Category: Cozy

Scene Stealer – Elise Warner

Before Elise Warner started her writing career you could find her on Broadway, working with National Companies and in clubs as an actress, singer and stage manager.  She has even written a play which won Theatre Guinevere’s “Guinny Award”.  After that she started writing for various magazines but this is her first novel. Scene Stealer features Miss Augusta […]

No One Lives Twice – Julie Moffett

Julie Moffet is a published author and this is her first venture into mystery/suspense and she has the background for this type of novel.  She has a degree in political science and speaks several foreign languages mentioned in this book, so what she writes about she knows and understands. Lexi Carmichael works for the NSA […]

Liar, Liar – K. J. Larsen

Liar, Liar is the first novel for a trio of sisters – Julianne, Kristen and Kari Larsen. Cat DeLuca, along with her beagle Inga, owns and runs the Pants on Fire Detective Agency…and yes, the name is all that it implies.  She won’t find a long lost relative but she is the one to call […]

Author – Cleo Coyle

Cleo Coyle is the pen name for Alice Alfonsi, who writes with her husband, Marc Cerasini.   They write a cozy series called the Coffeehouse mysteries.  While I’m not a coffee addict like some, the descriptions of the various drinks, types of coffee and methods makes me want to take up drinking coffee!  But a tea […]

Dial Emmy For Murder: A Soap Opera Mystery

Author: Eileen Davidson 978-0451228253 Published by Obsidian, a division of Penguin Group From the back of the book:Alexis Peterson’s days are flled with scheming, backstabbing, adultery and murder. She is a soap opera star after all. But a new role has her feeling like she’s in the horror business. Tabloids and fans are stunned when […]

Dying to Sell

Author – Maggie SeftonPublished – 2005This may be the only book in this series since the author seems to be focusing on a knitting cozy series. My husband is a real estate broker so I was interested to see how this book would compare to what I see him do on a daily basis. Kate […]

Pet Sitter mysteries by Linda O. Johnston

I stumbled across this series from a friend and managed to find a few of the books at Half Price Books and the rest I ordered from Amazon.com. The series should be read as follows: Sit, Stay, SlayNothing to Fear but FerretsFine-Feathered DeathMeow is for MurderThe Fright of the Iguana You could read them out […]