Bodies and Battlements by Elizabeth Penney

May 28, 2025

I haven’t read any of the books in Elizabeth Penney’s other cozy series, including the Cambridge Bookshop or Mysteries of Blackberry Valley. But, the first Ravensea Castle mystery, Bodies and Battlements, is one of the best cozy mysteries I’ve read...

Murder in the Grotto by Amy Myers

May 21, 2025

How can a fan of cozy mysteries pass up one that calls itself “A British Stately Home Mystery”? When it involves a ghost hunt and a cafe called the Happy Huffkin Cafe? I was all in for Amy Myers’ Murder in the Grotto. Unfortunately, there was very...

Making a Killing by Cara Hunter

May 20, 2025

Yesterday, Jeff Meyerson made the comment that you should read Cara Hunter’s DI Adam Fawley books in order. Making a Killing, the seventh in the series, proves that. Her very first book, Close to Home, not only introduced Fawley, but also his team and an...

A Sneak Peek

May 19, 2025

Tuesday, May 20 is release day for Cara Hunter’s seventh DI Adam Fawley thriller, Making a Killing. I haven’t had a chance to finish it yet, but this latest book is as gripping as the previous ones in the series. If you want excellent police procedurals,...

Mrs, Presumed Dead by Simon Brett

May 14, 2025

In the second Mrs. Pargeter mystery, Mrs, Presumed Dead, Brett’s perceptive amateur sleuth moves from a seaside retirement home to an executive home. She’s not sure Smithy’s Loam is where she wants to live, but she gives herself six months to...