Trouble on the Books by Essie Lang

March 24, 2019

I love the setting of Essie Lang’s new mystery and series. Trouble on the Books is a Castle Bookshop Mystery. Bayside Books is located in Alexandria Bay in upstate New York. The second location for the store is in Blye Castle on Blye Island. The setting is more...

Murder at the Palace by Margaret Dumas

March 05, 2019

If you enjoy Jeff Cohen’s mysteries involving films, or his ones with ghosts, and the humor in those books, you might want to try Margaret Dumas’ first Movie Palace mystery, Murder at the Palace. Along with the mystery, there are summaries and...

Read Herring Hunt by V. M. Burns

March 04, 2019

The second Mystery Bookshop mystery by V.M. Burns, Read Herring Hunt, was as delightful as the first. Yes, it’s not difficult to spot the killer in these books. But, Burns’ combination of a current mystery, and the text of a historical cozy is an unusual...

Bones Behind the Wheel by E.J. Copperman

January 07, 2019

I like E.J. Copperman’s Haunted Guesthouse mysteries. In the latest, Bones Behind the Wheel, innkeeper Alison Kerby comments that “The National Language of New Jersey is Sarcasm.” That’s why I return to this series, for the humor. Bones...

The Guilty Dead by P.J. Tracy

September 29, 2018

A new Monkeewrench novel by P.J. Tracy is always a treat. While the mother half, P.J., of P.J. Tracy died in 2016, Traci successfully keeps the series interesting. Some will want more of the Monkeewrench team in the current novel, The Guilty Dead. As a fan of the...