Four Cuts Too Many – I Need
Your Help, Please by Debra H. Goldstein

Eleven days to go! If you had told me in 2011, when my
first book, Maze in Blue, was published, that a decade later, I’d have
six published original titles, one turned into my agent ready to go, two mass
market runs, audio and e-books of three of my novels, and more than forty short
stories published, I would have laughed.

I’m not laughing now. Instead, I’m anxiously awaiting the
release of Four Cuts Too Many, the fourth book in Kensington’s Sarah
Blair series (already available on pre-order). Although I’ve enjoyed doing zoom
events, I’m hoping there will soon be opportunities to meet in person with
readers. There’s something special about that in general. Even more, when a
Facebook or friend from the past appears at a signing.

 

It’s been over a year since I’ve been on the road doing
promotion. The pandemic created a difficult time to have a new title come out.
I was six weeks into my book tour for Three Treats Too Many when the
world shut down. At that point, the sales were leading the same point of sale numbers
that my first two books had achieved at that point. I was excited. One reason
is because I donate a significant portion of the royalties from pre-orders and
the first month of sales to charity (and I’m doing so again).

 

Like many others, I became an author with a new book having
to find a way to let people know the book was out there. Facebook, Twitter, and
other social media outlets became the promotional norm. I adapted.

 

I’m ready to adapt again. I don’t have a choice. The world
is reopening, but Four Cuts Too Many won’t be the new book on the block
when the restrictions on congregating are lifted. That’s why I need to get the
word out now about the book. Anything you can do from sharing this blog to
pre-ordering a copy will be deeply appreciated. Numbers count. When this book
comes out and I turn the next one in, the decision will be made whether I’m
offered a new Sarah Blair contract. I hope so because there is more of Sarah
and her friends that I’d like to share with readers.

 

An author friend of my calls this shameless promotion. I
think of it as being honest with friends. What do you think?

 

Four Cuts Too Many:

 

Sarah Blair gets an education in slicing and
dicing when someone in culinary school serves up a main corpse in Wheaton,
Alabama . . .
 
Between working as a law firm receptionist,
reluctantly pitching in as co-owner of her twin sister’s restaurant, and
caretaking for her regal Siamese RahRah and rescue dog Fluffy, Sarah has no
time to enjoy life’s finer things. Divorced and sort-of dating, she’s
considering going back to school. But as a somewhat competent sleuth, Sarah’s
more suited for criminal justice than learning how many ways she can burn a
meal.
 
Although she wouldn’t mind learning some knife
skills from her sous chef, Grace Winston. An adjunct instructor who teaches
cutlery expertise in cooking college, Grace is considering accepting an
executive chef’s position offered by Jane Clark, Sarah’s business rival—and her
late ex-husband’s lover. But Grace’s future lands in hot water when the
school’s director is found dead with one of her knives in his back. To clear
her friend’s name, there’s no time to mince words. Sarah must sharpen her own
skills at uncovering an elusive killer . . .
 
 Includes quick and easy recipes!

 

Pre-order from your favorite INDIE (a great way
to support them, too), https://www.amazon.com/Four-Cuts-Sarah-Blair-Mystery/dp/1496732219
or Four Cuts Too Many by Debra H. Goldstein, Paperback | Barnes
& Noble® (barnesandnoble.com)