The Musubi Murder Cozy Mystery Hardcover Publisher: Five Star (August 5, 2015) ISBN-13: 978-1432830748 Synopsis In the remote college town of Mahina, Hawaii, Molly Barda just wants to stay out of trouble until she gets tenure, but there’s a problem. A grisly prank targeting a controversial donor puts her college in financial jeopardy. Molly’s hapless […]
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Synopsis Runner-Up, 2015 Beach Book Festival Winston Wong used to test video games but has left his downward spiraling career to follow in the footsteps of Encyclopedia Brown, his favorite childhood detective. When the Pennysaver misprints his new job title, adding an extra “s” to his listing, Winston becomes a “Seniors […]
Synopsis “They say one should never trust a thin chef. By this measure, Chef Maurice was very trustworthy indeed.” It’s autumn in the Cotswolds, and Chef Maurice is facing a problem of mushrooming proportion. Not only has his wild herb and mushroom supplier, Ollie Meadows, missed his weekly delivery—he’s missing vital signs too, when […]
I will be reviewing this book in the next month or two but wanted to share it with you before then because it sounds like a fun book and I think you should pick it up and read it! Synopsis Three small town, middle-aged women with big town dreams open up The Pea Pod Girls’ […]
#MysteryMonday Review of Bite the Biscuit by Linda O. Johnston
February 2, 2015
Synopsis Carrie Kennersly, a veterinary technician, has become known for offering healthy and popular dog treats at the clinic where she works. When the local bakery’s owner moves away, Carrie jumps at the chance to convert it into the Barkery, a shop to make and sell her canine delights. But Myra Ethman, co-owner of another […]
Synopsis Hayden Mundy Moore is an expert on everything chocolate, helping clients develop new products and revamp recipes until they’re irresistible. But sometimes, a dash of murder finds its way into the mix. . . Hayden Mundy Moore has bushwhacked through African jungles and haggled in exotic markets to find the finest cacao beans […]
Title: FATAL ACT: A Detective Geraldine Steel Mystery Author: Leigh Russell Release Date: December 23, 2014 Genre: Mystery/Detective Publisher: Witness Impulse an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers ~ Synopsis ~ After a glamorous young TV soap star dies in a car crash, all eyes are on the Detective Geraldine Steel […]
Daisy McDare and the Deadly Legal Affair by K.M. Morgan Synopsis Welcome to Cozy Creek, a quaint tourist town nestled along the Pacific Coast. Daisy McDare is busy nursing a broken heart, trying to build up her interior decorator business, and baking cookies when murder strikes Cozy Creek. At first she leaves the investigation to […]
#MysteryMonday : Tomb of the Honey Bee by L. B. Hathaway @LbHathaway
December 1, 2014
In July, I was lucky enough to read and review L. B. Hathaway’s first book in a new cozy series, Murder Offstage. This was such a fun book and I can’t wait to get to this book sometime in the future (and if you saw my stack of books you would understand!) I also want […]
#MysteryMonday – Maggie’s Image by Sharon Burch Toner
November 24, 2014
Synopsis When Florida psychotherapist, Maggie McGill, plans a vacation visit to her daughter, Allie, in California the mysterious events initially seem only coincidences. But as the visit is plagued by a series of increasingly dangerous events they begin to fear for their safety. The two unsuspecting women are caught up in a mystery that […]