All of Us combines the complex plot of Split and Sybil with a standard thriller. Did one of Carolyn’s personalities kill her sexual predator father? Or is her therapist manipulating her memories to get her to confess even though she is innocent? If so, why? Carolyn was sexually abused asContinue Reading
Burn-In is a new type of tale. It’s almost like a future docudrama. It combines a fictional story with existing technology in new and exciting ways. Special Agent Lara Keegan finds a terrorist hidden in plain sight. As a “reward”, she is given a Tactical Autonomous Mobility System robot, orContinue Reading
Sister Dear is a wronged daughter’s ultimate revenge tale. After all, what does Eleanor have to lose? Eleanor’s father lay in a hospice bed dying of cancer. On the last day of his life, she finds out she is not his biological daughter. Unfortunately, there is no one left inContinue Reading
“You’re not going to believe this, but I found another dead body.”—from Marshmallow Malice, the fifth entry in excellent Amish Candy Shop Mystery series. Bailey is a busy woman. She is the co-owner, with her Amish grandmother, of Swissmen Sweets in rural Harvest, Ohio. Bailey is also the host ofContinue Reading
My Review By day, Dodie is the manager of the Windjammer restaurant in Etonville, New Jersey. By night (or anytime really), she helps her fiancé, Police Chief Bill, solve crimes. It’s the day before Halloween. And it’s almost Killing Time in Etonville Little Theater’s production of Dracula. Will life imitateContinue Reading
Character Interview with Marygene In your last book, Southern Sass and Killer Cravings, Heather offered the use of her large brood of brothers to beat up your estranged husband, Peter. Based on the bruise on your neck, Peter had recently beat you up. Plus he had just repossessed your carContinue Reading
Daisy and her Aunt Iris own Daisy’s Tea Garden in rural Willow’s Creek, Pennsylvania. They do catering jobs on the side. Little do they know that, instead of Apple Gingerbread, they would soon be serving up Murder with Clotted Cream. Former actress Margaret has returned to her home town withContinue Reading
Something is Killing the Children Vol 1 is an excellent start to a new horror comic series. One dark night, four boys are playing truth or dare. James tells a story about a monster in a ravine. The other boys don’t believe him and go to the ravine to proveContinue Reading
Guest Post by Macy Hatfield of the Barks & Beans Cafe cozy mystery series by Heather Day Gilbert Dogs have always been my “thing.” But for the entirety of my seven-year marriage, I haven’t been able to have one because of our rental house agreement. However, this year my marriageContinue Reading
Kill the King is the last book in the Columba Caselli trilogy. Columba is convinced that her partner, Dante, is not dead. During an explosion in the previous book, Dante disappeared. He hasn’t been seen in fifteen months. She is on leave from work awaiting his return. In another narrativeContinue Reading
I loved the previous books in the Mrs. Murphy series. However, Furmidable Foes made Mrs. Murphy and the other animals a side story. Front and center are St. Luke’s gardens and the historical fiction of runaway slaves in 1787. The Dorcas Guild’s events also play a role in the presentContinue Reading
Maggie is The New Girl at Haute, a London fashion magazine. She is doing a “maternity cover” (filling in for the fashion editor during her maternity leave). Her friend, Margot, is the very pregnant permanent fashion editor, who suggested Maggie apply. Margot believed, “Maggie would be so indebted to meContinue Reading
Author Guest Post Why cupcakes Fireworks, A Firecracker & Foul Play while being a standalone story is also book 5 in the Death by Cupcake series. The series is set in Callie’s Cakes a cupcake bakery where Anna the baker extraordinaire, Kristie the coffee-obsessed barista, and Callie the nerdy ownerContinue Reading
Author Guest Post Creating a Series Protagonist: The Importance of Gal Pals The Eve Appel Mysteries contain mystery, a bit of romance, humorous scenes, dialogue and adventures, but best of all the close relationship between the protagonist and her best friend. I write in first person so the story isContinue Reading
Author’s Guest Post In the first four books of the Seaside Cove Bed & Breakfast Mystery series, everyone wants to find the San Manuel, a fictional 400-year-old Spanish galleon. Supposedly, the San Manuel is filled with riches including china, ivory, and ancient artwork. So, the question is, could such aContinue Reading
It’s 1890 in Bath, England. Independent-minded Lady Amy finds her recently ex-fiancé dead in the new historic cozy mystery, A Study in Murder. “How dare St. Vincent come here uninvited and then land on the floor in her library with a knife in his chest? The whole thing was soContinue Reading