My Review Mystery bookstore owner Sam and her grandmother Nana Jo are once again detecting in Killer Words. When obnoxious mayoral candidate, John Cloverton, is murdered, Detective “Stinky” Pitts is accused of the crime. While Sam and her grandmother saw Pitts strike Cloverton, they don’t think the Detective committed murder.Continue Reading
Amish matchmaker Millie and her best friend non-Amish Lois are investigating a forty-year-old cold case in Marriage Can Be Mischief. When buggy maker Samuel Zook is found murdered in his buggy, the obvious suspect is his abused wife Gali. But when Gali’s skeleton is found nearby forty years later, MillieContinue Reading
My Review Lynley is a volunteer at the Friends of Felines cat shelter. Five years ago, she found a stray kitten with unusual markings in a duffle bag with a cat toy, drugs and $10,000 cash. She placed the kitten in the shelter and gave the bag to the police.Continue Reading
Author’s Guest Post Setting the Scene – Scenery as a Character What’s the most important thing in a book? Some people will say plot. Others will say characters. Still others will say the writing itself. But somewhere in there is the setting. It sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. SettingContinue Reading
Author’s Guest Post Setting Books in a Different Country I say a “different” country and not a “foreign” country because England and Scotland don’t feel foreign to me. Different because In Britain they drive on the other side of the road, have pounds and pence, and call me “luv”. ButContinue Reading
\ Murder in the Christmas Tree Lot (A Tory Benning Mystery) Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Publisher : Beyond the Page Publishing (November 17, 2020) Paperback : 230 pages ISBN-10 : 1950461858 ISBN-13 : 978-1950461851 Digital ASIN : B08LQY49YM LandscapeContinue Reading
My Review You’re invited to a wedding! In Death on the Shelf, Angela and Steve have decided to make it official. Hopefully, Angela’s best friend Carrie, who is organizing the wedding and bridal shower, will be able to pull off both events without a hitch. But then Angela’s hated brotherContinue Reading
Misty turns fifty, sends her last child to college, gets amicably divorced from her husband, and buys a remote mountain lodge in one whirlwind week in Getaway with Murder. After arriving at the lodge, Misty meets a hunky handyman and hires a Wiccan assistant. She makes friends with the ownerContinue Reading
My Review In Punkin Strudel Mayhem, Jolie and Ava are best friends and business partners in a restaurant. The two are so close, they are both pregnant. Jolie with twins. Something happens on a chill October day and Jolie is launched into the Betwixt & In-between World. The nightmarish WorldContinue Reading
Leda is a psychic travel agent. After she saves Seattle Detective Grady’s life, he asks for her help in a cold case. Even though she has Grave Reservations, Leda agrees to help. If she helps Grady, maybe he can help solve her fiancé’s murder. This book is definitely more ofContinue Reading
Author’s Guest Post Where to Live? By Lena Gregory I’ve lived most of my life in a small town on the south shore of Eastern Long Island, along with four generations of my family. My grandfather owned a deli in town, where I started working stocking shelves and sweeping floorsContinue Reading
Author Guest Post A Short History of Christmas Cookies I never gave much thought to Christmas cookies until I had the privilege of being asked to write a Christmas cozy mystery as an installment of my Beacon Bakeshop Mystery Series. Of course, I love Christmas cookies. I love making themContinue Reading
Life coach Cat and her best friend Gilley return in Coached in the Act, the third book in their cozy mystery series. In a new gossipy one-woman play in town, Yelena is both playwright and star. Her tell-all about twelve men she dated is anonymous. Until the evening that CatContinue Reading
Halloween Party Murder is what you get in each of these three cozy mystery novellas. All three are part of a larger series: Lucy Stone Mysteries, Hayley Powell Food and Cocktail Mysteries, and Maine Clambake Mysteries. First up, Lucy decorates a decrepit mansion for her charity. Each room is setupContinue Reading
My Review In Railroaded 4 Murder, Phee works as a bookkeeper for a private investigation firm in Arizona. Their latest client, Roxanne, thinks her husband, Wilbur, is cheating on her. Roxanne and Wilbur as well as Phee’s mother, Harriet, live in Sun City West, a massive Arizona retirement community. WilburContinue Reading
Kate has convinced the town of Asheboro, Maryland to return the town to its Victorian roots to attract tourists. Her first project is the old Barton Mansion. Its owner willed the property and its contents to the town decades ago. While renovating Kate finds an ancient dead body in TheContinue Reading