More about Bouchercon 2023

I will be moderating the panel: Senior Sleuths: Never Too Old for a Mystery on Wednesday August 30 at 4:30 pm. Panelists include Anna St John with a retired crime reporter sleuth, Ellen Kirschman with a psychologist sleuth, Steph Broadribb with a retired detective club and Lisa Q. Mathews with senior living community sleuth Dorothy Westin and her young sidekick Summer Smyth.

Bouchercon 2023

I’ll be attending the Bouchercon mystery conference Aug. 30 – Sept. 3 in San Diego. I’ll be moderating the Senior Sleuth panel at 4:30 pm on Wednesday Sept. 30 and participating in Author Speed dating on Friday Sept 1 at 11:35 am.

Last Gasp Motel has been published

My mystery novel, The Last Gasp Motel, has been published by Encircle Publications and is now available. This is the second book in the Omnipodge Trilogy, following Old Detectives Home.

Print Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Gasp-Motel-Omnipodge-Mystery/dp/1645994724

Print Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/last-gasp-motel-mike-befeler/1143611938?ean=9781645994725

e-book Amazon: Amazon.com: Last Gasp Motel (An Omnipodge Mystery Book 2) eBook : Befeler, Mike: Kindle Store

bookshop.org Last Gasp Motel: An Omnipodge Mystery a book by Mike Befeler (bookshop.org)

I'm also available to give presentations to book groups, libraries and service organizations via Zoom or in-person. Mikebef@aol.com

When retired maintenance man Frank Sinatra finds Darell Willows’s body in the swimming pool of the Last Gasp Motel in Omnipodge, California, Frank must deal with the responding police officer making wisecracks about his name while trying to figure out what happened.

Detective Duke Lambert arrives and quizzes Frank. Frank agrees to help the detective, whom he has worked with before. Suspects include the residents of the Last Gasp and the son and daughter-in-law of the unpopular victim.

The aging residents are a quirky lot including chain-smoking manager Hedda Robinson; kleptomaniac Carolyn Bryant; “Accident” Al Utley, who causes traffic accidents and then collects money from the other drivers; dog-poop vigilante Pat Pope known as “Mr. Poop”; good Samaritan Mira Neighbors; potassium-obsessed, banana-chomping Banny Zamora; flower petal–scattering Gladys Terry; womanizer Caruthers Quinter; authority-avoiding Varenka; and conspiracy-theory nut Ethel Ogden.

Each of the suspects argued recently with the deceased—and all of them have reasons to want him dead. The eccentric tenants must work together to solve the case before the city demolishes the place they call home and replaces it with a shopping mall—the race is on to find the killer and save the Last Gasp Motel!

Copies of Last Gasp Motel

Copies of my new book, Last Gasp Motel, have arrived. It officially goes on sale next week. This second book in the Omnipodge Trilogy follows Old Detectives Home. Retired maintenance man Frank Sinatra finds a body in the swimming pool of the Last Gasp Motel in Omnipodge, California, and must deal with wisecracks about his name. Each of the residents have reasons to want the victim dead. Frank must solve the case before the city demolishes the place he calls home and replaces it with a shopping mall—the race is on to find the killer and save the Last Gasp Motel!