Table Co-hosting at the Left Coast Crime Conference

I’ll be attending the Left Coast Crime Conference in Bellevue, WA, in April. In addition to moderating the Meet the New Author Breakfast, participating in Author Speed Dating and being on a senior sleuth panel, I’ll be co-hosting a table at the Saturday night banquet with fellow author Bruce Rolfe.

Release of Three New Audiobooks

I have three audio books that have been released: Mystery of the Dinner Playhouse, The V V Agency, and Coronavirus Daze.

Mystery of the Dinner Playhouse on Amazon Amazon.com: Mystery of the Dinner Playhouse (Audible Audio Edition): Mike Befeler, Independently Published, Virtual Voice: Books 

The V V Agency on Amazon Amazon.com: The V V Agency (Audible Audio Edition): Mike Befeler, Independently Published, Virtual Voice: Books

Coronavirus Daze on Amazon Amazon.com: Coronavirus Daze (Audible Audio Edition): Mike Befeler, Independently Published, Virtual Voice: Books

In Mystery of the Dinner Playhouse a staged murder at a mystery dinner playhouse turns into a real poisoning death. Recently retired detective, Gabe Tremont, is called back to solve the crime, while struggling to figure out how to successfully retire. He discovers the playhouse director, the cast members and a spy from a competing theater all have reasons to want the victim dead. This book also deals with the topic of hoarding.

 

Imagine a dash of Philip Marlowe wrapped in an urban fantasy. The V V Agency is a paranormal mystery that spoofs the PI subgenre and introduces the transvictus—a unique shape shifter. Van and Vanna run a detective agency, but clients never see them together for a simple reason. A sexual encounter transforms one into the other, and nudity renders them invisible. This presents some interesting dilemmas for his and her love lives, but gives them a distinct advantage when doing detective work. Van and Vanna take the case of a woman suspected of killing her husband.

 

Coronavirus Daze is an uplifting and humorous story about a boy keeping a journal during the Coronavirus outbreak. Tad, a middle school student in Southern California, must deal with the boredom of being stuck at home with his parents during the Coronavirus pandemic and has a life transforming experience when he makes an unexpected discovery. Readers may shed a tear and will certainly have some chuckles as Tad recounts his adventures in a time of chaos and uncertainty.

Author Speed Dating at the Left Coast Crime Conference

I’ll be participating in the Author Speed Dating at the Left Coast Crime Conference in April. This is an enjoyable event where I will be speaking to 18 tables of mystery readers along with fellow author Tony Ollivier. At each table, we each will give a two-minute pitch about our latest mystery novels. Then we move on to the next table. It’s an excellent way to reach new readers. I’ve also found that by the end, we could give each other’s presentation. I always hand out postcards of my books as well.

Publication of Murder in the Museo Kircheriano

My  historical mystery novel, Murder in the Museo Kircheriano, is now available.

Print Amazon: Amazon.com: Murder in the Museo Kircheriano: 9781941271575: Befeler, Mike: Books

Or contact your favorite bookstore. 

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

I’ll be presenting and signing at Mystery Ink Bookstore Fernhill Clubhouse 5472 Diamond Dr, Huntington Beach, CA on Sat., May 4, at 1 PM. and Book Carnival 348 S. Tustin, Orange, CA, on Sat. April 27 at 2 PM

In Murder in the Museo Kircheriano Jesuit priest Athanasius Kircher created the world’s most amazing museum in the mid seventeenth century Vatican. He was brilliant and reputed to be the last man to know everything. He also bordered on being a con man.

When Queen Christina abdicates her throne in Sweden, converts to Catholicism and visits Kircher’s museum, she and Kircher discover a dead body. They team up to solve the mystery of the murdered man, while encountering a secret nephews circle.