Sore like an Eagle book tour is through Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours includes a giveaway.
Book Details
Sore Like an Eagle: A Redwoods Country Mystery
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting – California’s Redwoods Country
BGM Press (April 20, 2026)
Number of Pages: 241
Paperback
ISBN-13 : 979-8989814428
ASIN : B0GWJ5ZM28
Digital
ASIN : B0DY9Z93XX
The coroner is claiming natural causes. The mayor is crying murder. Can this feisty retiree spot the truth before the clues drown in the chaos?
Andy Shirley won’t admit he likes it here. But in the year since his wife’s passing, the copy-editor-turned-reluctant-hotelier has begun to appreciate small-town life amongst the towering redwoods. And his quick eye for detail has him suspecting foul play when the local busybody is found belly-up in the community pool.
With his sleuthing skills unaffected by a recent hiking injury, Andy ignores the police chief’s cautions and dives into an off-the-books investigation. But though his snarky sidekick and pocket-sized poodle help chase down leads, all his Poirot-inspired maneuvers aren’t getting him any closer to closing the case.
Can he pull off an impossible solve, or will the lack of evidence drive Andy off the deep end?
Sore Like an Eagle is the splashy third book in the Redwoods Country cozy mystery series. If you like reluctant heroes, unexpected team-ups, and puzzles that keep you guessing, then you’ll love this hilarious yarn.
Try Sore Like an Eagle to swim laps around crime today!
About Marc Jedel
Marc Jedel writes funny, feel-good murder mysteries filled with quirky characters, twisty plots, and the kind of humor that goes down easy with a cup of tea—or glass of wine. After years of writing marketing copy in Silicon Valley, Marc finally started crafting fiction people actually wanted to read. He’s the author of multiple cozy mystery series, including the Silicon Valley Mystery, Ozarks Lake Mystery, and Redwoods Country Mystery series. His books have earned thousands of glowing reviews.
Like Andy from the Redwoods Country Mysteries, Marc keeps getting older and sincerely hopes his retirement doesn’t involve running a B&B. Like Marty from the Silicon Valley series, he lives in tech-heavy California, has worked in high-tech, and proudly wields bad puns. Like Jonas and Elizabeth from the Ozarks Lake series, Marc grew up in the South and spent many a summer in and around Arkansas.
He lives with his endlessly patient wife and a sweet, neurotic dog who remains deeply unimpressed by Marc’s jokes. When not writing, Marc can be found hiking, plotting murders (on the page, officer, really!), or avoiding whatever home improvement project he’s been putting off.
Visit marcjedel.com for free content, updates, and more!
Author Links
- Website and mailing list: www.marcjedel.com
- Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Marc-Jedel/e/B07H7MVKJL
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarcJedel.Author
- BookBub: www.bookbub.com/profile/marc-jedel?follow=true
- Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/18403497.Marc_Jedel
- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/mjedel/
Purchase Links – AMAZON
Author interview of Marc Jedel, author of Sore Like an Eagle: A Redwoods Country Mystery (#3)
Q. Where do the ideas for your books come from?
For this novel, my wife returned from a water aerobics class at the local community center with a wild
story of overhearing an argument where someone tried to reserve shower stalls and more. We both
thought it was ridiculous and formed the perfect target for a fictional murder victim.
Overall I enjoy writing this series because it’s superficially similar to Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot
stories. Although Andy brings all the suspects into his inn when he believes he’s solved the murder, he is
no Hercule Poirot. He always discovers that he has gotten the accusation all wrong. The final portion of
each novel finds Andy scrambling to save face while he progressively accuses different people of murder,
discovers their innocence, and finally solving the case in the end, thanks to his attention to detail.
However, Andy isn’t all bad at the sleuthing stuff as he manages to solve an unrelated crime at the same
time, some times without even meaning to.
For some of my other novels, a strange news article inspired those crimes. A story about the unusual cases of poisoning gave me the idea for several novels. An article about diamond hunting at the Crater of
Diamonds state park in Arkansas got me started on the third book in the Ozarks Lake Mystery series once
I realized the park wasn’t far from where I had placed the fictional town of Jenkins, Arkansas. Reading
about thieves stealing unusual items that I’d never considered valuable from a location where they could
die if they slipped gave me a start for another novel.
Q. What did you enjoy most about writing this book?
Spending time with entertaining and interesting characters, even if only in my own head, is quite
enjoyable. In this case, I based one of the characters, Sandra, on a woman I met in real life so it was fun to
meet her and then to create a new character where I exaggerated some of her quirks and stories.
When I really get going on the writing, I tend to lose myself into those characters and that world. This is a
great distraction from all the issues going on around us. My wife is a bit concerned that I’m enjoying
spending time with a grumpy old man even though I’ve told her he’s quite lovable, funny, and not quite as grumpy as he thinks he is. But frankly, she’s been worried for years about all the imaginary friends that I spend time with as I write my novels.
Q. Did you learn anything surprising about yourself when you began writing novels?
It turns out I’m really bad at naming characters beyond the protagonists. It’s just one of those weird
things. While I’m writing I use KILLER, DEAD GUY, SUSPECT 1. I’ve got a friend who I call my “name whisperer.” Scott is his real name, but “name whisperer” sounds cool. I send him some character
descriptions, he magically comes up with really good name options. Once I finished a manuscript that
didn’t have actual names in it until right before I sent it to the copy editor. The funny part of that is when I
began proofing the final version, I didn’t know the characters’ names so it was almost like I was reading
someone else’s book. Ever since I make sure to finalize the names within the first few chapters once I’ve
got a good outline of the story finished.
Q. Is there anything else about writing you find particularly challenging?
As a mystery writer, I spend a lot of time pondering new, interesting, and plausible ways to kill someone.
It’s way more challenging than you might think. Especially when you want an amateur sleuth to figure it
out without any help from the police and you don’t want readers to guess whodunnit. All this requires some very unusual internet searches. I’m just glad no law enforcement officer has ever asked me
questions about my browser history.
Q. How long have you been writing?
In one sense, my entire professional life in marketing has been devoted to honing my fiction writing
skills. On the job, we just call it advertising and emails. After wanting to write a book for many years, I
finally came up with a good idea for a plot, which my research had concluded was critical to a novel’s
success. So I buckled down and actually started writing. Lots of work, walks with my wife and dog, and
drafts led to my first novel, Uncle and Ants, getting published. Once that happened, I could start telling
people I was an author, which leads to much more interesting conversations than answering “marketing.”
Q. Anything more you would like to say to your readers and fans?
Sore Like an Eagle, is on sale for only $2.99 during this tour. It’s available at:
https://mybook.to/SoreLikeanEagle. You can find all my cozy mysteries at:
https://www.amazon.com/Marc-Jedel/e/B07H7MVKJL. They’re available in e-book, paperback, and
audiobook formats. My novels are free to read by Kindle Unlimited members.
I love hearing from readers as that motivates me to keep going on the next blank page. Let me know what you liked, what you didn’t, and what you’d want to see more of in the next book.
TOUR PARTICIPANTS
May 11 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
May 12 – Storybook Lady – REVIEW, AUTHOR GUEST POST
May 12 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST
May 13 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT
May 14 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
May 14 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
May 15 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
May 15 – Sneaky the Library Cat’s Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
May 16 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – CHARACTER GUEST POST
May 17 – Twirling Book Princess – SPOTLIGHT
May 18 – Cozy Up With Kathy – CHARACTER GUEST POST
May 19 – Sarandipity’s – AUTHOR GUEST POST
May 20 – Salty Inspirations – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
May 21 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
May 22 – Deal Sharing Aunt – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
May 23 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
May 24 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
Giveaway
Prize – a signed copy of Sore Like an Eagle
It is being run by the author.
