Category: mystery

Review & Giveaway: Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen

Last to Die by author Tess Gerritsen is the latest (#10) in the Rizzoli & Isles series…you know, that show that is on TNT!  I will admit that I don’t watch the TV show and it has been a loooooong time since I read a book in this series, but that didn’t stop me from […]

Mystery Monday: Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates

It has been a mystical cozy type of month!  This week’s mystery highlight is Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates (aka Cricket McRae) Synopsis: Katie Lightfoot’s tired of loafing around as the assistant manager of an Ohio bakery. So when her aunt Lucy and uncle Ben open a bakery in Savannah’s quaint downtown district and […]

Mystery Monday: Pies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams

This week’s highlight is Pies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams and is the first in a new series.  I am nearly done with it and definitely enjoying the story because it has two of my favorite things….pies and dogs (well just 1 dog)!! Synopsis: When the going gets tough, Ella Mae LaFaye bakes pies. So […]

Mystery Monday: Lethal Outlook by Victoria Laurie

This is the latest in Victoria Laurie’s Psychic Eye series and it does not disappoint! Synopsis: Vision Impossible is back with her newest Psychic Eye mystery, in which psychic Abigail Cooper must rely on her inner vision to search for a missing woman… When a mysterious client approaches Abby with a cryptic message about a […]

Mystery Monday: Cut, Crop and Die by Joanna Campbell Slan

Mystery Monday is back!  it’s been a crazy July but I’m getting one in under the wire for the month. This week’s book is Cut, Crop and Die by Joanna Campbell Slan and it is the 2nd in the Kiki Lowenstein series. Synopsis: All it took was one scone. — Tainted icing triggers a rare […]

Mystery Monday: A Deadly Grind by Victoria Hamilton

Mystery Monday is back!  It has been crazy around here the last few weeks and I’ve gotten behind in several things. But hopefully things have sorted themselves out! This week’s selection is A Deadly Grind by Victoria Hamilton (aka Donna Lea Simpson)   Synopsis: When vintage cookware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton spies an original 1920s […]

Mystery Monday: Little Shop of Homicide by Denise Swanson

Today’s Mystery is Little Shop of Homicide by Denise Swanson.  Denise also writes the Scumble River series, which is also a great series to pick up if you haven’t tried them yet. Synopsis: Devereaux Sinclair is the happy new owner of the adorable old-fashioned shop in her small Missouri town. But when a revenge-crazed cop […]

Mystery Monday – May 7th

This week’s feature is an older book…circa 1997.  Ok, so older but not that old!  And doing research on the author realized she died in 2006.  Guess that means no more books in this series, but there are 6 to enjoy. Anywho…the book is Delilah Doolittle and the Purloined Pooch and the author is Patricia […]

Blog Tour – Angel on Fire by Jacquie Johnson

 Synopsis: All Angela wants is to understand why her father, security specialist Mac McKenzie, dropped dead on a sidewalk in Boston. Instead, she is thrust into the midst of an international conspiracy when she discovers that her father was working on a classified project at the time of his death. Now, the FBI, a terrorist […]

Review & Giveaway – So Pretty it Hurts by Kate White

After a few stand alone books (Hush and The Sixes), Kate White brings to us another installment in the Bailey Weggins series. Synopsis: Bailey Weggins, the thirty-something, true crime journalist for Buzz, a leading celebrity magazine, needs a break. Plenty busy with her day job, her freelance work, and trying to get her first book […]