Category: mystery

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 […]

Excerpt & Giveaway – Murder Under a Bitter Moon by Abigail Keam

    Murder Under A Bitter Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Historical Cozy Mystery Historical Cozy Mystery 15th in Series Publisher ‏ : ‎ Worker Bee Press Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 20, 2026 Synopsis Mona Moon adores Kentucky Derby week, enjoying all the festivities. She is hosting a ladies’ tea and a Derby […]

New Release & Excerpt – Parallel Peril by Maria Lynn Barrs

  Synopsis Every year, thousands of women disappear—and too many are never found. Dallas TV journalist Vicky Robeson is determined her missing sister will not be one of them. Separated during a childhood tragedy that killed their parents, she has spent a lifetime searching for her. She learns there’s a possible clue in a long-hidden […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – Sparks, Smores, and Scandals by Michelle L. Clifton

    Sparks, S’mores, and Scandals: (A Taryn O’Kelly Mystery) Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Setting – Colorado Publisher ‏ : ‎ Salty Inspirations (April 13, 2026) Print length ‏ : ‎ 293 pages Synopsis Wildfires weren’t part of Taryn O’Kelly’s summer plans. Neither was arson. When a string of suspicious wildfires erupts in the […]