Murder at First Pitch by Nicole Asselin Blog Tour
Book Info
Murder at First Pitch by Nicole Asselin
Published by Pandamoon Publishing
Released on September 4th, 2019
Adult Fiction, Mystery, Cozy Mystery
Synopsis
32-year-old Madeline Boucher’s Grandfather instilled a love in the Boston Red Sox into her from an early age and increased that love by purchasing a local Independent League Baseball team, the Abington Armadillos.
After losing her corporate job in Boston, Madeline realizes her best option is to join the family baseball business. As the new “Social Media Director” for the team, Madeline attends her first business function and witnesses an argument between her brother Ben, and a strange man.
A few days later when walking the ballpark during her early morning hours, she finds the body of a man beaten to death with a baseball bat in the Visitor’s Dugout. It was the man her brother was arguing with at the party. Madeline is concerned that her brother would be considered a suspect. Through the local Detectives and Davis - the head of security for the ballpark she learns the victim is Christopher Dailey, a local baseball scout and prior felon.
When her brother is arrested and taken to the police station, she realizes she needs to figure out who the real culprit is, so her brother doesn’t take the fall for something she knows he didn’t do.
REVIEW
Murder at First Pitch kicks off this exciting new cozy mystery series by Nicole Asselin.
This story starts off extremely quickly and read fast. I finished it in one sitting. While the story was slightly shorter than other cozy mysteries that I have read, I quite enjoyed it. There was not a whole lot of fluff and everything written was important and/or moved the story along. While I had a fraction of the mystery figured out, the ending took me by surprise.
Maddie ends up working for her family’s baseball team again. She has such a passion for baseball and a love for her family. She has a sweet relationship with her high school crush Davis. The relationship was a fraction of the story and did not consume the novel.
Asselin’s passion shines through in her work. She clearly has a love for family, baseball, mysteries, and cats. I really enjoyed this mystery, and I am excited to read more by her in the future.
Thank you, Turn the Page Tours and Nicole Asselin, for allowing me to be a part of this book tour. I was given an electronic advanced reader copy for review purposes. All opinions are 100% my own.
The overall rating was 4 stars!
About the Authour
Nicole Asselin grew up a Navy Brat, and spent her formative high school years in the middle of Pennsylvania but always identified with her New England roots. Nicole’s family is originally from Connecticut, and her Grandpa Asselin introduced her into the Red Sox nation where she has been a member for her whole life and her Grandma Asselin introduced her to the world of mystery novels. Now those two loves are combined into her new Ballpark Mystery series.
Nicole graduated from Curry College in Milton Mass with a degree in English/Creative Writing, minoring in Dance in 2004. She also attended George Mason University and received a Master’s in Arts Management. She worked in the Government sector for over ten years before transitioning to Healthcare. Now working in just outside of Boston as a Technical Writer, she lives on the South Shore of Massachusetts with her three cats Julia, Jacques, and Madeline (no relation to the main character of her book).
Nicole is a current member of Sisters in Crime (National and New England) and the Mystery Writers of America. She sits on the Board of Directors for the NE branches of both groups as Social Media Liaison. MURDER AT FIRST PITCH is her debut cozy mystery from Pandamoon Publishing. Book two of the Ballpark Mystery series is scheduled for late in 2020.
Giveaway Info
Up for grabs during this blog tour are three digital copies! This giveaway is open to US + INTL and will close on September 9th at 11:59 PM CST. Enter to win via rafflecopter!
Tour Schedule
September 1st
TURN THE PAGE TOURS
September 2nd
WHAT AFI READS
September 3rd
AVNI READS
September 4th
HALLELUJAH HILL
September 5th
MELI’S BOOK REVIEWS
September 6th
BRI’S BOOK NOOK
September 7th
READ WITH AMY
FOR THE LOVE OF FICTIONAL WORLDS
