Author Guest Post-To Eat or Not to Eat, That is the Question If I have a patron saint, it is surely Julia Child. After all, it was St. Julia of Child who famously said, “People who love to eat are always the best people.” I like that quote so muchContinue Reading
Guest Post-Short Wave Radio in World War II Short Wave Radio was used many different ways during World War II. This is as true for the U.S. and Britain as it was in the occupied countries, Berlin, and Tokyo. With today’s big screen TVs, cellphones, internet, and streaming video, weContinue Reading
If Agatha Christie decided to try her hand at a modern-day cozy mystery, The Postscript Murders would be the result. When 90-year-old Peggy is found dead in her retirement home in West Suffix, no one is surprised. She was old and suffering from a heart condition. However, when her caretakerContinue Reading
Jules is the owner of a rabbit rescue with a craft center attached. Her pet rabbit, Bun, can communicate with Jules telepathically. And they both love a good mystery to solve. They find one at the Hop ‘Till You Drop Easter Egg Hunt. It seems the boss lady has beenContinue Reading
The ninth book in the Maine Clambake Mystery series starts with one woman getting Shucked Apart from her last oyster farm purchase! Julia’s long-time boyfriend Chris introduces her to Andie. Andie has a problem. She was attacked and robbed of two buckets of baby oysters. While they are worth $35,000,Continue Reading
Character Guest Post Oh, hello. It’s nice to see you here. I’m Lois Stone and I came to live in the small town of Fenwater last summer. My best friend, Marge, was already here and she encouraged me to come. She said I’d love the pace of life after theContinue Reading
Author Guest Post-From the Recipe Book of Nora Charles! Nora Charles, the heroine of the Nick and Nora mysteries, is not only a talented amateur sleuth, she’s also one heck of a cook! Here Nora shares some of her favorite recipes with you! Megan Fox (aka Monte Cristo) 3 slicesContinue Reading
Author Guest Post: A Renovation Adventure Okay, okay…as you can tell I normally don’t do guest blogs because other than write and take my kids to school—I have no life. Lol. I guess you can call the mom syndrome. Plus with the pandemic, I don’t leave the house. Even girlsContinue Reading
Cousins Whitney and Buck are renovating an old mid-century motel into high-end one-bedroom condos near Nashville in Murder with a View. They hire a squatter named Jimmy that they find living there to help. The next day another squatter is found in an adjoining room. Only this one is dead—andContinue Reading
Character Interview Interview with Fish Out of Water’s Deputy Sheriff Trent Walker How long have you been a Deputy Sheriff? I became a sheriff right after I graduated from Arkansas State University. So I reckon it’s been nearly six years now. Time sure flies, don’t it? What do you think ofContinue Reading
My Review At Suzanne, Petra and Toni’s restaurant, the Cackleberry Club, everyone feels as at home as I do whenever I read one of the books in this series. In Egg Shooters, Suzanne is bringing a meal of chili and cornbread to her fiancé Dr. Sam at the hospital. Suddenly,Continue Reading
Author Guest Post Chocolate, Community Coffee and Involuntary Autobiographical Memory If you’ve met me for five minutes, you probably know I’m really into coffee. I have an espresso machine at my house, and the first thing I do when I travel (pre COVID, and hopefully again someday soon!) is toContinue Reading
Famous penultimate words, “They can’t charge me for something I didn’t do.” Famous last words, “Your police force is a joke. They think I murdered Adele.” —from One Poison Pie Mia is starting a food business providing catering, a meal delivery service, and a chef training program. Her first jobContinue Reading
My Review What mystery fan wouldn’t want to go on a Mystery Lovers Tour around England? Though you may have to rethink that decision when the tour owner is found dead. It really is A Tourist’s Guide to Murder but in a completely unexpected way. Sam runs a mystery bookshopContinue Reading
My Review The Broken Spine is the start of a new cozy mystery series about a librarian. Whoever has heard of a bookless library? Not me. But apparently the first one opened in real life in 2014. Trudell is the assistant librarian at a small rural southern library. A newContinue Reading
About Murder Can Haunt Your Handiwork Murder Can Haunt Your Handiwork (A Haunted Craft Fair Mystery) Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Publisher: Kensington (December 29, 2020) Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages ISBN-10: 1496721659 ISBN-13: 978-1496721655 Digital ASIN: B086R8YGLD A Gilded Age ghost helps psychic painter Celeste Cabot catch a killerContinue Reading