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Coffeehouse Mysteries by Cleo Coyle
Coffeehouse Mysteries by Cleo Coyle Honey Roasted Cozy Mystery, 19th in SeriesBerkley (January 25, 2022) Clare Cosi is busy as a bee planning her honeymoon when murder buzzes into the Village...
The Masque of a Murderer by Susanna Calkins
Susanna Calkins The Masque of a MurdererRight from the first pages, the author’s rich touches of setting and locale immediately had me engrossed in the story. I was drawn to the characters and their...
Murder, She Wrote: Killing in a Koi Pond
Murder, She Wrote: Killing in a Koi Pond by Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran Murder, She Wrote: Killing in a Koi Pond Cozy Mystery 53rd in Series Publisher: Berkley (June 8, 2021) When a...
The Haunted Bookshop Mysteries by Cleo Coyle
Book ReviewsHaunted Bookshop MysteriesCleo Coyle and the Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. Have you met Jack Shepard? To catch up with all things Jack and Pen, click here: https://amzn.to/31rrPKW.More...
Tea Shop Mysteries by Laura Childs
Haunted Hibiscus (A Tea Shop Mystery)Cozy Mystery22nd in SeriesPublisher: Berkley Reviewby Julie S., staff reviewer I love these Tea Shop Mysteries. Settling in to read Haunted Hibiscus felt as...
Gluten-Free Murder by P. D. Workman
Gluten-Free Murder by P. D. Workman https://dl.bookfunnel.com/4p94d2ap0k Julie S., Staff Reviewer Reading the title of P. D. Workman's Gluten-Free Murder, I thought it was going to be another fluffy...
Across the Lake by Nancy LiPetri
Across the Lake Nancy LiPetri Contemporary Fiction Skye S., Staff Reviewer As a North Carolinian, the many North Carolina references scattered throughout the book warmed my heart. I especially loved...
UnOriginal Sin by Pat Herbert
UnOriginal Sin by Pat Herbert Review by Julie S., Staff Reviewer Jack the Ripper. Much has been written about the famous serial killer alive in the 1800s, who preyed on prostitutes in and around the...
Bait and Witch by Angela Sanders
Bait and Witch By Julie S., staff reviewer Do I believe in magic? I wasn’t sure when I began the book whether I could get caught up in the story. I knew anything with the word witch in the title...
Open for Murder, A Happy Camper Mystery by Mary Angela
Open For Murder (A Happy Camper Mystery) By Mary Angela Cozy Mystery, 1st in Series Publisher: Lyrical Press (November 24, 2020) Paperback: 207 pages ISBN-13: 978-1516110728 Deep in the heart of...
Meet Isabel Puddles by M. V. Byrne
Meet Isabel Puddles by M. V. Byrne Review by Julie S. Anyone named Isabel Puddles was sure to have a quirky life, quirky friends, and a quirky mystery. Isabel Puddles quickly lets us into her life...
A Page Marked for Murder by Lauren Elliott
A Page Marked For Murder, by Lauren Elliott Review by Julie S., ePen staff reviewer. A cozy village, a winter festival, and sizzling secrets waiting to disrupt the peaceful nature of Greyborne...
The Alchemist of Lost Souls and The Lost Boys of London
Bianca Goddard sleuths her way through Tudor England with alchemy and wit.
Drops of Cerulean
A story of love, loss, and rebirth Skye, Staff Reviewer Spanning the years 1930–2014, Drops of Cerulean chronicles the lives of Ilona, the daughter of a Greek restaurateur, who...
The Golden Peacock – by Lauren Grossman
Through the Barriers of Time by McKenna S. The Golden Peacock tells the story of Jana Ludken, a young German Jewish girl who was able to escape the horrors of concentration camps after she was...
Nanci Rathbun’s Truth Kills, Cash Kills, Honor Kills
Honor Kills by Nanci Rathbun Honor Kills (Angelina Bonaparte Mysteries) Hard Boiled Mystery 3rd in Series Dark Chocolate Press LLC Paperback: 284 pages ISBN-13: 978-0998755748 Digital ASIN:...
The Curious Affair of the Witch at Wayside Cross
The Curious Affair of the Witch at Wayside Cross “The paranormal answer to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Jesperson and Lane are turning the Victorian era upside down in this bewitching series from...
Death Distilled
Death Distilled Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Alibi (September 5, 2017) Print Length 300 pages E-Book ASIN: B01N6FSSUX by McKenna, Staff Reviewer Exciting, riveting, and intricately detailed. These are...
Things Unsaid
Things Unsaid, by Diana Y. Paul by McKenna, Staff Reviewer Does anyone else remember reading The Glass Menagerie in high school? For those who don’t, it’s a play about a family that appears normal...
Little Girl Gone, An Afton Tangler Thriller by Gerry Schmitt
Irish Breakfast tea. Check. Firm pillow and electric blanket. Check. Anticipation of turning that first page in Gerry Schmitt’s new Afton Tangler thriller, Little Girl Gone. Absolutely. Plot:...
Some Steampunk fun with A Study in Temperance
A Study in Temperance Series: The Adventures of Ichabod Temperance Genre: Steampunk I had no idea Steampunk could be so fun. Heck, I had no idea what Steampunk was. So I thought I’d give A Study in...
Unlikely Traitors by Clare Langley Hawthorne
Click to check out more books from: Clare Langley-Hawthorne More reviews HERE. Unlikely Traitors by Clare Langley Hawthorne Unlikely Traitors is the third third book in the Ursula...
Catherine Lloyd’s Death Comes to London
Death Comes to London By Catherine Lloyd Ease into the London Season with this enjoyable Regency England mystery. Dress for a social gathering at the ever important Almack’s, be privy to the sweet...
Spilling the Tea
by Lucy Leaf, Advice Columnist
I love to share what’s been brewing in the back of my head. And I love giving advice. It’s as if once the tea is brewed and the cookies are on the table, the sage wisdom just pours forth. Should you have a question about books, writing, dogs, cats, tea, coffee, or cookies, drop me line.
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