I HEARD A FLY BUZZ WHEN I DIED by Amanda Flower SERIES: An Emily Dickinson Mystery #2 GENRE: Historical Mystery/Amateur Sleuth (Clean) PUBLISHER: Berkley RELEASE DATE: November 14, 2023 PAGES: 337 When a literary icon stays with the Dickinson family, Emily and her housemaid Willa find themselves embroiled in a […]
JANE AND THE FINAL MYSTERY by Stephanie Barron SERIES: Being a Jane Austen Mystery #15 GENRE: Historical Mystery/Austenesque (Clean) PUBLISHER: Soho Books RELEASE DATE: October 24, 2023 PAGES: 312 The final volume of the critically acclaimed mystery series featuring Jane Austen as amateur sleuth March 1817: As winter turns to […]
Welcome to the Blog Tour for Children of the Shadows by Erica Vetsch, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! I’m pleased as punch to have Erica on the blog today to chat about one of the first books she loved! CHILDREN OF THE SHADOWS by Erica Vetsch SERIES: Thorndike & Swann […]
THE SOCIALITE’S GUIDE TO DEATH & DATING by S.K. Golden SERIES: A Pinnacle Hotel Mystery #2 GENRE: Historical Cozy Mystery (Clean) PUBLISHER: Crooked Lane Books RELEASE DATE: October 10, 2023 PAGES: 325 Perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Ashley Weaver, the second Pinnacle Hotel mystery finds another murder that […]
Happy Friday & welcome to the First Line Friday link-up! 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 Millstone of Doubt by Erica Vetsch! I love this series and I love Erica, and I’m […]
Welcome to the Blog Tour for The London Forgery by Heidi Eljarbo, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours! I’m delighted to have Heidi on the blog today, giving us a peek at her fave writing spot & faithful writing companion! THE LONDON FORGERY by Heidi Eljarbo SERIES: A Fabiola Bennett Mystery […]
Please join me in welcoming Allie Mahoney to the blog today to talk about the inspiration behind her new historical cozy mystery, Dame Alice Hits Hollywood! DAME ALICE HITS HOLLYWOOD by Allie Mahoney SERIES: Dame Alice Mysteries #1 GENRE: Historical Cozy Mystery (Clean, with some language) PUBLISHER: Wrenfield Books RELEASE […]
Please join me in welcoming Abigail Keam back to the blog today to share a recipe related to her latest historical mystery, Murder Under a Western Moon! MURDER UNDER A WESTERN MOON by Abigail Keam SERIES: Mona Moon Mystery #11 GENRE: Historical Cozy Mystery (Clean) PUBLISHER: Worker Bee Press RELEASE […]
SHOW ME BETRAYAL by Ellen E. Withers SERIES: Show Me Mysteries #1 GENRE: Inspirational Dual Timeline Mystery PUBLISHER: Scrivenings Press, LLC RELEASE DATE: May 16, 2023 PAGES: 325 Two deaths occur decades apart. Is it possible these deaths are related? What motivates a killer, who got away with murder sixty […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
I’m pleased today to bring you the cover reveal for Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord by Celeste Connally, releasing November 2023 from Minotaur Books! GENRE: Historical/Regency Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Minotaur Books RELEASE DATE: November 14, 2023 PAGES: 304 Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie in Act Like a Lady, Think […]
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 – […]
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, […]
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 […]