Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours–The Witless Protection Program
The Witless Protection Program (A Catering Hall Mystery) Cozy Mystery 5th in Series Setting – New York Kensington Cozies (March 26, 2024) Mass Market Paperback : 304 pages ISBN-10 : 1496744624 ISBN-13 : 978-1496744623 Digital ASIN : B0C9W8W668
Purchase Links – Amazon – B&N – Kobo – Bookshop.org – Kensington –
I’m so excited to be a stop on the blog tour for author Maria DiRico and her new book The Witless Protection Progam. It is the fifth book in her A Catering Hall Mystery.
The Witless Protection Program (A Catering Hall Mystery) by Maria DiRico
As soon as I start reading, I immediately fall into the story and setting and don’t want to leave. I love The Catering Hall Mystery series so much, and book five might just be my very favorite of all. ~Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books
Mia Carina has steered her Italian-American family’s Astoria, Queens, catering hall, Belle View Banquet Manor, into becoming the borough’s premiere party site, and nothing could make her happier—except her boyfriend proposing. There’s just one presumed-dead obstacle in the way . . . A strong, independent woman and respected entrepreneur, Mia never imagined she’d pine for a marriage proposal. Yet lately, with her beloved Shane, she’s on tenterhooks. It’s especially surprising, considering Mia’s first husband, Adam, was a philandering grifter, assumed lost-at-sea after a boating disaster. But everyone knows what happens when you assume . . . While working a huge wedding expo in Manhattan, Mia is shocked to spot the man who nearly destroyed her life. The one who’s supposed to be sleeping with the fishes. But she loses him in the crowd. And when it happens again the next day, it’s time for an emergency meeting with the family—and the Family. Because if Adam is alive, Mia is still married . . . Everyone wants Adam dead. Everyone except Mia. She’s dealt with enough police for a lifetime. Mia needs to be a divorcée, not a widow. But someone out there disagrees, and if Mia doesn’t discover who, she may never be free to marry Shane—or anyone else . . . Italian recipes included!
Maria DiRico is the pseudonym for Ellen Byron, author of the award-winning, USA Today bestselling Cajun Country Mysteries. Born in Queens, New York, she is a first-generation Italian-American on her mother’s side and the granddaughter of a low-level Jewish mobster on her father’s side. She grew up visiting the Astoria Manor and Grand Bay Marina catering halls, which were run by her Italian mother’s family in Queens and have become the inspiration for her Catering Hall Mystery Series. DiRico has been a writer-producer for hit television series like Wings and Just Shoot Me, and her first play, Graceland, appears in the Best Short Plays collection. She’s a freelance journalist, with over 200 articles published in national magazines, and previously worked as a cater-waiter for Martha Stewart, a credit she never tires of sharing. A native New Yorker who attended Tulane University, Ellen lives in Los Angeles with her husband, daughter, and two rescue dogs.
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TOUR PARTICIPANTS
March 25 – Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense – SPOTLIGHT
March 25 – Elicia’s Book Haven – AUTHOR GUEST POST
March 25 – Christa Reads and Writes – SPOTLIGHT
March 26 – The Mystery of Writing – CHARACTER GUEST POST
March 26 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
March 26 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 27 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading – REVIEW
March 27 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee – SPOTLIGHT
March 28 – Literary Gold – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
March 28 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
March 29 – Books to the Ceiling – PODCAST – SPOTLIGHT- EXCERPT
March 29 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – CHARACTER GUEST POST
March 30 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT
March 30 – MJB Review1er – SPOTLIGHT
March 31 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW
March 31 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT
April 1 – Baroness Book Trove – REVIEW
April 1 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
April 2 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR GUEST POST
April 2 – Cassidy’s Bookshelves – REVIEW
April 3 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
April 3 – The Plain-Spoken Pen – REVIEW – EXCERPT
