Speak EZ
by Elle E. Ire
You must sign in to see if this title is available for request. Sign In or Register Now
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date Dec 03 2024 | Archive Date Nov 30 2024
Talking about this book? Use #SpeakEZ #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!
Description
When a mysterious dog shows up during the renovation of the Big City Little Theatre, one woman falls in love with the victim of a century-old homicide who might not be as dead as she seems. And now it’s a race against time to ensure she stays that way.
On New Year’s Eve, in 1923, someone walked into Michelle “Mickey” McFadden’s queer speakeasy hidden beneath the Big City Little Theater and shot her and her dog, EZ, dead. Or . . . sort of, mostly, kind of dead, maybe? Because instead of crossing over, they become trapped within the bar’s cinderblock walls. And though EZ eventually manages to wriggle his way free, Mickey remains, her spirit frozen in time.
In 2022, employees of the Big City Little Theater begin encountering a stray dog sneaking in and around the premises. When Ciara, the theater’s bookkeeper, saves the dog from being hit by a truck, she begins to suspect there’s something odd about the mysterious canine and makes it her mission to catch him and either return him to his owners or keep him as her own.
That is until Ciara and her friends happen upon the sealed-up speakeasy in the theater’s subbasement —and find the dog inside. But how did he get in there when the door was locked? And why are there bullet holes in the otherwise beautifully preserved bar? Their discovery launches them on the investigation of a lifetime, complete with an ancient murder to solve, strange occurrences to explain, and a missing person to find.
When Mickey’s spirit, which has been trapped in the mysterious in-between for the past hundred years, begins to find her way out, she and Ciara finally come face-to-face. And it’s more than the speakeasy’s old wiring that makes sparks fly. Ciara’s falling hard for Mickey and Mickey for her. Can they solve the murder and figure out how EZ returned to the world of the living before the clock strikes midnight on the next New Year’s Eve?
Because if they don’t, they’re pretty certain Mickey’s time will finally be up—this time for good.
Advance Praise
The book is with several reviewers, but they have not finished it yet.
The book is with several reviewers, but they have not finished it yet.
Marketing Plan
This novel is a Sapphic Paranormal Romance/Murder Mystery but paranormal romance wasn't one of the category choices. Since it is Sapphic, I do in-person appearances at pride festivals and in-person and online talks at queer-specific conferences like QFX, Rainbow Space Magic, ReadOut, and the Golden Crown Literary Society annual conference. I also have done panels and workshops for book clubs, writing groups, and a large number of other in-person and online conferences including but not excluded to Florida Writers Association, Georgia Romance Writers, Nebula Conference, WorldCon, Necronomicon Tampa, MegaCon Orlando, Tampa ComicCon, SpecFic Southeast, Flights of Foundry, and Bay to Ocean Writers Conference. I have blogged for SFWA and done online interviews and guest blog posts for a number of different sites.