“It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key.” said Winston Churchill. In The Guest List, the key is that no one is what they seem and all have major secrets to protect. Posh Jules is marrying the handsome television star WillContinue Reading
In The Other Mrs., Sadie has several problems. She left her dream job in a Chicago ER for a family practice on a rural island in Maine. Her husband’s sister died—perhaps by her own hand— leaving him a house, bank account, and her strange goth daughter Imogene to care for.Continue Reading
My Review What can be more romantic that a Valentine Day trip to Paris, the City of Lights and Love? Well for Lana the tour host, finding her new boyfriend is on the tour—with his wife—is not the best day in her life. But the tour must go on. WhenContinue Reading
My Review Zoe juggles a murder, a marriage, and a missing half-brother in Under the Radar. Zoe is a paramedic and a part-time deputy coroner in western Pennsylvania. Plus her boyfriend, Pete, is the local police chief. So you can see why she gets involved in so many mysteries. InContinue Reading
It’s a race to find the killer in a new detective series where a female victim is found naked and smothered every ten days. With the fourth victim found at the beginning of the book, can detective partners A.L. and Rena solve the mystery before the next Ten Days GoneContinue Reading
Inspector Ghote has been promoted to the prestigious Bombay Crime Branch that investigates serious crimes involving India’s VIPs. However, the Inspector appears to be in disfavor already with the Branch’s Head, Assistant Commissioner of Police Mr. Divekar, in A Small Case for Inspector Ghote? And what is that “small case”?Continue Reading
Filled with the Rashomon Effect of a multitude of possibly unreliable witnesses, The Aosawa Murders is the first English translation of an award-winning 2005 Japanese mystery. “If there are ten people in a house and nine die, who is the culprit? It’s not a whodunnit. The answer’s easy—it’s the survivor,Continue Reading
“If my kids had been with me, it wouldn’t have happened. I would have stayed in the minivan, doors locked, windows rolled up. Just like the 911 operator instructed.” Instead Cassie confronts a knife-wielding assassin, who warns her, “Let her die, and I’ll let you live.” When the man racesContinue Reading
Inspector Ghote’s Good Crusade is a classic mystery from 1966. Set in India, it is only the second entry in the long-running series. Inspector Ghote of the Bombay Criminal Investigation Division is investigating a murder. The victim was a rich American philanthropist. He died of arsenic poisoning at his homeContinue Reading
Author Interview Describe your latest book, Southern Double Cross, in five words or less. Good clean cozy fun! You have written two complete series, the Lizzie Hart Mysteries and the Java Jive Mystery series. Both series are complete with five books each. Does that mean we can expect two moreContinue Reading
The Great Witches Baking Show by Nancy Warren on Tour February 1-29, 2019 My Review: Imagine! You have been selected to be on The Great British Baking Contest. Once there, you slowly realize that there are witches as both hosts and contestants. In fact, they should call it the GreatContinue Reading
A Crafter Quilts a Crime: A Handcrafted Mystery by Holly Quinn Author Guest Post See this handsome dog in the photo? He reminds me of the Golden that inspired Bara, Sammy’s best furry friend in the Handcrafted Mystery series. Can’t you just picture him sitting in her store, Community Craft,Continue Reading
Can serial killers be identified while still children? A new Korean thriller, The Only Child, attempts to answer that question by merging a family drama with a jailed serial killer’s tale. Beginning with a police procedural investigating a series of arsons, the book then tells the first-person tale of aContinue Reading
Sam’s Folly Midnight Sons Book 1 by Carmen DeSousa Genre: Romantic Suspense When a bigwig fight promoter needs someone to search for his missing fiancée, he hires expert tracker Sam Belgarde and his search dogs. Sam is more than a little reluctant. His family’s company, Search and Rescue Alaska, isContinue Reading
About Don’t Look Down Don’t Look Down (Shadows of New York) Psychological Thriller 2nd in Series Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (February 11, 2020) From the Amazon Charts bestselling author of One Small Sacrifice, a gripping mystery about a sinister murder that everyone wants to stay buried—except one dogged NYPD detective.Continue Reading
Even poor children in India like watching television detectives. Nine-year-old Jai and his best friend Pari have their first case. Their classmate, Bahadur, turns up missing from their neighborhood. And he isn’t the only missing child. They investigate in the slums of India as the Djinn Patrol on the PurpleContinue Reading