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Murder by Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery debuted at #7 on the Publishers Weekly “Top Trade Paper Frontlist” bestsellers list!

More info: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/nielsen/index.html

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“[A]nyone who has ever watched The Golden Girls […] knows that one of the show’s signatures is ‘cozy.’ Another is ‘witheringly funny,’ a quality abounding in Rachel Ekstrom Courage’s welcome first title in a projected series. Courage succeeds valiantly at creating interior lives for Rose and Dorothy that ring true to their TV personas. Critically, she has a fan’s ear for the show’s rapid-fire dialogue and a superfan’s eye for its decor (the rattan!) and fashions (those blazers!) […. I]t’s a deli...

Debuting at number 9 on the Trade Fiction list.

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“USA TODAY collects sales data from booksellers representing a variety of outlets: bookstore chains, independent bookstores, mass merchandisers, and online retailers. Using that data, we determine the 150 top-selling titles of the week. The top 150 are published online Wednesdays at 6 a.m.

USA TODAY’s Best-selling Booklist reflects combined sales of titles in print and electronic format, if available. The rankings reflect sales from the previous Monday through Sunday.”

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“Published Wednesday, April 23, 2025 (for the sales week ended Sunday, April 20, 2025). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org.”

More information: https://www.indiebound.org/indie-bestsellers

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“A mouth-watering mystery featuring a few of our favorite characters. Join the Golden Girls in this rollicking whodunit set in the swampy wilds of Miami. Read on for an exclusive essay from author Rachel Ekstrom Courage on writing Murder by Cheesecake…”

Read on: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/rachel-ekstrom-courage-guest-post/

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“Hand-picked by our staff because Powell’s booksellers are also book lovers. Check out the books we’re excited about this month!”

See all the picks: https://www.powells.com/staff-picks/books-of-the-month

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“Thank you for being a friend, Rachel Ekstrom Courage! Rachel stopped by to talk about the absolutely delicious MURDER BY CHEESECAKE: A GOLDEN GIRLS COZY MYSTERY, which starts when Dorothy’s terrible date is found dead in a hotel freezer…”

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Download the wonderful and free Murder by Cheesecake Book Club Kit on Netgalley or Disney.com…

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“The Golden Girls—Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia—live again in this sparkling cozy [….] Humor, plot twists, convincing portrayals of the Golden Girls, and the Miami setting add up to a satisfying cozy that will be relished by Golden Girls fans.”

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