Blog Tour: Front Page Murder - Interview With Joyce St. Anthony!

Front Page Murder (A Homefront News Mystery) by Joyce St. Anthony

Hi, everyone! Today I'm happy to be a part of the blog tour for Joyce St. Anthony's new book, Front Page Murder, which is the first in the new Homefront News Mystery series! Read on for my interview with Joyce, plus there's a giveaway to enter!

Interview:

Would you please describe your book, Front Page Murder, in seven words?

Reporter solves murders on the WWII homefront.  

What was the inspiration for the book?

I’ve always loved the WWII era and the 1940s (they had the best clothes and music!). I grew up listening to my mother’s Big Band records. It was only natural I’d eventually write something set during the war.

Random Question! What’s your favorite color?

I wear a lot of raspberry/wine/purple colored clothes so it would have to be in that color family.

 

What’s one piece of advice you would give aspiring authors?

Don’t give up! Look at every book you write and every rejection you get as a learning experience. I had hundreds of rejections until I got an agent. The fifth book I wrote was the one that got published. Front Page Murder is my fourth published book.

What are some mysteries you’ve recently read and enjoyed?

 That’s a tough one. There are too many good ones and I’d hate to leave anyone out. 

About Front Page Murder

Front Page Murder (A Homefront News Mystery) Historical Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Crooked Lane Books (March 8, 2022) Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 164385898X ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1643858982 Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B096WWNSKR 

In this World War II-era historical mystery series debut by Joyce St. Anthony, small-town editor Irene Ingram has a nose for news and an eye for clues.

Irene Ingram has written for her father’s newspaper, the Progress Herald, ever since she could grasp a pencil. Now she’s editor in chief, which doesn’t sit well with the men in the newsroom. But proving her journalistic bona fides is the least of Irene’s worries when crime reporter Moe Bauer, on the heels of a hot tip, turns up dead at the foot of his cellar stairs.

An accident? That’s what Police Chief Walt Turner thinks, and Irene is inclined to agree until she finds the note Moe discreetly left on her desk. He was on to a big story, he wrote. The robbery she’d assigned him to cover at Markowicz Hardware turned out to be something far more devious. A Jewish store owner in a small, provincial town, Sam Markowicz received a terrifying message from a stranger. Moe suspected that Sam is being threatened not only for who he is…but for what he knows.

Tenacious Irene senses there’s more to the Markowicz story, which she is all but certain led to Moe’s murder. When she’s not filling up column inches with the usual small-town fare—locals in uniform, victory gardens, and scrap drives—she and her best friend, scrappy secretary Peggy Reardon, search for clues. If they can find the killer, it’ll be a scoop to stop the presses. But if they can’t, Irene and Peggy may face an all-too-literal deadline.

About Joyce St. Anthony

Joyce was a police secretary for ten years and more than once envisioned the demise of certain co-workers, but settled on writing as a way to keep herself out of jail. As Joyce St. Anthony, she is the author of the Homefront News Mysteries. The first in the series, Front Page Murder, will be (or was, depending on the blog date) released on March 8, 2022. Under her own name--Joyce Tremel--she wrote the award winning Brewing Trouble cozy mystery series. She is a native Pittsburgher and lives in the beautiful Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania with her husband and two cats--Hops and Lager.

Here Are A Few Links:

  Websites: http://www.joycetremel.com & http://www.joycestanthony.com

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/JoyceTremel

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoyceTremel

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