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Exclusive Excerpt: Haunted Be the Holidays by Heather Graham

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Haunted Be the Holidays by Heather Graham // VBCToday we have an exclusive excerpt from Heather Graham’s new Krewe of Hunters novella Haunted Be the Holidays. This one is part of the 1,001 Dark Nights series, which means the sexy sexy is in those pages.

About HAUNTED BE THE HOLIDAYS:

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham comes a new story in her Krewe of Hunters series…

When you’re looking for the victim of a mysterious murder in a theater, there is nothing like calling on a dead diva for help! Krewe members must find the victim if they’re to discover the identity of a murderer at large, one more than willing to kill the performers when he doesn’t like the show.

It’s Halloween at the Global Tower Theatre, a fantastic and historic theater owned by Adam Harrison and run by spouses of Krewe members. During a special performance, a strange actor makes an appearance in the middle of the show, warning of dire events if his murder is not solved before another holiday rolls around.

Dakota McCoy and Brodie McFadden dive into the mystery. Both have a
special talent for dealing with ghosts, but this one is proving elusive. With the help of Brodie’s diva mother and his ever-patient father – who were killed together when a stage chandelier fell upon them – Dakota and Brodie set out to solve the case.

If they can’t solve the murder quickly, there will be no Thanksgiving for the Krewe . . .

Grab your copy of HAUNTED BE THE HOLIDAYS at Amazon

EXCERPT OF HAUNTED BE THE HOLIDAYS

“Okay,” he said gently. “You’re convinced the blood was real?”

“You don’t believe me!” she said indignantly.

“No, I believe you. I just want you to think carefully. It is Halloween. You don’t think the young woman was in costume, or the blood might have been faked?” he asked.

The clerk was about twenty-four years old, tiny in height, dark-eyed and dark-haired, with a round, friendly face. Right now, however, her eyes were large, pupils dilated, and she appeared to be frightened.

“Mr. McFadden,” she said. “I’m telling you, I’ve worked here since I got out of high school. I…I know kids at Halloween—and adults at Halloween. This woman…she was crazed. I think she…that she—she ate someone, somewhere.”

“Ate them?” he asked carefully.

“Or drained them of blood. I could smell blood on her—it had that rusting tin kind of smell…”

He did know the smell. He might be a consultant at the moment, and not officially a Krewe agent yet, but he’d been military, he’d been a private eye—and, unfortunately, he’d already been on more than a few murder investigations.

“Oh, I don’t know—she ate someone—someone munched on her neck. There was just so much blood.”

“It could have been fake,” he said gently.

“Not unless she ordered some ‘Eau de Blood’ to go with it! I know costumes and makeup. We’re right by the theater, and,” she added dryly, “I have witnessed Halloween all my life. And at Halloween, there are always people running around in costume—and not just the players. But this…this was real blood.”

“All right, you said she was covered in blood. And it could have been hers. Could she have been hurt somehow?” Brodie asked. “Was there any kind of an injury you could see?”

“Oh, God!” the young clerk said. “I don’t know. Maybe. Maybe she was in real pain. But she was obnoxious—threatening. She wanted opioids. Yes, I mean, I guess that would mean she might be hurt. Her neck was all red—but the blood was all over the costume, too. At a distance, I thought maybe she was doing a just-enjoyed-dinner vampire or something. But when she got closer…there was that smell!”

“And when she got belligerent at the pharmacy counter, you heard her—and walked up and warned her you were going to call the police?” Brodie asked.

Rebecca nodded solemnly.

He glanced quickly at the notes on his cellphone. The woman was young, but as she said, she’d been there several years. She was a clerk, and an assistant store manager, and she had called in the incident—which might have been a non-incident, not something that would normally involve the FBI.

Except Detective Angus Hilton of the D.C. police was close friends with Jackson Crow, head of the Krewe unit of the bureau. Since Brodie had just picked up Jackson to head to the theater—all who could were gathering for the last children’s and adult Halloween season shows—he had found himself investigating what might have been an addict’s attempt to fulfill a craving.

Halloween—like a full moon—brought out the crazies.

Heather Graham’s HAUNTED BE THE HOLIDAYS – Review & Excerpt Tour Schedule:

October 31st

Between The Bookends – Review

Family, Books and Food – Excerpt

Sofia Loves Books – Review & Excerpt

November 1st

3 degrees of fiction – Excerpt

It’s All About the Romance – Excerpt

SBB Reviews – Review

November 2nd

Incidental Inspiration – Review & Excerpt

Kay Daniels Romance – Review & Excerpt

Mythical Books – Excerpt

November 3rd

Bound by books book review – Review

Cup of Tea Book Blog – Review

The Reading Cafe – Review & Excerpt

November 4th

Ginreads – Review & Excerpt

Lynn’s Romance Enthusiasm – Excerpt

Panty dropping Book Blog – Review

November 5th

I Smell Sheep – Excerpt

Literary Misfit – Review & Excerpt

Reading Between the Wines Book Club – Excerpt

November 6th

All Things Dark & Dirty – Excerpt

Dreamer’s Book Blog – Excerpt

JOJO THE BOOKAHOLIC – Review

November 7th

Books 2 Blog – Review & Excerpt

Read-Love-Blog – Excerpt

Vampire Book Club – Excerpt

November 8th

Cupcakesandbookshelves – Excerpt

Rachel Loren’s Love of Reading – Excerpt

The Book Addict’s Reviews – Review & Excerpt

November 9th

Jax’s Book Magic – Excerpt

Shelleen’s Musings – Review

ABOUT HEATHER GRAHAM

New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Heather Graham has always been an avid reader, from classics to sci-fi, mystery, horror, thriller, romance, and all kinds of non-fiction. She’s fairly certain that her mom’s deliciously crazy family–arriving in the US a bit before her birth from Ireland–gave her the love of storytelling. She started out in theater and commercials, but once her children began to arrive, she stayed home and gave writing a try. She’s incredibly grateful to be doing what she’s doing for a living. Heather belongs to MWA, RWA, Sisters in Crime, HWA, and ITW, and has the recipient of the RWA Lifetime Achievement Award, a Silver Bullet for charitable works, and this year, she will receive the Thriller Master title from ITW. She has over 200 novels in print, and has been published in 22 languages.

Find Heather Online: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Author Goodreads

One Response to “Exclusive Excerpt: Haunted Be the Holidays by Heather Graham”

  1. Jessica says:

    Thank you so much for sharing! ~Jessica, InkSlinger PR

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