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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
THE LADY’S GUIDE TO DEATH AND DECEPTION by Katherine Cowley SERIES: The Secret Life of Mary Bennet #3 GENRE: Historical Mystery / Austenesque / Clean Romance PUBLISHER: Tule Publishing RELEASE DATE: September 6, 2022 PAGES: 349 What is a spy willing to do when both her heart and her country […]
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 […]
A BRIDE’S GUIDE TO MARRIAGE AND MURDER by Dianne Freeman SERIES: Countess of Harleigh Mystery #5 GENRE: Historical Cozy Mystery / Victorian PUBLISHER: Kensington RELEASE DATE: June 28, 2022 PAGES: 304 “Pure unadulterated fun” (Publishers Weekly) for fans of Ashley Weaver, Deanna Raybourn, and Tasha Alexander, the Agatha Award-winning Countess […]
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 […]
MURDER UNDER A BRITISH MOON by Abigail Keam SERIES: A Mona Moon Mystery #9 GENRE: Historical Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: Worker Bee Press RELEASE DATE: July 11, 2022 PAGES: 173 Mona Moon travels to Merry Old England to visit Brynelleth, Robert Farley’s ancestral home, for the first time. Hoping to make […]
MURDER, SWEET MURDER by Eleanor Kuhns SERIES: Will Rees Mysteries #11 GENRE: Historical Mystery PUBLISHER: Severn House Publishers RELEASE DATE: February 1, 2022 PAGES: 224 Will Rees accompanies his wife to Boston to help clear her estranged father’s name in this gripping mystery set in the early nineteenth century. January, […]
Please join me in welcoming one of my very fave people back to the blog! The fabulous Erica Vetsch is here today to chat about the challenges involved in writing a mystery like The Debutante’s Code, the first book in her new Thorndike & Swann Regency Mysteries! THE DEBUTANTE’S CODE […]
Please join me in welcoming Kate Parker to the blog today to chat about her new historical cozy mystery, Deadly Broadcast! DEADLY BROADCAST by Kate Parker SERIES: The Deadly Series #8 GENRE: Historical Cozy Mystery PUBLISHER: JDP Press RELEASE DATE: March 8, 2022 PAGES: 320 The phony war has dragged […]
Please join me in welcoming Lisa E. Betz to the blog today to chat about the faith history in the setting of her new mystery, Fountains and Secrets! FOUNTAINS AND SECRETS by Lisa E. Betz SERIES: Livia Aemilia Mysteries GENRE: Inspirational Historical Fiction/Mystery PUBLISHER: Redemption Press RELEASE DATE: January 16, […]
JANE AND THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER by Stephanie Barron SERIES: Being a Jane Austen Mystery #14 GENRE: Historical/Austenesque Mystery PUBLISHER: Soho Press RELEASE DATE: February 8, 2022 PAGES: 336 May 1816: Jane Austen is feeling unwell, with an uneasy stomach, constant fatigue, rashes, fevers and aches. She attributes her […]
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 Murder Under a New Moon by Abigail Keam! and the first line is… “I must keep […]
SHADOWS OF SWANFORD ABBEY by Julie Klassen GENRE: Inspirational Regency Romance / Suspense PUBLISHER: Bethany House RELEASE DATE: December 7, 2021 PAGES: 414 Agatha Christie meets Jane Austen in this atmospheric Regency tale brimming with mystery, intrigue, and romance. When Miss Rebecca Lane returns to her home village after a […]
Happy New Year’s Eve & 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 The Debutante’s Code by Erica Vetsch! and the first lines are… “If you lean […]
I cannot properly express how EXCITED I am for All That is Secret by Patricia Raybon, so I’m beyond thrilled to have Patricia here on the blog today to share some things she learned about Christian fiction while writing it! ALL THAT IS SECRET SERIES: Annalee Spain Mystery #1 GENRE: […]