Category: mystery

Review – Needy Little Things by Channelle by Desamours

    Synopsis In this debut speculative YA mystery, a Black teen with premonition-like powers must solve her friend’s disappearance before she finds herself in the same danger. Sariyah Lee Bryant can hear what people need—tangible things, like a pencil, a hair tie, a phone charger—an ability only her family and her best friend, Malcolm, […]

Review & Giveaway – Little Boy Blue by Margaret Fenton

    Synopsis Child welfare social worker Claire Conover is back in Little Boy Blue. She and Grant Summerville have broken up, and she is getting used to being a single foster mother. When Grant is accused of child abuse by a former employee, Regina Maynard, Claire vows to prove his innocence. Then Regina is […]

New Release Review – Dead Money by Jacob Kerr

  Synopsis In her job solving problems for Silicon Valley’s most ruthless venture capitalist, Mackenzie Clyde’s used to playing for high stakes. Even if none of the jaw-dropping sums in play ever seem to make it into her hands. But her new assignment is something else entirely. The lightning-rod CEO of tech’s hottest startup has […]

Review – She Doesn’t Have a Clue by Jenny Elder Moke

  Synopsis With a colorful cast of characters and a cellar full of wine, anything can happen―from murder to a second chance at love―in Jenny Elder Moke’s half mystery, half romance adult debut set at a lavish destination wedding. A high-end wedding on a private island off the coast of Seattle sounds like something out […]

Review & Giveaway – The Doll from Dunedin by ML Condike

  THE DOLL FROM DUNEDIN By ML Condike   Historical Mystery / Genealogy Mystery Publisher: Harbor Lane Books Pages: 428 Publication Date: October 22, 2024   Synopsis The Doll from Dunedin is the sequel to the 2024 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal winner in Fiction – Mystery – General, The Desk from Hoboken. Still reeling from […]

Review & Giveaway – A Hush at Midnight by Marlene M. Bell

  A HUSH AT MIDNIGHT By Marlene M. Bell Cozy Mystery / Small Town Mystery Publisher: Ewephoric Pages: 368 Publication Date: September 5, 2024   Synopsis A manipulator. A fatal plan for revenge. Award-winning author of the Annalisse series, Marlene M. Bell, brings distant friends together in the rural South only to have one of […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – Deadly Performance by Kate Parker

    Deadly Performance: A World War II Mystery (Deadly Series) Historical Cozy Mystery 12th in Series Setting -West End of London, Summer, 1941 Publisher ‏ : ‎ JDP Press (December 9, 2024) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 301 pages Synopsis Behind the spotlights and glamour lurk secrets and murder. Amid the grim realities of wartime […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – Wine & Whispers by Daisy Landish

    Wine and Whispers: A Cozy Mystery (Sophie Brooks Mysteries) Culinary Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – California Publisher ‏ : ‎ Beaches and Trails Publishing (January 11, 2025) Digital : 170 Pages Synopsis In the heart of wine country, secrets run as deep as the vines. Sophie Brooks, a food blogger and […]

Review – A Turn-Up For The Books by Rachael Gray

  Synopsis Small villages can hide big secrets… When psychologist Laurel Nightingale finds a journalist murdered in the small village of Elderwick, she suspects her newest client, famous author Hugh Quintrell, might be involved. As Hugh charms the police into making him a consultant on the case, Laurel becomes determined to solve the mystery herself. […]

Review – A Little Bird Told Me by Rachael Gray

  Synopsis A fresh start leads to murder and mystery… Laurel Nightingale wants to start again. However, after discovering a dead body shortly after arriving in the tight-knit community, she wonders if village life is as wholesome as she first thought… Local police are convinced the death was accidental, but Laurel suspects murder and enlists […]