Fudging the Books by Daryl Wood Gerber

August 11, 2015

I love so many elements of Daryl Wood Gerber’s Cookbook Nook mysteries. Jenna Hart is a caring, warm amateur sleuth. The Crystal Cove, California setting is charming. The latest story, Fudging the Books has not one, but two appealing young cats. And, the...

If Onions Could Spring Leeks by Paige Shelton

August 10, 2015

Paige Shelton’s ghost stories set in Broken Rope, Missouri continue to enchant me. Broken Rope is where the Old West and a contemporary tourist town intersect, where the ghosts of the past search for answers to their murders. And, it’s where Betts Winston...

Code Grey by Clea Simon

August 08, 2015

Clea Simon takes readers into the world of scholars and book theft in her latest Dulcie Schwartz feline mystery,Code Grey. If that phrase “feline mystery” makes you think of cozy mysteries, think again. Simon’s mysteries are darker than cozy, tending...

Lemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams

July 20, 2015

Somehow, I missed Ellery Adams’ latest Charmed Pie Shoppe mystery when it came out a few months ago. If any series of cozy mysteries has a cast of strong females, it’s this one. Time and again, Ella Mae LaFaye, her mother and aunts must face the evil in...

Death of an English Muffin by Victoria Hamilton

July 19, 2015

Victoria Hamilton’s Merry Muffin mysteries are engaging cozy mysteries with an unusual setting, a castle in Autumn Vale, New York. And, Merry Wynter is a courageous widow who inherited Wynter Castle in her late thirties. Now, she’s determined to hang onto...