Welcome to Joanna Challis's Book Tour and we're glad you stopped by!
Joanna Challis's Book Tour Schedule for Murder on the Cliffs
Tuesday,
December 01, 2009
• In
Reference
to Murder:
Author Interview (post link)
Wednesday,
December 02, 2009
• Melissa's
Bookshelf:
Book
Review (post link)
• Shhh I'm
Reading:
Author
Guest Post (post link)
Thursday,
December 03, 2009
• Lesa's
Book
Critiques: Author Interview (post link)
• The
Friendly Book
Nook: Author
Guest Post (post link)
Friday,
December 04, 2009
• Wendi's
Book
Corner: Book
Review (post link)
• Murder by 4:
Author
Guest Post (post link)
Saturday,
December 05, 2009
• Allie's
Musings:
Author Interview (post link)
• Bookish Ruth:
Book
Review
• Cafe of
Dreams:
Book
Review (post link)
Murder on the Cliffs: A Daphne du Maurier Mystery
The storm led
me to Padthaway.
I
could never resist the allure
of dark swirling clouds, windswept leaves sweeping down cobbled lanes
or a view of the sea stirring up its defiant nature. The sea possessed
a power all of its own and this part of Cornwall, an isolated stretch
of rocky cliff tops and unexplored beaches both enchanted and terrified
me.
It
is not a lie to say I felt
drawn out that day, led to a certain destiny ...
So begins this new mystery series featuring young Daphne du Maurier,
headstrong, adventurous, and standing at the cusp of greatness.
Walking on the cliffs in Cornwall, she stumbles upon the drowned body
of a beautiful woman, dressed only in a nightgown, her hair strewn
along the rocks, her eyes gazing up to the heavens. Daphne soon learns
that the mysterious woman was engaged to marry Lord Hartley of
Padthaway, an Elizabethan mansion full of intriguing secrets.
As the daughter of the famous Sir Gerald du Maurier, Daphne is welcomed
into the Hartley home, but when the drowning turns out to be murder,
Daphne determines to get to the bottom of the mysteries of
Padthaway—in part to find fresh inspiration for her writing,
and
in part because she cannot resist the allure of grand houses and long
buried secrets.
Enter to Win a Copy of Murder on the Cliffs, Signed by the Author
Thanks to everyone who entered to win a signed copy of Murder on the Cliffs, courtesy of Joanna Challis. And the winner is: Molly from Olathe (KS), who visited Melissa's Bookshelf during the tour. Congratulations!
About the Author
Photo courtesy Joanna Challis.
Joanna Challis lives and writes in a colonial house with wrap-around verandahs and an English garden in Queensland, Australia, surrounded by family, old paintings, and anything fleur-de-lys. She is the author of several romantic suspense novels; Murder on the Cliffs is her first series mystery.
