Remembering the Dead by Elizabeth J. Duncan

September 15, 2019

World War I must have been on my mind lately. It’s odd that I ended up reviewing two books in a row with the shadows of the Great War. Remembering the Dead is Elizabeth J. Duncan’s latest Penny Brannigan mystery, set in Wales. For the 100th...

Mrs. Morris and the Ghost by Traci Wilton

August 05, 2019

If you’re a fan of Cleo Coyle’s Haunted Bookshop mysteries, or loved J.J. Cook’s Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade series, I have a book for you! I’m a sucker for those paranormal cozies in which a female amateur sleuth falls for the ghost of a...

No Good Tea Goes Unpunished by Bree Baker

July 22, 2019

I read the first Seaside Cafe Mystery because I was asked to review Live and Let Chai since Bree Baker is from Ohio. Now, I’m totally hooked on these books about Everly Swan who returns home to Charm, North Carolina in the Outer Banks, and opens a tea shop...

Breaking the Dance by Clare O’Donohue

May 08, 2019

I loved Clare O’Donohue’s first World of Spies mystery, Beyond the Pale. I’m sure it didn’t hurt that most of it took place in Ireland. But, I loved her accidental spies, the American college professors Finn and Hollis Larsson. This time,...

The Body in the Wake by Katherine Hall Page

May 05, 2019

I’m the first to admit I haven’t read all twenty-five Faith Fairchild mysteries. But, twenty-five books in any series is cause for celebration. Katherine Hall Page manages to throw in a celebration as well as an issue-oriented, hit-close-to-home...