A Case of Bier by Mary Daheim

March 23, 2019

If you like the title of Mary Daheim’s latest Bed-and-Breakfast mystery, A Case of Bier, you’ll probably enjoy the book more than I did. I’m not a fan of broad humor, the hit you in the face, Three Stooges type of humor. But, this is the thirty-first...

Gallows View by Peter Robinson

March 16, 2019

I thought I’d never read one of Peter Robinson’s Alan Banks police procedurals when I picked up Gallows View. However, I quickly had that vague feeling of familiarity when I started the book. Even so, I reread the first in the series because I wanted the...

Chocolate a la Murder by Kirsten Weiss

March 13, 2019

When I reviewed Kirsten Weiss’ Deja Moo (http://bit.ly/2FB8kQe), I mentioned the interesting characters and setting. Maddie Kosloski, owner of the paranormal museum in San Benedetto, California is back in Weiss’ Chocolate a la Murder, but, this time,...

Something Read, Something Dead by Eva Gates

March 12, 2019

I’ll admit I dropped Eva Gates’ cozy Lighthouse Library Mystery series for a little while. Perhaps it was just my own over-indulgence in cozy mysteries right then. But, Something Read, Something Dead was an enjoyable mystery. And, Lucy Richardson...

Read Herring Hunt by V. M. Burns

March 04, 2019

The second Mystery Bookshop mystery by V.M. Burns, Read Herring Hunt, was as delightful as the first. Yes, it’s not difficult to spot the killer in these books. But, Burns’ combination of a current mystery, and the text of a historical cozy is an unusual...