Synopsis Traveling secretary Hattie Davish and her trusty typewriter alight on a small town in Illinois, where the Civil War may long be over, but certain mysteries refuse to be buried… Hattie Davish is delighted to be ably assisting her wealthy employer, Sir Arthur Windom-Greene, an English scholar who is fluent in Civil War history […]
Category: mystery
Fortune Cookie Sadie Hoffmiller has always liked things to be just so. A place for everything and everything in its place. Order over chaos. And of all things Sadie should be able to control, her own wedding is at the top of the list. With the big day just three weeks away, Sadie is […]
Blog Tour & Review: Tip of a Bone by Christine Finlayson
March 28, 2014
Tip of a Bone Genre: Mystery Paperback: 264 pages Publisher: Adventure Publications (September 3, 2013) ISBN-13: 978-1591934394 E-Book ASIN: B00EGWE5HC Book World Synopsis Buried bones, a missing eco-activist, and a deadly fire? It’s not what Maya Rivers bargained for when she moved to the coastal city of Newport, Oregon to reunite with […]
Guest Post: Christine Finlayson author of Tip of a Bone
March 28, 2014
Please welcome author Christine Finlayson who wrote Tip of a Bone that is being featured today here on StoreyBook Reviews. The Dark Side of Setting When we arrived on the Oregon coast for our honeymoon, I had no idea this wild seascape would one day become the setting for my first mystery novel. But you […]
Synopsis Hairstylist Azalea March is looking forward to a wild weekend in Las Vegas with her friends. Oh, sure, they’re supposed to be there on business, attending the biggest hair show on the west coast, but that doesn’t mean they can’t have a little fun. But fun quickly turns to drama. On the first […]
Review: A Lack of Temperance by Anna Loan-Wilsey
March 24, 2014
You know you have had a busy week when the post you have scheduled didn’t have the review yet and you didn’t have time to go back and add it in! Sheesh! I’m sure we have all had days like that…at least I hope I am not the only one. I featured this book earlier […]
I’m highlighting a new series by author Anna Loan-Wilsey. She has kindly sent me the first two books and I’m going to be participating in a blog tour for book 3 in a few months. I can’t wait to dive into these books, but until then here is a sneak peek! Synopsis From Anna […]
Synopsis Who said life was simple, complacent, and boring? After the man of her dreams, Scotsman Aidan Sinclair, walks into her bread shop, Melina Cameron immediately realizes her life has taken a sharp left turn. Finding her ill-tempered landlady murdered, only complicates matters. Melina’s seventy year old grandmother has chosen to take a walk […]
#MysteryMonday & Review: Fleur de Lies by Maddy Hunter
March 17, 2014
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, are you wearing your green?! Today’s issue of Mystery Monday features a new release from author Maddy Hunter, Fleur de Lies, which is the 9th book in the Passport to Peril series. Synopsis Intrepid travel agency owner Emily Andrew-Miceli is taking her group of squabbling tech-savvy octogenarians to France for a […]
Review: Dead on her Feet by Lisa Fernow @LisaFernow
March 11, 2014
DEAD ON HER FEET: A Tango Mystery By Lisa Fernow Paperback: 280 pages Publisher: Booktrope Editions Publication date: February 14, 2014 Print ISBN: 978-1-62015-193-8 Synopsis For those who dedicate their lives to “chasing the ghost,” searching for that elusive moment of perfect connection on the dance floor, tango is a drug. A drug that proves […]