I had always admired the Gothic mysteries written by Camilla Graham, and now, I realized with a start, it was as though I was in one. Published: July 5, 2016 Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Pages: 273 (Mass Market Paperback) Series: A Writer's Apprentice Mystery #1 "I swear, when I hired you this … Continue reading Review| A Dark and Stormy Murder by Julia Buckley
Cozy Mystery
Review | Left Fur Dead by J.M. Griffin
"I refuse to fearfully hide from everyone and everything. Not happening." Published: June 25, 2019 Publisher: Kensington Pages: 300 (Mass Market Paperback) Series: Jules & Bun Mystery #1 I know it sounds ludicrous, but when Bun talks, I've learned to listen. On Fur Bridge Farm, Jules cares for rescued rabbits. But when … Continue reading Review | Left Fur Dead by J.M. Griffin
ARC Review: Something Read, Something Dead by Eva Gates
Josie was in trouble, and I intended to do what I could to help her. Published: March 13, 2019 Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Pages: 320 (Kindle) Series: Lighthouse Library Mystery #5 The only way to clear the cloud of suspicion from Josie, I knew, was to find out who had killed Mirabelle. Dark deeds … Continue reading ARC Review: Something Read, Something Dead by Eva Gates
Review: Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle
Published: October 5th, 2004 Publisher: Berkley Books Pages/Length: 8 hours as audiobook Series: Coffeehouse Mystery #2 Business is booming at Clare Cosi's Village Blend, until her female customers start to die. Lieutenant Quinn is convinced that someone has an axe to grind, and, unfortunately, his prime suspect is the … Continue reading Review: Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle
Review: On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle
Published: September 1st, 2003 Publisher: Berkley Books Pages/Length: 8 hours as audiobook Series: Coffeehouse Mystery #1 Introducing a delightful new series featuring Clare Cosi, manager of the historic Village Blend coffeehouse... Clare arrives at work to discover the assistant manager dead in the back of the store, coffee grounds strewn everywhere. Two … Continue reading Review: On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle
Review: The Garden Plot by Marty Wingate
"It seems all the important finds are accidents." Series: Potting Shed Mystery #1 Published: May 6 2014 Publisher: Alibi Pages: 267 (Kindle) And she desperately wanted something permanent; she wanted to fit into this new life she had chosen. Pru Parke always dreamed of living in England. And after the Dallas native follows … Continue reading Review: The Garden Plot by Marty Wingate
ARC Review: The Spook in the Stacks by Eva Gates
It's Halloween and celebrations are in full swing at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library. The book club is reading Sleepy Hollow, multiple ghost talks are scheduled, cardboard gravestones abound, oh, and there's a real dead body in the rare books room. Looks like librarian Lucy Richardson is back on a case! Published: June 12th, 2018 Publisher: Crooked … Continue reading ARC Review: The Spook in the Stacks by Eva Gates
Ann Purser’s ‘The Hangman’s Row Enquiry’ Reivew
Just when Ms. Ivy Beasley had become accustomed to her new life at an assisted living facility, a stranger moves to town, a murder takes place, and she becomes an amateur PI on the case. Maybe life at a retirement home doesn't have to be so boring. Published: May 4th, 2010 Publisher: Berkley Mystery … Continue reading Ann Purser’s ‘The Hangman’s Row Enquiry’ Reivew
Vicki Delany’s ‘Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen’ Review
It's always Christmas in Rudolph, New York, and Merry Wilkinson likes it that way. But a murder and a string of small fires around town has Merry worrying there is a Grinch among her friends and neighbors, and it's up to her to save Christmas. Published: November 3rd, 2015 Publisher: Berkley Mystery Pages: 294 … Continue reading Vicki Delany’s ‘Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen’ Review
Eva Gates’s ‘Reading Up a Storm’ Review
After seeing lights in the night and a body on the shore, Lucy Richardson is back on the case. With murder, romance, and secrets galore one thing is for sure; life at the Lighthouse Library is never boring. Published: April 5th, 2016 Publisher: Obsidian Mystery Pages: 306 Cozy Mystery Series: Lighthouse Library Mystery #3 Rating: … Continue reading Eva Gates’s ‘Reading Up a Storm’ Review
