Not just Theater Nights are Murder, all the rigmarole around choosing among two boyfriends is murdering my interest in this series. And that’s despite being gluten-free myself for years. Maybe Poppy should investigate polyamory relationships so she can stick with both guys. You don’t see that in cozy mysteries! Seriously,Continue Reading
Another great madcap adventure in the Poppy Harmon series! This time it revolves around Poppy Harmon and the Hung Jury on which she finds herself. Poppy, a retired actress, owns a detective agency with her two friends, Violet and Iris. Poppy in the also excellent first book in the series,Continue Reading
Matchmaking Can Be Murder if you’re Amish. Amish matchmaker Millie is newly returned to town. Her first action is to convince her niece, Edith, to break off her engagement with Zeke. Edith was pressured by societal norms to find a new father for her three children after her husband’s recentContinue Reading
It’s only a week until the end of the Maine clambaking season when a worker with the Snowden Family Clambake is found dead under a wood pile. Julia is running the clambake and also directing the renovation of the old family mansion, vacant since 1929, on Morrow Island. When theContinue Reading
Load Up (Lark Davis Mysteries) by Annabelle Hunter My Review Load Up has the best murder victim ever! Who hasn’t wanted to kill their HOA President? And Gerald is worse than most. The only person he recently argued with is single mother Lark Davis over the spacing of her fairyContinue Reading
Death by Proxy: A DIY Diva Mystery by Paula Darnell Guest Post Pets and Cozies Cozy mystery authors face a bit of a dilemma when writing their books because these novels have a completely different vibe than hard-boiled, noir, gory, or forensic-oriented mysteries do. Like other books in the mysteryContinue Reading
Brewed Awakening (A Coffeehouse Mystery) by Cleo Coyle My Review I have read almost all of the Coffeehouse Mysteries. Brewed Awakening is my favorite so far. Using an innovative plot device like amnesia refreshes the series because Claire is thrust back to the beginning. She only remembers what happened tenContinue Reading
No Way to Die: A Ming Dynasty Mystery by P.A. De Voe Author Guest Post I am often asked about how I write. That is, where do I get my ideas and what’s my process? I write Chinese historical mysteries set in the early Ming Dynasty (late 1300s and earlyContinue Reading
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
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
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
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
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