from the 24 CIBA divisions’ Finalists.

        We will announce the 1st Place Category winners and Grand Prize Division Winners at the CIBAs Banquet and Ceremony on Saturday, June 25th, 2022 at the luxurious Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Wash. sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference

        These titles are in the running for the FINALISTS of the 2021 M&M Book Awards novel competition for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries!

        Congratulations to the Mystery & Mayhem 2021 Semi-Finalists!

        Join us in cheering on the following authors and their works!

        • Andrew Hunkins – Evil Alive     
        • Michael Scott Garvin – Ophelia’s Room     
        • J.W. Zarek – The Devil Pulls the Strings    
        • Codi Schneider – Cold Snap: A Viking Cat Mystery
        • Vicki Batman – Temporarily Out of Luck   
        • Lori Roberts Herbst – Double Exposure  
        • Mally Becker – The Turncoat’s Widow  
        • Tina deBellegarde – Winter Witness    
        • Alexander Mukte – The Recruiter    
        • Traci Andrighetti – Marsala Maroon   
        • B.L. Smith – The Irritating Misadventures of Bert Mintenko    
        • Patricia Catacalos – Lurking in the Darkness (1832 Regency Book 4)   
        • Arlene McFarlane – Murder, Curlers & Kilts  
        • Eileen Charbonneau – Death at Little Mound  
        • Elizabeth Crowens – Babs and Basil, and the Hounds of the Hollywood Baskervilles    
        • Charlotte Stuart – Who Me? Fog Bows, Fraud and Aphrodite 
        • Jolie Tunnell – Loveda Brown Sings the Blues      
        • Patrick M. Garry – Through the Waves a Steady Path    
        • Lori Robbins – Murder In First Position     
        • Tony Kelsey – Once A Man Indulges     
        • Patricia C. Lee – First Gear : a Sadie Hawkins Mystery   
        • Cam Lang – The Concrete Vineyard   
        • Chuck Morgan – Crime Unknown, A Buck Taylor Novel    
        • Susan McCormick – The Fog Ladies: Family Matters   
        • Diane Weiner – An Ear for Murder   
        • Darryl Wimberley – A Star in her Crown   
        • Kelly Miller – Accusing Mr. Darcy   

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        The M&M Book Awards for Mystery & Mayhem

        for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries 2020

        Grand Prize Winner is

        Blue and gold Grand Prize Winner Badge for M & M Mystery and Mayhem The Discovery by Patrick M. Garry

        THE DISCOVERY by Patrick M. Garry

        Cover of The Discovery by Patrick M. Garry

        We are now accepting submissions into the 2022 M&M Awards writing competition.

        Please click here for more information.

        Winners will be announced at the 2021 CIBA Awards Ceremony that is sponsored by the 2022 Chanticleer Authors Conference.

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        FLEXIBLE REGISTRATIONS ARE AVAILABLE for these challenging times.

        Seating is Limited. The  esteemed WRITER Magazine (founded in 1887)  has repeatedly recognized the Chanticleer Authors Conference as one of the best conferences to attend and participate in for North America.

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        Featuring: International Best Selling Author Cathy Ace along with A+ list film producer Scott Steindorff.

      • A DREAM to DIE FOR by Susan Z. Ritz – Mystery, Supernatural, Amateur Sleuth

         

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        Some dreams delight. Some terrify. Celeste’s dream haunts her in Susan Z. Ritz’s supernatural mystery, A Dream to Die For

        Celeste wonders why she would dream of a woman in danger. After all, it seems like someone else’s dream. As Celeste reflects on what she remembers, indistinct features begin to focus, revealing details. Celeste’s concerns for the unknown woman grow. 

        That dream, so tangible in the moment, refuses to leave her. How could it, with the woman in imminent danger? Celeste doesn’t realize that this dream will put her in peril. Can she find the answers she needs before a killer switches his target? Can Celeste and the unknown woman be saved?

        Celeste rushes to the office of Larry–her therapist and Riverton’s acknowledged cult leader. 

        Despite her fiancé’s demands that she stop seeing Larry, Celeste hopes she’ll find the support and help she needs at his office. Instead, Larry convinces her to break up with her future husband. As for her beautiful engagement ring, well, that, of course, goes to Larry. 

        But when she describes the troubling dream to him, Larry trembles in fear, or was that fury? He throws her out of his practice. Later, Celeste returns to find Larry dead, murdered. The police are looking at Celeste as their primary suspect. Someone else’s dream becomes her nightmare.

        In immediate need of a savvy defense attorney, Celeste pleads for help from an old friend.

         Together the accused and her lawyer begin a fantastic, desperate, and risky investigation to find Larry’s killer. That strange dream, and the woman in it, become a surprising key to proving Celeste’s innocence. 

        Through their analysis of clues and suspects, they plunge into the depths of Larry’s cult, now in disarray. Both cult followers and doubters reveal many surprises. These two groups struggle against each other, but they may need to find a way to cooperate to expose the events that led up to Larry’s murder – and who did it.

        A chilling mystery, author Susan Z. Ritz has filled her book with intrigue and subtle clues.

        A variety of suspects hide the most compelling motives. Which of these Riverton characters, including Celeste’s intended, killed Larry? Can Celeste trust the guy, despite his questionable actions? This investigation puts her love for him to an extreme test. Can she live with him? Will she live without him? Should she fear him? 

        Ritz weaves a clever plot, set in a plausible contemporary social issue of a cult that demands complete loyalty and dominates every aspect of its followers’ lives. 

        How could Celeste prove her innocence and name the one who killed the cult leader? Celeste and others struggle to break the cult’s puzzling and psychological hold on them and learn to live free of it. Will the truth of the murder and the cult be discovered? Can Celeste save the woman in her dream? Will she find the killer before another person succumbs to A Dream To Die For?

        A Dream to Die For by Susan Z. Ritz won First Place in the 2019 CIBA Mystery and Mayhem Book Awards for Cozy and Not-So-Cozy Mysteries.

         

        5 Stars! Best Book Chanticleer Book Reviews

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      • WRITING IS MURDER: An Emlyn Goode Mystery by Susan Lynn Solomon – Cozy Mystery, Paranormal Mystery Series, Women Sleuth

        WRITING IS MURDER: An Emlyn Goode Mystery by Susan Lynn Solomon – Cozy Mystery, Paranormal Mystery Series, Women Sleuth

         

        M&M Blue and Gold 1st Place Badge ImageA perfect seasonal read, Susan L. Solomon’s mystery, Writing is Murder: An Emlyn Goode Mystery delivers a witty, intuitive red-headed writer who has many connections in her community, a handsome police detective-maybe-lover, a mouthy cat who keeps her grounded, and a Wiccan BFF whom she can trust with her most profound concerns. And, of course, magical abilities inherited from her ancestor, Salem’s legendary accused witch Sarah Goode, adds layers of mystique.

        When Roger Frey interrupts Emlyn Goode battling her recalcitrant muse, she can’t be upset. Roger, aka Police Detective Roger Frey, her next-door neighbor and sometimes sleep-over boyfriend, stumbles on the hunt for coffee, a good-morning kiss, and a sympathetic ear, in that order. He’s bored at work and wants to complain.

        She’s heard it all before. But soon, she sees something remarkable.

        When Emlyn goes to her writers group, she experiences an out-of-body experience that takes her back in time. She travels across to the Crystal Beach amusement park, across the lake in Canada, where modern-day condominiums grow. There, she glimpses two couples, one unfamiliar to her, the other, her parents. Before she can process what she sees, one of Em’s writing cohorts jerks her away from the action, asking her a question.

        The group takes a break, and Emlyn has a curious talk with Daniel Bennett, the newest writer in the group. Daniel shares with her a copy of an old document he found in his deceased grandfather’s possessions. She catches only a glimpse of it before Daniel gets spooked and puts it away – but she won’t forget.

        The mystery sparks to life.

        A few days later, on Halloween night, Em joins her writing cohorts for a ghost hunt. Their good fun turns to horror when they discover Daniel’s murdered body in an empty, historic home. Emlyn, to her dismay, might be implicated.

        Susan Solomon skillfully uses a prologue to set Writing is Murder’s theme and mood. She introduces the reader to “perhaps one of the most haunted areas in the country,” relates the legend of an ancient Tuscarora curse and seemingly related murders, and includes accurate descriptions of historical places and events in western New York State. All this pulls the reader into the story and keeps them there.

        As the story progresses, Emlyn realizes that the past and present must somehow converge before solving the murder. Thanks to Emlyn’s unique gifts, along with her friend Rebecca Nurse’s witchy knowledge and advice, she might do just that.

        Writing is Murder: An Emlyn Goode Mystery will entertain readers who love their mysteries with a bit of paranormal in the mix. The plot twists and turns to satisfy even the most ardent sleuths. In addition, the burgeoning romance coupled with sometimes glib banter, and the notion that potions and spells may really work, highlight the characters’ charm.

        Susan Lynn Solomon’s Writing is Murder: An Emlyn Goode Mystery won 1st Place in the 2019 CIBA Mystery & Mayhem Book Awards for Cozy and Not So Cozy reads.

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