Red Velvet Revenge is the 4th in the Cucpake Bakery Mystery series by author Jenn McKinlay. This is such a fun series and I love all the cupcake flavors that they create. I haven’t tried any of the recipes yet but they sure sound yummy! Synopsis: It may be summertime, but sales at Fairy […]
This week it is the 2nd in a series by Liz Lipperman called Beef Stolen-Off. The first in the series was Liver Let Die which was really good! The third in the series is due out in January 2013 and it is called Murder for the Halibut….Jordan is going on a cruise! Synopsis: Aspiring sportswriter […]
It has been a mystical cozy type of month! This week’s mystery highlight is Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates (aka Cricket McRae) Synopsis: Katie Lightfoot’s tired of loafing around as the assistant manager of an Ohio bakery. So when her aunt Lucy and uncle Ben open a bakery in Savannah’s quaint downtown district and […]
This week’s highlight is Pies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams and is the first in a new series. I am nearly done with it and definitely enjoying the story because it has two of my favorite things….pies and dogs (well just 1 dog)!! Synopsis: When the going gets tough, Ella Mae LaFaye bakes pies. So […]
Mystery Monday is back! it’s been a crazy July but I’m getting one in under the wire for the month. This week’s book is Cut, Crop and Die by Joanna Campbell Slan and it is the 2nd in the Kiki Lowenstein series. Synopsis: All it took was one scone. — Tainted icing triggers a rare […]
Mystery Monday is back! It has been crazy around here the last few weeks and I’ve gotten behind in several things. But hopefully things have sorted themselves out! This week’s selection is A Deadly Grind by Victoria Hamilton (aka Donna Lea Simpson)  Synopsis: When vintage cookware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton spies an original 1920s […]
Today’s Mystery is Little Shop of Homicide by Denise Swanson. Denise also writes the Scumble River series, which is also a great series to pick up if you haven’t tried them yet. Synopsis: Devereaux Sinclair is the happy new owner of the adorable old-fashioned shop in her small Missouri town. But when a revenge-crazed cop […]
This week’s feature is an older book…circa 1997. Ok, so older but not that old! And doing research on the author realized she died in 2006. Guess that means no more books in this series, but there are 6 to enjoy. Anywho…the book is Delilah Doolittle and the Purloined Pooch and the author is Patricia […]
Today’s Mystery Monday book is another cozy…what can I say, I love cozy books! Clobbered in Camembert is the 3rd in the Cheese Shop Mysteries by Avery Aames. Synopsis: When Kaitlyn is found dead in the cottage of Charlotte’s assistant Rebecca, suspicion falls on Rebecca’s boyfriend, a honeybee farmer himself. Charlotte knows this beekeeper […]
This week it is a new series with a male lead (fairly unusual) and set in the Dallas area (love books set in Texas!). This series is the Stay at Home Dad series by Jeffrey Allen who is also known as Jeff Shelby, mystery writer. The first book is called Stay at Home Dead. Synopsis: […]