Press releases
Elaine Viets’ new Dead-End Job Mystery:
Murder with Reservations
 Elaine’s
sixth Dead-End Job mystery, Murder with Reservations,
is out in hardcover May 1 from NAL. In this novel, Helen Hawthorne,
the woman on the run, works as a hotel maid. Murder
with Reservations lets you look behind those hotel
room doors and see how America really lives on vacation. Read
this book, and you’ll never again sleep on a hotel bedspread
or use the coffeepot.
This is the book Helen Hawthorne fans have
been waiting for. Her ex-husband tracks her to Florida, and
Helen has to face her fate. Will she go to jail?
Elaine’s sixth Dead-End Job mystery is
a seriously funny look at South Florida life and minimum-wage
work. Publishers Weekly calls this "rollicking fun and felony
tempered with a dash of Nickel and Dimed."
Also, for paperback lovers: Murder
Unleashed, the fifth Dead-End mystery, will be out
in paperback May 1 from Signet ($6.99. ISBN: 978-0-451-22108-7).
Murder with Reservations: A Dead-End
Job Mystery
By Elaine Viets
NAL Hardcover. $21.95
ISBN: 0-451-22111-7
On sale May 1, 2007
From Publishers Weekly
Clubbed to Death: A Dead-End Job Mystery
Elaine Viets. NAL/Obsidian, $21.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-451-22394-4
In Viets's sprightly seventh Dead-End Job mystery
(after 2007's Murder with Reservations), intrepid
Helen Hawthorne, now a "customer care" clerk at
the snobbish Superior Club in Golden Palms, Fla., is dismayed
to run into her money-hungry ex, Rob, in the club parking
lot. When Rob, who's now married to a wealthy club member
known as the Black Widow because her last five husbands have
died mysteriously, tells Helen he fears for his life, the
unsympathetic Helen hits him. Fellow club employees witness
their fight, and one of them, Brenda, almost succeeds in getting
Helen fired. Later, the authorities view Helen as a prime
suspect after Rob disappears, a possible murder victim. When
someone beats Brenda and a philandering plastic surgeon to
death with Brenda's seven iron, Helen has a lot more to worry
about. The romantic ending will leave fans eager for the next
installment in this superior cozy series. Author tour.
(May)
Murder with Reservations: A Dead-End
Job Mystery
Elaine Viets. NAL, $21.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-451-22111-7
 Yuppie-turned-menial-job-hunter
Helen Hawthorne, still on the run from her deadbeat ex-husband,
is keeping a low profile with backbreaking work as a maid
at Sybil's Full Moon Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in Viets's
humorous and socially conscious sixth whodunit (after 2006's
Murder Unleashed). Helen's sister warns her that
her ex, Rob, is hot on her trail, determined to hunt her down
and claim his settlement money, but the heads-up doesn't alleviate
Helen's fear and anger when she spies Rob checking in at her
place of employment. Her postmarital troubles soon take a
backseat to the main mystery, though: six months earlier,
a bank robber checked into the Full Moon and supposedly stashed
his loot ($100,000) somewhere on the premises before he was
killed in a shootout. Helen's co-worker Rhonda goes missing,
and a new cleaning guy shows up who's a little too cute to
be true before Viets ties it all together for some rollicking
fun and felony tempered with a dash of Nickel and Dimed.
(May)
The Great $500 Book Giveaway For
Murder with Reservations: A Dead-End Job Mystery
In Murder with Reservations,
Helen Hawthorne works as a maid at a Florida tourist hotel.
She has a book full of funny stories about her hotel. But
we want to hear your stories.
You can win a $250 gift certificate from your
favorite bookstore to celebrate the kickoff of Elaine Viets’
new Dead-End Job Mystery, Murder with Reservations.
You can also designate your school, library
or other institution to win the gift certificate.
The contest has two categories. Enter either
one.
1. Your Funniest Experience as a Hotel
Guest
2. Your Funniest Experience as a Hotel
Employee (Maids, valets, servers, front-desk staff
and other hotel and motel employees or former employees are
eligible.)
The name of the hotel will NOT be used
in either category.
The contest closes June 30,
2007. Winners will be announced July 15,
2007 at www.elaineviets.com
The Great $500 Book Giveaway Rules
1. E-mail your entry to Elaine Viets at eviets@aol.com.
Mark the Subject line, Funniest Experience as a Hotel
Guest or Funniest Experience as a Hotel Employee.
a) Include your name, address, daytime and
evening phone numbers and e-mail address.
b) Include the name, address and phone number
of your designated bookstore.
2. The winner in each category gets a $250
gift certificate to the local bookstore of his or her choice.
3. No purchase is necessary. Decision of the
judges is final. Void where prohibited by law.
Murder with Reservations: A Dead-End
Job Mystery
By Elaine Viets
NAL Hardcover. ISBN: 0-451-22111-7
Press releases
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Elaine Viets goes
to the dogs!
Author’s special offer
with Pets Are Worth Saving
(PAWS) helps save animals
 In
honor of her hardcover debut, MURDER UNLEASHED:
A Dead-End Job Mystery (NAL Hardcover Original;
May 2, 2006; $19.95), national bestselling author Elaine Viets
has generously offered to personally donate $1 to PAWS for
every copy of MURDER UNLEASHED sold between
now and May 20th on the Barnes & Noble website (bn.com)
and at select Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
(IMBA) stores.
The $1-a-book offer has special meaning for
Viets, who worked at the Bone Appetit Dog Boutique and Posh
Paws Grooming Salon in Fort Lauderdale as research for her
forthcoming mystery novel, which takes place at an upscale
boutique for dogs. Viets has actually worked all the dead-end
jobs featured in her acclaimed mystery series, just like her
character Helen Hawthorne, the part-time sleuth who’s
always struggling to pay the bills. Over the years,
Viets has worked as a dress store clerk, phone book proofreader,
telemarketer, babysitter, bookseller, and weed-puller at 50
cents a bucket. While researching her latest Dead-End
Job mystery, Viets befriended a real life rescue dog-turned-supermodel
named Lulu (pictured with Viets above) who helped inspire
the story of MURDER UNLEASHED.
Another one of Viets’ former jobs is
Barnes & Noble employee—she once worked as a bookseller
at her local Barnes & Noble in Hollywood, Florida.
Now, Barnes & Noble is participating in Viets’ special
$1-a-book offer through bn.com, with all the money going to
PAWS (pre-orders are accepted).
A number of IMBA stores are also participating—and
continue to sign on board—with the option of donating
Viets’ hard-earned cash to either PAWS or the local
animal charity of their choice:
- Mystery Lovers Bookshop (Oakmont, PA)
- Creatures ‘n Crooks (Richmond, VA)
- Murder by the Book (Houston, TX)
- Raven Bookstore (Lawrence, KS)
- Murder on the Beach (Delray Beach, FL)
- Mystery Bookstore (Los Angeles, CA)
- Aunt Agatha’s (Ann Arbor, MI)
- Clues Unlimited (Tucson, AZ)
- Mysterious Galaxy (San Diego, CA)
- Aliens and Alibis (Columbia, SC)
- Jim Huang’s Mystery Company (Carmel, IN)
“Animals and bookstores naturally go
together,” says Viets, a true animal lover, to bookseller
participants, “I know many of you have bookstore cats
or other animal companions.”
With the support of Barnes & Noble, a selection
of IMBA stores, and her fast-growing fan base, Viets will
unleash her donation to PAWS (along with various local animal
charities) upon receipt of her first royalty check.
To learn more about Pets Are Worth Saving (PAWS),
go to this
page.
Books and Short Stories
Dead-End Job series with Helen
Hawthorne
*MURDER WITH RESERVATIONS
New American Library hardcover. $21.95. 978-0-451-2211-7 (May
2007)
*MURDER UNLEASHED
Signet paperback. $6.99. 978-0-451-22108-7 (April 2007)
*MURDER UNLEASHED
New American Library hardcover. $19.95. 978-0-451-21840-7
(May 2006)
JUST MURDERED
Signet paperback original. $6.99. 0-451-21492-7 (May 2005)
DYING TO CALL YOU
Signet paperback original. $6.50. 0-451-21332-7 (October 2004)
*MURDER BETWEEN THE COVERS
Signet paperback original. $5.99. 0-451-21081-6 (December
2003)
*SHOP TILL YOU DROP
Signet paperback original. $6.50. 0-451-20855-2 (May 2003)
Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper
series
ACCESSORY TO
MURDER
Signet paperback original. (Due out November 2007)
HIGH HEELS ARE MURDER
Signet paperback orginal. $6.99. 0-451-21988-0 (November 2006)
DYING IN STYLE
Signet paperback original. $6.99. 0-451-21679-2 (October 2005)
Francesca Vierling series
DOC IN THE BOX
Dell paperback original. $5.99. 0-440-23620-7 (2000)
THE PINK FLAMINGO MURDERS
Dell paperback original. $5.99. 0-440-22445-4 (1999)
RUBOUT
Dell paperback original. $5.99. 0-440-22444-6 (1998)
BACKSTAB
Dell paperback original. $5.99. 0-440-22431-4 (1997)
Nonfiction
HOW TO COMMIT MONOGAMY: A lighthearted look
at long-term love
Andrews McMeel hardcover. $18.95. 0-8362-2723-9 (1997)
Short Stories
“Vampire Hours”
MANY BLOODY RETURNS, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.
P. Kelner, $24.95. ISBN 976-0-441-01522-1. (2007) Ace Books.
“After the Fall”
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. (January/February
2006)
* “Killer Blonde”
DROP-DEAD BLONDE. Signet paperback original. $6.99. 0-451-21444-7.
(February 2005)
“Blonde Moment”
Mystery Writers of America presents SHOW BUSINESS IS MURDER,
edited by Stuart M. Kaminsky, Berkley Prime Crime hardcover.
$23.95. 0-425-19652-6 (August 2004)
* “Wedding Knife”
CHESAPEAKE CRIMES anthology. Quiet Storm hardcover. $24.95.
0-9749-6080-2 (2004)
* “Red Meat” and * “Sex and
Bingo”
Reprinted in THE WORLD’S FINEST MYSTERY AND CRIME STORIES,
edited by Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg. Forge hardcover.
$29.95. 0-765-31146-1. (October 2004)
* “Sex and Bingo”
HIGH STAKES, Signet paperback original. $5.99. 0-451-21018-2
(September 2003)
* “Red Meat”
Mystery Writers of America presents BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS,
edited by Lawrence Block. Berkley Prime Crime hardcover. $23.95.
0-425-19035-8 (2003)
Books on Tape
DOC IN THE BOX
Read by the Author
Americana Audio. $25. 1-58807-051-4 (2000)
THE PINK FLAMINGO MURDERS
Read by the Author
Americana Audio. $25. 1-58807-052-2 (2000)
RUBOUT
Read by the Author
Americana Audio. $25. 1-58807-053-0 (2000)
BACKSTAB
Read by the Author
Americana Audio. $25. 1-58807-054-9 (2000)
* nominated for or won an award
Awards
Lefty Award (2008)
Funniest Mystery of 2007
“Murder With Reservations”
Agatha Award (2005)
Best Short Story published in 2004
“Wedding Knife” in the CHESAPEAKE CRIMES anthology
Anthony Award (2005)
Best Short Story
“Wedding Knife” in the CHESAPEAKE CRIMES anthology
Nominations
Agatha Award (2007)
Best Novel
“Murder With Reservations”
Anthony Award (2006)
Best Short Story
“Killer Blonde” in the “Drop-Dead
Blonde” anthology
Anthony Award (2004)
Best Short Story
“Red Meat” in the Mystery Writers of America
anthology, “Blood on Their Hands,” edited by
Lawrence Block
Lefty Award (2007)
Best Humorous Mystery published in 2006
MURDER UNLEASHED: A Dead-End Job Mystery
Lefty Award (2004)
Best Humorous Mystery published in 2003
SHOP TILL YOU DROP: A Dead-End Job Mystery
Agatha Awards (2004)
Best Novel
SHOP TILL YOU DROP: A Dead-End Job NoveL
Best Short Story
“Red Meat” in the Mystery Writers of America
anthology, "Blood on Their Hands,” edited by
Lawrence Block.
Best Short Story
“Sex and Bingo” in the HIGH STAKES anthology
Anthony Award (2004)
Best Short Story
“Red Meat” in the Mystery Writers of America
anthology, "Blood on Their Hands,” edited by
Lawrence Block.
Barry Award (2004)
Best Paperback Original
MURDER BETWEEN THE COVERS: A Dead-End Job Novel
Lefty Award (2004)
Best Humorous Mystery published in 2003
SHOP TILL YOU DROP: A Dead-End Job Novel
Macavity Award (2004)
Best Short Story
“Red Meat” in the Mystery Writers of America
anthology, "Blood on Their Hands,” edited by
Lawrence Block.
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