[Dixielandjazz] Novel with OKOM

[Coastsidegiraffe at aol.com]

Yes, that's the one...it's a pretty good read also.   I bought a copy at the 
Jubilee a couple of years ago and Joyce autographed it.


In a message dated 4/11/06 8:53:40 PM, kay2840 at yahoo.com writes:


> 
>                             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 to discover the best mystery novel created by an unpublished writer, with 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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