Tag: historical mystery

Guest Post (and a Giveaway!): Elaine Faber & Mrs. Odboddy’s Desperate Doings

Guest Post (and a Giveaway!): Elaine Faber & Mrs. Odboddy’s Desperate Doings

Posted June 4, 2023 / 1 Comment

Please join me in welcoming author Elaine Faber to the blog to talk about using historical facts in a novel – like her historical cozy mystery Mrs. Odboddy’s Desperate Doings! MRS. ODBODDY’S DESPERATE DOINGS by Elaine Faber SERIES: Mrs. Odboddy Mysteries #4 GENRE: Historical/WW2 Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Elk Grove Publications […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway)!: A Novel Disguise by Samantha Larsen

Book Review (and a Giveaway)!: A Novel Disguise by Samantha Larsen

Posted May 11, 2023 / 11 Comments

A NOVEL DISGUISE by Samantha Larsen SERIES: A Lady Librarian Mystery #1 GENRE: Historical Cozy Mystery (Clean) PUBLISHER: Crooked Lane Books RELEASE DATE: May 16, 2023 PAGES: 295 When Miss Tiffany Woodall assumes the identity of her half-brother after his death, she realizes she isn’t the only one with a […]


May 2023 New Releases

May 2023 New Releases

Posted May 1, 2023 / 7 Comments

Happy May! I cannot believe we are already here, on the line between spring and summer. This year feels like it’s going by so quickly to me – anyone else? There are almost 100 titles on this list of May 2023 New Releases that I would like to read, if […]


Book Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): Murder on Oak Street by I.M. Foster

Book Spotlight (and a Giveaway!): Murder on Oak Street by I.M. Foster

Posted April 13, 2023 / 3 Comments

MURDER ON OAK STREET by I.M. Foster SERIES: A South Shore Mystery #1 GENRE: Historical Mystery RELEASE DATE: November 4, 2022 PAGES: 474 New York, 1904. After two years as a coroner’s physician for the city of New York, Daniel O’Halleran is more frustrated than ever. What’s the point when […]


Book Review: When Tomorrow Came by Hannah Linder

Book Review: When Tomorrow Came by Hannah Linder

Posted March 29, 2023 / 2 Comments

WHEN TOMORROW CAME by Hannah Linder GENRE: Inspirational Historical/Regency Romance PUBLISHER: Barbour Fiction RELEASE DATE: April 1, 2023 PAGES: 320 They Waited Their Whole Lives for Their Papa to Return Nan and Heath Duncan, siblings abandoned by their papa and abused by their guardian, have no choice but to survive […]


Cover Reveal: Children of the Shadows by Erica Vetsch

Cover Reveal: Children of the Shadows by Erica Vetsch

Posted March 27, 2023 / 9 Comments

Eeeeep!!! I’m so excited to bring you the cover reveal for Children of the Shadows by Erica Vetsch, releasing October 2023 from Kregel! I love this series, and my reader heart did a happy little dance when I found out about this book – though I’m sad to see it end, […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Murder Under a Bridal Moon by Abigail Keam

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Murder Under a Bridal Moon by Abigail Keam

Posted February 27, 2023 / 55 Comments

MURDER UNDER A BRIDAL MOON by Abigail Keam SERIES: Mona Moon Mystery #10 GENRE: Historical Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Worker Bee Press RELEASE DATE: November 14, 2022 PAGES: 262 TOP TEN MYSTERY NOVEL 2022 BY KINGS RIVER LIFE MAGAZINE! Mona Moon is planning her wedding to Robert Farley, Duke of Brynelleth, […]



Guest Post (and a Giveaway!): Patricia Raybon & Double the Lies

Guest Post (and a Giveaway!): Patricia Raybon & Double the Lies

Posted February 8, 2023 / 33 Comments

I’m so honored to have Patricia Raybon back on the blog today to chat about her new historical mystery, Double the Lies! Her words just go right to my heart – whether in her articles, her books, or her acceptance speech for the 2022 Christy Award for First Novel – […]


Top Ten Tuesday: 2023 Debuts I Can’t Wait to Read

Top Ten Tuesday: 2023 Debuts I Can’t Wait to Read

Posted February 6, 2023 / 21 Comments

Happy Tuesday! Today’s theme for Top Ten Tuesday is the 2023 debuts I can’t wait to read. To be fair, there are more than the 10 i’ve listed here today but some of the ones I’m excited about don’t have covers yet 🙂 I also went strictly with debut novels, […]


Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I Read for the First Time in 2022

Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I Read for the First Time in 2022

Posted January 23, 2023 / 43 Comments

Happy Tuesday! Today’s theme for Top Ten Tuesday is authors I read for the first time in 2022. Some of these were debut authors but others were authors whose books I just sadly hadn’t had time to read yet. I definitely enjoyed my first experience with each of these author’s […]


Book Spotlight: Under a Veiled Moon by Karen Odden

Book Spotlight: Under a Veiled Moon by Karen Odden

Posted November 16, 2022 / 1 Comment

UNDER A VEILED MOON by Karen Odden SERIES: Inspector Corravan #2 GENRE: Historical / Victorian Mystery PUBLISHER: Crooked Lane RELEASE DATE: October 11, 2022 PAGES: 336 In the tradition of C. S. Harris and Anne Perry, a fatal disaster on the Thames and a roiling political conflict set the stage […]


Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Death on a Deadline by Joyce St. Anthony

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Death on a Deadline by Joyce St. Anthony

Posted November 14, 2022 / 5 Comments

DEATH ON A DEADLINE by Joyce St. Anthony SERIES: Homefront News Mysteries #2 GENRE: Historical Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Crooked Lane RELEASE DATE: November 8, 2022 PAGES: 288 Editor-in-chief Irene Ingram pencils in her newest mystery in Joyce St. Anthony’s second captivating Homefront News mystery, perfect for fans of Anne Perry […]


Book Review: Millstone of Doubt by Erica Vetsch

Book Review: Millstone of Doubt by Erica Vetsch

Posted September 29, 2022 / 3 Comments

MILLSTONE OF DOUBT by Erica Vetsch SERIES: Thorndike and Swann Regency Mysteries #2 GENRE: Inspirational Historical/Regency Mystery/Romance PUBLISHER: Kregel RELEASE DATE: September 20, 2022 PAGES: 304 Regency London’s detective duo is back on a new case–and this one is going to be a killer Caught in the explosion of the […]


Book Review: Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda Flower

Book Review: Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda Flower

Posted September 24, 2022 / 9 Comments

BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH by Amanda Flower SERIES: An Emily Dickinson Mystery #1 GENRE: Historical Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Berkley RELEASE DATE: September 20, 2022 PAGES: 334 Emily Dickinson and her housemaid, Willa Noble, realize there is nothing poetic about murder in this first book in an all-new […]


Guest Post (and a Giveaway!): Kate Parker & Deadly Rescue

Guest Post (and a Giveaway!): Kate Parker & Deadly Rescue

Posted September 20, 2022 / 17 Comments

Please join me in welcoming Kate Parker to the blog today to share a fascinating glimpse at history and how it relates to her new historical cozy mystery, Deadly Rescue! DEADLY RESCUE by Kate Parker SERIES: Deadly #9 GENRE: Historical Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: JDP Press RELEASE DATE: September 20, 2022 […]



Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Murder Backstage by Nupur Tustin

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Murder Backstage by Nupur Tustin

Posted August 6, 2022 / 15 Comments

MURDER BACKSTAGE by Nupur Tustin SERIES: Joseph Haydn Mystery #4 GENRE: Historical Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Foiled Plots Press RELEASE DATE: July 6, 2022 PAGES: 348 When murder propels him backstage, Haydn is forced to confront a deadly killer. . . When the Burgtheater’s impresario unexpectedly meets his maker, Joseph Haydn […]



Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead

Book Review (and a Giveaway!): Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead

Posted July 13, 2022 / 6 Comments

DEATH AND THE CONJUROR by Tom Mead SERIES: Joseph Spector #1 GENRE: Historical Mystery PUBLISHER: Mysterious Press RELEASE DATE: July 12, 2022 PAGES: 254 A magician-turned-sleuth in pre-war London solves three impossible crimes In 1930s London, celebrity psychiatrist Anselm Rees is discovered dead in his locked study, and there seems […]