The Wrong Side of Murder by Lauren Carr Book Tour, Guest Post and Giveaway! {Ends Sept 2, 2022}

Jul 31, 2022 | 9 comments

“It’s a wonderful book to escape into at the end of the day. And get ready to read into the wee hours as, if you’re like me, you won’t be able to stop reading until the mystery is revealed.”    -Marilyn R. Wilson, Olio by Marilyn

Book Details:

Book Title: The Wrong Side of Murder (A Nikki Bryant Cozy Mystery) by Lauren Carr
Category: Adult Fiction (18 +), 274 pages
Genre: Mystery/Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Acorn Book Services
Release date: July 21, 2022
Format available for review: ARC/UNCORRECTED PROOF: print (USA only), ebook (MOBI for Kindle, EPUB, PDF)
Tour dates: Aug 1 to Aug 26, 2022
Content Rating: This cozy mystery is rated G for every

Book Description:

Nikki Bryant’s Next Case Takes Her to the Wrong Side of Murder

One spring morning, Jodi Gibbons got up and went to school as she did every day. Her young life went sideways though when the police found that her mother had been brutally killed during the night.

Twenty years later, many in Pine Grove believe Jodi got away with murder. After all, how could she have possibly slept through her mother’s violent death in the very next room?
After decades of silence, Jodi accepts investigative journalist Nikki Bryant’s invitation to tell her side of the story. However, before the interview can take place, someone silences Jodi permanently.

Now it is up to Nikki Bryant and her friends to uncover the secret that Jodi Gibbons has been protecting—a secret someone believes it is worth killing to keep from being revealed.

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Review By LAWonder10:

Lauren Carr has done it again! This is such a fun, eventful mystery! To top it off, she concocts the most “drool-worthy” masculine counterparts, in each book of each of her series. It is always such a delight reading/listening to how they cajole with each other.  These books always leave me feeling uplifted and eager for the next one. What’s not to love?!

In The Wrong Side of Murder, Nilkki Bryant and her side kick, Elmo, (not withstanding her newest “drool-worthy” partner, Ryan) are compelled to clear a former classmate from suspicion of a murder that occurred 20 years ago. In their efforts to do so, more instances begin to demand the attention which only their combined expertise can discover, “Who did it?”

The throng of characters she creates are always very diverse and very realistic. The scenes she describes are equally easy to visualize. The new Nikki Bryant series covers are colorful and charming in a “cartoonish” way. I really like them.

As always, I am very anxious to read/listen to the next book in each of her series!

I offer a Five Stars rating.
 
*This book was gifted me with no pressure to post a positive review. This is my honest review.

Other Books in the Series:

Guest Post:

Forgive Me! It’s a Writer Thing.

By Lauren Carr

Okay! I’m throwing up my hands. I can’t help myself.

Two years ago, I was minding my own business―working on Came Upon a Midnight Murder, a Mac Faraday Mystery that I planned to release in November 2020. Yes, that was 2020—TWO years ago―when she came into my mind.

I tried to ignore her, really I did. Readers were asking for a Mac Faraday mystery. I had already delayed it once for The Nutcracker Conspiracy. I couldn’t delay it again. But she kept whispering in my ear—begging me to write her cozy little mystery. Leaving me no choice, she promised that it would not take long.

It’s a writer thing.

I’m not ashamed to admit that I had an imaginary friend when I was growing up. His name was Sam. My mother said Sam and I were buddies from the time I could talk until I started school and made real friends. Don’t get scared. None of my imaginary friends have coerced me into robbing banks or committing murder. Basically, they just tell me stories. Eventually, I started writing these stories down.

That is how writers are born.

Writers know that their characters aren’t real people. But they do come to life and, like real people, they can nag you until you feel compelled to give into them.

This occurrence was captured very well in a movie that was released a few years ago. The Man Who Invented Christmas told the story of how Charles Dickens came to write A Christmas Carol. In this movie, Dickens was thinking and reworking the plotline for A Christmas Carol. He declared that if you come up with the right name, the character will come to life.

In the scene, which is featured in the movie trailer, Dickens rambled through various names for his main character until he said, “Scrooge.” Suddenly, there is a gust of wind. Off-screen, you hear Christopher Plummer (the actor who played Scrooge) say, “Close the window. I’m not made of money.”

Dicken’s eyes light up and he turns around.

Ebenezer Scrooge stood before him.

For authors, that is precisely how a character comes to life.

Meet the Author:

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.

Author’s Media: website ~ blog ~ facebook 

instagram ~ twitter pinterest

The Tour Schedule:

Aug 1 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / guest post / giveaway
Aug 1 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 2 – She Just Loves Books – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 3 – Bound 4 Escape – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 3 – Chit Chat with Charity – audiobook review of KILLER DEADLINE / giveaway
Aug 4 – Rockin’ Book Reviews – audiobook review of KILLER DEADLINE / giveaway
Aug 4 – Cover Lover Book Review – book review of KILLER DEADLINE / giveaway
Aug 5 – Cover Lover Book Review – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 8 – Review Thick And Thin – book review of KILLER DEADLINE / giveaway
Aug 8 – Kam’s Place – book review of KILLER DEADLINE
Aug 8 – Blooming with Books – audiobook review of KILLER DEADLINE / giveaway
Aug 9 – Olio by Marilyn – book series spotlight / author interview / giveaway
Aug 9 – Olio by Marilyn – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 10 – Kam’s Place – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER
Aug 10 – Chit Chat with Charity – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 10 – The Momma Spot – book review of KILLER DEADLINE / giveaway
Aug 11 – Literary Flits – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 11 – Blooming with Books – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 11 – Books for Books – audiobook review of KILLER DEADLINE
Aug 12 – Book Corner News and Reviews – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 15 – Stephanie Jane – book series spotlight / giveaway
Aug 16 – The Momma Spot – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 16 – Books for Books – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER
Aug 17 – Paws.Read.Repeat – audiobook review of KILLER DEADLINE / giveaway
Aug 17 – Older & Smarter? – book review of KILLER DEADLINE / giveaway
Aug 17 – fundinmental – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 17 – Ebook addicts – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 18 – Christa Reads and Writes – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 18 – Pause for Tales – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 19 – Paws.Read.Repeat –book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 19 – Bigreadersite – book review of KILLER DEADLINE / giveaway
Aug 19 – Older & Smarter? – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 22 – Review Thick And Thin – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 23 – Splashes of Joy  – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 23 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER
Aug 24 – Splashes of Joy  – book series spotlight / giveaway
Aug 24 – Books Are Love – book review of KILLER DEADLINE / giveaway
Aug 24 – My Reading Journeys – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 25 – I’m Into Books – book series spotlight / giveaway
Aug 25 – Books Are Love – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 26 – Bigreadersite – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 26 – Books and Zebras – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER
Aug 26 – Adventurous Jessy – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER / giveaway
Aug 26 – Reading Excursions – book review of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER

Giveaway Details:

Prizes: ​ $50 PayPal Gift Card courtesy of Lauren Carr, author of THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER (a Nikki Bryant Cozy Mystery) (ends Sep 2)

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9 Comments
  1. Tracie Cooper

    I am so excited to read this book!

  2. Nancy

    Very creative covers!

  3. Dreaa Drake

    I can’t wait to read this! I love the cover and the blurb!!

  4. Bea LaRocca

    Thank you for sharing your awesome review of The Wrong Side of Murder, the author’s guest post and book details. I really enjoyed reading this entire post and I am looking forward to reading this book and series

    • lawonder10

      Thank you, Bea,
      I appreciate your kind comment and i am certain you will enjoy her new series.
      Lu Ann

  5. Lauren Carr

    Thank you so much, Lu Ann, for the fabulous review for THE WRONG SIDE OF MURDER! Here’s wishing each of your followers luck in the giveaway for the $50 PayPal!

    • lawonder10

      Lauren,
      You totally earned it! Keep up the great writing!
      Lu Ann

  6. Shelly Peterson

    I would love to read this.

    • Donna

      This sounds like an interesting story. I love a good mystery!

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