Category: Review

Review – The Teachings of Shirelle by Douglas Green

  Synopsis Douglas Green considers his late pound puppy — a knuckleheaded dog named Shirelle — to be the greatest teacher he’s ever known. “If Shirelle were in a fancy restaurant,” he writes, “she might climb onto someone’s table and eat their food, but she would never, ever, insult the waiter.” The Teachings of Shirelle […]

Review & Excerpt – Cul-de-Sac by Liz Crowe

    Synopsis Welcome to Connelly Court. A secluded, old money neighborhood, harboring a web of desires and deceit behind pristine facades and manicured lawns, where the lives of a group of neighbors, bound by their shared secrets and unconventional lifestyle, are about to unravel. Michael and Amelia Ross move into their dream home, and […]

Review – The Hollywood Assistant by May Cobb

  Synopsis Offered a dream job in Hollywood with a famous director and his actress wife, an insecure woman becomes their personal assistant where their secrets and lies place her in the crosshairs of a murder investigation. Cassidy Foster is heartbroken, stuck in life, and getting a little too obsessed with plants. Then when a […]

Review – Chase Trilogy by Thomas Dellenbusch

    Synopsis “Chase,” the famous detective agency in Hamburg, is faced with three extremely tricky cases. Solving the intricate mysteries is one thing, the dangers involved are another. Chief investigator Rique Allmers and his team are always up against powerful and unscrupulous opponents. In “The Hunt for the Mute Poetess,” they set out to […]

Review – Trouble in Queenstown by Delia Pitts

  Synopsis With Trouble in Queenstown , Delia Pitts introduces private investigator Vandy Myrick in a powerful mystery that blends grief, class, race, and family with thrilling results. Evander “Vandy” Myrick became a cop to fulfill her father’s expectations. After her world cratered, she became a private eye to satisfy her own. Now she’s back […]

Review – Genies and Gibberish by Elizabeth Pantley

  Synopsis This club gets whooshed into a book. They become characters! To get out, they must find the killer. ~ ~ ~ Whenever this group chooses a book, magic happens. The mystery comes to life, and they find themselves part of the story. To exit the book and get back home, they need to […]

Review – The Curse of the Flores Women by Angelica Lopes, Translated by Zoe Perry

  Synopsis Eighteen-year-old Alice Ribeiro is constantly fighting―against the status quo, female oppression in Brazil, and even her own mother. But when a family veil is passed down to her, and she discovers it hides a secret coded tale of domestic violence that happened 100 years before, she is compelled to uncover the hidden history […]

Review – A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston

  Synopsis A professor of literature finds herself caught up in a work of fiction… literally. Eileen Merriweather loves to get lost in a good happily-ever-after. The fictional kind, anyway. Because at least imaginary men don’t leave you at the altar. She feels safe in a book. At home. Which might be why she’s so […]

Review & #Giveaway – A Chocolate is Announced by Amber Royer

  A Chocolate is Announced Bean to Bar Mystery, #7 by Amber Royer   Cozy Mystery / Culinary Mystery / Women Sleuths Publisher: Golden Tip Press Date of Publication: June 25, 2024 Number of Pages: 277 pages   Scroll down for Giveaway!   Synopsis Felicity Koerber is finally getting her life together.  She has a […]

Review – The Calculation of You and Me by Serena Kaylor

  Synopsis A calculus nerd enlists her surly classmate’s help to win back her ex-boyfriend, but when sparks start to fly, she realizes there’s no algorithm for falling in love. Marlowe Thompson understands a lot of things. She understands that calculus isn’t overwhelmingly beautiful to everyone, and that it typically kills the mood when you […]