Sure Luck Holmes Holiday Adventures

Sure Luck Holmes Holiday Adventures is now available in print and e-book editions on Amazon. Fifth-grader Sherman Holmes and his sidekick Johanna Watson continue to solve mysteries surrounding the Baker Street Elementary School in Londonberry, California in this second book in the Sure Luck series. Johanna gave Sherman the nickname of Sure Luck because he has good investigation skills, but often is lucky in cracking a case. Sure Luck continues to obsess about the school bully Jim Moriarty. The mysteries in this book are around holidays in the last part of the year.

Sure Luck Holmes Holiday Adventures

Fifth-grader Sherman Holmes and his sidekick Johanna Watson continue to solve mysteries surrounding the Baker Street Elementary School in Londonberry, California in this second book in the Sure Luck series. Johanna gave Sherman the nickname of Sure Luck because he has good investigation skills, but often is lucky in cracking a case. Sure Luck continues to obsess about the school bully Jim Moriarty. The mysteries in this book are around holidays in the last part of the year.

This book will be published in August 2026 by Mystic Publishers.

Meet the New Authors Breakfast at the Left Coast Crime Conference in San Francisco

20 debut mystery authors each gave a one-minute pitch about the most important thing to know about their mystery novel to a room of mystery readers.

Left Coast Crime Conference

At the Left Coast Crime Conference this month in San Francisco, I will be participating in a number of events. I’ll be presenting at the Author Speed Dating; on a panel titled A Fresh New View: Younger Perspectives with Lee Matthew Goldberg, Annabelle Oh, Linda Joy Singleton and Gay Toltl Kinman; and moderating the Meet the New Authors Breakfast.

This Month Is the Nineteenth Anniversary of My First Published Novel

This month is the nineteenth anniversary of the release of Mike Befeler’s first published mystery novel, Retirement Homes Are Murder. Imagine yourself waking up in a retirement home, not remembering anything from the day before and being accused of murder.  Or consider a male Miss Marple enmeshed in a light-hearted Memento.

When crotchety octogenarian Paul Jacobson discovers a body wedged in a retirement home trash chute, he must become an amateur sleuth to clear himself as a murder suspect while struggling with the problems of his short-term memory loss and being stuck living with a bunch of old people.  As Paul’s snooping gets him in trouble with the local police and the retirement home administration, he meets eccentric residents, develops a new friendship, experiences the quirks of old age romance and must face his biggest fear in order to escape from a murderer intent upon a repeat performance.

Mike is available to give presentations to service organizations, libraries and book groups.     Retirement Homes Are Murder is available in print, e-book and audio book editions: Print: Amazon.com: Retirement Homes are Murder (1) (Paul Jacobson Geezer-Lit Mystery): 9781893035850: Befeler, Mike: Books e-book: Retirement Homes Are Murder (Paul Jacobson Geezer-lit Mystery Series Book 1) - Kindle edition by Befeler, Mike. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. e-book box set first four books of Paul Jacobson series: Box Set: Retirement Homes Are Murder, Living with Your Kids Is Murder, Senior Moments Are Murder, Cruising in Your Eighties Is Murder (Paul Jacobson Geezer-lit Mystery Series Book 1) - Kindle edition by Befeler, Mike. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. Audio book: Amazon.com: Retirement Homes Are Murder: Paul Jacobsen Series, Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition): Mike Befeler, Jerry Sciarrio, Books In Motion: Audible Books & Originals http://www.mikebefeler.com