Date Night Ideas

Are you looking for something fun to do on date night?  Here's an idea: how about going to a mystery dinner theater?  My husband and I went to a performance and had a great time interacting with the performers and trying to figure out whodunit. A few days afterwards, I was inspired to write this Romantic Comedy and Cozy Mystery about what happens when someone is actually killed during the performance. 

In this humorous and sexy romance novel,  Isabella, a librarian in her early thirties, goes with her friends to a performance where a murder takes place.  When a handsome detective comes to investigate, she falls in love with him, and gets herself mixed up with some dangerous people when she goes undercover—in spite of his warnings—to help him solve the crime.

Watchin' the Detective: A Mystery Dinner Romance 

by Louise Hathaway

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Here's what readers are saying in two 5 Star Reviews:

"What a wonderful little book! A great idea to take the dinner into an actual murder and then on top of it add some romance too. Great idea. This is a very easy read and hard to put down. I would recommend this to anyone who had been to a murder mystery dinner and hoped for more than just so-so food. You'll not regret it!"

"Walk through Orange County with Isabella as she helps Detective Don "Draper" Sterling solve a murder mystery. Light and fun murder mystery to read at the beach! Take Isabella with you..."

Books about Librarians

When was the last time you visited a library?  How long has it been since you asked a librarian a reference question? These days, it seems like the only people who go to the library are those wanting to use the Internet or check out DVDs.  It's a favorite hang-out for the homeless or those seeking either an air-conditioned or heated place to camp out all day and night until closing.  The times they are a changin' as Bob Dylan says.

Death Among the Stacks: The Body in the Law Library

I worked at a law library for several years. The people I worked with were all college educated and three were former lawyers.  We used to have enjoyable conversations about politics, TV, movies, and each other (there was a lot of office politics that I did my best to steer clear of). I'll never forget the time when the library's electronic compact shelving malfunctioned and almost crushed to death one of my coworkers.

I used that background for the first novel I wrote that takes place in a library.  It is called "Death Among the Stacks: The Body in the Law Library".  I had Agatha Christie's detective, Hercule Poirot, in mind when I wrote this book with my husband.  We wanted it to be a story with multiple suspects who, in the last chapter, are summoned by the detective, who then grills them in front of everyone, saying why he suspected each one and making everyone nervous until he finally reveals whodunit.

Watchin' the Detective: A Mystery Dinner Romance

 

The second book about libraries I wrote is a romantic comedy.  It's about a librarian who goes to a performance at a mystery dinner theater where someone is actually killed--definitely not part of the act.  A handsome detective comes to investigate and she falls madly in love with him.  She gets mixed up with some dangerous people when she tries to find out who the murderer was.  This is a little racy: her fantasies about him are quite graphic (and very funny).

The characters in Watchin' the Detective get married and spend their honeymoon in New Orleans. This book is mostly a travelogue about New Orleans and Louisiana and anyone planning to go visit The Crescent City would benefit by some of the travel tips it offers.

Honeymoon in New Orleans

My final book in the series finds the two librarians from earlier stories going to Europe.  Isabella is trying to recover from her husband's death and Nicole is looking forward to her first visit to Europe. Will either of them find love on this vacation? Where will they go and what will they do on September 11, 2001 when they find themselves stranded in London and cannot take a flight home as planned?

Destination Europe: The Summer the World Changed

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Mystery Dinner Romance

Have you ever wanted to go to a mystery dinner theater where the audience has to figure out whodunit? That is where two lovers meet in this humorous and sexy romance novel. Isabella, a librarian in her early thirties, goes with her friends to a performance where an actual murder takes place. She falls in love with the handsome investigating detective, and gets herself mixed up with some dangerous people when she goes undercover—in spite of his warnings—to help him solve the crime.

Watchin' the Detective: A Mystery Dinner Romance 

by Louise Hathaway

Only 99 Cents!

Available at Amazon, iBooks, Barnes and Noble, Google Play,

Kobo Books and Smashwords

Click here to purchase on Amazon

Click here to purchase on iBooks

Click here to purchase at Barnes and Noble

Click here to purchase at Google Play Books

Click here to purchase at Kobo

Click here to purchase at Smashwords

Mad Men

Are you sorry to see "Mad Men" come to an end? I am and I wrote this romance novel a few years ago after binge watching the show. The librarian in the novel falls in love with a detective, who bears a striking resemblance to Don Draper, whom she met while on a double date at a mystery dinner show where someone was actually murdered--definitely not part of the act. She gets herself mixed up with some dangerous people when she goes undercover--in spite of his warnings--to help him solve the crime. Humorous and sexy, this novel is for readers 18+

Watchin' the Detective: A Mystery Dinner Romance

By Louise Hathaway

Only 99 cents

Available at Amazon, iTunes, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, Google, and Kobo