Killer Words Review and Giveaway
My Review Mystery bookstore owner Sam and her grandmother Nana Jo are once again detecting in Killer Words. When obnoxious mayoral candidate, John Cloverton, is murdered, Detective “Stinky” Pitts is accused of the crime. While Sam and her grandmother saw Pitts strike Cloverton, they don’t think the Detective committed murder.Continue Reading
Marriage Can Be Mischief
Amish matchmaker Millie and her best friend non-Amish Lois are investigating a forty-year-old cold case in Marriage Can Be Mischief. When buggy maker Samuel Zook is found murdered in his buggy, the obvious suspect is his abused wife Gali. But when Gali’s skeleton is found nearby forty years later, MillieContinue Reading
Adventure Cat Review and Giveaway
My Review Lynley is a volunteer at the Friends of Felines cat shelter. Five years ago, she found a stray kitten with unusual markings in a duffle bag with a cat toy, drugs and $10,000 cash. She placed the kitten in the shelter and gave the bag to the police.Continue Reading
Danger at Dunhaven Castle Guest Post and Giveaway
Author’s Guest Post Setting the Scene – Scenery as a Character What’s the most important thing in a book? Some people will say plot. Others will say characters. Still others will say the writing itself. But somewhere in there is the setting. It sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. SettingContinue Reading
Perils in Yorkshire Guest Post and Giveaway
Author’s Guest Post Setting Books in a Different Country I say a “different” country and not a “foreign” country because England and Scotland don’t feel foreign to me. Different because In Britain they drive on the other side of the road, have pounds and pence, and call me “luv”. ButContinue Reading
Murder in the Christmas Tree Lot Spotlight and Giveaway
\ Murder in the Christmas Tree Lot (A Tory Benning Mystery) Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Publisher : Beyond the Page Publishing (November 17, 2020) Paperback : 230 pages ISBN-10 : 1950461858 ISBN-13 : 978-1950461851 Digital ASIN : B08LQY49YM LandscapeContinue Reading
Mercy
FBI Agent Atlee Pine’s twin sister Mercy was kidnapped at age six. Atlee has been looking for Mercy for years across the four books in this series. In this book, she finds her and also learns the disturbing truth about their biological parents. If you have read any of theContinue Reading
These Silent Woods
These Silent Woods is the story of a father’s love for his daughter and their unique fugitive life in the woods. The setting is so well described, I feel ready to move to the woods myself. However, it is so much more than that. It is a heartbreaking tearjerker too.Continue Reading
Brink Book Four
The Earth is dead, and humanity has moved into deep-space habitats in Brink Book Four. Bridget Kurtis and Gita Gibrani were habitat police officers working on the mysterious disappearance of Mercury. Soon, the feds stepped in. Both women were promoted and sent to separate habitats. However, they continue the investigationContinue Reading
Around the World in 80 Books
Looking for some new books to read? Need a gift for the reader in your life? Around the World in 80 Books solves both issues! With five suggested books in each of the world’s sixteen regions, there is something for everyone included here. Books as diverse as The Divine ComedyContinue Reading
The Next Apocalypse
What will The Next Apocalypse look like? Will it follow the plots of a multitude of books, movies and television shows? An archaeologist looks at three “collapses” in modern times to determine how societies react to drastic events. Can the Mayan, Roman, and Eastern North American indigenous societies tell usContinue Reading
Psycho by the Sea
Constable Twitten and charwoman/criminal mastermind Mrs. Groynes are both trying to determine what is causing the multitude of recent murders in their sleepy southern English town in Psycho by the Sea. When Mrs. G was running things, messy murder victims weren’t filling the morgue. But now one of her chiefContinue Reading
Last Stop on the 6
What could be more appropriate as we quickly approach the holiday season than a book about family. In Last Stop on the 6, Angela left her extended Italian American family ten years ago vowing to never return. But after being guilted into returning for her brother’s wedding, she discovers (a)Continue Reading
Return of the Pharoah
Dr. Watson brings his second wife, Juliet, to Egypt to cure her tb. He runs into Sherlock, who is looking for a missing nobleman. They join forces. In Return of the Pharoah, the game is once again afoot! This author does the best job of the many writers trying toContinue Reading
Mao Vol 2
Miss Nanoka was orphaned when a sinkhole swallowed up her parents and their car in modern Japan. Now-cursed Nanoka is sometimes sent to the same area fifty years earlier. In Mao Vol 2, Nanoka and the exorcist Mao are still looking for the cat demon, Byoki, in that same eraContinue Reading
Death on the Shelf Review and Giveaway
My Review You’re invited to a wedding! In Death on the Shelf, Angela and Steve have decided to make it official. Hopefully, Angela’s best friend Carrie, who is organizing the wedding and bridal shower, will be able to pull off both events without a hitch. But then Angela’s hated brotherContinue Reading