• New

    Fee Audiobook Codes Available for All Titles!

    Are you listening? I have a limited number of complimentary audiobook codes available for all of my audiobooks, including the brand new Beautiful Corpse: A Marshall James Thriller, narrated by Sean Rhead! Just click the image or HERE to email your request for a code. Please specify the title(s), and a US or UK code. You can read about them all at my Audible author’s page. So enjoy … and fasten your headphones!

    Available Titles:

    Beautiful Corpse: A Marshall James Thriller
    A House in the Woods
    Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Thriller
    Murder at the Paisley Parrot: A Marshall James Thriller
    Last Room at the Cliff’s Edge
    Death by Pride: A Kyle Callahan Mystery
    Pride and Perilous: A Kyle Callahan Mystery
    Murder at Pride Lodge: A Kyle Callahan Mystery
    Stop the Car: A Kindle Single
    Strange Company: Nature Essays by Jean Ryan

  • Podcasts,  The Twist Podcast

    The Twist Podcast #136: Plastic Planet, Sergeant Loser, State of the States, and This Week’s Headlines

    Mark (L) and Rick (R)

    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we take a look at our planet’s plastic peril, losers and suckers in the armed forces, another state or two, and the week in headlines. Can’t find us? Just ask Alexa … And enjoy our YouTube edition for those who like to watch.

    Enjoy The Twist on LibsyniTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, and TheTwistPodcast.com

    Copyright 2020 MadeMark Publishing

  • Podcasts,  The Twist Podcast

    The Twist Podcast #135: Passion Politics, Gaga Goes There, Rick Calls the Election, and This Week’s Headlines

    Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we talk politics and passion, Gaga’s masked-up marvel, trends, headlines, and an election prediction from Rick. Can’t find us? Just ask Alexa … And enjoy our special video edition this week.

    Enjoy The Twist on LibsyniTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeart Radio, and TheTwistPodcast.com

    Copyright 2020 MadeMark Publishing

  • New

    It’s a Killer Kindle Countdown Deal! Two Marshall James Thrillers

    Along with my semi-regular Kindle eBook giveaways (August winners were just announced the morning) I’m offering free Kindle downloads of both Marshall James Thrillers. The audiobook for Beautiful Corpse, narrated by Sean Rhead, is coming out any day now. I’ll be offering free download codes to subscribers, so look for an email on that soon. In the meantime, click on over to Amazon and enjoy these two book for free for the next 5 days!  And remember, reviews are a writer’s best friend! Please consider leaving one.

    Beautiful Corpse: A Marshall James Thriller (Book 2)

    “It was 1984. Prince ruled the airwaves. The Los Angeles Olympics had come and gone, taking with it a spotlight that had shone harshly on the city’s night crawlers and left them thankful for the the shadows. AIDS was spreading its dark, black, wings over us all, and I was a happy guy. At least I thought I was, until things took a sudden turn for the deadly.” – Marshall James

    It’s been over a year since Marshall James first became intimately familiar with murder. He’s six months sober now and happily living with the love of his life, LAPD Detective Mac McElroy. Despite the coming storm of AIDS and its devastating toll on the world Marshall knows, his dark days seem to be behind him. Then one night he says the wrong thing, storms out in anger, and walks straight into a nightmare. Someone is setting him up to take the fall for a beautiful corpse. But who would do something so evil, and so planned? Within hours he finds himself running from the police and the mob, and running toward a killer he must apprehend before the only chance left is no chance at all.

  • New

    And the Lucky August Giveaway Winners Are …

    Another month, another great giveaway. Congratulations to Marie, Georgie, Lorna, Jackie and Linda. Each of them has won a Kindle edition of my book Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery for the month of August.

    My next giveaway will be something special in October. It’s my birthday month, and my favorite holiday – Halloween! Look for details of something fabulous, with even more winners. Until then, settle back in your custom seat on the mystery train and enjoy any of my books. I’ll soon be finishing up the new Kyle Callahan Mystery after four years of waiting to hear from this fan favorite. Kyle and his husband Danny have left New York City for a life in Lambertville, New Jersey. They open a bed and breakfast, unaware that death has checked in with the rest of the guests. A true whudunit, Reservation for Murder: A Kyle Callahan Mystery will keep you guessing till the shocking finale.

    Mark

     

     

  • New

    Audiobook Sample for ‘Beautiful Corpse: A Marshall James Thriller’

    Very excited to sign off on this audiobook edition of ‘Beautiful Corpse: A Marshall James Thriller,’ narrated by Sean Rhead. It will be out soon, and I’ll have complimentary download codes available. Here’s a sample …

    About Beautiful Corpse

    “It was 1984. Prince ruled the airwaves. The Los Angeles Olympics had come and gone, taking with it a spotlight that had shone harshly on the city’s night crawlers and left them thankful for the the shadows. AIDS was spreading its dark, black, wings over us all, and I was a happy guy. At least I thought I was, until things took a sudden turn for the deadly.” – Marshall James

    It’s been over a year since Marshall James first became intimately familiar with murder. He’s six months sober now and happily living with the love of his life, LAPD Detective Mac McElroy. Despite the coming storm of AIDS and its devastating toll on the world Marshall knows, his dark days seem to be behind him. Then one night he says the wrong thing, storms out in anger, and walks straight into a nightmare. Someone is setting him up to take the fall for a beautiful corpse. But who would do something so evil, and so planned? Within hours he finds himself running from the police and the mob, and running toward a killer he must apprehend before the only chance left is no chance at all.

  • New

    August Giveaway: 5 Kindle Editions of ‘Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery’


    Congratulations to Julia, David, Eric, Yvonne and Melanie, the five lucky winners of July’s giveaway!.. Each of them received a complimentary Kindle edition of my supernatural chiller, ‘A House in the Woods.’

    We’re into August now, and that means … another fabulous giveaway! Just enter the RafflePress giveaway with your email, and I’ll draw 5 lucky winners at random on August 31. Be sure to click the confirmation link you receive! Check your spam folder so you don’t miss it.

    About ‘Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery’

    “In Black Cat White Paws, recently widowed Maggie Dahl finds herself faced with challenges on all fronts: life alone in a new town, running a business she and her husband had dreamed of and started together, and now pursuing a killer. Her sister Gerri moves from Philadelphia to Lambertville, New Jersey, to support her sister and start a new life of her own. Together the women search for a murderer, helped in critical ways by their neighbor’s cat. A black cat with white paws. A cat whose independence sets it all in motion and sees it through to the end.

    Black Cat White Paws finds Maggie moving from New York City to Lambertville, an idyllic river town with artists, restaurants, incredible landscapes, and enough local characters to populate a murder mystery. Join Maggie, Gerri, Checks the cat, and a cast of colorful small town natives just as eager—and as shocked—to find a killer in their midst.”

    Prefer to listen? Check out the audiobook edition of Black Cat White Paws, narrated by the wonderful Holly Palance.

  • LGBTSR,  Savvy Senior

    The Savvy Senior: Can I Stop Social Security if I Go Back to Work?


    By Jim Miller

    Dear Savvy Senior,

    I lost my job last month because of the coronavirus crisis. With little savings, I’ve been thinking about starting my Social Security benefits early to help me get by. But my question is, if I find a new job can I stop my Social Security benefits and restart them at a later date so they can continue to grow?

    Almost 63 

    Dear Almost,

    Yes, there are actually two ways you can stop your Social Security retirement benefits (once you’ve started collecting them) and restart them at a later date, which would boost your benefits. But in order to do this certain rules and conditions must be met. Here are your options.