Category: mystery/suspense

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Dana R. Lynn

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Dana R. Lynn

Posted April 5, 2017 / 50 Comments

I had the privilege of meeting today’s guest at last year’s Christian Fiction Readers’ Retreat and I’m super-excited that she’ll be joining us for #CFRR2017 in August! Dana R. Lynn grew up in Illinois, but now resides in rural Pennsylvania with her husband, three children, and enough animals to start […]



Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Dr. Richard Mabry

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Dr. Richard Mabry

Posted March 30, 2017 / 50 Comments

I’m so delighted to welcome one of my fave suspense authors – Dr. Richard Mabry – to the blog today! Dr. Richard Mabry is a retired physician, now writing “medical suspense with heart.” He is the author of ten published novels, three novellas, and a non-fiction book. His novels have […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Single Malt Murder by Melinda Mullet

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Single Malt Murder by Melinda Mullet

Posted March 29, 2017 / 10 Comments

When Abi inherits her uncle’s quaint and storied single malt distillery, she finds herself immersed in a competitive high-stakes business that elicits deep passions and prejudices. An award-winning photojournalist, Abi has no trouble capturing the perfect shot—but making the perfect shot is another matter. When she starts to receive disturbing, anonymous threats, it’s […]


Book Review: For Love and Honor by Jody Hedlund

Book Review: For Love and Honor by Jody Hedlund

Posted March 25, 2017 / 19 Comments

Lady Sabine is harboring a skin blemish, one, that if revealed, could cause her to be branded as a witch, put her life in danger, and damage her chances of making a good marriage. After all, what nobleman would want to marry a woman so flawed? Sir Bennet is returning […]


Book Review: When Tides Turn by Sarah Sundin

Book Review: When Tides Turn by Sarah Sundin

Posted March 24, 2017 / 11 Comments

The last thing naval officer Dan Avery wants to see on his radar is glamour girl Quintessa Beaumont—even if she has joined the WAVES. When fun-loving glamour girl Quintessa Beaumont learns the Navy has established the WAVES program for women, she enlists, determined to throw off her frivolous ways and […]


Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Shelley Shepard Gray

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Shelley Shepard Gray

Posted March 23, 2017 / 26 Comments

I always love chatting with Shelley Shepard Gray, and today I have the absolute privilege of welcoming her back to the blog! Shelley Shepard Gray is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers prestigious Carol Award, and a two-time HOLT Medallion winner. She lives in […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): A Lady in Disguise by Sandra Byrd

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): A Lady in Disguise by Sandra Byrd

Posted March 21, 2017 / 36 Comments

In this intriguing novel of romance, mystery, and clever disguise set in Victorian England, a young woman investigates the murder of her own father. After the mysterious death of her father, Miss Gillian Young takes a new job as the principal costume designer at the renowned Drury Lane Theatre Royal. […]


Book Review: Doctor’s Dilemma by Richard L. Mabry MD

Book Review: Doctor’s Dilemma by Richard L. Mabry MD

Posted March 19, 2017 / 15 Comments

Dr. Tyler Gentry had it all planned out, but the death of his parents in a plane crash changed everything. When he discovered his father had left him a mountain of debt, piled on top of his own student debt, the offer from Dr. William Hall to join his group […]



Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Elementary She Read by Vicki Delany

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Elementary She Read by Vicki Delany

Posted March 17, 2017 / 17 Comments

Gemma Doyle, a transplanted Englishwoman, has returned to the quaint town of West London on Cape Cod to manage her Great Uncle Arthur’s Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium. The shop–located at 222 Baker Street–specializes in the Holmes canon and pastiche, and is also the home of Moriarty the cat. When […]


Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Sandra Byrd

Author Interview (and a Giveaway!): Sandra Byrd

Posted March 15, 2017 / 75 Comments

It is my very great privilege to welcome the lovely Sandra Byrd to the blog today! Award-winning and bestselling author Sandra Byrd has published four dozen books in the fiction and nonfiction markets, including Mist of Midnight, Bride of a Distant Isle (A Romantic Times Book Reviews Top Pick), and […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Her Secret by Shelley Shepard Gray

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Her Secret by Shelley Shepard Gray

Posted March 14, 2017 / 13 Comments

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray begins a new series—The Amish of Hart County—with this suspenseful tale of a young Amish woman who is forced to move to a new town to escape a threatening stalker. After a stalker went too far, Hannah Hilty and […]


Book Review: Shine Like the Dawn by Carrie Turansky

Book Review: Shine Like the Dawn by Carrie Turansky

Posted March 13, 2017 / 18 Comments

In a quiet corner of northern Edwardian England, Margaret Lounsbury diligently works in her grandmother’s millinery shop, making hats and caring for her young sister. Several years earlier, a terrible event shattered  their idyllic family life and their future prospects. Maggie is resilient and will do what she must to […]


Book Review: Still Life by Dani Pettrey

Book Review: Still Life by Dani Pettrey

Posted March 13, 2017 / 17 Comments

Blacklisted in the photography business over a controversial shot, Avery Tate answered an ad for a crime scene photographer. She expected to be laughed at, but crime scene analyst Parker Mitchell hired her outright–and changed her life. But six months ago, when her feelings for Parker became too strong, she […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Pressed to Death by Kirsten Weiss

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Pressed to Death by Kirsten Weiss

Posted March 9, 2017 / 15 Comments

Perfectly pressed. Perfectly proper. Perfectly deadly. Paranormal museum owner Maddie Kosloski thinks she has the perfect paranormal exhibit for the harvest festival—a haunted grape press. But before she can open the exhibit, she’s accused of stealing the antique press. And when her accuser is found murdered, all eyes turn to […]


Book Review: Sanctuary Cove by Kate James

Book Review: Sanctuary Cove by Kate James

Posted March 7, 2017 / 9 Comments

Can his safe haven be enough for her?  Emma Meadows never imagined that sticking to her principles against an act of corruption by a New York senator would cost her job as VP of communications. Heartbroken, she retreats to her cottage in the Adirondacks and, in the process, rescues an […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Death By Chocolate Lab by Bethany Blake

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Death By Chocolate Lab by Bethany Blake

Posted March 6, 2017 / 16 Comments

Pet sitter Daphne Templeton has a soft spot for every stray and misfit who wanders into the quaint, lakeside village of Sylvan Creek. But even Daphne doesn’t like arrogant, womanizing Steve Beamus, the controversial owner of Blue Ribbon K-9 Academy. When Steve turns up dead during a dog agility trial, […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Murder on the Moor by Julianna Deering

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Murder on the Moor by Julianna Deering

Posted March 4, 2017 / 47 Comments

Mystery Awaits on the Mysterious Yorkshire Moors At the urgent request of an old school friend, Drew and Madeline Farthering come to Bloodworth Park Lodge in the midst of the Yorkshire moors, a place as moody and mysterious as a Brontë hero. There have been several worrisome incidents out on […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Fatality by Firelight by Lynn Cahoon

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Fatality by Firelight by Lynn Cahoon

Posted March 3, 2017 / 14 Comments

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 […]