Jinx is back! Somewhere in the middle of the book chat, you’ll see Jinx. I know people missed him.

Here are the book titles I discussed this month, the December releases from Penguin’s Berkley Prime Crime and Obsidian.

Here Today, Gone Tamale – Rebecca Adler (1st Taste of Texas Mystery)
Give Up the Ghost – Juliet Blackwell (6th Haunted Home Renovation Mystery)
Guilty as Cinnamon – Leslie Budewitz (2nd Spice Shop Mystery)
Murder at Whitehall – Amanda Carmack (4th Elizabethan Mystery)
Pouncing on Murder – Laurie Cass (4th Bookmobile Cat Mystery)
Scorched Eggs – Laura Childs (6th Cackleberry Club Mystery, 1st time in paperback)
Fat Tuesday Fricassee – J.J. Cook (3rd Biscuit Bowl Food Truck Mystery)
Ghost in the Wind – E.J. Copperman (7th Haunted Guesthouse Mystery)
Dead to the Last Drop – Cleo Coyle (15th Coffeehouse Mystery, hardcover)
Murder Most Howl – Krista Davis (3rd Paws & Claws Mystery)
The Readaholics and the Poirot Puzzle – Laura DiSilverio (2nd Book Club Mystery)
The Iced Princess – Christine Husom (2nd Snow Globe Shop Mystery)
Suspicion at Seven – Ann Purser (14th Lois Meade Mystery)
To Brew or Not to Brew – Joyce Tremel (1st Brewing Trouble Mystery)