In a 1950’s English country village on a crumbling family estate lives a brilliant chemist and amateur-turned professional sleuth (this is her own opinion of the matter) and her quirky relations. Flavia de Luce cannot go long without stumbling over a body and does so in this twelfth installment to the series. Alan Bradley’s Flavia […]
After their previous murder mystery in the American West, Stella and Lyndy have returned home to the New Forest of England to peace and quiet, helping in their charities and local affairs and, as far as the countess is concerned, working on giving her a grandchild and heir. No time for hot air balloon races […]
Her sister’s free-spirited nature and disregard for propriety is a threat to their austere father so he has her committed. Decades later, another young woman finds the ghostly shadowy presence of past evil keeping her palpable company in her new house. Jaime Jo Wright’s Inspirational Gothic Suspense has fast become some of my most highly […]
Agatha Christie’s efficient housekeeper and talented amateur sleuth has become a murder magnet and even a small wedding party for friends is no exception. Colleen Cambridge draws in the fun of Agatha Christie’s England of the 1950’s when the famous writer might pen intriguing murder mysteries, but her housekeeper actually solves them. Death Down the […]
Parenthood at last! Roe and Robin have a beautiful baby daughter and are settling into a new marriage, burping baby, and changing diapers while keeping up with the rest of life. Something’s gotta give when Robin has to go away for an author award’s banquet and Roe is coming down with something. Only, things get […]
Spliced with monster plant DNA to save her life, a psychotic human woman is about to meet her alien honey’s snobbish xenophobic family and act as diplomat for their fighting band of rebels against the enemy of the free peoples of the galaxy. What could possibly go wrong? Alisha Sunderland’s humorous scenes and characters, steamy […]
Set in 7th century Ireland and is installment #25.5, a standalone, from deep in the series. Fidelma is visiting her old mentor Abbot Laisran after delivering to him her brother’s gift of a copied book. They sit by the fire enjoying spiced mulled wine. Laisran is disturbed by a recent killing in his monastery. It’s […]
When three university friends help their fourth friend to elope with the love of his heart because a stern father insists his heir will marry for wealth and connections, they have little idea what their actions will set in motion for themselves and the next generation. Barry S Richman’s vivid, intense and shadowed Pride and […]
A woman returns from a humanitarian effort in the Near East, after a harrowing experience has left her feeling broken and she heads straight to the man who is her lodestone. Only, coming home to the states doesn’t bring the sense of safety for which she hoped when a friend mysteriously dies, someone is spying […]
When one lives in a town called Rudolph, Christmas-themed celebrations and life are unsurprisingly the thing, but this time the ho-ho-hos are mixed with the nasty trick of murder when a caterer’s treats for a Halloween charity gala poison an obnoxious guest. Vicki Delany’s cozy mysteries are not new territory for me, but this particular […]