Evil Under the Tuscan Sun by Stephanie Cole

February 12, 2022

Isn’t that an attractive cover for Stephanie Cole’s third Tuscan Cook School Mystery? Here’s my complaint. That cover has absolutely nothing to do with the plot of Evil Under the Tuscan Sun, just nothing. And, maybe I missed it someplace. The only...

The Librarian Always Rings Twice by Marty Wingate

January 30, 2022

The third book in Marty Wingate’s First Edition Library mystery series, The Librarian Always Rings Twice, is an intriguing story that includes an homage to Daphne du Maurier’s Frenchman’s Creek and an enviable collection of Golden Age Mysteries. But,...

How to Book a Murder by Cynthia Kuhn

December 11, 2021

Cynthia Kuhn launches a new series with How to Book a Murder, the first Starlit Bookshop Mystery. Readers who enjoy cozy mysteries featuring bookstores might want to check this one out. Although Emma Starrs just finished her PhD, she turns down a tenure-tracked...

From Ladle to Grave by Amy Patricia Meade

December 10, 2021

When I had a few quibbles about the first Tish Tarragon mystery, Cookin’ the Books, I never thought the author Amy Patricia Meade would go on to write such interesting mysteries in the series. The fourth book, The Curse of the Cherry Pie, was an enjoyable...

Terrie Farley Moran – An Interview

October 27, 2021

Terrie Farley Moran has been a cozy mystery writer for quite a while. She’s also written with author Laura Childs. But, it’s her current co-writer who may be most familiar to many of you. Terrie is co-author of the Jessica Fletcher mysteries. She took the...