I have found my future retirement community in Fairhope Alaska. While there are a lot of deaths at Harbor Village, that is a boon for a cozy mystery fan such as me. I want to be Cleo Mack. She has such an exciting life even though her job helping retiredContinue Reading
Death on the Danube: A New Year’s Murder in Budapest (Travel Can Be Murder Cozy Mystery Series) by Jennifer S. Alderson My Review Lana is having a horrid decade. She is fired from her dream investigative journalist job after her confidential informant refuses to testify in the lawsuit against herContinue Reading
No one would wish their worst enemy to Have a Deadly New Year. However, for the employees of the Country Seat restaurant and the reunited members of a 1990s band, it looks to be a dangerous holiday season! Angie and Felicia own a small farm-to-fork restaurant. Felicia has a collegeContinue Reading
In the Heart of Windy Pines Holly Tierney-Bedord Publication date: November 24th 2019 Genres: Adult, Cozy Mystery From the author of Kindle Unlimited All-Star winner Sweet Hollow Women comes a new novella featuring characters from Murder at Mistletoe Manor, Carnage at the Christmas Party, and The Port Elspeth Jewelry MakingContinue Reading
His Salvation by Michelle King Will the woman he left behind a decade ago be His Salvation? Seth McCullough left behind his high school sweetheart, Krista Chancellor, determined to keep her safe. Running from his own demons, Seth joined the military, hoping for a new start. Ten years later, after experiencingContinue Reading
What happens to Mean Girls and Pretty Little Liars when they grow up? They become concerned about their Reputation. “Good reputations land jobs, find you a spouse, earn you the right friends. But have a bad reputation—well. Here come the whispers. Here come the slammed doors. So it makes senseContinue Reading
Bookmarked for Murder (Mystery Bookshop) by V.M. Burns My Review A modern-day locked room (actually a tour bus) mystery and a tale set in 1938 England are both included in Bookmarked for Murder. The author uses a clever plot device of having the main sleuth, Samantha, be creating the periodContinue Reading
A badly beaten and stabbed Body in the Dumb River washes up during a flood in East Anglia. With the local police busy assisting with the flood damage, Scotland Yard Superintendent Littlejohn is asked to solve the crime. The victim led a double life. On weekends he was James Teagarden,Continue Reading
Charleston Buzz Kill Tom Turner (Nick Janzek Charleston Mysteries, #2) Publication date: December 1st, 2019 Genres: Adult, Mystery About the Book When one of the stars of the boozy, risqué reality show, Charleston Buzz, takes a bullet to the head in mid-tryst, homicide cops Nick Janzek and Delvin Rhett swingContinue Reading
Agatha Raisin is back in fine style literally (or in a book would it be literarily?) Beating about the Bush and finding a severed leg. Or is it severed? Or is it even a leg? Raisin Investigations is hired by an electric car battery company to determine who is perpetratingContinue Reading
Fire, Fog and Water (Sgt. Windflower Mysteries) by Mike Martin Author Guest Post Enjoy the Story In fiction, you have to suspend belief in order to follow the story. That means things like pretending to be in a different location with people that you don’t know in order to experienceContinue Reading
Callsign, Ghost: The Haunting Shot by R.B. Carr Genre: Mystery, Thriller Publisher: Dove and Dragon Publishing together with Ruscsak Films and Publishing Publication Date: November 5, 2019 Jack Kirby is a former Army Ranger and an elite sniper for the US Marshals. Until one foggy morning, while on a missionContinue Reading
Ghosts of Painting Past (An Aurora Anderson Mystery) by Sybil Johnson My Review Christmas in Vista Beach in sunny California is filled with sandmen instead of snowmen in the new Aurora Anderson cozy mystery, Ghosts of Painting Past. Rory is working on a programming job in her home office whenContinue Reading
The Nigerian Prince Esi Wilson Published by: Visualbee Publishing Publication date: November 25th 2019 Genres: New Adult, Romance, Thriller Her: Everyone knows not to bother replying to the ‘Nigerian Prince’ Scam emails. But this one caught me at the worst time of my life. I was broken. So naturally, myContinue Reading
In Under the Guise of Night, the first Lady Bantham is burned to death in an auto accident allegedly on her way to an assignation with her lover. Three years later, the new Lady Bantham is haunted by a figure that looks suspiciously like the other Lady Bantham. Former ScotlandContinue Reading
Scarlet Fever: A Novel (“Sister” Jane) by Rita Mae Brown My Review I have read and loved all of the author’s Mrs. Murphy series so when I saw Scarlet Fever on NetGalley I snapped it up. Mrs. Murphy books are a more traditional cat cozy mystery though the cats andContinue Reading