Agony Hill by Sarah Stewart Taylor

August 06, 2024

Because I’m such a fan of Sarah Stewart Taylor’s Maggie D’Arcy mysteries set in Ireland, I was a little reluctant to try the first in a new historical mystery series set in small-town Vermont in the mid-1960s. I should have known Taylor...

Haunting License by Carol J. Perry

July 28, 2024

Carol J. Perry is the author of the Witch City Mysteries, but she’s also written three cozies in the Haunted Haven series set in Florida. After living in Florida for eighteen years, I have a fondness for the quirky mysteries set there. Haunting License, the...

There’s No Murder Like Show Murder by M.S. Greene

July 24, 2024

M.S. Greene’s background in the theater is obvious in this excellent debut cozy mystery, There’s No Murder Like Show Murder. He takes us behind-the-scenes with his amateur sleuth, Tasha Weaver, who is the costume shop head at Connecticut’s Eastbrook...

The Last Line by Scott Lyerly

July 22, 2024

Scott Lyerly’s debut mystery, The Last Line, is set in the world of community theater. It’s not unusual for a body in such a mystery to be a disliked cast member. What is unusual, and what you’ll remember, is the owner of the theater, Ellie Marlowe,...

Smoke and Mirrors by M.E. Hilliard

June 04, 2024

M.E. Hilliard wraps up a four-book story arc with Smoke and Mirrors, but leaves a hint for the next book. Librarian Greer Hogan has been hunting for answers as to her husband’s murder four years earlier, a storyline that began with The Unkindness of Ravens. Now,...