A starship five-star chef is forced into a bargain with a demon lord and experiences an extra spicy Halloween night for the ages. Veronica Scott’s latest entry in her Star Cruise-The Sectors series is a novella-length tale blending paranormal and sci-fi romance in a far future holiday-themed tale that I was eager […]
An autumn hike through the Upstate New York woods leads a librarian to a vanishing pair of bodies and a twisting trail of secrets that might get her killed. Patricia Crisafulli is a new to me author, but I was intrigued when I was presented with the opportunity to read her latest mystery. The Secrets […]
After satiating myself on her Phyllida Bright Mystery series featuring Agatha Christie as a character, I was eager to taste test her newer series, American in Paris featuring the delectable Julia Child as a prominent side character. Colleen Cambridge does a spectacular job melding historical real life characters and time period settings with her […]
San Francisco’s most adorable snoop is back and delving into the death of an online influencer who’s an off-line enigma. Jesse Sutanto’s Vera Wong captured my heart and funny bone in the first book so I didn’t hesitate to reach for this latest. Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping is the second book in a series. […]
A near future LA that is mostly underwater where everything revolves around info rather than money is the backdrop to this noir style murder mystery. Cory O’Brien is a debut author and I was eager to give his cyberpunk noir mystery a shot because I was intrigued by this genre blend. Two Truths and a […]
A blast to Rosella’s past for this latest Sugar Shack mystery has her in a race against time to solve a mystery before it’s too late. What a delight that Danielle Garrett keeps adding to this light, but well-developed paranormal cozy mystery. Candy Apples and Clairvoyants is the eighth entry in a series that reads […]
Fourteenth century Oxfordshire, England is brought to life as a cunning “cold case” mystery is investigated by an inexperienced young surgeon new to his appointment, but savvy in observation and analyzing the case. Historical scholar, Melvin Starr was a new to me author, but I was eager to plunge into the mystery he penned. His […]
After satiating myself on her Phyllida Bright Mystery series featuring Agatha Christie as a character, I was eager to taste test her newer series, American in Paris featuring the delectable Julia Child as a prominent side character. Colleen Cambridge does a spectacular job melding historical real life characters and time period settings with her […]
Back in the day, divorce was hard to come by and was very much frowned upon, but then Reno, Nevada shortened the residency requirement law to six weeks and a new niche Depression Era industry was born. Lucy H Hedrick makes her fictional debut with this fascinating bit of American Women’s History and I just […]
Gathering together novellas and short stories which had once been part of separate anthologies that have gone out of print since their release, Veronica Scott released this slim collection of three novellas and a short story for her The Sectors’ fans. Each story comes with an author’s explanation for why it was […]