Twice the Fun at the Twin Cities Book Festival

Click Cover to BUY NOW!

Minneapolis, MN—Twin Cities Book Festival—Mystery readers are invited to meet Beth Solheim as she signs copies of At Witt’s End, a humorous mystery that delights readers with a boat-load of laughs and a wacky cast of colorful characters who frequent the Witt’s End Resort. The event featuring many talented authors will take place on Saturday, October 16, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Minneapolis Community and Technical College, 1501 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55403.

“Not since Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series, have so many quirky characters inhabited one book. A definite enjoyable read!”—Jean Henry Mead, author of Diary of Murder

At Witt’s End:

Mayhem is on the rise at the Witt’s End Resort, especially Cabin 14 where no guest ever leaves alive. To make matters worse, Sadie Witt must untangle a murderous web while struggling to prevent an unscrupulous sheriff’s deputy from shutting down her lakeside resort. 

When guests arrive at Cabin 14, they’re stunned to learn Sadie is their conduit to the hereafter. Clad in outlandish outfits, (clothing typically reserved for those without sagging body parts) and sporting hairdos that make bystanders want to look away but can’t, Sadie realizes one of the guests has been murdered and works against the clock to prevent further mayhem. 

The Author:

Like the main character in her Sadie Witt Mystery Series, Beth Solheim was born with a healthy dose of imagination and a hankering to solve a puzzle. She learned her reverence for reading from her mother, who was never without a book in her hand. 

By day, Beth works in Human Resources. By night she morphs into a writer who frequents lake resorts and mortuaries and hosts a ghost or two in her humorous paranormal mysteries. Beth is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Midwest Fiction Writers. The second book in the Sadie Witt mystery series will be released in January 2011. 

“A fresh new twist on the paranormal mystery and a senior sleuth with moxie!”—Krista Davis, author of The Diva Takes The Cake 

“Characters come alive on the page and that includes the dead ones.”—Sheila Connolly, author of Rotten to the Core 

Beth Solheim is available for book signing, workshop, and speaking events. Please contact the author directly at bjsolh@paulbunyan.net.

Boat-load of Laughs from MN Mystery Writer

Click Cover to BUY NOW!

Pequot Lakes, MN—Pequot Lakes Community Library—Mystery readers are invited to meet Beth Solheim as she presents a reading from At Witt’s End. This humorous mystery delights readers with a boat-load of laughs and a wacky cast of colorful characters who frequent the Witt’s End Resort. The event will take place on Saturday, September 25, at 11:00 am at the Pequot Lakes Community Library, 31069 Co. Road 112, Pequot Lakes, MN 56472, (218) 568-6181. 

“Not since Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series, have so many quirky characters inhabited one book. A definite enjoyable read!”—Jean Henry Mead, author of Diary of Murder 

At Witt’s End:

Mayhem is on the rise at the Witt’s End Resort, especially Cabin 14 where no guest ever leaves alive. To make matters worse, Sadie Witt must untangle a murderous web while struggling to prevent an unscrupulous sheriff’s deputy from shutting down her lakeside resort. 

When guests arrive at Cabin 14, they’re stunned to learn Sadie is their conduit to the hereafter. Clad in outlandish outfits, (clothing typically reserved for those without sagging body parts) and sporting hairdos that make bystanders want to look away but can’t, Sadie realizes one of the guests has been murdered and works against the clock to prevent further mayhem. 

The Author:

Like the main character in her Sadie Witt Mystery Series, Beth Solheim was born with a healthy dose of imagination and a hankering to solve a puzzle. She learned her reverence for reading from her mother, who was never without a book in her hand. 

By day, Beth works in Human Resources. By night she morphs into a writer who frequents lake resorts and mortuaries and hosts a ghost or two in her humorous paranormal mysteries. Beth is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Midwest Fiction Writers. The second book in the Sadie Witt mystery series will be released in January 2011. 

“A fresh new twist on the paranormal mystery and a senior sleuth with moxie!”—Krista Davis, author of The Diva Takes The Cake 

“Characters come alive on the page and that includes the dead ones.”—Sheila Connolly, author of Rotten to the Core 

Beth Solheim is available for book signing, workshop, and speaking events. Please contact the author directly at bjsolh@paulbunyan.net.

Sassy Senior Sleuths

Click Cover to BUY NOW!

Champlin, MN—The Champlin Public Library Mystery Book Club features Minnesota author, Beth Solheim, as she discusses SASSY SENIOR SLEUTHS – CAPERS, CHARACTERS AND CRIMES. Beth is the author of At Witt’s End. This humorous mystery delights readers with a boat-load of laughs and a wacky cast of colorful characters who frequent the Witt’s End Resort. The event will take place on Tuesday, September 21, at 7:00 pm at the Champlin Public Library, 12154 Ensign Avenue North, Champlin, MN 55316, (952) 847-5350. 

“Not since Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series, have so many quirky characters inhabited one book. A definite enjoyable read!”—Jean Henry Mead, author of Diary of Murder 

At Witt’s End:

Mayhem is on the rise at the Witt’s End Resort, especially Cabin 14 where no guest ever leaves alive. To make matters worse, Sadie Witt must untangle a murderous web while struggling to prevent an unscrupulous sheriff’s deputy from shutting down her lakeside resort. 

When guests arrive at Cabin 14, they’re stunned to learn Sadie is their conduit to the hereafter. Clad in outlandish outfits, (clothing typically reserved for those without sagging body parts) and sporting hairdos that make bystanders want to look away but can’t, Sadie realizes one of the guests has been murdered and works against the clock to prevent further mayhem. 

The Author:                                                                                         

Like the main character in her Sadie Witt Mystery Series, Beth Solheim was born with a healthy dose of imagination and a hankering to solve a puzzle. She learned her reverence for reading from her mother, who was never without a book in her hand. 

By day, Beth works in Human Resources. By night she morphs into a writer who frequents lake resorts and mortuaries and hosts a ghost or two in her humorous paranormal mysteries. Beth is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Midwest Fiction Writers. The second book in the Sadie Witt mystery series will be released in January 2011. 

“A fresh new twist on the paranormal mystery and a senior sleuth with moxie!”—Krista Davis, author of The Diva Takes The Cake 

“Characters come alive on the page and that includes the dead ones.”—Sheila Connolly, author of Rotten to the Core 

Beth Solheim is available for book signing, workshop, and speaking events. Please contact  the author directly at bjsolh@paulbunyan.net.

 

 

Reel in an Enormous Catch of Humor, Mystery and Mayhem

Click Cover to BUY NOW!

Hackensack, MN—Northwoods Art Festival and Book Fair—

Mystery readers are invited to meet Beth Solheim as she signs copies of At Witt’s End, a humorous mystery that delights readers with a boat-load of laughs and a wacky cast of colorful characters who frequent the Witt’s End Resort. The event featuring many talented authors and artists will take place on Saturday, August 28 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm in downtown Hackensack, Minnesota.  

“Not since Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series, have so many quirky characters inhabited one book. A definite enjoyable read!”—Jean Henry Mead, author of Diary of Murder 

At Witt’s End:

Mayhem is on the rise at the Witt’s End Resort, especially Cabin 14 where no guest ever leaves alive. To make matters worse, Sadie Witt must untangle a murderous web while struggling to prevent an unscrupulous sheriff’s deputy from shutting down her lakeside resort. 

When guests arrive at Cabin 14, they’re stunned to learn Sadie is their conduit to the hereafter. Clad in outlandish outfits, (clothing typically reserved for those without sagging body parts) and sporting hairdos that make bystanders want to look away but can’t, Sadie realizes one of the guests has been murdered and works against the clock to prevent further mayhem. 

The Author:

Like the main character in her Sadie Witt Mystery Series, Beth Solheim was born with a healthy dose of imagination and a hankering to solve a puzzle. She learned her reverence for reading from her mother, who was never without a book in her hand. 

By day, Beth works in Human Resources. By night she morphs into a writer who frequents lake resorts and mortuaries and hosts a ghost or two in her humorous paranormal mysteries. Beth is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Midwest Fiction Writers. The second book in the Sadie Witt mystery series will be released in January 2011. 

“A fresh new twist on the paranormal mystery and a senior sleuth with moxie!”—Krista Davis, author of The Diva Takes The Cake 

“Characters come alive on the page and that includes the dead ones.”—Sheila Connolly, author of Rotten to the Core

 Beth Solheim is available for book signing, workshop, and speaking events. Please contact the author directly at bjsolh@paulbunyan.net.

Mysterious Sitings at 2010 Printers Row Lit Fest

For Immediate Release

Click Cover to BUY NOW!

June 7, 2010–Laurel, Maryland–Printers Row brings out all kinds of authors for their Lit Fest and this year, they are fortunate enough to have rising Minnesota star Beth Solheim (AT WITT’S END) attending the festival with her publisher. Echelon Press is pleased to introduce the windy city to this debut author whose Sadie Witt Mystery series is gathering praise across the country. Readers can meet Beth Solheim and find out what the buzz is all about at Booth “FF” at the festival in Chicago, IL June 12-13, 2010. Ms. Solheim will be signing copies of her debut hit throughout the festival. You can find more information on Printers Row online or contact the Chicago Tribune.

Like the main character in her Sadie Witt mystery series, Beth Solheim was born with a healthy dose of imagination and a hankering to solve a puzzle. She learned her reverence for reading from her mother, who was never without a book in her hand. By day, Beth works in Human Resources. By night she morphs into a writer who frequents lake resorts and mortuaries and hosts a ghost or two in her humorous paranormal mysteries.

Raised and still living in Northern Minnesota, she resides in lake country with her husband and a menagerie of wildlife critters. She and her husband are blessed with two grown children and two grandsons.

“Beth Solheim’s characters are destined to join the highly acclaimed ranks of others like Stephanie Plum, Sookie Stackhouse, and Aunt Dimity. Solheim has a flair for the realistically outrageous. Sadie Witt will entertain for years to come,” says President and CEO of Echelon Press.

Things are really bustling at the Witt’s End resort in Northern Minnesota. Clients are vying for one of the few remaining rentals, except Cabin 14—thing is—no one gets out of Cabin 14 alive.

Sadie isn’t your typical sixty-four year old senior citizen. She has things she wants to do and shouldn’t be expected to solve a murder while trying to prevent an unscrupulous sheriff’s deputy from shutting down the lakeside resort she owns with her straight arrow sister. But that’s exactly what Sadie Witt must do. When five guests with hidden agendas arrive at Cabin 14, they’re stunned to learn that the flamboyant Sadie is their conduit to the hereafter.

Other Echelon authors readers will enjoy chatting and getting autographs from include L.J. Sellers (SECRETS TO DIE FOR), Joel Fox (LINCOLN’S HAND), Margot Justes (A HOTEL IN PARIS), Marc Vun Kannon (A WARRIOR MADE), Anne Carter (CAPE SEDUCTION), and Chicago favorites Luisa Buehler (THE INN KEEPER) and Nero Wolfe author Robert Goldsborough (A PRESIDENT IN PERIL).

For more info on Echelon Press, Quake, or any of its authors contact Karen Syed at echelonpress@gmail.com or 301-490-2507. On site Interviews can be arranged for the Printers Row Lit Fest.

Tuesday Talent

Check out Life as a Publisher!

Echelon Press is pleased to welcome J.S Farthing to our team of authors. Echelon will be publishing her novel Deacon’s Deception. You can get to know a litte bit more about this up and coming author by visiting her web site at http://www.jsfarthing.com.

We also welcome Rob Tobin, author of the upcoming God Wars. We will also publish novels by Jon Gibbs, author of Fur-face in our Quake Division. In our Explorations division you will meet Marian Allen, author of Eel’s Reverence, and Ralph Hieb, author of Feeders (a vampire novel), and Jeanette Angell, Assignment Nepal.

Over the last couple of months we have also contracted works from Stephen Brayton, author of Beta, Una Tiers, author of Judge vs. Nuts, Gale Borger, author of Totally Buzzed, Pat Dueson, author of Superior Longings, Elaine Abramson, author of Thursday’s Child, Verna Clay, author of :11 ‘Countdown to 2012′, and The Theory of Everything, Jeremy Trible, author of Dream Runner, and J.F. Hilborne, author of Madness & Murder  and No Alibi. In our Quake division you’ll also see the publication of Empty Houses by John Paultis, The Wrong Guy by Claudia Whitsitt,  and Snowstorm by Connie Hullander.

If you are waiting for something from your Echelon favorites, you’ll be glad to know that we have new releases scheduled from several of our current authors. You’ll get Cape Seduction by Anne Carter (this is the follow-up to Carter’s Lighthouse novel Point Surrender). We’ll have Outwitted by newcomer Beth Solheim, Passions of the Dead, the fourth installment of the Detective Jackson mysteries by L.J. Sellers, Reunion, book two in the Jack Marston mysteries by the beloved Carl Brookins, as well as St. Martin’s Moon by our favorite fantasy author Marc Vun Kannon. And for those of you who need a touch of romance we’ve got The Key by Lois Carroll.

Today’s Featured Title:

Buy Now at Amazon.com

Amy Winslow isn’t looking for a mystery; she doesn’t even like secrets. In fact, secrets have nearly destroyed her life. So, when a terrible accident forces her to take control of her brother’s mysterious California lighthouse, Amy finds herself immersed in its shocking past and uncertain future. Enchanted by the mystery, she refuses to rest until she finds out who died in the aging white beacon, and why. Case McKenna hasn’t quite reconciled his own painful history when he sails his crippled boat into Newburg Harbor, intending to stay only long enough to make repairs. His plans change when he becomes entangled with a local couple intent on restoring a long-shuttered lighthouse. Despite an overwhelming urge to flee, Case follows intrigue and passion, as he, too, finds himself drawn in by Point Surrender…