A Death Long Overdue by Eva Gates

October 03, 2020

I never thought I’d say a book had too many librarians in it. However, let’s face it. By the time readers get to the seventh Lighthouse Library Mystery, Eva Gates’ A Death Long Overdue, they’re invested in Lucy Richardson, her relationship...

A Spell for Trouble by Esme Addison

July 12, 2020

Esme Addison found a way to add a twist to her magical mystery debut. While the jacket copy mentions Ellery Adams and Heather Blake, remember that Addison’s A Spell for Trouble is a debut. The magical twist is intriguing. The amateur sleuth needs a little...

A Twist in the Tail by Leighann Dobbs

June 16, 2020

I like cats as much as anyone else. But, I can honestly say I have no idea why so many Goodreads readers raved about Leighann Dobbs’ A Twist in the Tale, the first in the Oyster Cove Guesthouse series. The cats steer the investigation while Josie Waters,...

A Batter of Life and Death by Ellie Alexander

June 09, 2020

When I read the first of Ellie Alexander’s Bakeshop mysteries, Meet Your Baker, I commented that the amateur sleuth, Jules Capshaw, was too impulsive, ready to fling herself into danger. It appears that Jules learned her lesson after ending up with a scar after...

Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander

May 30, 2020

One of my librarian friends has been recommending Ellie Alexander’s Bakeshop mysteries to me for a couple years. I finally picked up the first in the series because I was so satisfied with the forthcoming book in Alexander’s Sloan Krause series. I like the...