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A Merry Little Murder Plot by Jenn McKinlay
Jenn McKinlay's first Christmas book in the Library Lover's Mystery series, A Merry Little Murder Plot, manages to successfully incorporate the Christmas programs in Briar Creek, Connecticut, the library activities, and a murder mystery. And, it's fun with the...
Misery Hates Company by Elizabeth Hobbs
A modern "New Woman", Miss Marigold Manners cleans up a house, a family, and two murders in Elizabeth Hobbs' historical mystery, Misery Hates Company. In 1894, after the death of both her parents due to influenza, Miss Marigold Manners learns they spent all the...
Winners and the Latest Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Trish C. from Oviedo, FL won Where They Last Saw Her. Jan L. from West Covina, CA will receive The More the Terrier. The books went out in the mail yesterday. This week, there's a little variety in the two books....
What Are You Reading?
This week, if you're even able to read, I hope you found an escape. I'll admit yesterday was a terrible day for me. So, I picked up something that will have humor, a mystery, and some Christmas. I'm going to need that kind of book for the next four years. I...
Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch
A month ago, I reviewed Paula Munier's The Night Woods, and mentioned that the theme was related to The Odyssey. Here's a second mystery, with an even larger connection, Christina Lynch's unusual Pony Confidential. I'm not crazy when I say how good this mystery...
The Author’s Guide to Murder by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White
Three authors walk into a bar. That's how The Author's Guide to Murder really begins, although it's not the opening sentence of this clever satire of the writing community with its jokes, puns, send up of mystery and romance tropes, and, of course, murder. The...