Category: mystery

Review & New Release – The Meadowbrook Murders by Jessica Goodman

  Synopsis A page-turning murder mystery set at a prestigious New England boarding school and the dark secrets a killer desperately wants hidden. Secrets don’t die when you do. It’s the first week of senior year at Middlebrook Academy. For Amy and her best friend Sarah, that means late-night parties at the boathouse, bike rides through […]

Mystery Spotlight & Giveaway – Soft Serve Sleighing by Lena Gregory

    Soft Serve Sleighing (Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries) Cozy Mystery 5th in Series Setting – Long Island, NY Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gemma Halliday Publishing (January 28, 2025) Number of Pages – 226 Synopsis From author Lena Gregory comes a delightfully delicious cozy mystery… With most of Eastern Long Island closed down for […]

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 […]