Framed and Frosted, the third book in the Cupcake Catering Mystery series, finds cupcake caterer, Emory Martinez, working at a Laguna Beach society Fourth of July soiree, with her sister and their new employee, Sal. With a host that seems intent on accosting both catering employees and guests alike, thingsContinue Reading
A best-selling, Edgar winning thriller author named Scott has a problem. He has writer’s block and is extremely late delivering his newest book to his publisher. Eventually, Scott decides to kill himself. But he needs to find The Perfect Ending to his life first. It has to be radical enoughContinue Reading
In Undead Girl Murder Farce 1, it’s 1898. In France, vampires may live alongside humans as long as they vow not to prey on humans. The humans living near the vampires have mixed feeling about this government policy. When Madam Hannah, the wife of one of the socially acceptable vampires,Continue Reading
Author’s Guest Post Cures for Writer’s Block One of the many questions I get as an author is how I conquer the dreaded writer’s block. Well, that’s easy. I panic! No, wait … that’s not the correct answer. Um…stay calm. Always. Stay. Calm. So, in honor of those who ask thisContinue Reading
You have, or maybe drool over, mid-century modern furniture. Now, go back to 1957 America and see the dark undertones of that era in Nuclear Family 1. It’s 1957 and Russia is meddling in the politics of the middle east. The U.S. feels obligated to respond. Used car salesman, Tim,Continue Reading
With nineteen full-color activities from drawing to solving puzzles, the 50 Maps of the World Activity Book doesn’t disappoint! There are a variety of puzzle types sure to include a favorite or two for your child recipient. I think it’s funny that I am still hopeless at the jumbled birdContinue Reading
My Review When angry art critic, Lana, is killed in A Glimmer of a Clue, no one is surprised. She alienated half the town of Carmel-by-the-Sea, after all. But fairy garden store and tea shop owner, Courtney, is determined to root out the killer—with a little help from her fairy-in-training,Continue Reading
What would it be like being born into a fugitive family? Moving constantly from town to town, continent to continent. Changing names and backstories just as often. With no roots or long-term friends, would you just be a Nowhere Girl? “I know my father’s laws by heart, because it isContinue Reading
Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 attempts to put the current pandemic in its place within all the human pandemics in recorded history. What does the past have to tell us about our future? The author lists thirty lessons that we should have learned already (with varying success). My favoriteContinue Reading
There is nothing timelier right now than mass shootings, unfortunately. No Hiding in Boise shows how the aftermath of a bar shooting impacts three women: Joyce, Tessa, and Angie. Joyce was the bartender at the scene of the crime. She was in the backroom when the incident occurred. She hasContinue Reading
My Review “Mrs. Fletcher, why don’t you leave the detective work to us? You are looking for a crime that probably never happened. We have techs and a deputy coroner on the way. You just toddle along. We got work to do.“—said the clueless local Sheriff in the latest MurderContinue Reading
In An Unkindness of Ravens, a girl named Waverly goes missing at Danforth High. A new girl, Wilma who looks uncannily like Waverly, is given her old locker. Because of her psychic abilities, Wilma can see an invisible message left in her locker filled with satanic imagery. Waverly was partContinue Reading
In The Bullet, Diane has discovered a magic herb that has the possibility to overturn how people are healed forever. But when the discovery is leaked, a billionaire will do anything to keep the breakthrough to himself. Diane goes to her ex-husband, Joe, to ask for help. Joe, Eve, andContinue Reading
Castle Shade stars Sherlock Holmes and his wife of almost five years, Mary Russell. In 1925, they are hired by the Queen of Roumania, Queen Marie, to determine who is sending her threatening notes. However, after arriving at her castle in rural Transylvania, they discover the locals fear a strigol,Continue Reading
The Ogilvy-Sinclair family had everything: the 120-room Loch Down Abbey, an earldom, and servants galore. But soon a pox came upon their house. An illness was crossing their land and all of Scotland. First, their children’s nanny died. Then more and more servants were sickened. Eventually, the village shops andContinue Reading
The Hive begins with a compelling mystery. A college journalism student is found dead. Police officer Lindsay is investigating the death. The victim was looking into the death twenty years ago at a self-help “cult” guru’s residence. Was the recent death an accident or murder? If the latter, could itContinue Reading