Helaine Mario

ONLY 5 more days for GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! Thru 8/27, my publisher is offering THREE signed hard-cover copies of my award-winning DARK RHAPSODY - #2 in my classical music suspense series. goodreads.com/giveaway/show/… Music, art, love and loss… I wrote the book I wanted to read.

GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! From 8/12 thru 8/27 Oceanview is offering THREE signed hard-cover copies of my award-winning DARK RHAPSODY, #2 in my classical music suspense series – on Goodreads. goodreads.com/giveaway/show/… Music, art, love and loss. discover pianist Maggie O'Shea’s past.

DARK RHAPSODY, the beloved ‘Middle Child’ in classical music suspense series and 2018 BEST BOOK AWARD WINNER for Suspense, is a Kindle August Deal for $1.99.

A timely review of Shadow Music by author Ellen Kirschman: Helaine Mario’s third mystery is more than timely. Reading it as Russia invades the Ukraine amplifies the author’s sharply drawn story of wartime tragedy and its effect on generations to come... Full review on Amazon

Like so many of you, I love reading a good series with a resonating main character. The theme of my 3rd Newsletter, posting tomorrow 3/1/22, is SECRETS TO WRITING A GOOD SERIES. You can sign up at: helainemario.com/contact.php#ne… or at my website, helainemario.com. xo

DARK RHAPSODY, #2 in my classical music suspense series & 2018 BEST BOOK WINNER/SUSPENSE, on Kindle Feb Sale $1.99. What connects 100 roses, a vanished symphony conductor, a grieving cellist, and a Broadway-loving archbishop? Join pianist Maggie O'Shea in Salzburg to find out..

TODAY ONLY- SHADOW MUSIC is a Kindle Daily Deal on Amazon for $1.99. What connects Standing Stones, a glass figurine, a homeless Russian teen, Rachmaninoff and a missing Van Gogh? Find out in pianist Maggie O'Shea's visit to Cornwall. amazon.com/Shadow-Music-M…

Grateful for this terrific review from BookTrib – “Shadow Music Orchestrates a Perfect Symphony of Missing Artwork, Mafia Men and Murder… An intricate and surprising crescendo of intrigue.” booktrib.com/2021/09/21/orc…

honored by this outstanding review of SHADOW MUSIC, #3 in my classical music suspense series. From Midwest Book Review - “A deftly crafted, impressively original, and memorably entertaining blend of loss, courage, love and revenge… simply riveting.” midwestbookreview.com/wbw/dec_21.htm

the first 2 books in my classical music suspense series, THE LOST CONCERTO and DARK RHAPSODY, are on e-book sale for $1.99 til jan 1. Learn my pianist Maggie O'Shea's story from the beginning. Paris, Grieg and Rachmanioff, missing art, romance - and a kick-ass rescue Golden!

As of 12/1, DARK RHAPSODY is a Kindle Monthly Deal for $1.99. My beloved 'middle child', winner 2018 Best Book/Mystery, opens as pianist Maggie O'Shea is preparing her return to the music world. But hundreds of roses left by a fan sweep her into the mysteries of her past.

TODAY ONLY - SHADOW MUSIC is a Kindle Daily Deal for $1.99. In this 3rd book in my Classical Music Suspense Series, pianist Maggie O'Shea is drawn to Cornwall in a search for a vanished Van Gogh and the truth about her husband's death. BONUS - THE LOST CONCERTO is also on sale

the AUDIOBOOK version of my new classical music suspense story, SHADOW MUSIC, read by the wonderful Carol Purdom, is now available on Amazon, Audible, and iTunes.

Writer, editor and blogger Deborah Kalb just posted a very thoughtful Q and A for my new classical music suspense novel, SHADOW MUSIC. you can find it at: Q&A with Helaine Mario

A very special shout out to Hank Phillippi Ryan, who found time in her 30+ hour days to read Shadow Music and write a beautiful jacket blurb for me. So grateful for her generosity and spirit - and whoa can she tell a story! (Her Perfect Life)

Thank You Tour Day 5 - to two rock-star writers who have gone above and beyond for readers and authors - Hannah Mary McKinnon and Hank Phillippi Ryan, hosts of First Chapter Fun on FB/IG, who introduce new authors to all of us every week and shared my prologue for Shadow Music.

Thank You Tour Day4. Today I thank book lover & passionate advocate for women and children Pam Stack, Authors on the Air Podcast host. I am frozen by live interviews but somehow she waved her magic wand and it was as easy as having coffee with a dear friend. Brava dear Pam.

Welcome to my Thank You Tour Day3. I want to thank the talented, beautiful writer Carol Cram, who invited me to publish ‘The Secret to Writing a Series’ in her Art in Fiction Newsletter: artinfiction.com/blog/guest-pos… There is always a ‘story behind the story.’

Thank You Tour Day3. Today I want to thank the talented, beautiful writer Gayle Lynds– NYT best-selling author of spy fiction- who invited me to share my thoughts on ‘Music in my Books’ for Rogue Women Writers. roguewomenwriters.com Thank you, Gayle, for your generous heart

Thank You Tour Day2. Thank you Sandra Brown – one of the kindest, most generous and supportive authors ever – for writing such a beautiful jacket comment "Spine-Tingling" for my new book Shadow Music. Grateful beyond measure - and loved your 1920s historical fiction, Blind Tiger!