Cosy Crime Featuring 12 Elvis Impersonators Will Leave You All Shook Up!
Glenda Young
My debut cosy crime, Murder at the Seaview Hotel, is released
by Headline in August 2021 in ebook, hardback and audiobook, with the
paperback in November. It’s set in Yorkshire, in the seaside town of
Scarborough, and stars a troupe of twelve Elvis impersonators called
Twelvis. They arrive at the Seaview Hotel for an Elvis fan convention
but their story takes a dark turn when one of the Elvis impersonators is
murdered and his blue suede shoes are stolen. Hotel landlady Helen
Dexter and her rescue greyhound Suki are soon on the case to solve the
murder. Murder at the Seaview Hotel is the first in a series of three cosy crimes starring Helen Dexter and Suki and set in the Seaview Hotel.
Cosy crimes are all about sleuthing, strong characters, mystery, suspects and a wealth of red herrings. And in Murder at the Seaview Hotel,
it’s also about Elvis impersonators and their quivering top lips,
white-suited shaking hips, diamanté, collars and big-buckle belts.
So, why did I choose Elvis and why set it in Scarborough? Well, who
doesn’t love Elvis or know at least one of his songs? And I chose
Scarborough as the setting because I adore the seaside town; it’s my
happy place and I was married there.
Murder at the Seaview Hotel was a lot of fun to write and you
can even sing along! While writing the book I listened to a different
Elvis song each day to get me in the right mood for creating Twelvis.
I’ve now curated a playlist to sing along as you read and you can
download the playlist at Spotify http://bit.ly/MurderAtTheSeaviewHotelSpotify or YouTube http://bit.ly/MurderAtTheSeaviewHotelYouTube.
Ladies-and-gentlemen, thankyouverymuch. Glenda Young has now left this article.
Murder at the Seaview Hotel is out on 5 August. You can find out more about Glenda and her writing here.
Glenda Young
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