Note; All books but one, The Sanctuary, have been sold As Of 10: P. M, Sunday. The Next Book Sale Will Be Held On Tuesday, February 6th on both of our blogs.

We offered six new books for the Bedlam Farm Book Sale today. In case you’ve been elsewhere,  we have a lot of books we have loved and read, and rather than then away, we have decided to sell them at the lowest possible rate that we can afford – $10 plus $5 shipping.

We’re happy about this. In addition to getting some money – we’re only selling books we like a lot. This makes everyone happy – our readers get great books much cheaper than the retail cost, we get paid, and books go on to live happy and meaningful lines. We also bring a lot of clutter out of the farmhouse.

And I love the idea of the books. I love going out to a blog reader and, hopefully, a book reader.

So does Maria, whose e-mail is [email protected].

I love books; they have always been a centerpiece of my private and work life. The farmhouse is overrun with them, and everyone looks new. We also send signed notecards of Zip along with the books.

The first wave of Bedlam Farm Books sold out quickly last week.

To buy one, please e-mail Maria, who is piloting this project. Her e-mail is [email protected]. Please tell her which book you want and how you wish to pay: Paypal, Venmo, or checks are the options. It’s first come, first served, with no exceptions.

Please do not send any payment without hearing from Maria; she will tell buyers if the book is available or sold.

Unless specific, the books are $10 plus $5 shipping. No returns are possible.

If you wish to know more about the books we love, you can read about them in online reviews and on Amazon or Goodreads.

Today’s first book is by Katrine Enberg, one of Europe’s best-selling new female mystery writers, The Sanctuary. You will hear a lot from her if you like mysteries and relish the great books women are turning out now that they can.

The book retailed for $28.99. I know, I bought it.

Also, White Cat and Black Dog are beautifully written short stories by Kelly Link.

And the second Hotel Maid mystery by Nita Prose. The first “Maid” mystery was a huge success; this one is just as good. It’s a gentle, very original mystery hero. Hotel Maid Molly Gray is a gripper and a heart lifter. I can’t wait for paperbacks.

I bought this lovely mystery for $29.00. Almost all the books we sell were purchased in the $20-30 range. I’m strange that way, perhaps because I was a book writer for so long.

And The Fury, by Alex Michaelides, best-selling author of The Maidens. This is a juicy mystery with plenty of twists and turns, but it never gets sorry or disturbing. It was a pleasure, and blessedly, it is not 400 pages.

The biggest of the books is Daniel Lewis’s Josephine Baker: American Hero, French Hero, British Spy, the fascinating story of singer and entertainer Josephine Baker, who left the United States to live and perform in Paris and become a brave and highly successful British Spy during World War II.

It is one of those fantastic stories, previously untold, locked away in top-secret cabinets. The book is also 460 pages; I read it to the end. I have trouble with books this long; this one was worth it. I bought the book for $40. Her story is remarkable.

The last book sold today is Diary Of A Misfit by Casey Parks. It’s a haunting and compelling story of a woman who lives like a man and the gay child across the street who captures the woman’s life. The book is a memoir and a mystery. But it’s not a murder mystery, a culture mystery, and a timely one.

We’re selling it for $10 plus $5 shipping. That will be the price of just about every book unless there are some exceptional circumstances. We are not a bookstore or an Amazon competitor. We only have one copy of any of these books.

I liked every one of them; Maria read most of them. Reading is our favorite thing to do, along with museums.

If you want these books, please e-mail Maria (not me) at [email protected]. First come, first serve.

The books will be shipped out within a few days, if not sooner. Once again, please don’t send any payment until Maria can tell you the book is still available. She will discuss payment arrangements if there are exceptional circumstances.

Do not send any payment without getting clearance from Maria. Otherwise, your money will have to be returned. We don’t need the extra work. We are doing this together, but Maria is running the sales and shipping end of things, so I would only screw up the paperwork. She has a lot of experience shipping things considerable distances.

I’m thrilled with the idea many,  even all, of these books will go to blog readers. I owe them quite a bit.

She will post these books on her blog today as well.

This feels very good to us, just right all around. I hope you get the books you want and enjoy them as much as we did.

Thanks, and you can order a book here: [email protected].

 

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