If you, like me, are constantly googling random things as questions come up, you will love The Secret History of Food. It provides more in-depth information than Wikipedia. Luckily, it also goes off in weird tangents and down deep rabbit holes when an intriguing side fact is found. Here isContinue Reading
Puzzled by words used by Britons? Want to understand more while watching Love Island UK or Australia? Blimey, I’m Knackered! has you covered. As a lover of mysteries, I watch a lot of British TV on streaming services. It would have been helpful to have this guide when I firstContinue Reading
I’ve always wondered how books were made. Bookbinding and How to Bring Old Books Back to Life explains it as a straightforward step-by-step process with both words and photographs. I prefer this clear and concise written explanation rather than watching an online video over and over. What amazed me mostContinue Reading
Did you like to read Mike Hammer books or watch James Bond movies in your youth? If you are male and enjoy man’s man (pre-#metoo) stories, then Felonious Monk is perfect for you. For everyone else, not so much. Tommy was sent to a monastery to escape murder charges afterContinue Reading
Halloween Party Murder is what you get in each of these three cozy mystery novellas. All three are part of a larger series: Lucy Stone Mysteries, Hayley Powell Food and Cocktail Mysteries, and Maine Clambake Mysteries. First up, Lucy decorates a decrepit mansion for her charity. Each room is setupContinue Reading
Get ready to go on a grand adventure! Sherlock Holmes is melancholy so Enola, his younger sister, steps in to help a young woman whose twin sister has died mysteriously. Sherlock can’t stop himself from joining the chase to discover what happened to the recently married Flossie. But Enola hasContinue Reading
In the sequel to the bestselling Hollow Kingdom, we find S.T. the crow raising a human infant named Dee. With the help of his bird buddies, the owls, and other various Feral Creatures. The humans have wrecked the Earth, what else is new. Now, a virus, possibly from the human’sContinue Reading
Medieval England from 1154-1485. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. OK, it was the worst. But you are stuck here so you might as well make the best of it. Your time machine has accidentally thrust you here. How do you navigate life beforeContinue Reading
In The Visitor, the United Nations is holding its annual meeting in New York City. When an explosion occurs at the Japanese consultant, Talia Dauber with the U.N. Security Service is on the job. It seems the Japanese are working on a secret project. So secret that their American hostsContinue Reading
My Review In Railroaded 4 Murder, Phee works as a bookkeeper for a private investigation firm in Arizona. Their latest client, Roxanne, thinks her husband, Wilbur, is cheating on her. Roxanne and Wilbur as well as Phee’s mother, Harriet, live in Sun City West, a massive Arizona retirement community. WilburContinue Reading
Authors’ Guest Post We have a brand new book for readers who enjoy pet cozies. To Fetch a Killer, Four Fun “Tails” of Chaos and Murder is a collection of four novellas that rely on our canine companions to help collar killers and bring criminals to justice. We asked eachContinue Reading
Aha! I have uncovered the identity of Q, the mysterious head of the QAnon conspiracy. He is not a government insider—at least not in his official bio. No, he is the author of this book. The Elimination Threat reads just like the QAnon conspiracies. A massive hidden cabal running theContinue Reading
Kate has convinced the town of Asheboro, Maryland to return the town to its Victorian roots to attract tourists. Her first project is the old Barton Mansion. Its owner willed the property and its contents to the town decades ago. While renovating Kate finds an ancient dead body in TheContinue Reading
It’s Cody’s first day of high school. When her sister won’t let her sit with the cool kids, she is stuck at the loser’s table. There she meets Faye, a girl in a witch hat with similar life skills. Faye’s a witch—but not a Witch for Hire—at least not yet…Continue Reading
What’s up with the title, The Joy of Being Selfish? Well…sometimes you need to just say no. For your own mental health. If you never get any me time because you are constantly fulfilling the needs of others, this is a book you MUST read. Admittedly, if you are aContinue Reading
In Danger at the Cove, Evie and her sister Margot are renovating an Art Deco hotel on Tregarrick Island off the Cornish coast of England. When Margot invites her old Hollywood friend, Louise, to the still-a-construction-zone hotel to help with marketing, the dead bodies start piling up. And what’s withContinue Reading