Stirring the Plot (A Cookbook Nook Mystery) Series: A Cookbook Nook Mystery (Book 3) Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Berkley (September 30, 2014) ISBN-13: 978-0425258064 Synopsis Halloween in Crystal Cove, California, is a big deal, involving a spooky soiree where the Winsome Witches, a fund-raising group, gather to open up their purse […]
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Review: Inherit the Word by Daryl Wood Gerber @darylwoodgerber
September 26, 2014
Synopsis Jenna Hart moved back to Crystal Cove, California, to recapture her joie de vivre and to help her aunt Vera run the local culinary bookshop and café. But it’s hard to follow a simple recipe for relaxation when murder gets thrown in the mix… The Cookbook Nook is set to host the town’s […]
Claiming Callie – Part One Synopsis Her love of Michael Kors might be her downfall. Callie Cartwright is a college senior on the verge of graduating and getting the job of her dreams. But her illustrious shopping habit and expensive tastes backfire when her future employer gives her an ultimatum. She has less than six […]
Synopsis Running “errands” for her mob-boss employer, Joey “The Knife” Manetto, often ends with Shelby in trouble, making her cautious about continuing her association with him. Instead, she focuses on a new client who hires Shelby to find her missing mother. What seems like a routine case turns into something more sinister and deadly […]
The Wedding Soup Murder: An Italian Kitchen Mystery Series: An Italian Kitchen Mystery (Book 2) Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Signet (September 2, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 0451415159 ISBN-13: 978-0451415158 Synopsis Victoria Rienzi came home to the Jersey Shore to write a new book, learn the family restaurant business, and practice the fine […]
#MysteryMonday : Murder and Marinara by Rosie Genova
September 8, 2014
It is a little late, but today’s Mystery Monday feature is the first book in the Italian Kitchen Mystery series by author Rosie Genova. Come back tomorrow as I have a guest post and a review of her second book in this series, Wedding Soup Murder. Synopsis Hit whodunit writer Victoria Rienzi is […]
#BookClub Book: Bristol House by Beverly Swerling @BeverlySwerling
September 7, 2014
This month we read Bristol House by author Beverly Swerling. Despite the fact that there were no discussion questions available we managed to have a good conversation about the book. I believe everyone really enjoyed the book and while we might have had bits and pieces that we didn’t like, it didn’t stop us from […]
Synopsis “Boardwalk Empire” meets “Miss Universe” in 1927 Galveston, Texas-the “Sin City of the Southwest.” Jasmine (“Jazz”) Cross is an ambitious 21-year-old society reporter for the Galveston Gazette who wants to be taken seriously by the good-old-boy staff, but the editors only assign her fluffy puff pieces, like writing profiles of bathing beauties. The […]
UNDERTAKING IRENE by Pamela Burford Cozy Mystery – 250 Pages Synopsis Jane Delaney does things her paying customers can’t do, don’t want to do, don’t want to be seen doing, can’t bring themselves to do, and/or don’t want it to be known they’d paid someone to do. To dead people. Life gets […]
Synopsis “The Great Gatsby” meets “Boardwalk Empire” in this soft-boiled Jazz Age mystery, inspired by actual events. Real-life rival gangs fight over booze and bars during Prohibition in 1920s Galveston, Texas—the “Sin City of the Southwest.” Jasmine Cross, a 21-year-old society reporter, feels caught between two clashing cultures: the seedy speakeasy underworld and the […]