Read Someone Murderous at The Midnight Motel, the new humorous #Mystery by Kris Bock @KrisBock #RLFblog

Someone Murderous at The Midnight Motel is book 5 in Kris Bock’s Accidental Detective series, which stars a witty journalist who solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turning fifty. Kate Tessler lost her celebrated career as an international war correspondent after an injury. Now she and her sister, Jen, dabble in detective work, and they’re facing their toughest—and most dangerous—case yet.

Kris, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Someone Murderous at The Midnight Motel.

Someone Murderous at The Midnight Motel by Kris Bock

Genre: humorous mystery
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): G

No one warned her hot flashes could lead to death…

Becoming professional private investigators is trickier than expected. Kate and Jen need all the practice they can get, so when an old friend of Jen’s asks them to investigate suspicious activity at a motel he inherited, they take the job.

It sounds like a free vacation with a little surveillance thrown in. But when Kate’s hot flashes wake her in the middle of the night and she wanders outside to cool down, she witnesses darker deeds than any of them expected. Sure, she’d heard menopause might make a woman want to commit murder, but no one warned her about this side effect!

They have to figure out what’s happening, and they can’t trust anyone at the motel or even the local police they suspect of corruption. Good thing they have the Coffee Shop Irregulars, their father and his senior friends, to share the undercover work. With this enthusiastic but inexperienced team on the job, things are sure to break soon. They just have to make sure they can survive the damage.

“I LOVE this series. It’s so funny but…murderous & the mystery is not messing around.” – author Sinclair Jayne

Why did you write this book?

I got the series idea a few years ago, as I was facing fifty. I thought it would be fun to create a mystery main character dealing with some of the same issues: aging parents, concerns about financing retirement, and a body that doesn’t recover from injury like it once did.

This title was specifically inspired by hot flashes! I was awake in the middle of the night, wandering around trying to cool off. I’d been reading a mystery set at a country house in historical Britain. What if someone in that situation left the room at night to cool off from a hot flash and found a body … So this book is at least one good thing that came from the annoying side effects of menopause.

What do you want prospective readers to know?

These books are fun! Some of the topics might seem dark, but Kate has a wry sense of humor and makes witty observations about the world. She starts collecting quirky friends and helpers. There are lighthearted moments and a lot of warmth. Readers say they adore the characters and the books are really fun.

Do you have to do any special research with this series?

In Someone Missing from Malapais Mountain: The Accidental Detective Book 4, I researched the wilderness area Kate and her team have to search. (See some pictures in this blog post.)

Book 6 in the Accidental Detective series, Someone Rotten Riding the Rails, is set on a train. I wanted to try a “closed circle” mystery, where the suspects are limited to the people present in a location cut off from the rest of the world. (A remote island, a country house during a snowstorm, a ship, etc.) Part of my research involved taking the Grand Canyon Scenic Railway! I interviewed the train car attendant, and he gave me some good tips on what happens if a passenger disappears and where one might hide a body.

What are you working on at the moment?

My Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the workers and customers at a small-town cat café, and the adorable cats and kittens looking for their forever homes. Six books are out, and I’m getting ready to start Pride and Prejudice at the Cat Café. You can probably guess the inspiration for this one!

(Visit the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series or Amazon UK or see the series with links to all retailers.)

What books will we see from you in coming months?

Book 6 in the Accidental Detective series comes out in January. You can preorder the book now at Tule Publishing with links to all retailers.

In the Accidental Billionaire Cowboys sweet romance series, a Texas ranching family struggles to maintain their privacy and work ethic after an enormous lottery win. Can they build new dreams and find love amidst the chaos? Four books are out, with #5 coming early November.