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...

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 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...

An American in Scotland by Lucy Connelly

April 04, 2023

In the last months of 2022, the best mysteries I read were often cozies. Cozy mystery authors, including Lucy Connelly, have added a depth to their books, sometimes a darkness and reality, that wasn’t always present in cozies. An American in Scotland is an...

Eat, Drink and Drop Dead by T.C. LoTempio

April 03, 2023

T.C. LoTempio, author of several series, including the Nick and Nora mysteries, kicks off a new series featuring a magazine food blogger with Eat, Drink and Drop Dead. Yes, it’s the typical first in a cozy mystery series with an amateur sleuth who comes under...