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It’s official. “Death is in the Cards” is out and available for purchase!
After an eventful winter, Pond Investigations’ daily routine is interrupted once again.
Coaxed by a friend, Liz Pond sets up a fortune teller booth for a charity fundraiser. Of course, the people coordinating the event don’t know they are getting a real psychic.
Liz spends her morning reading fortunes for the lovelorn and hopeful. When a young man enters her tent, the mood turns serious after the Death card makes an appearance. A vision of his murder fills her mind. She tries to warn him, but he won’t listen. Before she can do anything more, she is struck on the side of her head by a wayward softball. The injury results in a concussion and a little something extra. Her ESP abilities spin out of control. Her family and friends surround her to help. But with a potential murder on the horizon, Liz may need to bring one more person into her circle of trust. How will Detective A. J. Sowell handle it if Liz tells him she is more than a private investigator?
I’ve been so busy preparing for the release, I completely forgot to add an announcement to my website. As every writer will tell you, marketing is the hardest part. We’d much rather be writing.
I’m already receiving feedback from readers. Between hearing from people who read “Death is in the Cards” in a weekend and watching page counts on Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited reports, it sounds like I have another fast, fun read on my hands. A favorite activity was to watch the reports shift from people reading the first book on KU and immediately see them switch over and start reading the new one. A handful of readers in Australia had a busy week doing exactly this.
Have a wonderful day!
Jenni Stand
Week of February 21, 2021
I hope everyone reading this has finally thawed out and has full access to heat, electricity, and safe drinking water. BRRR! That was a cold week!
Now that my favorite pen, which is metal, no longer needs an hour to warm up before I touch it, I’m back to work on my first mystery novel. Would you like to read my elevator pitch? Here it is:
San Antonio Psychic Detective Mysteries
Elizabeth Susan Pond loves her beautiful, historic city of San Antonio, Texas where she works as a private investigator with a secret. Liz was born with Extra Sensory Perception and uses it as a tool to solve her cases, but she refuses to tell her clients or advertise herself as a psychic detective because she doesn’t believe in psychics. Her favorite hobby: busting charlatans.
I’ve always enjoyed anything to do with the paranormal or mysteries whether it be a book, movie or television show, which makes this book extra enjoyable to write.
And the research. Love it! We’ve been to San Antonio many times and always leave looking forward to our next visit even as we drive out of the city. As I look through photos from our trips it is easy to see many places to base an intriguing mystery.
Attention Mystery Lovers! If you are looking for a fun January mystery, check out “Mad Money & Murder” by Jenni Stand. It’s available in Paperback, Kindle, and Audiobook formats! My narrator, Carol Beth Anderson, did a wonderful job narrating my book. It released just before Christmas and is already being …
“Death is in the Cards” Cover Reveal The cover for the second book in my Pond Investigations Mystery series was unveiled at the Lubbock Book Festival yesterday. I’m very excited to share it with the rest of the world today. Some notes on the cover design: my daughter, Katy, drew …
Lubbock Book Festival This coming Saturday, August 24th, 2024. I hope to see you there! Early Access opens: 11am.General Admission opens: 12noon. For full details visit: https://www.lubbockbookfest.com/ Follow Up We had a fantastic time at the Lubbock Book Festival yesterday. The team who organized the event did an amazing job. …
A summary of my first speaking engagement at a local high school. I introduced students to the business side of writing, but also to a fun tool to help them create story ideas of their very own.
“Mad Money & Murder” by Jenni Stand Liz Pond is a private investigator with her own agency in historic San Antonio, Texas. Her specialty is proving that con artists are frauds, and Liz knows just how to spot a fake…by using her own secret psychic abilities. However, after the failed …
Blurb from the back of the book Liz Pond is a private investigator with her own agency in historic San Antonio, Texas. Her specialty is proving that con artists are frauds, and Liz knows just how to spot a fake…by using her own secret psychic abilities. However, after the failed …
My one and only fan fiction story based on the events of Stargate SG-1’s episode “Solitudes”. I don’t own the show or the characters. 🙂
Available at a Library near You! If you ask for it. I’ve reached out to libraries to ask if they would consider including “Mad Money & Murder” in their collections and the general response was, “Do you have a library card? Only people with a library card can request that …
Jenni Stand
Jenni Stand lives in Texas and is achieving her lifelong dream of becoming an independently published author. She was born and raised on Prince Edward Island in Canada, and she now lives in Texas with her husband, daughter, and slightly spastic dog. She has always wanted to be a writer, partially due to being surrounded by everything connected with Anne of Green Gables and Lucy Maud Montgomery and partially due to her love of reading. Growing up, she always had her nose in a mystery book, whether it was Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys or Trixie Belden. Plus, the eighties was the best decade for some of the best mystery series on television. Lately she’s been enjoying Agatha Christie. It’s fun getting to read her books for the very first time.
After years of trying to write a book without success, Jenni was one of the earliest students of Ellie Alexander’s Mystery Writing Masterclass. Since joining, Jenni wrote her first book, Mad Money & Murder: A Pond Investigations Mystery. The second book in the Pond Investigations Mystery series titled Death is in the Cards released in February 2025. Jenni is hard at work on the third book of the series, Sage’s Bluff.
In the past year, Jenni has released the audiobook version of Mad Money & Murder. It was professionally narrated by Carol Beth Anderson, https://andersonnarration.com/. The audiobook is available on Amazon, Audible, and the Apple Store. She looks forward to releasing Death is in the Cards in audiobook at a future date.
Jenni and her family cowrote a role-playing adventure called Legend of the Veil that currently sells on DriveThruRPG.com. She also wrote a handful of articles for a short-lived local magazine in Midland, Texas, called Tall City Tales.
If she doesn’t have a pen in her hand, it’s usually holding either a crochet hook or a knitting needle instead.
Link to my Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/jennistand
Direct Link to Mad Money & Murder on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Money-Murder-Pond-Investigations-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0CSKBT4VK
Direct Link to Death is in the Cards on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Cards-Pond-Investigations-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0DVBRCF5W
Jenni Stand is an Affiliate Member of the Mystery Writers of America.
Author photo taken by Robert Standridge.
