Terns of Endearment by Donna Andrews

August 10, 2019

I admit that my sister is the big Donna Andrews/Meg Langslow fan in the family. However, in Terns of Endearment, there was less outrageous behavior than I expected. Meg was a capable, organized amateur sleuth, and she handled a terrible crisis with aplomb. When Meg...

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...

Love and Death Among the Cheetahs by Rhys Bowen

August 04, 2019

In the course of the Royal Spyness series, Rhys Bowen’s books have grown a little more serious. The two books that foreshadow World War II, including this one, Love and Death Among the Cheetahs, are quite serious. After a short honeymoon on a houseboat,...

Have You Heard? Julie Hyzy’s Buffalo West Wing

July 30, 2019

Julie Hyzy’s White House Chef series was always fun. My sister, Christie, and I used to discuss each of these books as we read them. Here’s Sandie Herron’s review of the audiobook Buffalo West Wing. Thank you, Sandie. ***** Buffalo West Wing White...

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...