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 […]
After the exciting and hot events of An American Werewolf In Space that concluded with a cliffie, I had to see how things would resolve plus I was more than happy to be further entertained by this spicy romp through space with the alienist of aliens and a female werewolf berserker out to save the […]
Its nearly Christmas and Aurora has recently celebrated a new marriage, a little future bundle of joy is on the way, but all the cheer fizzles out when her teenage brother who has been staying with her vanishes along with several other kids from the school. Charlaine Harris’s Aurora Teagarden mysteries have been […]
After landing on a world gone mad with a virus that turned the majority of the population into feral zombies, a small special forces team closes in on the answers to so many mysteries about this horrific situation and someone will do anything to keep the truth from getting out. Veronica Scott has kept me […]
Two separate Saxon religious groups journey to Ireland and a murder comes with them. Peter Tremayne’s Sister Fidelma Mysteries continue to draw me in from the opening lines and keep me riveted until the last page is read. The Devil’s Seal is the twenty-fifth book in a fabulous, long series set in 7th […]
A dangerous woman is set on revenge and powerful crystals could destroy an island paradise in this futuristic human-colonized alien world where having psychic gifts are the norm. Jayne Castle’s Rainshadow sub-series of the Harmony series continues with a new romance pair getting their story. Deception Cove is the second Rainshadow book as well as […]
The world as we know it ends when the dead rise and kill two-thirds of the world’s population. Those who are left are under the benevolent care of ‘The Church’ and some, like Chess, eke out a living as witches who banish stray ghosts to the underworld ‘City of Ghosts’. Chess is from […]
From the first fun, feisty Christmas prequel novella, to the Sisters of Paradise series, the standalone historical prequel during western times, and then into The Paradise series still following an ever growing and expanding four-generations of family, I have adored the stories set in the Paradise world. With not just a little reluctance, I took […]
Something insidious is happening in the alien Preserve on Rainshadow Island and a contrasting pair must solve the mystery as danger escalates around them. Jayne Castle’s world of Harmony expands to include further alien landscape, romance, and exciting suspense. The Lost Night is listed as the first in the Rainshadow sub-series, but is also the […]
The story in which the mean girl gets out of her own way and gets her happy. Ruth Mitchell’s sparkling romantic comedy series continues to entertain and make me sigh with pleasure. Desperate is the third of the Modern Jane series of romcom standalones. This could be read out of order and quite easily, but […]