Book Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): The Quirky Quiz Show Caper by Sally Carpenter

Posted July 30, 2016 by meezcarrie in cozy mystery, giveaway / 1 Comment

38-year-old formal teen idol Sandy Fairfax is a guest panelist on a TV game show–and the first category is murder!

When his brother, a college professor is framed for the murder of one of his student, Sandy investigates, in between fighting with his ex, visiting his kids, wooing his new girlfriend, and presenting a concert at a black tie gala to save his father’s orchestra.

Sandy’s ready to tear out his long blond hair as the game points and suspects pile up.

SERIES: Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol Mysteries #4
GENRE: Cozy Mystery
PUBLISHER: Cozy Cat Press
RELEASE DATE: March 26, 2016
PAGES: 242

Sally Carpenter is a native Hoosier now living in Moorpark, Calif.

She has a master’s degree in theater from Indiana State University. While in school her plays “Star Collector” and “Common Ground” were finalists in the American College Theater Festival One-Act Playwrighting Competition. “Common Ground” also earned a college creative writing award and “Star Collector” was produced in New York City. Carpenter also has a master’s degree in theology and a black belt in tae kwon do.

She’s worked as an actress, college writing instructor, theater critic, jail chaplain, and tour guide/page for Paramount Pictures. She’s now employed at a community newspaper.

The Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol series is comprised of: “The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper” (2012 Eureka! Award finalist for best first mystery novel), “The Sinister Sitcom Caper,” “The Cunning Cruise Ship Caper” and “The Quirky Quiz Show Caper.”

She has short stories in two anthologies: “Dark Nights at the Deluxe Drive-in” in “Last Exit to Murder” and “Faster Than a Speeding Bullet” in “Plan B: Omnibus.” Carpenter penned chapter three of the Cozy Cat Press group mystery “Chasing the Codex.”