You can hear my interview on the House of Mystery Radio Show and podcast with Alan Warren and Julie Saville at the 16.17 mark. Listen as we talk about my newest book, Beautiful Corpse: A Marshall James Thriller, and about my life and writing. You can also download the episode directly HERE.

So exciting! I’ve hired narrator Sean Rhead for the audiobook version of ‘Beautiful Corpse: A Marshall James Thriller.’ He’s got the chops and the voice, and I know he’s going to make a great Marshall. I also know from some fans of the books that they can’t wait to find out what happens with Marshall and Mac all these years later … if Mac is even still alive. So patience, murder fans, I’m looking forward to finding out myself in the third installment coming out next year. Meanwhile, listen for the audiobook this August.

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I’ve enjoyed getting the word out and finding new readers with Goodreads giveaways, and my newest thriller is no exception. ENTER HERE for a chance to win one of 100 eBook copies given away May 20.

About Beautiful Corpse: A Marshall James Thriller

“It was 1984. Prince ruled the airways. 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.

That’s right! I have a limited number of free download codes for several of my ebooks in the Apple Books store. Take your pick and send an email to mademarkpublishing AT outlook.com to request a code. Be sure to specify the title you’d like and the country you’re in! Keep reading for book descriptions and links to check them out at Apple Books. Also, if you prefer a good listen, my audiobooks are there, too!

Codes are available for:

Murder At The Paisley Parrot: A Marshall James Thriller (Book 1)

Http://Books.Apple.Com/Us/Book/Id1498909349

The year was 1983. The bar was the Paisley Parrot in Hollywood, a gay, mob-run dive where people came to drink and few of them remembered the night before. Marshall loves his job as a bartender there. But one night, among the regulars, a killer arrives. Body by body, death by death, Marshall finds himself pulled into a web of murder, deceit and crime, with a psychopath waiting at the center of it all. Marshall falls for the cop who’s investigating him, not knowing if their relationship will survive or even if he’ll come out of this alive. Find out before last call comes around, in Murder at the Paisley Parrot.

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I love this painting! See Jean’s artwork at 4 Hands Art on Etsy.

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I’m tired of being in the “author” box. I may write more fiction, I may not, but I will always get up in the early morning to do something, it’s what keeps me going. My Facebook page is now Mark McNease Creative, and you can see I’ve redone my logo here as well. Podcasting, publishing, editing, writing, whatever sparks are flying any given day. It’s always now or never, don’t you think?

We haven’t seen the last of Marshall James, as he returns to tell another harrowing story of another series of murders back in the day. It’s been over a year since Murder at the Paisley Parrot saw Marshall barely surviving a brush with the mob, a close encounter with a serial killer, and a tumble into love with LAPD Detective Mac McElroy. All is well and the bad days seem behind him … until suddenly they’re not.

You can pre-order Beautiful Corpse for the reduced, pre-order price of $1.99 at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Apple Books. Get ready for a killer read when the book arrives March 30.

What fun! My guest turn on Brad Shreve’s Gay Mystery Podcast is now available for listening. Fasten your headphones as we talk about writing, books, gay mysteries, and, of course, me! CLICK TO LISTEN.