Category: mystery

Excerpt & Giveaway – Murder Under a Bitter Moon by Abigail Keam

    Murder Under A Bitter Moon: A 1930s Mona Moon Historical Cozy Mystery Historical Cozy Mystery 15th in Series Publisher ‏ : ‎ Worker Bee Press Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 20, 2026 Synopsis Mona Moon adores Kentucky Derby week, enjoying all the festivities. She is hosting a ladies’ tea and a Derby […]

New Release & Excerpt – Parallel Peril by Maria Lynn Barrs

  Synopsis Every year, thousands of women disappear—and too many are never found. Dallas TV journalist Vicky Robeson is determined her missing sister will not be one of them. Separated during a childhood tragedy that killed their parents, she has spent a lifetime searching for her. She learns there’s a possible clue in a long-hidden […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – Sparks, Smores, and Scandals by Michelle L. Clifton

    Sparks, S’mores, and Scandals: (A Taryn O’Kelly Mystery) Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Setting – Colorado Publisher ‏ : ‎ Salty Inspirations (April 13, 2026) Print length ‏ : ‎ 293 pages Synopsis Wildfires weren’t part of Taryn O’Kelly’s summer plans. Neither was arson. When a string of suspicious wildfires erupts in the […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – The Whipped Sipped Mysteries by G.P. Gottlieb

    Battered: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting – Illinois Publisher ‏ : ‎ Anamcara Press LLC Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 10, 2025 Print length ‏ : ‎ 284 pages Paperback Synopsis Alene Baron has built more than a café—she’s built a community. At Whipped & Sipped, […]

Excerpt & Giveaway – Murder, Local Style by Leslie Karst

    Murder, Local Style (An Orchid Isle Mystery) Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Setting – Hawaii Publisher ‏ : ‎ Severn House Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 7, 2026 Print length ‏ : ‎ 240 pages Hardcover Synopsis Retired caterer Valerie Corbin investigates a suspicious poisoning in this Orchid Isle cozy culinary mystery, […]

Excerpt & Giveaway – A Blue Ribbon Murder by T.C. LoTempio

    A Blue Ribbon Murder (Urban Tails Pet Shop Mysteries) Cozy Mystery 6th in Series Setting – Connecticut Publisher ‏ : ‎ Beyond the Page Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 31, 2026 Print length ‏ : ‎ 260 pages Paperback Synopsis When the organizer of a major cat competition is murdered and the […]

Excerpt – The Museum of Unusual Occurrence by Erica Wright

  Synopsis Welcome to the Museum of Unusual Occurrence―a place full of strange exhibits and even stranger murders. The first in the new Psychic City mystery series by talented author Erica Wright. “Every small town thinks it’s special―That might be true, but this one actually is.” Rational and cynical Aly Orlean’s life in her psychic […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – Two Purloined Pillows by Allie Plieter

    Two Purloined Pillows (A Nimble Needle Mystery) Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – North Carolina Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington Cozies Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 31, 2026 Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages Hardcover Synopsis When 30-something graphic artist Shelby Phillips reluctantly returned to her small hometown outside Asheville, […]

Review – Sorry for Your Loss by Georgia McVeigh

  Synopsis The story of two people, both as magnetic as they are dangerous, who get caught in an electric game of cat and mouse The question is, Who is the predator and who is the prey? Meet Iris: a dark soul with a propensity for obsession, still reeling from a recent loss, who relies on […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – Driftless Spirits by Karen Ringel

    Driftless Spirits (Secrets in Casten’s Horn) Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting: The Driftless area of Wisconsin, in a fictional town called Casten’s Horn Publisher ‏ : ‎ Casten House Books Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 30, 2025 Print length ‏ : ‎ 280 pages Paperback Synopsis Charlotte Burke can’t shake her recurring […]