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COLD BREW CORPSE by Tara Lush SERIES: A Coffee Lover’s Mystery #2 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Crooked Lane Books RELEASE DATE: December 7, 2021 PAGES: 315 Espresso bar owner Lana Lewis returns in Tara Lush’s second Coffee Lover’s mystery, a stimulating read that fans of Cleo Coyle and Laura Childs […]
Happy Wednesday! Our look at the new book season has brought us to the genre for which I wave a flag of surrender on ever reaching the end of my TBR galaxy. I’m speaking, of course, about the mystery & suspense books on the horizon, and Early 2022 is bringing […]
WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES THROUGH by Kathleen Bailey SERIES: An Olivia Penn Mystery #1 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Rhino Publishing LLC RELEASE DATE: November 30, 2021 PAGES: 330 Castle meets Clue in this fun, fast-paced, fresh take on the cozy mystery. Olivia’s syndicated advice column is about solving problems … […]
KILLER WORDS by V.M. Burns SERIES: Mystery Bookshop #7 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Kensington RELEASE DATE: November 30, 2021 PAGES: 257 Bookstore owner and mystery writer Samantha Washington comes to the aid of the cop who once arrested her own grandmother . . . Sam and Nana Jo are […]
today’s book: Christmas Candy Corpse Happy Saturday once more! As you doubt know by now, we are continuing our annual blog series spotlighting (over 60 this year) new and recently-released Christmas reads! Christmas is only 21 days away, so… snuggle in, grab your fave hot beverage and comfiest blanket, turn […]
today’s book: Deck the Donuts Happy Thursday! We are, of course, continuing our annual blog series spotlighting (over 60 this year) new and recently-released Christmas reads! Christmas is only 23 days away, so… snuggle in, grab your fave hot beverage and comfiest blanket, turn on some Christmas tunes and continue […]
today’s book: A Killer Christmas Wish Hello again! We are continuing our annual blog series spotlighting (over 60 this year) new and recently-released Christmas reads! This is our largest year yet, with the most authors & books, and we’re back with an all-new look, too. I also officially broke out […]
today’s book: Christmas Cookies Mysteries It may not be winter yet, but it’s time for our annual blog series spotlighting (over 60 this year) new and recently-released Christmas reads! This is our largest year yet, with the most authors & books, and we’re back with an all-new look, too. Christmas […]
today’s book: Mistletoe Cake Murder It may not be winter yet, but it’s time for our annual blog series spotlighting (over 60 this year) new and recently-released Christmas reads! This is our largest year yet, with the most authors & books, and we’re back with an all-new look, too. Christmas […]
DEATH ON THE SHELF by Allison Brook SERIES: Haunted Library Mysteries #5 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Crooked Lane RELEASE DATE: November 9, 2021 PAGES: 320 Librarian Carrie Singleton sleuths a murder at her best friend’s wedding in Agatha Award nominee Allison Brook’s fifth Haunted Library mystery. Clover Ridge librarian Carrie […]
AN EGGNOG TO DIE FOR SERIES: Cape Cod Foodie Mystery #2 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Berkley Books RELEASE DATE: November 9, 2021 PAGES: 318 Christmas is coming to Cape Cod, but when Sam Barnes finds a very dead Santa in a very hip restaurant, it’s up to her to sift out suspects […]
Please join me in welcoming Kelly Brady Channick to the blog as we take a look at her new young adult cozy mystery, Asbury High and the Arson Avenger ASBURY HIGH AND THE ARSON AVENGER SERIES: Asbury High #5 GENRE: Young Adult Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Purple Milk Publishing RELEASE DATE: […]
TROUBLE BREWING SERIES: Barks & Beans Cafe Cozy Mystery #5 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Woodhaven Press RELEASE DATE: October 18, 2021 PAGES: 200 Welcome to the Barks & Beans Cafe, a quaint place where folks pet shelter dogs while enjoying a cup of java…and where murder sometimes pays a visit. […]
Happy Tuesday! Today’s theme for Top Ten Tuesday is a Halloween freebie, so I decided to talk about some of my fave ghost stories. Now, as a Christian, I don’t believe that human souls remain lost between worlds, haunting the earthly realm. However, I love magical realism in my stories […]
MISTLETOE CAKE MURDER SERIES: All-Day Breakfast Cafe Mystery #6 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Lyrical Press RELEASE DATE: October 12, 2021 PAGES: 219 ’Tis the season for celebrating when Gia Morelli’s holidays include both a wedding and yuletide festivities. Until someone naughty delivers a most unwanted Christmas gift—murder. . . […]
DEATH BY CHANCE SERIES: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery #16 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Worker Bee Press RELEASE DATE: October 18, 2021 PAGES: 174 FIVE STARS! “Abigail Keam has written a fresh and entertaining story. Her well-developed mystery has many avenues to explore, but it all comes together well with surprise […]
THE WOMAN WITH GOLDEN HAIR SERIES: Phoebe’s Mysteries #3 GENRE: Historical Mystery PUBLISHER: Tooman Tales RELEASE DATE: September 28, 2021 PAGES: 260 “Is she dead?” While hosting a party, Phoebe’s father discovers a golden-haired stranger unconscious on his parsonage doorstep. None of his guests know who she is, but the […]
MURDER AT THE CHRISTMAS COOKIE BAKE-OFF SERIES: Beacon Bakeshop #2 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Kensington RELEASE DATE: October 5, 2021 PAGES: 304 Tucked away inside an old lighthouse in Beacon Harbor, Michigan, bakeshop café owner Lindsey Bakewell is ready to make her first Christmas in town shine bright. But her […]
THE FOG LADIES: IN THE SOUP SERIES: A San Francisco Cozy Murder Mystery #3 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Wild Rose Press RELEASE DATE: October 4, 2021 PAGES: 230 “Humorous and compelling.” New York Journal of Books The Fog Ladies are back, in the third installment of this endearing cozy murder […]
A PERFECT BIND SERIES: Beloved Bookworm Mystery #2 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Berkley RELEASE DATE: September 28, 2021 PAGES: 304 Librarian Tru Beckett, ardent defender of the printed word, is about to find out that keeping murder checked out of her beloved library is much harder than she thought… Tru […]