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Now Available!

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#1 Winter Ski Mystery
on Amazon!

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Just honored by
Literary Titan!

"Edge-of-your-seat uncertainty holds firm until the very last page...delivers both suspense and charm."
                -Literary Titan

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Always have fun at our book signing in Lake Placid, NY at Bookstore Plus.

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  "Bayly is an expert at creating memorable characters and piecing together a plot that moves very fast. 
  I've always loved his dialogue which is lightning quick and often quite humorous."
        -TIMES UNION
          Jack Rightmyer

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Thanks to Ann Parillo for hosting me on Capital Region Today. (The show can still be seen on YouTube, Show 1223).

Many thanks to everyone who came out to the historic Vischer Ferry General Store.

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  Fun interview with Newschannel 13 anchor Caitlin Irla. Tap the picture of us and watch the interview.
 

"Uber-realistic... I think you're going to like this one."
           -Independent Book Review

Buy Now! Hit a store logo to order A Small Mountain Murder!

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Coming up: The Small Mountain Tour

Sept 19,CIPA Awards Boulder, Colorado. -Thanks!
Sept 30,Saratoga Book Festival Panelist.Thanks!
                     Saratoga Springs, NY.
Oct 19, Alpin Haus Ski-Toberfest 
Thanks
                        Amsterdam, NY
Nov 9, Book House, Albany, NY. - Thanks
Nov 14, Out of Control Ski Club
                       
Albany, NY - Thanks
Nov 17, Newschannel 13 TV
        "Weekend Today" w/Caitlin Irla  - Thanks
Nov 22, Northshire Books Thanks
                  Saratoga Springs, NY.
Nov 23, Open Door Bookstore
                   Schenectady, NY. -Thanks
Dec 7,
 Vischer Ferry General Store
                     Clifton Park, NY. -Thanks
Dec 14, Bookstore Plus
                    
Lake Placid, NY. -Thanks
Dec 25 
Capital Region Today -Thanks
Jan 11, Sat. 3-5p. Briars & Brambles Books
                     Windham, NY.
Jan 15, Weds. 6p. Sand Lake Library
                Town of Sand Lake, NY.
Jan 25, Sat. 2:30.
Oak Mountain Ski Resort                             Speculator, NY

 

Murder on Skis Mysteries
"It's not just about skiing. More than you think. Excellent read."

     - RCXcellent Adventures
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Wonderful crowd at Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga Springs. Abe Lincoln was keeping an eye on me!

And thank you to Open Door in Schenectady for a great book signing!

Great to be seen in the Walworth County (Wisconsin) Community News!

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Great turnout for our book signing at the Book House at Stuyvesant Plaza in Albany!

Thanks to the Troy Record and Saratogian for coverage of A Small Mountain Murder.

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Grateful to Clifton Park Neighbors Magazine for helping launch A Small Mountain Murder.

Fun to see old friends and sign some books for the OC Ski Club.

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Other Murder on Skis Mysteries:

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Colorado - 2023

An avalanche of mystery and murder unfolds at a ski resort on Colorado's Western Slope.

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   "Addictively readable"
-The Prairies book Review

"Will dazzle the reader."
-Authorsreading.com

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Finalist for 2 American Fiction Awards

Tap a button to order now from Amazon or one of many great independent book stores!

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Vermont-2022

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Colorado-2020

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Adirondacks-2021

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Montana-2019

Honored to be on the opening panel at the 2024 Saratoga Book Festival. I was joined by fellow authors Matt Witten, Catherine Bruns and moderator Ellen Beal.
Thanks to The Saratogian for their coverage.

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I signed books in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Great town! My thanks to Izzy and Vergie for taking care of me at Off the Beaten Path Bookstore.

It was a pleasure to chat with the Wyoming cowboy who I believe is the best murder mystery novelist in America. We found Craig Johnson in Fort Myers, Florida. He's a heck of a nice guy. Pick up one of Craig's 'Walt Longmire novels' and you'll be hooked!

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Thanks to Keller and the crew at WEQX Radio in Manchester, VT for the great interview!

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For our friends in Canada! Push the flag for Amazon.CA button to order now!

Our Friends in Great Britain!
Push this Amazon.UK button to order now!

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Yep. 20th century words captured in 21st century technology.
(Press the image to go to Kindle)

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Murder on Skis Mysteries. 
FINALIST  for
"Best Series in Fiction"
by Chanticleer!

 Berkshire East Ski Resort & the Crazy Horse Bar in Massachusetts keep my books handy on their shelf (upper left corner). Order a beer, borrow a book.

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Witch Window (2022).A pair of bicycle riders discover a corpse on a hot summer day. The dead man is dressed to go snow skiing. His lift ticket says he belongs in Vermont!

Witch Window named a Distinguished Favorite by the 2024 Independent Press Awards!

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Witch Window, named one of  the"Top 35 Books for a Book Club" by Independent Book Review!

Witch Window. FINALIST for
"Best Cover" 
by Next Generation's Indie Book Awards!
Congrats and Thank You to Carolyn! 

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"Promises to thrill and delight. Factual snippets elevate this mystery novel to something more intellectual and valuable."
-Indies Today

Hit the button to order 
Witch Window from
Amazon or an
independent book store.

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My friend and former co-anchor, Subrina Dhammi, visited at West Mountain's
Fall Fest. Lots of great memories.

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Back Dirt (2021) plunges down the Adirondacks of New York and the Foothills of Northern Colorado.

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    Back Dirt.
   
Finalist for the
     American Fiction Awards

"Phil Bayly spins a captivating yarn."
-Reader's Favorite

Chock full of exhilarating twists and turns."
-Saratoga Living Magazine

  "He introduces us to a       very patient dead body         and gives us just a          shimmer of hope that           our suspicions are                      wrong."
-
Simply Saratoga Magazine

Murder on Skis Mysteries

  Tap the LOGO to go directly to order page
       for Back Dirt.

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  You can also buy or order our books    at beloved Independent Bookstores, like:

   Back Dirt was recognized by the International Skiing History Association 
in Sun Valley!
skiinghistory.org. 

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Amy Conway has a pretty sharp
eye. She nailed the location of the fictional Battle Ax Ski Resort                in BACK DIRT!

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Loving Lucy (2020) unfolds in Colorado. A state senator from New York is a murder suspect and tracked to his hiding place in the Rocky Mountains.
    

    Loving Lucy named to shortlist:              2021 Mystery & Mayhem Award 
     by Chanticleer Book Reviews!

           "A must-read, hang on to your chair lift!"  - The Grateful Traveler

    Wrapping up a business   meeting with the brains of this     operation, my wife Carolyn, in          Fort Collins, Colorado
   at the New Belgium Brewery.

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"Bayly draws on his experience covering real crimes.. a chilling mystery." - Vail Daily
Hit the Buttons to Order!
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    Thrilled to be in Halley         O'Brien's Snow Report Show!
      Our favorite ski show. 
  Watch our favorite episode!
        Thank you, Halley!
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  Murder on Skis (2019). A snow princess is found dead at a ski resort in Montana. There may be a serial killer at the winter hot spot.
(Now available on Kindle)

"Murder on Skis is a must-read
       for all fans of a good 
      murder mystery book."

- Trudi LoPreto,
Readers' Favorite

   
"This is a fabulous novel.. A fantastic writer and story teller.  It's      amazing when a story stays with you for days.  It's a gift.  " 
       Deirdre Stoelzle, Author of "Branded, The Making of a Wyoming Cowgirl"                        

  Hit the button to go   directly to Amazon's           order page.

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   Also available at beloved independent                   book stores online, like:

Or

"A great page turner. I'm going to suggest it to my book club!"

      -Peggy Shinn, author of "World Class,
The Making of the U.S. Women's Cross-Country
Ski Team"

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Phil Bayly has been a journalist for over four decades.
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He anchored the #1 rated morning news at WNYT-TV in the state capitol of New York, Albany, for fifteen years.
He was also a reporter at KJCT-TV in Grand Junction, Colorado and WTAJ-TV in Pennsylvania.
Phil was also a news journalist on radio in Colorado at KHOW in Denver and KLOV in Loveland, among other stops.
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He's been a skier his entire life, much of that time enjoyed as a ski racer. Sometimes he was fast. Many times, he wasn't fast enough.
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Phil was born and raised in Evanston, Illinois.  He was educated at Denver University and Colorado State University.
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He now lives in Saratoga County, New York with his wife.
  

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