Yay! Veronica and Stoker are once again chasing Jack the Ripper in A Murderous Relation. The duo must save the royal family from the scandal of its prince giving gifts to a high-end brothel’s Madame. To do that both must investigate from within the brothel itself. Another rousing Victorian taleContinue Reading
After taking in a pretty Persian kitten, Mimi Lee Gets a Clue that Marshmallow is not an average cat. Talking telepathically to Mimi, his first words are “‘What kind of name is Marshmallow anyway?’ His fur bristled. ‘Are you fat-shaming me?’” Mimi is the owner of a brand-new animal groomingContinue Reading
Precious You starts out with a bang as a Gen X’er tries to run over the Millennial upstart who has ruined her life. Katherine is a Gen X editor at a management magazine when a young female named Lily asks for a ride in her cab to work. By anContinue Reading
Girl Can’t Help It brings together an aging rock band for a reunion and a place in the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, it also brings a murderer to the party. I had no idea that there was any rock and roll history in Iowa. So thatContinue Reading
It’s the end of the tourist season in Death on the Page. Shelby and her Aunt Trudy own two bookstores in upstate New York. One of the bookstores is located in historic Blye Castle. The Castle doesn’t usually allow overnight guests but made an exception for famous author, Savannah Page,Continue Reading
Told from multiple points-of-view (including the victims after their death), Please See Us tells a tale of a desolate and dissolute Atlantic City and the people who are trying to survive there. Clara is a boardwalk psychic working with her absent mother’s best friend Des on scamming the tourists fiveContinue Reading
The Twin is a new young adult domestic thriller. Sixteen-year-old Ivy and Iris are twins. After their parents’ divorce, Iris moved in with her mother and Ivy stayed put with her father. When their mother dies in a freak accident, Iris moves back in with her father and Ivy. ButContinue Reading
“The FBI found a body in Baxter, Tennessee, this morning. Juvenile. Male. Dumped on the side of the highway and phoned in by a motorist who had to pee and couldn’t wait.” Could it be the first death among The June Boys? Could it also be narrator Thea’s cousin Aulus?Continue Reading
It’s another zany adventure for Phee, her mother Harriet, and her private detective co-workers in Dressed Up 4 Murder. You would expect retirement to be a time of quiet reflection on a life well-lived. But in Sun City West, the giant planned retirement community in Arizona, you would be wrong.Continue Reading
Shay is a numbers-obsessed single woman in NYC, who lives with her best friend, Sean, who she wishes was more than just a friend. Sean is oblivious to Shay’s interest in him and has a girlfriend, Jody. Shay has also recently lost her job. One day she is waiting forContinue Reading
“‘I know what you want. Don’t let anyone hurt her. Love her for me, Morgan.’ She launches her baby toward me; my hands catch the infant by instinct. When I look back up at her mother a second later, the train is shrieking into the station. And that’s when sheContinue Reading
Someone is stalking Audrey. Audrey doesn’t care as long as her million followers continue to “Follow Me”. Audrey, you see, is that annoying “Insta influencer” that all your friends are talking about. Cat is her sole IRL friend from her college sorority. A successful attorney now, Cat is an introvertContinue Reading
Amateur sleuths Jules and Bun, her telepathic rabbit, return in Who’s Dead, Doc? Running a rabbit rescue farm and a store offering yarn and classes seems like a lot of work on their own. But when Jules is asked to look into the murder of nasty Evelyn by the hostessContinue Reading
Hannah is stressed in the Coconut Layer Cake Murder. Her doctor, and stepfather, arranges for Hannah and her mother, Delores, to fly to Los Angeles. They are there to help Hannah’s college friend, Lynn, move back to her hometown, Lake Eden Minnesota. While in California, Hannah’s sister’s boyfriend, Lonnie, isContinue Reading
Who would kill an eighteen-month-old girl in a houseful of deaf people? While the police try and solve the crime, British Sign Language Interpreter, Paige Northwood, is listening to all the interviews. As a family friend, she feels obligated to solve the crime herself—with chilling consequences. Silent House is aContinue Reading
The good news: British Murder is two Lucy Stone novels for a single book’s price. The bad news: The two novels, English Tea Murder and British Manor Murder, were previously published in 2011 and 2016. So if you haven’t read either novel, you are getting a good deal. If youContinue Reading