Category: mystery

Review – Pretty Girls Get Away With Murder by Brandi Bradley

  Synopsis In Brandi Bradley’s Southern noir crime novel, “Pretty Girls Get Away With Murder,” maintaining appearances is more than important–it’s a matter of life or death. When a young entrepreneur is killed, everyone in town points fingers at his picture-perfect fitness influencer ex-girlfriend, Gabbi – including the victim’s best friend, Jenna. As Detective Lindy […]

Excerpt & Giveaway – High Tea and Misdemeanors by Laura Childs

    High Tea and Misdemeanors (A Tea Shop Mystery) Cozy Mystery 29th in Series Setting – South Carolina Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (March 4, 2025) Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages Synopsis When a wedding is tragically averted by the death of the bridesmaid, Theodosia is determined to prove that it was murder […]

Excerpt – Frost on the Bloom by Sally Handley

  Synopsis In Frost on the Bloom, the second book in the Holly & Ivy mystery series, one of Holly’s former students, Becky Powell, asks the look-alike sisters for help when they all spend Christmas at Skyview Manor, and Becky becomes the prime suspect in the attempted murder of her manipulative grandmother, Lyla Powell. Once […]

Review & Giveaway – Vanishing Into the 100% Dark by Amber Royer

    VANISHING INTO THE 100% DARK By Amber Royer   Cozy Mystery Publisher: Golden Tip Press Pages: 288 Publication Date: March 4, 2025   Synopsis Bean to chocolate maker Felicity Koerber has been invited to be part of a chocolate festival in Tokyo. It’s a big deal for a Texas gal with a chocolate […]

Excerpt – Second Bloom by Sally Handley

  Synopsis A BLOOMING GOOD MYSTERY! Holly Donnelly, an adjunct English professor, and her younger sister, Ivy Donnelly, a recently widowed, retired nurse, are reluctantly drawn into the investigation of an elderly neighbor’s murder when Juan Alvarez, Holly’s trusted gardener, is accused of the crime. Holly fears police detective Nick Manelli assumes Juan is guilty […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – Trap, Neuter, Die by Sharon Marchisello

      Trap, Neuter, Die: A DeeLo Myer Cat Rescue Mystery Cozy Mystery 1st of Series Setting – Georgia Publisher ‏ : ‎ Level Best Books (October 29, 2024) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 286 pages Synopsis DeeLo Myer, newly transplanted from Los Angeles to Pecan Point, Georgia, gets sentenced to forty hours of community […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – Death at the Scottish Broch by Rose Kerr

    Death at the Scottish Broch: A Mia Reid, Archaeologist, Mystery Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting – Isle of Skye, Scotland Publisher ‏ : ‎ Level Best Books (November 5, 2024) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 264 pages Synopsis Dr. Mia Reid arrives on the Isle of Skye for a summer dig. She learns […]

Review – Beneath the Broken Oak by Lori Altebaumer

  BENEATH THE BROKEN OAK By Lori Altebaumer   Mystery / Romance Publisher: One Thousand Hills Publishing Pages: 400 Publication Date: February 22, 2025   Synopsis Trees don’t heal. They seal. But Forester Jodee Trevaine isn’t a tree. The wounds of abandonment she’s spent years denying will be ripped open the night she witnesses a […]

New Release – The Department by Jacqueline Farber

  Synopsis Some secrets we keep even from ourselves Philosophy professor Neil Weber can’ t think of one good reason to get up in the morning. His wife has left him, his academic research has sputtered, and the prospect of tenure is more remote than ever. Until Lucia Vanotti disappears. A college student at the […]

Excerpt & Giveaway – Wheels and Dirty Deals by Trixie Silvertale

    Wheels and Dirty Deals: Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Harper and Moon Investigations) Paranormal Cozy Mystery 6th in Series Setting – Pin Cherry Harbor – also known as “almost-Canada.” Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sittin’ On A Goldmine Productions LLC (February 18, 2025) Number of Pages – 250 Synopsis A cryptic murder. A complete lack of […]