Category: mystery

Review & Giveaway – Dawn Before Darkness by Liz Lazarus

  Synopsis Dawn Smith, a veterinary tech living in rural South Carolina, catches her boyfriend in a series of lies and abruptly ends the relationship. Rather than accepting the break-up, he begins to stalk and harass her, forcing Dawn to seek a restraining order. Undeterred, he launches a deeply personal attack—suing for guardianship and conservatorship […]

Review – The Museum of Unusual Occurrence by Erica Wright

  Synopsis Welcome to the Museum of Unusual Occurrence―a place full of strange exhibits and even stranger murders. The first in the new Psychic City mystery series by talented author Erica Wright. “Every small town thinks it’s special―That might be true, but this one actually is.” Rational and cynical Aly Orlean’s life in her psychic […]

Excerpt – Death by Coconut by Susie Black

  Synopsis The Mart Murder Magnet Meets her Match Obnoxious Mystique Swimwear sales rep Simon Posnick was universally despised by competitors and customers alike. So the question wasn’t who wanted the lying, cheating scoundrel dead. The question was who didn’t. Mariel Levine, Laurie’s Fashions’ swimsuit buyer and Holly Schlivnik’s career mentor, is wrongly arrested for […]

Excerpt – Falling Leaves by Lea O’Harra

  Synopsis November 2023 A Japanese schoolgirl kidnapped. A death on campus. Colonialist wounds are reopened. One cold night in 1983 in a coastal town in Japan a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl disappears on her way home from badminton practice. The local police explore all avenues, but as is often the case, when there are no clues, […]

Excerpt – Murder at Goldenleaf Apple Farm by Jodie Morgan

  Synopsis Ellie Alexander meets Sheila Connolly, but make it crisp and cunning in this culinary cozy mystery. —————— The fall harvest season has arrived at Goldenleaf Apple Farm. This year, the orchards are keeping a secret… When apple farmer Vernon Reed is found dead, suspicion falls swiftly and heavily on Isaac ‘Izzy’ Lennox: the exuberant young theater […]

Excerpt – The Lemon House Murders by Tucker May

    Synopsis A string of mysterious deaths . . . A house full of suspects . . . A secret that will change everything . . . When residents of a live-in drug rehabilitation facility called Lemon House start dying one by one, no one in the outside world seems to care. Two Lemon […]

Review – The Roaring Ridleys by K.M. Colley

  Synopsis In the glittering world of 1920s New York, the seven Ridley heirs seem to have it all: wealth, status, and protection as the city’s most powerful family. But when notorious gossip columnist Dale Caimen is found dead during their family’s renowned summer soiree, their carefully constructed world begins to crack. Behind the champagne […]

Recipe & Giveaway – Murder in the Mix by Carolyn Eichhorn

    Murder in the Mix (A Gina Morrison Mystery) Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Settings – Baltimore, Savannah, NYC Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grounds for Suspicion Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 21, 2025 Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages Paperback Synopsis When Gina Morrison agrees to pen the memoir of celebrity chef […]

New Release – Harmless by Miranda Shulman

  Synopsis Chilling, twisty, and surprisingly tender, Harmless explores the confusion and messiness of growing up—and asks if we can ever really outrun what haunts us most. Two years ago, Bea’s life was upended when her beloved twin sister, Audrey, died. Audrey was captivating, an extrovert, their mother’s golden child. Bea was “different,” too intense, […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – Murder in a Lavender Daze by Daryl Wood Gerber

    Murder in a Lavender Daze (An Aroma Wellness Mystery) Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – Carmel-by-the-Sea, California Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington Cozies Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 28, 2026 Print length ‏ : ‎ 304 pages Synopsis Emma Brennan always knew that her idyllic California hometown of Carmel-by-the-Sea would be […]