Murder by Page One by Olivia Matthews

March 23, 2021

It’s always fun to share release date by reviewing the first in a new series. And, Olivia Matthews’ Murder by Page One features a charming librarian from New York who is trying to adjust to Southern ways. She doesn’t really want to become comfortable...

A Tourist’s Guide to Murder by V.M. Burns

February 10, 2021

It’s been a few years since I read one of the books in V.M. Burns’ Mystery Bookshop series. A Tourist’s Guide to Murder reminds me how much I enjoy the cast and the parallel storylines in these books. Samantha Washington, owner of Market Street...

Killer Content by Olivia Blacke

January 31, 2021

Olivia Blacke’s debut mystery, Killer Content, introduces a spirited amateur sleuth in an atmospheric mystery. We all know how much I love debut mysteries. This one has unconventional characters and two charming animals. It’s an upbeat mystery, despite a...

Finished Off in Fondant by Rosemarie Ross

November 29, 2020

Honestly? I didn’t even remember I had read the first in the Courtney Archer series, Cobblered to Death, until I started this book. Finished Off in Fondant picks up the amateur sleuth’s storyline with her concerns about her deception and her confusion...

On the Lamb by Tina Kashian

February 17, 2020

I remember when I read Tina Kashian’s first Kebab Kitchen mystery, Hummus and Homicide. At the time, I felt as if she ticked off all the boxes for a cozy mystery. Now, with the fourth in the series, On the Lamb, it’s a polished mystery. Kashian does...