Tuesday's Tip - Murder by the Homeplace - Book Blog Tour

Tuesday's Tip

"Murder at the Homeplace"

Book Blog Tour

This is the first Book Blog Tour for The Homeplace Series, a continuing Family Saga, another historical fiction book.

This week we feature the most recent addition to the series, Murder at the Homeplace, a novella by William Leverne Smith. It's place in the series, in timing, is shortly following Back to the Homeplace, in the fall of 1987.

A secondary character in Back to the Homeplace is discovered dead near Oak Creek in the opening sequence. The reporter, Penny Nixon, for the local paper, the Oak Springs Enterprise, gets on the story, but gets almost too close to the murderer…

"If you haven't read it, it is new to you!"  WLS

Available in print or kindle editions:




List of the tour stops - this week

May 15 - Wednesday

Julie Goucher
Angler's Rest
http://anglersrest.blogspot.com/

May 16 - Thursday

Brandee
Bookworm Brandiee
http://bookwormbrandee.blogspot.ca/

May 17 - Friday

Mindy Wall
Books, Books, and More Books
http://dream-reader-dreamer2229.blogspot.com/


May 18 - Saturday

WrapUp at The Homeplace Series blog
http://thehomeplaceseries.blogspot.com/


Happy Reading!  ;-)

The Homeplace Series continues...

The Homeplace Series continues...

For those of you who have followed my fiction writing, The Homeplace Series, things have been fairly quiet for awhile. Here is an update of what has been going on as well as some hints at what is upcoming. Stop over and check it out. Love to get comments, as well! 

Happy Reading,

Dr. Bill  ;-)

Book Giveaway - Back to the Homeplace

Book Giveaway - Back to the Homeplace

I am giving away a copy of Back to the Homeplace by William Leverne Smith during the first two weeks of April 2010, starting today. You can see a recent book review in my last post.




If you would like to win this copy for your own, here are the simple rules:

1) Comment here that you want to be entered.

2) Leave a valid email address in your comment (I need a way to contact you! No email address, no entry!)

3) Your email address will be added to a mailing list for Dr. Bill's Homeplace Newsletter (electronic monthly, first of each month) unless you specifically ask to opt out.

4) For an extra entry, Follow this blog. If you already follow my blog, just mention that in your comment.

5) For another extra entry, Follow me on Twitter. If you already follow me, just mention that in your comment. (Twiter is at bottom of this blog, right side)

6) If you blog about the giveaway on your blog, you get 5 extra entries! Include your blog address, so I can see it. Thanks!

7) Domestic USA mailing addresses only, please.

8) If you win, I will encourage you to read the book, publish a review, and hold your own giveaway with the copy, and/or donate the book to your local library, so others have a chance to read it as well.

All entries must be submitted by Friday, midnight, cst, April 16. I will contact the winner by email. If I don't get a response within 3 days, another winner will be chosen. The winner will be announced on this site, when determined.

All winners are picked by Random.org List Randomizer.


Happy Reading!

Bill ;-)

Author of "Back to the Homeplace"
http://thehomeplaceseries.blogspot.com/

Book Review on Amazon 1

Book Review of Back to the Homeplace on Amazon

Back to the Homeplace by William Leverne Smith transports readers to small town American of the late 1980s. Four siblings and their families are reunited under the auspices of a unique will. Complex relationships and family secrets emerge as the Bevins family members search for their place in the local community.

The interesting introductions at the beginning of most chapters helped take me back to the news and entertainment of the 1980s. I've read many books set in the 1960s or 1970s, but this is the first that concentrates on events of the 1980s. This is important for the mood and context of the story. Smith did an outstanding job weaving social issues of the late 1980s with timeless family relationships. Growing up in the midwest, I could relate to both the small town atmosphere and the varied viewpoints represented in the book. What I found particularly interesting was how Smith followed members of both the older and younger generations dealing with issues unique to each group.

Strong character development and realistic situations draw readers into the family farm setting during the first half of the novel. Smith's creative double-twist climax keeps readers engaged through the second half of the book and the conclusion leaves readers wanting to return to the Homeplace for more.

I look forward to the next book in this great new series. Annette Lamb "eduscapes"

[Included in Cym's March 30 Book Review Party Wednesday - Thanks!]

Happy Reading!

Bill ;-)

Author of "Back to the Homeplace"
http://thehomeplaceseries.blogspot.com/