today’s 3rd book: Christmas Mittens Murder Last week, we kicked off this year’s blog series spotlighting (over 70 this year) new and recently-released Christmas reads! This is the 7th year for the Christmas Reads Giveaway series, and I think I get more excited about it every year 🙂 Christmas is […]
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 […]
A FIELD GUIDE TO HOMICIDE SERIES: Cat Latimer Mystery #6 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Kensington RELEASE DATE: January 28, 2020 PAGES: 288 Cat Latimer and her writer’s retreat group go on a hiking trip—but a murderer has been lurking off the beaten path . . . Cat’s sweetheart, Seth, is […]
MEMORIES AND MURDER SERIES: Tourist Trap Mystery #10 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Kensington RELEASE DATE: November 12, 2019 PAGES: 212 It’s October in South Cove, California, and the locals in the quaint resort seem to be happily pairing off in the lull before the holidays. Everyone, that is, except for […]
Today I have TWO reviews for the price of one – the latest two Cat Latimer cozy mysteries (because I’m hopelessly behind on reviews) by Lynn Cahoon, one of my fave cozy authors! Other Books In This Series SERIES: Cat Latimer #4 GENRE: Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Kensington RELEASE […]
I am delighted today to welcome one of my fave cozy mystery authors to the blog! Lynn Cahoon is here to chat about her new Cat Latimer novel which released yesterday – Sconed to Death (don’t you love that title?!?) Lynn Cahoon is the award-winning author of several NYT and […]
I love this week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic – Bookish Settings I Want to Visit. In coming up with my list, I decided very quickly that I needed to narrow my focus down to avoid another Top 100 Tuesday fiasco 😉 So I zeroed in on small town settings… and […]
I love Lynn Cahoon’s cozy mysteries & I think her own story is so inspiring. I’m excited to welcome her to the blog today to share that story with us. Love is in the air in Aspen Hills, and it’s making a terrible mess of Cat Latimer’s writers’ retreat—especially when […]
For a gang of old college buddies, the quaint resort town of South Cove, California, is the perfect spot for a no-holds-barred bachelor party. But for Jill Gardner—owner of Coffee, Books and More—this stag party is going to be murder . . . After a few months of living with […]
Cat Latimer’s Colorado bed-and-breakfast plays host to writers from all over. But murder is distinctly unwelcome . . . To kick off a winter writing retreat, Cat and her handyman boyfriend, Seth, escort the aspiring authors to a nearby ski resort, hoping some fresh cold air will wake up their […]
Former English professor Cat Latimer is back in Colorado, hosting writers’ retreats in the big blue Victorian she’s inherited, much to her surprise, from none other than her carousing ex-husband! Now it’s an authors’ getaway—but Cat won’t let anyone get away with murder… The bed-and-breakfast is open for business, and […]
This week’s topic for Top Ten Tuesday is going to be fun to follow around amongst all the different blogs and see what everyone else posted. We’re talking about things that books have made us want to do – and by association the books that have inspired us to do […]
Welcome to my stop on Goddess Fish Promotions‘ Lyrical Press cozy mystery blitz & giveaway tour! Today, I am spotlighting Murder at the Mansion by Janet Finsilver and Tea Cups and Carnage by Lynn Cahoon. The authors are awarding a digital copy of both books to a randomly drawn winner […]
The kettle’s about to boil over . . . The quaint coastal town of South Cove, California, is all abuzz about the opening of a new specialty shop, Tea Hee. But as Coffee, Books, and More owner Jill Gardner is about to find out, there’s nothing cozy about murder . […]
As someone who just plain loves stories and loves the adventure of reading, I do more than occasionally branch out into other categories 😉 But it’s always with a little trepidation at first, mainly because I’m not sure what I’ll encounter along the way. So when I learned of this week’s topic, I couldn’t help but think of my category-adventures as a bit like going on blind dates. Which brought to mind the popular experience that’s been sweeping through coffee shops and bookstores lately. Which led to… this post
Murder on Wheels is the first book I’ve read by Lynn Cahoon. It will not be my last. In fact, while I did perfectly fine reading this sixth book in the Tourist Trap Mystery series without having read the previous installments, I am definitely going to go back and read from book one. Why? Because Murder on Wheels is everything I love about the cozy mystery genre.