Murder Off the Books by Tamara Berry

June 03, 2023

Readers who enjoyed the humor in Tamara Berry’s first two By the Book mysteries will not be disappointed in the latest. Murder Off the Books has the same quirky cast and humor. Thriller writer Tess Harrow fictionalized murders in Winthrop, Washington in her last...

Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust by Mindy Quigley

May 29, 2023

I have interesting reactions to Mindy Quigley’s Deep Dish mysteries. I was a little worried I wouldn’t let her protagonist in the first book, Six Feet Deep Dish. I liked Delilah O’Leary, owner of a pizzeria in Geneva Bay, Wisconsin. I also liked the...

The Body in the Web by Katherine Hall Page

May 28, 2023

There’s an uneasy atmosphere throughout Katherine Hall Page’s 26th Faith Fairchild mystery, The Body in the Web. It isn’t the mystery itself that creates that tension. It’s the fact that we all lived through some of the experiences of this...

The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman

May 27, 2023

Alison Goodman’s Regency mystery, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies, starts out a little slow for me, but once it picked up speed, the characters and difficult cases keeps the story moving. Goodman’s notes say she’s inspired by Georgette...

The Diva Delivers on a Promise by Krista Davis

May 20, 2023

I know I was disappointed in Krista Davis’ last Domestic Diva mystery, but the sixteenth, The Diva Delivers on a Promise, makes up for it. This time, Sophie Winston and her best friend, Nina, seem to have plans for what they do. They’re not just running...