Category: mystery

Review – All Things Murder by Jeanne Quigley #cozy #excerpt #4paws

Synopsis Actress Veronica Walsh receives an unwelcome present when she returns to her Adirondack hometown after her soap opera’s cancellation. Hours after arriving, Veronica’s life imitates art when she finds her neighbor’s body. She assumes the role of sleuth, fingering suspects in the powerful businesswoman’s death— the retail tenant threatened with eviction, the mall developer […]

#MysteryMonday & #Giveaway – Meddling with Murder by Ellie Campbell @ecampbellbooks #cozy

Synopsis Crouch End Confidential, the agency started by housewife and mother, Cathy O’Farrell, with ex-cleaner, Pimple is failing badly. Hardly surprising when Cathy’s too soft-hearted to charge their only clients, little old ladies seeking lost pets and a school kid searching for his stolen bike. A new case involving a teenager in possession of an […]

Review – Mug Shot by Caroline Fardig @carolinefardig #5paws #cozy

Synopsis Former musician Juliet Langley has barely had a day off since taking over management of the coffeehouse owned by her best friend, Pete Bennett. But there’s always more to be done—such as prepping for the annual Holiday 5K Race organized by Pete’s snobby socialite girlfriend, Cecilia Hollingsworth. This year, Java Jive has a booth […]

Spotlight – Murder Dancing by Lesley Cookman @LesleyCookman #cozy

Murder Dancing Cozy/Crime Mystery 16th in Series Publisher: Accent Press (March 24, 2016) Kindle Edition, 243 pages Synopsis Max Tobin brings his all-male dance company to Steeple Martin, with his new ballet Pendle, based on the infamous Pendle Witch Trials, due to be performed at the Oast Theatre. There have been unpleasant incidents during rehearsals […]

Spotlight & #Giveaway – A Daughter’s Doubt by Richard Audry #historicalcozy

A Daughter’s Doubt (Mary MacDougall Mysteries) 3rd in Series following 2 Novellas Historical Cozy Mystery Conger Road Press (March 15, 2016) Print Length: 204 pages Synopsis Mary MacDougall’s first case of 1902 seems simple enough. Just before the 19-year-old heiress leaves for a summer holiday on Mackinac Island with her Aunt Christena, she’s hired to […]

#BookRelease – For Dead Men Only by Paula Paul #cozy @PaulaPaul4

For Dead Men Only: An Alexandra Gladstone Mystery 2nd in Series Historical Cozy Mystery Random House LLC Alibi (April 12, 2016) Synopsis The Temple of the Ninth Daughter sits on a hill at the edge of Newton-upon-Sea, an aura of mystery lingering over its tall, gray silhouette. Villagers whisper about the treasure housed inside, protected […]

#MysteryMonday, Review & #Giveaway – Delivering the Truth by Edith Maxwell @edithmaxwell #cozy

Delivering the Truth (A Quaker Midwife Mystery) New Series Cozy Mystery Publisher: Midnight Ink (April 8, 2016) Paperback: 312 pages Synopsis Quaker midwife Rose Carroll hears secrets and keeps confidences as she attends births of the rich and poor alike in an 1888 Massachusetts mill town. When the town’s world-famed carriage industry is threatened by the […]

#GuestPost & #Giveaway – Death by Trombone by Rebecca Douglass #cozy

Death By Trombone (Pismawallops PTA Mysteries) Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Self Published Publication Date: January 8, 2016 Print Length: 228 pages Synopsis JJ MacGregor’s very bad day has just gotten a lot worse. JJ thought starting the day without coffee was a disaster, but now there’s a dead musician behind the Pismawallops High School gym. […]