Welcome to Mysteries to Die For and this Toe Tag.

I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is normally a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you at the heart of mystery. Today is a bonus episode we call a Toe Tag. It is the first chapter from a fresh release in the mystery, crime, and thriller genre.

Today’s featured release is The Ghost and the Key by Bill Cusano

The Ghost and the Key is cozy, paranormal mystery. Cranberry Farm is the legacy of the Cranberry family and a cornerstone of Old Cranberry, Connecticut. Three generations currently live on the farm and life appears comfortable for the Cranberry women and the Old Cranberry Ladies Garden Club. But appearances are deceiving. A threat lurks with the return of a prodigal daughter and her plan to take Cranberry Farm using a 200-year old unsolved mystery.

Bottom line: The Ghost and the Key is for you if you like small town cozies, a good New England ghost story, and the tension and strength of family drama.

The Ghost and the Key is the first of three books in the series with Book 2, The Widow Murderess, set in 1833, and Book 3, The Sparrow and the Crow, set in 1863. All are independently published and promoted by Partners In Crime Tours. Check out the PICT tour page for more information on all the book and links to online book retailers.

https://partnersincrimetours.com/the-old-cranberry-ladies-garden-club-by-bill-cusano/

About Bill Cusano

Bill Cusano is an author, a retired deacon in the Episcopal Church and a believer that it is the process rather than the outcomes that matter most in our lives. Retired from the corporate world and an eight-year stint running a non-profit feeding program, Bill attacks every project as a ministry, giving it his full commitment. Needing to readjust to life after losing the love of his life to leukemia in April of 2024, Bill returned to writing full-time, resulting in The Old Cranberry Ladies Garden Club series, the motivation and inspiration for which came from his wife’s voracious appetite for reading historical fiction. While this is Bill’s debut novel, he has always been a writer, publishing short stories and poems early on, and then beginning a daily spiritual blog in 2008. You can follow Bill’s Reflections From The Garden Bench along with other writings on his Substack account.

Catch Up With Bill Cusano:

BillCusano.com

Bill’s Substack

Instagram – @billcusano

Facebook – @bill.cusano

Jack and I met Bill at Killer Nashville 2025. It’s been a pleasure to read his work

Wondering what to read after you finish The Ghost and the Key? Partners in Crime Tours is your ultimate destination for all things mystery, crime, thriller, and cozy! Since 2011, they’ve been working to fill bookshelves with gripping and heart-pounding reads. Discover new mystery series and connect with other fans with Partners in Crime. Look up Partners in Crime Tours on the web or your favorite social media – partnersincrimevbt.com.

And Authors, whether you’re looking to promote your latest thriller, discover a new mystery series, or connect with fellow fans of the genre, PICT has you covered. Check out their promotion options that come with the personal attention of a dedicated coordinator.

Jack and I are taking next week off for the 4th of July holiday. I’m working on talking him into replaying a previous story. Check back next week to see if I was successful. Our next original episode will be July 20 with Rendering the Truth from Chuck Brownman, where just about everything is the STCKY means of murder.

This is Episode 12, where electricity is our STCKY means of death. This is The Current Situation by Kathleen Marple Kalb

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ABOUT Kathleen Marple Kalb

Kathleen Marple Kalb describes herself as an Author/Anchor/Mom…not in that order. A Regional Edward R. Murrow Award-winning weekend anchor at New York’s 1010 WINS Radio, she writes mysteries, long and short. Her eleven published novels include the Old Stuff and Ella Shane series at Level Best Books, including the upcoming A Fatal Flourish, featuring Flora and Frankie’s parents. As Nikki Knight, she writes the Vermont Radio and Grace the Hit Mom series. Her stories, under both pen names, have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, and many anthologies, including two Derringer Award finalists. She’s also been a finalist for Agatha, Derringer, National Excellence in Storytelling, and Black Orchid Novella Awards. She serves on the national board of Sisters in Crime. She, her husband, and son live in a Connecticut house owned by their cat.

Deliberation

Up and coming attorney Flora St. Aubryn has career case on her desk. She is sure the case against Beatric Armitage is circumstantial, but it would put her over the top if she could point the finger at the person responsible for Mr. Armitage’s death. People in the house that evening were:

• Mr. Archibald Armitage, food magnate
• Mrs. Beatrice Armitage, social elitist
• Mr. Chesney, the butler, haughty like his employers
• The Upstairs Maid, nice as far as we know
• Neill Clarendon, Mrs. Armitage’s secretary, polite

WRAP UP

That wraps this episode of Mysteries to Die For. Support our show by subscribing, telling a mystery lover about us, and giving us a five-star review. Check out our website m2d4podcast.com for links to this season’s authors.

Mysteries to Die For is hosted by TG Wolff and Jack Wolff. The Current Situation was written by Kathleen Marple Kalb. Music and production are by Jack Wolff. Episode art is by TG Wolff. Join us next week for a Toe Tag, which is the first chapter from a fresh release in the mystery, crime, or thriller genre. Normally we would be back in two weeks, but we are going to take a week off for the July Fourth holiday. Our next original story will drop on July 20th where heat, pressure, and chemical is our STCKY means of murder. It’s Rendering the Truth by Chuck Brownman

Welcome to Mysteries to Die For and this Toe Tag.

I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is normally a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you at the heart of mystery. Today is a bonus episode we call a Toe Tag. It is the first chapter from a fresh release in the mystery, crime, and thriller genre.

Today’s featured release is Relentless by Michael Maloof

Relentless is thriller. Kate Preacher is an ex-CIA analyst turned law firm investigator. When terrorists attack a Parisian café, Kate’s life instantly changes. An unwitting player in a high stakes game involving cyber criminals and geopolitical masterminds, she has to get her feet under her fast to survive in a world where it’s eat … or be eaten.

Bottom line: Relentless is for you if you like your action physical and your thrills embedded in computer code

Relentless is promoted by Partners In Crime Tours and is available from online book retailers.

https://pictbooks.tours/gRW6sByg

About Michael Maloof

Michael Maloof is the author of the Kate Preacher Thriller Series—Relentless, Unstoppable, and Defiant—known for its global scope, emotional intensity, and hard-won authenticity. A lifelong adventurer, Michael has traveled to more than forty countries across six continents, experiences that deeply inform his writing. His real-world pursuits have ranged from gold dredging in Honduras and artifact hunting in Guatemala to acquiring uncut diamonds in Liberia and surviving an elephant charge in Kenya. He has also trained alongside Navy SEALs, Marine Raiders, Army Rangers, Green Berets, and the CIA—firsthand insights that lend his fiction uncommon realism and respect for the craft of service.

Catch Up With Michael Maloof: www.MichaelMaloof.com

Instagram – @MichaelGoWrite

Facebook – @MichaelGoWrite

Welcome to Mysteries to Die For.

I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you in the heart of a mystery. All stories are structured to challenge you to beat the detective to the solution. Jack and I perform these live, front to back, no breaks, no fakes, no retakes.

In the world’s most dangerous working environments it can seem like everything is out to kill you. The equipment you use. The materials you work with. The very air you breathe. Stored energy is a coiled viper waiting for the right moment to lash out. Owners, manufacturers, contractors, and beyond have developed safety protocols to combat STCKY, that is, Stuff That Can Kill You. Gravity, Motion, Mechanical, Electrical, Pressure, Sound, Radiation, Biological, Chemical, Temperature. This season is all about the means of murder as authors put our STCKY detective skills to the test. This is Season 9, Stuff That Can Kill You.

This is Episode 11, where motion is our STCKY means of death. This is Time to Die by TG Wolff

DELIBERATION

Crewe’s hope for a calm holiday seaside isn’t working out for him. He needs our help to catch Frank Lumsden’s killer to get back to his chess game. Here are his suspects:

• Captain Harry Marsland, war vet
• Elsie Maynard, local beauty
• Arnold Brett, war vet, Elsie’s fiancé
• Mr. and Mrs. Granger, puzzle master and psychic, respectively

“Time to Die” is a short story adaptation of “The Mystery of the Downs” by John Watson and Arthur J. Reese. The book is in the public domain and is available from Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45658

ABOUT TG Wolff

TG Wolff has never been able resist a good puzzle. With an engineer’s mind for logic and a lifelong love of mysteries, she crafts whodunnit stories that challenge readers to outsmart her detective. Her books are filled with quirky characters, red herrings, and—because she firmly believes solving (fictional) murders should be fun—a healthy dose of humor.

TG earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in civil engineering. Curiosity drives her fiction, where nothing is ever accidental and every detail counts. A Cleveland, Ohio native, she now lives in northeast Indiana with her husband and two sons, where dogs and mysteries are always welcome.

Website: tgwolff.com

Facebook: @tina.wolff.125

Instagram: @tg_wolff

WRAP UP

That wraps this episode of Mysteries to Die For. Support our show by subscribing or telling a mystery lover about us. Check out our website m2d4podcast.com for links to this season’s authors and our Facebook and Instagram socials for episode details.

Mysteries to Die For is hosted by TG Wolff and Jack Wolff. Time to Die was written by TG Wolff. Music and production are by Jack Wolff. Episode art is by TG Wolff. Join us next week for a Toe Tag, which is the first chapter from a fresh release in the mystery, crime, or thriller genre. Then come back in two weeks for our next original story where electricity is our STCKY means of murder. It’s Current Situation by Kathleen Marple Kalb

Welcome to Mysteries to Die For and this Toe Tag.

I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is normally a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you at the heart of mystery. Today is a bonus episode we call a Toe Tag. It is the first chapter from a fresh release in the mystery, crime, and thriller genre.

Today’s featured release is Lafitte Lives by Christi Keating Sumich

Lafitte Lives is an adventure. New Orleans 1831. Tobias Whitley, sexton at St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, is a man whose zest for life has died. A responsible professional, he notices that the name plate on a crypt is failing way too soon and makes a startling discovery—a journal about pirate Jean Lafitte written by his brother, the man in the crypt. Now Tobias is on an adventure of his own to discover the truth about New Orleans most infamous resident.

Bottom line: Lafitte Lives is for you if you like historical fiction ripe with adventure, intrigue, and inspiration.

https://www.amazon.com/Lafitte-Lives-Orleans-Bookshop-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0GQXQ3PMK?ref_=saga_ast_ss_dsk_dp

About Christi Keating Sumich

Christi Keating Sumich holds a PhD in history from Tulane University and a master’s degree in English. Her research field is seventeenth-century disease and healing. She combines her fascination with history with her love of the mystery genre into her fiction. Lafitte Lives, her debut novel, centered on her ancestor, the notorious pirate Jean Lafitte. She is also the author of the Old New Orleans Bookshop Series, mysteries featuring characters from Lafitte Lives. The Swamp Ghost is the first book in the series.

Christi is also part of a writing team with her mother, Sharon Keating. They are the co-authors of Hauntingly Good Spirits: New Orleans Cocktails to Die For and The Brandy Milk Punch part of the Iconic New Orleans Cocktail Series.

ChristiSumich.com

On June 11, Mysteries to Die For joins Partners in Crime Tours for a deep dive into the things that take great mysteries and make them so-so. It’s 10 Ways to Make a Mystery Mediocre. Links are in the show notes or can be found on PICT’s social and their website: partnersincrimevbt.com.

• Interactive Zoom session (best if you want to ask questions)... register here:
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Welcome to Mysteries to Die For.

I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you in the heart of a mystery. All stories are structured to challenge you to beat the detective to the solution. Jack and I perform these live, front to back, no breaks, no fakes, no retakes.

In the world’s most dangerous working environments it can seem like everything is out to kill you. The equipment you use. The materials you work with. The very air you breathe. Stored energy is a coiled viper waiting for the right moment to lash out. Owners, manufacturers, contractors, and beyond have developed safety protocols to combat STCKY, that is, Stuff That Can Kill You. Gravity, Motion, Mechanical, Electrical, Pressure, Sound, Radiation, Biological, Chemical, Temperature. This season is all about the means of murder as authors put our STCKY detective skills to the test. This is Season 9, Stuff That Can Kill You.

This is Episode 10a, where mechanical is our STCKY means of death. This is Finely Ground Karma Part 1 by Jason Little

ABOUT Jason Little

Jason Little is a Texas-based fiction writer known for crafting dark, suspense-driven stories with sharp twists and unforgettable endings. His work spans horror, mystery, and psychological thrillers, with a focus on stories that linger long after the final line.

He is a recurring contributor to Mysteries to Die For, where his stories challenge listeners to solve the mystery before the truth is revealed.

For readers who want more, Jason publishes exclusive horror stories, longer-form fiction, and behind-the-scenes content that is always written by a human, never by AI, on his Patreon at FromtheFrightVault. Discover more of Jason’s work at JasonLittleWriting.com.

WRAP UP

That wraps this episode of Mysteries to Die For. Support our show by subscribing, telling a mystery lover about us, and giving us a five-star review. Check out our website m2d4podcast.com for links to this season’s authors.

Mysteries to Die For is hosted by TG Wolff and Jack Wolff. Finely Ground Karma was written by Jason Little. Music and production are by Jack Wolff. Episode art is by TG Wolff. Come back next week for part 2 of Finely Ground Karma.

NOTE: Beginning May 18, Mysteries to Die For will change to a Monday morning drop date. The same mysteries and book reviews coming to you earlier in the week.

Welcome to Mysteries to Die For and this Toe Tag.

I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is normally a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you at the heart of mystery. Today is a bonus episode we call a Toe Tag. It is the first chapter from a fresh release in the mystery, crime, and thriller genre.

A note that Mysteries to Die For is moving to a Monday drop date. Beginning May 18th, look for us in your feed for your commute to work, treadmill distraction, and your daily me-time. Now, today’s featured release is The Weight of Regret by Ken Harris

The Weight of Regret is a PI Mystery. Against his better judgement, Steve Rockfish attends his 40th high school reunion. But the past holds more bad memories than good, more adversaries than friends, and more regrets than delights. Somewhere deep within the folds of time, a murderer lurks and the blast from the past is painted blood red. Now on the case, Rockfish hunts for a killer, while the killer hunts for Rockfish.

Bottom line: The Weight of Regret is for you if you like stories of unforeseen consequences

About Ken Harris

Ken Harris spent thirty-two years with the FBI before retiring as a cybersecurity executive and turning his attention to crime fiction. His From the Case Files of Steve Rockfish series combines old-school detective grit with sharp humor and modern edge, shaped by decades of real-world experience. A New Jersey native now living on Virginia’s Northern Neck, Ken shares life with his wife, Nicolita, and their two Labradors, Shady and Chalupa Batman. When he’s not writing, he’s cheering on Philly sports, or enjoying a Montecristo cigar with a pour of Irish whiskey—soundtracked by Tool.

Website: KenHarrisFiction.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/765364445807020

Instagram: @KenHarrisFiction

Join us on Monday for Season 9 Stuff That Can Kill You where mechanical is our STCKY means of murder in Finely Ground Karma by Jason Little. Mysteries to Die For is hosted by TG Wolff and Jack Wolff. Music and production are by Jack Wolff.