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Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

2020-02-11
On: February 11, 2020
In: Mystery & Thrillers, New Books
Tagged: amateur detective, Feb 4 2020, India

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

Survival Can Be Deadly

Survival Can Be Deadly

2020-01-15
On: January 15, 2020
In: Mystery & Thrillers
Tagged: amateur detective, Sep 10 2019

Author Guest Post Getting Serious About Humor: Why We Don’t All Laugh at the Same Things A book categorized as a “humorous mystery” can be considered hilarious by one reader and totally off the mark by another. It may be the quality of the writing, but it may also beContinue Reading

MOLDED 4 MURDER

Molded 4 Murder

2019-10-19
On: October 19, 2019
In: Book Tour, Giveaways, Mystery & Thrillers
Tagged: amateur detective, Aug 27 2019, cozy mystery

Molded 4 Murder (Sophie Kimball Mystery) by J.C. Eaton My Review When an acclaimed local potter is killed by suffocation, he is truly Molded 4 Murder. In Glendale Arizona, Phee is a bookkeeper at Williams Investigations, a private detective firm. One day two acquaintances come in asking for Phee’s help.Continue Reading

Murder at the Mill

Murder at the Mill

2018-12-06
On: December 6, 2018
In: Mystery & Thrillers
Tagged: amateur detective, Dec 4 2018, Female lead

Family secrets abound in Murder at the Mill. Painter Iris rents a cottage on the grounds of famous mystery writer Dom’s large Hampshire family estate. Iris is deciding what to do about her verbally abusive husband and failing marriage. When Ariadne, Dom’s wife, hires Iris to paint his portrait, IrisContinue Reading

Ask Me No Questions

Ask Me No Questions

2018-10-20
On: October 20, 2018
In: Mystery & Thrillers
Tagged: amateur detective, gilded age, Oct 16 2018

Ask Me No Questions is an excellent start to a new gilded age female amateur detective series. Philomena Amesbury, Lady Dunbridge, has finally finished the obligatory 18-month mourning period for her husband. The Earl of Dunbridge, was, by all accounts, not a very good husband. Deciding that staying in EnglandContinue Reading

Butterfly Conspiracy

Butterfly Conspiracy

2018-08-06
On: August 6, 2018
In: Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers
Tagged: amateur detective, Aug 7 2018, Victorian

What Butterfly Conspiracy results in a woman’s death after a rare butterfly lands on her arm? Merula is left by her mother at her family’s house as a baby five years after her mother’s escape from the rigid Victorian house’s rules. Luckily, Merula’s fascination with butterflies is supported by herContinue Reading

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