Murder on Kilimanjaro Now Available via Kindle

The outstanding grande finale of the Summit Murder Mystery series, MURDER ON KILIMANJARO is now available via KINDLE!







CLICK HERE to order your copy!                    

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Jennifer L. Howell

Irion Books, LLC

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Irion Books Releases Fifth Book in the Summit Murder Mystery Series

Murder on Aconcagua

Today Irion Books announces the much anticipated release of the fifth book in their Summit Murder Mystery Series, Murder on Aconcagua.  One of the most unique series ever written, the Summit Murder Mystery Series is co-authored by Charles G. Irion and Ronald J. Watkins, and is set at the peaks of the highest mountains on the world’s seven continents.  Remote, inaccessible, they are the crown jewels of climbing.  They are the world’s deadliest mountains, and deaths from falls, avalanches, illness, heart attacks, and high altitude sickness, are a matter of course. Add in murder to the mix, and you get seven of the most original and exciting murder mysteries ever written.

Inspired by Charles Irion’s 1987 attempt to climb Mt. Everest, and his 2011 climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro, each book offers the story of a little known region of the world.  The authors promise you will encounter bizarre customs, ancient taboos, political intrigue, and ethnic conflicts, and Murder on Aconcagua is no exception.

In Murder on Aconcagua, Irion says, “Our hero not only battles the brutal elements of the Aconcagua summit, but the determined greed of a murderer.”  The book’s synopsis tells us that hero Scott Devlon is once again sent by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency on another climbing expedition. This time the mountain is Aconcagua, the highest in South America. His mission is to confirm a report that three Inca golden idols have been discovered and are headed to Venezuelan strongman, Hugo Chavez. Legend says he who possesses them is invincible. Scott’s assignment is to prevent that from taking place but he quickly learns that there are those who will stop at nothing, including murder, to get their hands on the idols.  

For more information about Charles Irion and the other books in the Summit Murder Mystery Series, please visit www.charlesirion.com or www.summitmurdermystery.com  

About Irion Books:
Irion Books launched in 2007 with the release of its Hell Series books, beginning with Remodeling Hell, followed by Autograph Hell, Car Dealer Hell, and Divorce Hell.   While writing the Hell Series, Irion began working on the Seven Summit Murder Mystery Series, after climbing Mt. Everest and Mt. Kilimanjaro.  An entrepreneur and philanthropist, Irion is an advisory board member for Project C.U.R.E., founding principal in Phoenix Social Venture Partners, the founder of his own children's dictionary program, and a past director and current member of the Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation.  Irion has also participated in a number of medical missions abroad including Mexico, Belize, and Tanzania.  For more information about Irion Books, please visit www.IrionBooks.com

To purchase Murder on Aconcagua for your Kindle, please CLICK HERE!  Paperback coming soon!

Exchange Your E-Books

It's no secret that users of such e-book readers as Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook can "lend" copies of the books they've purchased to friends.  But imagine if your universe of friends consisted of millions of people, not just the five or six people in your book club.  The lending library suddenly becomes much more interesting.

That's what EBookFling.com wants to create.  The site ultimately will let users borrow books listed by other members - for free.  Here's how the site works:  Users can list any digital book they've purchased.  When another member requests to borrow it, EBookFling sends the book owner a message with step-by-step instructions for lending it.  Each time users lend a book, they earn a credit, which can be used to borrow other members' books.  Each lending period lasts 14 days.

For those wondering if this is legal, Nick Ruffilo the chief information officer for the site said the site is perfectly legitimate and allowed by the lending policies set by Amazon for the Kindle and Barnes & Noble for the Nook.  Messages to Barnes and Noble and Amazon were not immediately returned.  "Legally this is using a feature that already exists."

Ruffilo admits that book publishers aren't likely to embrace EBookFling with open arms, especially if digital lending leads to a why-buy-when-you-can-borrow attitude as consumers continue to fret about the economy.  "Logically, one could say that publishers can end up losing money," Ruffilo said.  "It would be hard to argue with that because it's not incorrect.  But it's also not the whole picture."

Ruffilo argues why publishers should actually welcome his service.

"When you borrow a book written by an author you've never read before, you may become a fan and buy his/her other books and maybe his/her future books too." he said "Books themselves are great marketing.  New genres pop up all the time, like steampunk.  You may not know what it's about, but once you get a chance to try it, you might be open to buying it.  We're providing a discovery and marketing venue."  For now, the New Jersey-based start up doesn't need financial assistance from publishers.  The site is backed by BookSwim, a profitable, privately held book rental service that operates much like Netflix. The service lets subscribers borrow physical books via mail for a monthly fee ranging from $23.95 for 3 books checked out at a time to $59.95 for 11 books.

Still, the service needs some cooperation from publishers, which ultimately get to decide whether they enable the lending feature for Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  If lending eats into sales, publishers may reduce the lending period or opt out of the feature altogether.

What do you think?  Will you sign up to exchange your e-books?

For more information about Irion Books, LLC and to order books from the Hell Series, or Summit Murder Mystery Series, please visit Irion Books' website by clicking HERE

*Article from Alex Pham from Los Angeles Times

New Review!

I'm very excited to share a great review with you that I received from Midwest Book Review!  They reviewed Murder on Puncak Jaya.  Take a look...

MBR Bookwatch: September 2011

James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief

Midwest Book Review

278 Orchard Drive, Oregon, WI 53575

Having successfully climbed three of the world's highest mountains on different contents (see Summit Murders on Everest, Elbrus and McKinley), Scott Devlon is joining an expedition to conquer Puncak Jaya, the highest peak in Oceania at over 16,000 feet. Even before undergoing a difficult climb, Scott understands reaching the base of the mountain will prove extremely troublesome as the mountain known locally as Raksasa is located in a remote deadly rain forest of New Guinea; which is why of the selected seven this has been climbed the least. Scott is going because DIA wants information on a new company that may be destabilizing the Grasburg gold and copper mine.

Flying from beautiful Bali to the remote part of Papua proves disappointing as the air strip is a garbage dump of twenty-first century litter. On the trek to the mountain through a rain forest, the natives using poisoned darts do not welcome intruders and attack the climbing party protected by soldiers. Insects carrying lethal diseases also assault the outsiders. The mountain also proves deadly to the party as Sandy, Owen and Jack are murdered and Gabby died from a snake bite.

This one differs from Scott's previous climbs as the action starts even before the assent in this super action-packed thriller. The vivid descriptions of Papua especially Puncak Jaya enhances this Summit Murder Mystery as readers will learn how deadly this remote region can be and how ice in the tropics exist at the high attitude of the mountain. As a bonus, the authors include brief descriptions of the seven summits. This is a winner in a winning series in which geography is fun to learn.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewer

A big thank you to Harriet Klausner for reviewing Murder on Puncak Jaya!  If you haven't read Murder on Puncak Jaya yet, click HERE to order a paperback copy, or HERE to download the book to your Kindle!  If you've read the book and liked it as well, please put your review on Amazon!  I would love to share your review on a blog post!