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Please join me in welcoming Marissa Shrock to the blog today to chat about her new mystery Deadly Hideaway! Marissa Shrock is a survivor of many awkward blind dates and many years of teaching middle school. Both provide excellent inspiration for her fictional yarns. Since childhood, she’s loved to read […]
Happy Friday! And welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books!!! Since it’s Friday, it’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today, I’m featuring the first line of The Case of the Beleaguered Bride by Debra E. Marvin! and […]
SPRINKLES OF SUSPICION SERIES: Cupcake Catering Mystery #1 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Cinnamon & Sugar Press RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020 PAGES: 269 One glass of cheap California chardonnay cost Emory Gosser Martinez her husband, her job, and her best friend. Unfortunately, that was only the beginning of her troubles. […]
THE STUDY OF SECRETS SERIES: Lila Maclean Academic Mystery #5 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Henery Press RELEASE DATE: May 26, 2020 PAGES: 242 There could be nowhere more fitting for English professor Lila Maclean to spend her sabbatical than in a proper Victorian mansion. The whimsical Callahan House seems to […]
HIT AND MIST SERIES: A Silicon Valley Mystery #4 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: BGM Press RELEASE DATE: May 8, 2020 PAGES: 213 He is determined to prove his friend innocent of homicide. He may make things worse … When Marty’s surfer-dude pal is arrested for murder, he must squeeze his […]
Please join me in welcoming author Suzanne Trauth to the blog today, chatting about her new cozy mystery Killing Time and how her readers have influenced the Dodie O’Dell series! KILLING TIME SERIES: A Dodie O’Dell Mystery #6 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Lyrical Press RELEASE DATE: June 2, 2020 PAGES: […]
Happy Friday! And welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books!!! Since it’s Friday, it’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today, I’m featuring the first line of Secrets of the Treasure King by Terry Ambrose. and the first […]
MURDER IN THE WINE COUNTRY SERIES: A Kelly Jackson Mystery #6 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Lyrical Underground RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2020 PAGES: 178 Weeding out killers wasn’t part of the job description… Kelly Jackson, manager of the Redwood Cove Bed and Breakfast, is excited to participate in an event […]
A DEADLY INSIDE SCOOP SERIES: An Ice Cream Parlor Mystery #1 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Berkley Books RELEASE DATE: May 12, 2020 PAGES: 384 This book kicks off a charming cozy mystery series set in an ice cream shop–with a fabulous cast of quirky characters. Recent MBA grad Bronwyn Crewse […]
Happy Friday! And welcome to First Line Friday, hosted by Hoarding Books!!! Since it’s Friday, it’s time to grab the book nearest to you and leave a comment with the first line. Today, I’m featuring the first line of A Murderous Misconception by Lorraine Bartlett & Gayle Leeson, currently on […]
MOUSSE AND MURDER SERIES: Alaskan Diner Mystery #1 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Berkley Books RELEASE DATE: May 5, 2020 PAGES: 304 A young chef might bite off more than she can chew when she returns to her Alaskan hometown to take over her parents’ diner in this charming first installment […]
Happy Tuesday! Today’s theme for Top Ten Tuesday is all about what – or who – we would need for a bookish party. I decided to throw a hypothetical murder mystery party and invite some of my fave authors of cozy mysteries (or mysteries that have that cozy feel if […]
STAGING WARS SERIES: A Laura Bishop Mystery #2 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Henery Press RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2020 PAGES: 252 Laura Bishop’s new home staging business is growing in popularity, though not with her nemesis. Laura has long suspected established interior designer Monica Heller of sabotaging her fledgling company–and […]
Please join me in welcoming author Kelly Brady Channick to the blog today to chat about the one person she can’t live without… and her new YA cozy mystery Asbury High and The Thief’s Gamble! ASBURY HIGH and THE THIEF’S GAMBLE SERIES: Asbury High YA Cozy Mystery #1 GENRE: Cozy […]
HAPPY RELEASE DAY to Gayle Leeson & her new Ghostly Fashionista Mystery – Perils and Lace!! PERILS AND LACE by Gayle Leeson SERIES: A Ghostly Fashionista Mystery #2 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Grace Abraham Publishing RELEASE DATE: April 7, 2020 PAGES: 320 A murderer outwitting a quirky flapper ghost? Seams […]
Please join me in welcoming author Shelly Frome to the blog today, chatting about incorporating a more feminine perspective to his stories – including his new cozy mystery, Miranda and the D-Day Caper! MIRANDA AND THE D-DAY CAPER GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Boutique of Quality Books RELEASE DATE: March 1, […]
Please join me in welcoming Angela Ruth Strong to the blog to chat about her new book, A Latte Difficulty! Angela Ruth Strong sold her first Christian romance novel in 2009 then quit writing romance when her husband left her. Ten years later, God has shown her the true meaning […]
Proverbs 17:22 says, “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength. (New Living Translation) Amid the current global pandemic, job layoffs, social distancing, working from home, mandatory shutdowns and stay at home orders, it’s easy to have a broken spirit right now. But laughter […]
PAWS FOR MURDER SERIES: Barking Mad Mysteries #1 GENRE: Cozy Mystery RELEASE DATE: January 5, 2020 PAGES: 163 Welcome to Adlebury where village life can be downright deadly. Veterinarian Petronella Knight seems to have it all. A job she loves, good friends, and patients who adore her. But when she […]
LAVENDER BLUE MURDER SERIES: A Tea Shop Mystery #21 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Berkley Books RELEASE DATE: March 3, 2020 PAGES: 336 Tea-Maven Theodosia Browning brews up trouble in the latest Tea Shop Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Laura Childs. Tea maven Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier […]