Indie Finalist

The Dead Guy was a finalist for an Indie Award! Well, it won GOLD for the IPPY Award, but there's no cool award certificate for that.

Reviews for The Dead Guy

Here are some reviews on The Dead Guy:


From BCF Book Reviews:
The car on the front cover says it all: “The Dead Guy” is a fast-paced action thriller, throwing you roughly in the passenger seat of Jack Thigpen’s Explorer and speeding you on a timed race around Detroit. Feeling a bit like Gone In Sixty Seconds with just a dash of Tarantino, this quirky yet serious novel will even make you laugh out loud, as it tracks down a crime ring that gets deeper and larger by the mile. Crafted with knowledge and detail that gives the novel immense realism, absolutely anything seems possible.


From The Book Connection:

This book is a roller coaster ride of action, intrigue, and mystery. Just when you think Jack has it figured out, something throws a monkey wrench into his theory and things are no longer as they seem. The reader will unconciously be biting off fingernails as he follows Jack from car dealerships to body shops to riverboats.

If this book hasn't won any awards yet, it should!

Riveting, intense, and action-packed, The Dead Guy by Doug Hewitt keeps you hanging on the edge of your seat and turning the pages.

Fear in Mystery Novels

Today I have a guest post on the Dark Phantom website. I wrote a little post (an article, really) titled “Writing a Murder Mystery and Using Fear.”

I suppose with my background of writing horror stories, using fear in mystery novels comes naturally! But, read my post to see what I have to say. There've been a few comments already on the posting.

Visit:

Dark Phantom

And as a last thought on using fear ...,
Boo!

Doug Hewitt


To find out more about me, visit my blogging website:
http://twohewitts.blogspot.com/

My home website:
www.HewittsBooks.com/

My Parenting blog:
http://parentwrites.blogspot.com/
or to find out how to get scholarships and learn about scholarship search engines, read my eBook: Free College Funds at:
www.FreeFundsForCollege.com

Time in on the virtual blog tour

Tomorrow starts week 2 of my virtual blog tour. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's stop, which will feature a book review of The Dead Guy.

Visit the Literary Menagerie tomorrow to see how the review goes. This reviewer pulls no stops! If she doesn't like the book, she'll say so. Where's the drum roll?

Stay tuned as mystery author Doug Hewitt tours the internet with his novel The Dead Guy.

Doug Hewitt


To find out more about me, visit my blogging website:
http://twohewitts.blogspot.com/

My home website:
www.HewittsBooks.com/

My Parenting blog:
http://parentwrites.blogspot.com/
or to find out how to get scholarships and learn about scholarship search engines, read my eBook: Free College Funds at:
www.FreeFundsForCollege.com

Time out on the virtual blog tour

The first week of my virtual blog tour for The Dead Guy has ended. It's been a lot of fun, and The Dead Guy has seen a jump in the Amazon rankings. It's embarrassing to say how much it jumped because that would give you an inkling as to what the ranking was before this week. Anyway, the has been nice for a mystery author to see comments from real readers who enjoyed the book, calling it everything from a good mystery read to a great mystery read.

I've got a few days before my next stop. Until then, happy reading!


Doug Hewitt


To find out more about me, visit my blogging website:
http://twohewitts.blogspot.com/

My home website:
www.HewittsBooks.com/

My Parenting blog:
http://parentwrites.blogspot.com/
or to find out how to get scholarships and learn about scholarship search engines, read my eBook: Free College Funds at:
www.FreeFundsForCollege.com

Next Stop for Mystery Author Doug Hewitt

I had a great post over at Book Marketing Buzz. So far, there have been seven comments. There is general agreement about The Dead Guy--it has a great cover!

Tomorrow, I appear on Fictionary. I have a post titled "Why write a novel? What's in it for me?"

I think it has some great insights into the mind of a mystery writer, so be sure to check it out!

See ya on the blogging trail ...

Doug Hewitt


To find out more about me, visit my blogging website:
http://twohewitts.blogspot.com/

My home website:
www.HewittsBooks.com/

My Parenting blog:
http://parentwrites.blogspot.com/
or to find out how to get scholarships and learn about scholarship search engines, read my eBook: Free College Funds at:
www.FreeFundsForCollege.com

Mystery Author Doug Hewitt at Book Marketing Buzz

The virtual book tour continues!

For anyone trying to promote a book, I have a guest blog tomorrow at the Book Marketing Buzz website. The title of the blog is Three Strategies to Promote Your Book. It's my first guest post, so I appreciate the opportunity.

To see what I have to say about promotion, go to:

Book Marketing Buzz

See what mystery author Doug Hewitt is doing to promote The Dead Guy!


To find out more about me, visit my blogging website:
http://twohewitts.blogspot.com/

My home website:
www.HewittsBooks.com/

My Parenting blog:
http://parentwrites.blogspot.com/

or to find out how to get scholarships and learn about scholarship search engines, read my eBook: Free College Funds at:
www.FreeFundsForCollege.com