Blood Cruise
Marianne is spicing up her retirement by taking a 24-hour booze cruise from Sweden to Finland and back alone. She is quickly picked up by fellow passenger, Goran, in the waiting lounge. YOLO, lol! Too bad she didn’t notice the book’s title is Blood Cruise. That does sound a bitContinue Reading
Erin’s Children Guest Post and Giveaway
Author’s Character Guest Post My name is Nuala O’Flaherty. I arrived in America from Ireland a little more than a year before Meg. We met at a placement agency. My last employer had passed away and I was looking for another position. Meg was looking for her first placement. WeContinue Reading
Red Hands
If you loved Stranger Things and/or tales of government gone horribly, horribly wrong, you will enjoy Red Hands. An out-of-control BMW breaks up a Fourth of July parade in small town New Hampshire. The driver departs the crashed vehicle. Whoever he touches dies. All except Maeve who finally stops himContinue Reading
Grounds for Murder Review and Giveaway
My Review With a name like Fab, he has to be an Italian womanizer. But now he’s dead. He either fell or was pushed from the roof of his apartment. Were his romantic entanglements Grounds for Murder? After being laid off her high-powered Miami journalist job and divorcing her two-timingContinue Reading
The Secret on Rum Runner’s Lane Review and Giveaway
My Review Cassie and Lacy are orphaned sisters who have a special talent. They are bibliomancers, able to tell the future through books. They are also the owners of Books by Bequest, a bookstore within their lighthouse home on the Oregon coast. One day, nineteen-year-old Cassie has had enough. SheContinue Reading
Take It Back
Take It Back is a courtroom drama about a rape. But it is so much more. Zara, a Muslim woman, has left her family’s strict religious rules behind for a shiny career as a barrister in a high-powered London law firm. When her father dies without reconciling with her, ZaraContinue Reading
Cold Wind
“We’ve got two muddy, silent mystery girls and a dead body. It all makes for some real concern.”—said by the laconic Police Chief Gril of remote Benedict, Alaska in Cold Wind. It isn’t as if Beth doesn’t have enough going on already. Chased by her memories of an earlier kidnapping,Continue Reading
A Deadly Edition Review and Giveaway
My Review Library Manager Amy and dancer Richard are getting married! However, a pre-wedding reception at art gallery owner Kurt’s house is tragically interrupted when Kurt’s rival art collector, Oscar, is found murdered in the yard. Intrepid amateur detectives Amy and her best friend and library employee Sunny, of course,Continue Reading
Where There’s a Will Review and Giveaway
My Review Emily has been searching for the perfect house for months. She finally finds it with the supposedly haunted Victorian, Hadley House. Unfortunately, a television flipping show wants it too. With a large budget and chutzpah to spare, how can Pemberton on Property fail to win? Meanwhile, Emily’s businessContinue Reading
Courting can be Murder
Just because your Amish doesn’t mean you can’t solve a murder or two! In Courting can be Murder, Millie is a widow and a matchmaker for her local Amish community. When Ben, one of the town’s bachelors, dies mysteriously, Millie and her Englischer friend Lois step in to solve theContinue Reading
Germania
I think it is important not to think of Germania as a thriller. It is a police procedural set in a historical time period. Therefore, it moves at a rather plodding pace compared to a typical thriller. There are obviously a lot of backstories to tell in the waning daysContinue Reading
Fool Me Twice
In Fool Me Twice, master thief Riley is back! Now, he is being coerced by an arms dealer to steal a fresco, which is painted on a wall in the Vatican. It is a truly impossible task. How will Riley pull it off? I gave the original book in thisContinue Reading
Big Kibble
You really don’t want to read what is in the food you are feeding your dog. However, it is an eye-opening read. Big Kibble essentially throws anything they can get, that is cheap, into the mix. Their history of doing so goes back to post WWI. All those war horsesContinue Reading
A Whisker of a Doubt
There isn’t A Whisker of a Doubt that Maddie loves cats. She is owned by her chunky orange cat, JJ. She owns a cat cafe called JJ’s House of Purrs. Maddie is also a long-time cat rescuer. Her current project is feeding the local feral cat population (though I wonderContinue Reading
Wine Tastings are Murder
In Wine Tastings are Murder, innkeeper Poppy has an enviable problem. Which of her two love interests should she move forward with? Steady Tim, her former high school sweetheart? Or passionate Gia where you can cut the sexual tension with a knife? Can I have a half order of eachContinue Reading
The Last Resort
In The Last Resort, a mysterious invitation brings seven strangers together on a seemingly deserted island. The strangers include: Amelia, a humanitarian aid worker Lucy, an anonymous celebrity gossip columnist Giles, a game designer Tiggy, Giles’ girlfriend and a brand influencer James, a cameraman Brenda, an investor Scott, an AmericanContinue Reading