Last Call?

Discounts, debuts, and a few good reasons to stick around

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I took a real break this weekend

Something I needed badly after a stretch of working until 8 p.m. I spent some time on my miniature mouse house (a long-running project for mouse inhabitants that’s nowhere near done), and just that small change of pace helped.

This will be the kitchen. The patterned wallpaper will be a focal point, but the other walls will have green stripes. I have cute china for the cupboard, and a window goes above the dry sink to the right. The light fixtures look a little wonky, but they’ll be straightened out when I’m done. I painted the cobblestone floor. I’ll be adding a shelf unit to the left wall, one that can hold a lot of canned goods and so on. Projects like this seem to take forever! But once I get momentum, I tend to zoom right along!

And here’s the look I’m going for (courtesy of AI)—

Your thoughts? Your ideas?

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Important updates:

Purple, Blame, Game officially releases tomorrow, June 2, in all formats — which means today is the last day to grab the paperback for $10, nearly $6 off the regular price. And it’s more than just a novel: the paperback and the digital version both include a link to bonus content — recipes, a bonus scene, two crochet projects, and a recycling project. If you’ve been on the fence, now’s the time. https://amzn.to/4e4mLy2

All In, my Brick Lansky poker book, is now available as an audiobook — AI-narrated, which I know might raise some eyebrows. Here’s my reasoning: human narration runs about $3,000 and can take months. This way, I can get the book into your ears quickly and get back to writing the next one (Gingerbread, Dead, Man). I’m genuinely curious what you think of the narration. Listen to a sample or buy it here.

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Tonight at Joanna’s Readers

I’m hosting the Curators of Crime — and it should be a fantastic conversation. Here’s the party place https://www.facebook.com/groups/1602372550058785

When: Tonight at 6 p.m. ET (We will wrap up around 8). Guests: Lane Stone, Nina Wachsman, MA Monnin, and Connie Berry.

I’d love to see you there.

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Deals & Steals

June 2–6, Love, Die, Neighbor will be free! — It’s the prequel to the Kiki Lowenstein series. Please share it with a friend! Once a reader meets Kiki, they usually come back for more. Grab it here.

That’s it for now! Love to all—Joanna