[Dixielandjazz] Novel with OKOM

[Robert S. Ringwald]

Yup, this is the one.

--Bob Ringwald



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> Is this the one? ----------------------------------------------------
>
>                            For Immediate Release    For Additional 
> Information
> Contact: Joyce Krieg
> (831) 649-6171
> joyce at joycek.com
>  FORMER SACRAMENTO  RESIDENT WINS MAJOR LITERARY AWARD
> WITH PUBLICATION OF JAZZ JUBILEE-THEMED NOVEL
>  Former Sacramento resident Joyce Krieg has been named winner of the St. 
> Martin's Press/Malice Domestic contest for "Best First Traditional 
> Mystery" for her novel Murder Off Mike.
>  Krieg's book is being published this spring by St. Martin's mystery 
> imprint, Minotaur.  Murder Off Mike introduces Shauna J. Bogart, a smart 
> and sassy radio talk show host/amateur sleuth. Shauna J. is used to 
> dealing with the controversial, the contentious, the cranky, and the just 
> plain crazed as the host of the afternoon gab-fest on the top-rated 
> station in California's state capital. But nothing prepares her for the 
> day a fellow shock talker turns up with a bullet in his head. The cops say 
> it's suicide, but Shauna J. isn't buying it. She launches her own 
> investigation, putting herself and the station at peril. The action 
> climaxes with a page-turning chase scene through the streets of the Old 
> Sacramento historic district during the city's famed Jazz Jubilee.
>  St. Martin's Press, a major New York publisher, conducts an annual 
> contest to discover the best mystery novel created by an unpublished 
> writer, with the grand prize being publication by St. Martin's. The 
> co-sponsor, Malice Domestic, is an organization of fans of traditional 
> mysteries typified by the works of Agatha Christie.
>  Krieg based Murder Off Mike on her experiences as a veteran staff member 
> of KFBK NewsTalk 1530 in Sacramento, as well as 20-plus years attending 
> the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee as a loyal fan. She joined the KFBK in 1978 as 
> the first female news anchor, took in her first Jubilee in 1980, and spent 
> many years as KFBK's Promotion Director.
>              Murder Off Mike is already garnering national critical 
> accolades, with starred reviews in both Publishers Weekly and Booklist. 
> Publisher's Weekly says, "So vividly does the author describe the 
> Sacramento Jazz Jubilee and the streets and heat of the city in May, one 
> can hear the music, feel the crowds," while Booklist raves,  "Krieg's 
> debut reads like the work of a seasoned mystery writer--in many ways, in 
> fact, it reads better than the work of many genre veterans."  Kirkus 
> Reviews calls Shauna J. Bogart "a keeper," while Roger Krum, executive 
> director of the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, sums it up as "Incruckin' 
> fedible!"
>              Krieg currently lives in Pacific Grove (Monterey County) and 
> is busy working on the sequel to Murder Off Mike, which has just been sold 
> to St. Martin's Press as part of a two-book contract.
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> "Robert S. Ringwald" <robert at ringwald.com> wrote:
>
> There is another novel about Jazz out there also. I don't know the name of
> it but it is a murder mystery that takes place at the Sacramento Jazz
> Jubilee.
>
> --Bob Ringwald
>
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