Reviews + Articles
Winners and February Thrillers
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Bill A. from Madison, IN won The Vanishing Man, and Glen D. of Yuba City, CA won The Killer Collective. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away books that just came out last month....
What Are You Reading?
Confession time. I'm reading two books right now, but can't tell you what they are because I'm reviewing them for LJ. I can say, though, that one is a story collection, and it's going to Jeff after I finish and review it. When I was looking it up for the library, I...
Chocolate a la Murder by Kirsten Weiss
When I reviewed Kirsten Weiss' Deja Moo (http://bit.ly/2FB8kQe), I mentioned the interesting characters and setting. Maddie Kosloski, owner of the paranormal museum in San Benedetto, California is back in Weiss' Chocolate a la Murder, but, this time, her...
Something Read, Something Dead by Eva Gates
I'll admit I dropped Eva Gates' cozy Lighthouse Library Mystery series for a little while. Perhaps it was just my own over-indulgence in cozy mysteries right then. But, Something Read, Something Dead was an enjoyable mystery. And, Lucy Richardson didn't bother...
Cookin’ the Books by Amy Patricia Meade
I can appreciate a cozy mystery in which the victim is a library director when the person is as obnoxious as Binnie Broderick in Amy Patricia Meade's Cookin' the Books. That's no spoiler because the flap of the book mentions that Binnie dies. And, any...
The 10 Rules for Survival in a Cozy Mystery World
Although there are always exceptions, the majority of amateur sleuths in cozy mysteries are women in their late 20s or early 30s who are entrepreneurs. Whether they intentionally become amateur sleuths, or accidentally fall into the role, there are certain rules to...