Category: mystery

Review – Sprites and Scuttlebutt by Elizabeth Pantley

    Synopsis   This book club is hooked on traveling into books to become the amateur sleuths! In this journey, the club travels to the Kingdom of Everglow. The royal family is rocked to the core when a key staff member falls dead at a community event. In the turmoil that follows, any evidence […]

Review & Excerpt – What Happens in Montana by Kim McCollum

    Synopsis   A ghost’s antics, a harrowing moose chase, a hypnosis session, and smuggled booze lead to spilled secrets and betrayal, but do they also lead to murder? At a hot springs retreat in Montana, whiskey-swigging Maude, the nearly eighty-year-old chef, longs for the glory days when the retreat hosted martini-sipping celebrities instead […]

Recipe & #Giveaway – Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow

            Ill-Fated Fortune: A Magical Fortune Cookie Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting – California Minotaur Books (February 20, 2024) Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages   Synopsis   Jin grew up literally hanging onto Mom’s apron strings in their magical bakery in the quaint town of Pixie, […]

Guest Post & #Giveaway – Murder Under a Honey Moon by Abigail Keam

        Murder Under A Honey Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Historical Cozy Mystery Historical Cozy Mystery 12th in Series Setting – On the RMS Majesty ocean liner in the Atlantic Worker Bee Press (February 19, 2024) Print length ‏ : ‎ 250 pages   Synopsis   Mona Moon and her new husband, […]

Mystery Spotlight & #Giveaway – A Ghostly Clue by Maryann Shanesy

          A Ghostly Clue (Pet Momma Cozy Mysteries) Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – The small town of Starport Cove and a suburb of the town called Bluffington Hills Independently Published (December 15, 2023) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 151 pages   Synopsis   It’s the Christmas season in the charming […]

Guest Post & #Giveaway – Hammers and Homicide by Paula Charles

          Hammers and Homicide (A Hometown Hardware Mystery) Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting – Oregon Crooked Lane Books (January 16, 2024) Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 280 pages   Synopsis   Perfect for fans of Kate Carlisle and Victoria Gilbert, when a body is found in a hardware store, will Dawna […]

Guest Post & #Giveaway – Dead Letters by P.J. Murphy

        Synopsis   “If you want to find me, search within these pages.” Bestselling author Richard Debden is missing. The only clue: a copy of his unpublished final novel delivered to his ex-girlfriend, Amy. When those closest to Richard reunite for his memorial, Amy turns to Chris, his former best friend, to […]

Guest Post & #Giveaway – A Killer Romance by Maggie Blackburn

          A Killer Romance (A Beach Reads Mystery) Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Setting – North Carolina Crooked Lane Books (February 6, 2024) Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages   Synopsis   Love and murder are in the air this Valentine’s day in Maggie Blackburn’s third Beach Reads mystery, perfect for […]

Excerpt – Tanks by Ted Mulcahey

    Synopsis   Whidbey Island’s peaceful, bucolic lifestyle is invaded by a deranged psychopath intent on poisoning a significant portion of the population. The O’Malleys join Deputy Roger Wilkie, world-renowned microbiologist Dr. Andie Saunders, and friends from past episodes in a battle of wits with a dangerously clever adversary. With unpredictable twists and turns, […]

Guest Post & #Giveaway – Twinkle Twinkle Au Revoir by Heather Weidner

        Twinkle Twinkle Au Revoir: A Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mystery Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – Virginia Level Best Books (January 16, 2024) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 252 pages   Synopsis   Love is in the air when Hollywood arrives in Mermaid Bay, and the town may never be the […]