Teaser Tuesday: Pants on Fire by Alex A. King

 

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along, it is as easy as 1, 2, 3! Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Ambrosia at the Purple Booker.

1: Grab your current read 2: Open to a random page 3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.

"Exactly. So it's better if I come there and take care of it in person, in case I have to yell at someone or bribe them. Although don't tell anyone this, but I'm terrible at yelling. I'm more likely to say "please" a lot and slink away without getting what I want."

--15% through on my Kindle

Pants on Fire by Alex A. King is the tenth book in the Women of Greece series. It was released May 9, 2025.

Book Review: Old Ghouls by Alex A. King

 

From the publisher:

As the owner of Finders Keepers, a business dedicated to finding solutions, gifts, and information that's eager to remain buried, Allie Callas has been desperate for a shot at playing Indiana Jones. Today is her lucky day. She’s got the hat. She’s got the backpack. She’s got the map with an X on it. And now she’s rummaging around in the bushes on a remote and nameless island for a clay pineapple. The job is a dubious success until the handover. One slip of a foot and the Greek island of Merope suddenly has a growing zombie problem.

If zombies aren’t enough to keep Allie busy, she’s been hired to clear a serial killer’s name. All evidence points to Greece’s favorite weatherman’s guilt, but his annoyingly attractive conman cousin insists she can find anything—even if that anything is nothing.

His logic is excruciating.

Allie might have an uncontrollable eye twitch, but she’s determined to enjoy the Christmas lights with her honey, Detective Leo Samaras, and to find a forever home for the enormous dog that’s taking over her home and heart. Although it's starting to look like she could use a sidekick with teeth.

My Thoughts:

This is book 7 in the Greek Ghouls Mysteries series. I still enjoyed reading it. The series is full of outlandish happenings and paranormal activity. A good example of this is that Allie's dead grandmother is hanging around and Allie can see her.

This time around though there are more paranormal beings. We learn more about the man in black. And there are zombies. Some of the zombies are an improvement on the person before they died. 

I enjoyed reading about Allie and her crazy life. I like that her relationship with Detective Leo Samaras is heating up. She is a good aunt to her nephew and niece who are also blessed with the ability to see dead people. Her sister still has trouble dealing with all this. There's not a lot of character development in this book, but there will be opportunities for growth in the next addition to the series. 

It's frustrating to have to wait for the next book. This one had a bit of a cliffhanger ending. Otherwise, the plot moved along at a good pace. The cliffhanger ending is the only reason I couldn't give it 5 out of 5 stars. Honestly, I hate it when authors use that as a hook.

I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars. I really enjoyed the characters and the madcap adventures of Allie and her four-legged companion. I love the humor in the book and the interactions between characters. I would recommend this series and book to people who enjoy humorous paranormal mysteries. And I look forward to reading the next book in this series.

Teaser Tuesday: Big Crime by Alex A. King

 

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by The Purplebooker.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read

• Open to a random page

• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

• Share the title and author so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

 "I'll be fine. Greece is just a lot. No, Greece is fine. It's my family and everything else. I've been shot at, abducted multiple times, lied to, a serial killer tried to kill me, and that's just the tip of the crimeberg. What I need to do is stuff everything down and weld a lid on it, until I have time and room to unpack." ( 57% through on my Kindle)

Big Crime: a Kat Makris Greek Mafia Novel by Alex A. King was published August 17th, 2022.

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Teaser Tuesday: Forever and Never by Alex A. King

 

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From her third-floor perch, Soula spots a problem in the vicinity. The owner of the village’s biggest mouth is visiting a neighbor. Kyria Dora’s ears are swiveling at this very moment, tuning in to the gossip channel. She’s quivering inside her black, cotton dress, her steel gray sausage curls jumping as she contemplates the delicious potential. A woman of a certain age—certainly a lot older than the thirty-five years she’ll confess to—Kyria Dora is a lot of woman, and all of it is straining against her buttons as she wobbles closer. (4% through on my Kindle)

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Teaser Tuesday: Family Crime by Alex A. King

 

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 "Stavros and Takis are already busy snooping through Chris Floro's place."

   Christ in a cup, that figured. No doubt Grandma had issued the order seconds after Elias and I left this morning.

 "What are they hoping to find?"

 " Proof that he is a serial killer, I think. "

 "He'd be more welcome in the family if he was." (p. 23)

Family Crime by Alex A King was released yezterday. This is the 13th book in the Kat Makris Greek Mafia series.

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Teaser Tuesday: So Much Bull by Alex A. King

 

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Androniki Remi, Luke’s grandmother, possessed the local Greek community’s largest, sharpest beak. Can opener nose. Hide-piercing tongue. Bodies of countless opponents littering her past. Sticks and stones could break bones, but Luke’s grandmother could shred a human soul with a few well-placed words. If given the choice, I’d rather shove my arm in the wrong end of a crocodile than ring the doorbell of her colonial-style home. Sadly, crocodiles didn’t prowl the streets of Salem, so I was left with the more terrifying option. (p. 18 on my Kindle)

So Much Bull by Alex A. King was published October 23rd, 2021.

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Teaser Tuesday: Mean Ghouls by Alex A. King

 

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by The Purplebooker.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read

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Not that I doubted my sister, but her claims of having the power of foresight or prophesy or whatever it was struck me as … unreal. This was Toula, for crying out loud. Her hobbies were asking to speak with the manager, rolling her eyes, and being mildly disappointed in me. (1% through on my Kindle)

Mean Ghouls by Alex A. King is book 6 in the Greek Ghouls mystery series. It was published August 23rd, 2021.

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Teaser Tuesday: Belly Up by Alex A. King

 

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“How do you figure?” Mom asked slowly. “Your sister already said a woman astronaut couldn’t win against a male caveman.” 

“And Ash already pointed out the sexism problem inherent in that hypothesis,” I said. “Whichever side has women will win because of one thing. We’ll make friends with any wild creatures—possibly wolves—through the time-honored tradition of sharing delicious snacks, and then those creatures will do the women’s bidding, including ravaging and devouring the other side, to keep the yummy snacks coming.” (p.37 The women are discussing who would win astronauts vs cavemen.)

Belly Up by Alex A. King is book 2 in the Revenge Services Inc. series. It was published March 12th, 2021.

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Teaser Tuesday: Safari Crime by Alex A. King

 

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Although Grandma is almost small enough to fit in a pocket--not a woman's pocket, because our pockets are tiny and frequently ornamental, if they're present at all--she has the uncanny ability to seem as if she's looking down on me when she peers along the substantial length of her nose. Many a man has peed himself when Grandma looks down her face potato at them. Not me. Not anymore. (p. 26 on my Kindle)

Safari Crime by Alex A. King was released April 19th, 2021. This is book 12 in the Kat Makris Greek Mafia series.

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Teaser Tuesday: Holy Ghouls by Alex A. King

 

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Merope’s Best serves Merope’s worst coffee. I used the word coffee lightly because I’m not convinced that’s what the coffee shop sells. Mostly it peddles shock, horror, and public health scares—with hefty doses of caffeine added, concealing liquid atrocities behind the kind of names you find in any American coffee shop. (p. 19)

Holy Ghouls by Alex A. King was published January 4th, 2021.

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Teaser Tuesday: Pride and All This Prejudice by Alex A. King

 

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 "The laugh is this close to erupting out of her chest, Alien-style, when the subtle shift of Marko's expression changes her mind. So the man is capable of feeling, of being wounded. Interesting. She never would have guessed it."

 (p. 87 on my Kindle)

Pride and All This Prejudice by Alex A. King was published November 24th, 2014 by Citizen A Press.

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Teaser Tuesday: Party Crime by Alex A. King

 

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by The Purplebooker.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read

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There's a really cute cover but I can't find a source to share it from. Do check it out on Amazon or Goodreads.

My teaser:

"Night tossed a blanket over the farm. I wandered around the house like a tragic figure, waiting for my long-lost love to return from sea. Too bad I didn’t have one of those sweeping dresses with hoops or a bustle. I felt like I could be more of a tragic figure in an old-timey dress." 28% on my Kindle

Party Crime by Alex A King was published August 20th, 2020. It's the 11th book in the Kat Makris Greek Mafia series.

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Teaser Tuesday: Kick the Bucket by Alex A King

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by The Purplebooker.
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“Nikki?” 

“Yes?”

 “You’re your mother.”

 She sighed melodramatically. “I know. I swore I would be myself, but every time I open my mouth she comes out.”

(17% through on my Kindle)

Kick the Bucket by Alex A. King was published June 19th, 2020.

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Teaser Tuesday: Kick the Bucket by Alex A. King

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by The Purplebooker.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read

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Even at forty-four, in benevolent lighting, people say I look like a college kid. Blame the olive skin, inherited from my Greek-American parents, coupled with girlish features. The two work almost as well as a portrait in an attic. My back knew the truth, though. The muscles regularly reminded me that the two hundred thousand miles cutoff was fast approaching under the hood, no matter the shape of the bodywork. (location 113 on my Kindle)

Kick the Bucket by Alex A. King was published June 19th, 2020. 

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