Category: mystery

Review – A Grave Deception by Connie Berry

    Synopsis Antiques expert Kate Hamilton dives into the past to solve a fourteenth-century mystery with disturbing similarities to a modern-day murder in the sixth installment of the Kate Hamilton mystery series. Kate Hamilton and her husband, Detective Inspector Tom Mallory, have settled into married life in Long Barston. When archaeologists excavating the ruins […]

Review – A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Cheating Death by Maxie Dara

  Synopsis When a determined killer targets her brother, a grim reaper risks everything to save him in this delightful cozy mystery. Nora Bird works for S.C.Y.T.H.E., which might seem odd for someone as terrified of death as she is. But ever since her parents died in an accident when she was six, she’s been […]

Review – Thieving Shadows by Jessica Piro

  Synopsis Surviving in Rookfall depends on rank or thievery, and no one can be trusted. Genevieve is a master thief: one of the renowned Shadows, instilling fear into the elites. One night, an easy job to steal an automaton ends in confusion. Waking three years later in the presence of Matthew Tilcott, a lesser, […]

Review – Mortal Zin by Diane Schaffer

  Synopsis A crusading attorney’s death. Sabotage at a family winery. Secrets buried in California’s past… When corporate attorney Noli Cooper visits her godparents’ Santa Cruz Mountain winery, she’s hoping for a few quiet days to consider her future. But the future will have to wait. The body of her childhood mentor, a crusading social […]

Review & Giveaway – Parade of Secrets by Kimberly Fish

  PARADE OF SECRETS A Lane Hayes Mystery By Kimberly Fish   Historical Mystery / Female Sleuth Publisher: Fish Tales Publishing Publication Date: October 31, 2025 Pages: 341     Synopsis Layers of history, suspense, and emotion. March, 1948. Lane Mercer Hayes, and her husband, Zeke, have that post-war life that everyone envies. His winning […]

Mystery Spotlight – Rock a Bye Bye Baby by Debbie DeLouise

    Rock A Bye Bye Baby: A Cobble Cove Mystery Cozy Mystery 6th in Series Setting – Upstate New York Publisher: Solstice Publishing (September 25, 2025) Print length ‏ : ‎ 250 pages Synopsis When a newborn baby is left on Alicia and John’s doorstep, Sheriff Ramsay sets out to find the parents, but […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – Deadly Secrets at Ballyford Castle by Ellen Butler

    Deadly Secrets at Ballyford Castle: Ariadne Winter Mystery Historical Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – Ireland, near the Cliffs of Moher Publisher ‏ : ‎ Power to the Pen Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 2025 Print length ‏ : ‎ 312 pages Synopsis From Paris runways to country manors, danger […]

Review & Giveaway – Murder by the Millions by Daryl Wood Gerber

    Murder by the Millions (A Literary Dining Mystery) Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – North Carolina Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington Cozies Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 28, 2025 Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages Synopsis In a beautiful mountain community near Asheville, North Carolina, caterer and personal chef Allie […]

Review – Murder Pays a Call by Nancy J. Cohen

    Synopsis When personal concierge Keri Armstrong swings by her favorite client’s mansion to drop off groceries, she expects a heartfelt chat along with a cup of tea—not Fiona Sullivan dead in bed and her room ransacked. Though police chalk it up to a botched robbery, Keri isn’t so sure. Whispers around town suggest […]

New Release – The Midnight Knock by John Fram

    Synopsis A locked-room mystery meets white-knuckle horror in this mind-bending thriller, where strangers must survive a deadly night in a remote Texas motel. In the frigid west Texas desert, weary travelers converge at a lonely roadside motel nestled at the foot of a massive mountain. Ethan and Hunter have left behind a corpse, […]