Category: mystery

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 […]

Review – Carousels and Characters by Elizabeth Pantley

  Synopsis This book club is whooshed right into the pages of a cozy mystery. The quirky group of brave members must solve the mystery and reach The End to get out of the book. In each book of the series, they travel to a different world and meet paranormal characters. It could be shifters, […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – Crime and Cat-astrophes by DeAnna Drake

    Crime and Cat-astrophes (A Purr-fect Relic Cozy Mystery) Cozy Mystery 4th in Series Setting – California Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tule Publishing (February 12, 2025) Print length ‏ : ‎ 199 pages Synopsis Did the professor get what he deserved, or is murder on the prowl in small-town California? As a late-summer heat […]

Review & Giveaway – The Mystery in the Margins by L.L. Gray

    The Mystery in the Margins: A Cozy Mystery (Havenwood Paranormal Cozy Mysteries) Paranormal Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting – Connecticut Publisher ‏ : ‎ Heroic Rose Publishing (August 25, 2024) Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 258 pages Synopsis A quaint bookshop, a sprinkle of magic, and a dash of mystery. Harper Sullivan yearns […]