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Bodies and Battlements by Elizabeth Penney
I haven't read any of the books in Elizabeth Penney's other cozy series, including the Cambridge Bookshop or Mysteries of Blackberry Valley. But, the first Ravensea Castle mystery, Bodies and Battlements, is one of the best cozy mysteries I've read in a while....
Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts
Once again, a master turns in an addicting book. Hidden Nature features Sloan Cooper, a Natural Resources Police officer in Maryland who survives a shooting, only to find herself investigating what appears to be a case of disappearing people and a serial killer. Sloan...
The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg by Krista Davis
As usual, Krista Davis brings readers back to Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, where she reintroduces us to old friends, new recipes, decorating tips, and a mystery. The eighteenth book in the Domestic Diva series, The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg, also brings a character...
A Mammoth Murder by Bill Crider
Bill Crider's thirteenth Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery, A Mammoth Murder, may be my favorite in the series so far.That fight in the Round-Up restaurant may be one of the funniest scenes I've read. When Bud Turley shows up at the Blacklin County sheriff's department, he's...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – A Killing at the Copa edited by J. Alan Hartman
Kevin Tipple just sent me a review of an anthology, A Killing at the Copa: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Barry Manilow. This book is very personal to Kevin. His wife Sandi was a big fan of Barry Manilow. I know this wasn't the easiest book for Kevin to read...
Class Clown by Dave Barry
The title of Dave Barry's latest New York Times bestseller is almost as long as the book itself, Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up. However, the book is more serious than you'd expect from that title. Although...