Kate Atherton’s idyllic retirement is going well…if you don’t count the two murders, the mysterious drone, and her photographer friend who manages to poke a hornet’s nest of criminal activity, that is. Nestled in the scenic Texas Hill Country, the cozy town of Wheaton Creek seemed to Kate Atherton anContinue Reading
It’s beginning to look a lot like murder . . . And Cassandra is knee deep in . . . Suspects. Her boss is dead, and the police are calling it burglary gone wrong. But when the killer comes after her, it’s going to take more than a pair ofContinue Reading
Thirty Names of Night is a heartfelt tale of two women. One is a modern NYC first-generation Syrian-American painter of birds, who feels her assigned gender is incorrect. The other, Laila, is telling the story of her life through her journal. Her story begins a century earlier in Syria. ItContinue Reading
All Four Authors’ Guest Post How our pets have adjusted to our working from home. Heather: Pre-COVID, I did some of my day gig at home. I’m an IT manager, so we do some night and weekend work remotely. The pandemic shifted everything. I now report to the office oneContinue Reading
While marketed as Atlee Pine #3, Daylight is also effectively John Puller #5. Both of the author’s most recent series’ leads collide, literally, while chasing Tony Vincenzo. FBI Special Agent Atlee is looking for Tony’s grandfather, who she believes kidnapped her twin sister, Mercy, thirty years ago. Army CID ChiefContinue Reading
In Hot to Trot, Agatha’s friend and occasional lover, Sir Charles, is marrying a hideous, but rich, woman named Mary. Agatha is trying to figure out why. Raisin Investigations is also working on a scandalous divorce case. Best of all, Agatha is rekindling her romance with her ex-husband, James. WhenContinue Reading
One of Our Own follows police consultant, Gregor. A trash bag falls out of an unmarked van in Philadelphia’s predominately Armenian neighborhood. Inside is a woman in a coma. When the police arrive at her home, they find her dead super locked inside. Who were the woman’s kidnappers and whyContinue Reading
Jo and Lou are modern-day grifters. Blackmailing men for their sexual exploits has never been easier during the #metoo movement. But Jo owes The Lady Upstairs a debt for a previous scam that went wrong. With the due date approaching, Jo begins to wonder about what happened to the previousContinue Reading
Author’s Guest Post The Kidnapping of Nellie DiMaggio I’m always surfing the web or checking out news stories for odd bits of history or interesting locations to use in the Zodiac Mysteries. You just never know where you’ll find a perfect setting or plot for a murder mystery. My SanContinue Reading
Author Guest Post Other Duties As Assigned By Maggie Toussaint Other duties as assigned is a phrase that most of us near the bottom of the employment ladder know very well. It means that your job involves more than what’s listed in the job description. This often translates into personalContinue Reading
I can always tell when I genuinely love a book. I start to read it much slower—because I don’t want it to end. That is what unexpectedly happened to me while reading Murder in Old Bombay. It’s 1892 in India. Retired Captain James Agnihotri has been invalided out of theContinue Reading
With all the mess going on right now in the world and in the White House, it is almost comforting to be hunting for a killer in 1957 Brighton, England. For three victims have been killed in an unusual way. In fact, it is Murder by Milk Bottle. Constable TwittenContinue Reading
Jack Taylor is trying to escape his violent past by moving to the Irish countryside. But…just when he thought he was out, they drag him back in. After being hit by a truck, he lapses into a coma. When he awakens without a scratch, the locals think it is AContinue Reading
Murder in the Piazza: A Maggie White Mystery by Jen Collins Moore About Murder in the Piazza Murder in the Piazza: A Maggie White Mystery Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Publisher: Level Best Books (September 22, 2020) Paperback: 278 pages ISBN-10: 1947915533 ISBN-13: 978-1947915534 Digital ASIN: B08FBL9GV8 Maggie White, aContinue Reading
Author Guest Post The Real-Life Serial Killer Behind the Thrilling New Mystery ANONYMOUS Elizabeth Breck I’ve been asked where I got the idea to write about a female private investigator, living at the beach, who becomes the obsession of a serial killer after tweeting about him. Because it happened toContinue Reading
My Review Mimi Lee is once again forced to investigate a murder in Mimi Lee Reads Between the Lines. Luckily, she has her sassy, and talking (at least in Mimi’s head), cat Marshmallow to help. Detective Brown has Mimi’s sister, Alice, in his sights as his number one suspect inContinue Reading