How hard can it be to solve the case of the murdered body in her tea shop? Vera’s got experience after all. Like any self-respecting Asian mother she’s had tabs on her son’s life. Jesse Sutanto does it again with her winning writing style and plot full of all the mischief and mayhem a reader […]
Everything at this point is a spoiler for earlier books in the Lady Sherlock series. I would read this series in order because the complexity of the characters and relationships which are just as important as the particular cases. In Miss Moriarty, I Presume? Charlotte ends up faking her death to throw Moriarty off her […]
I love the Romantic Suspense series. I’ve read them all. I started the series with the first Cincinnati book, with Faith and Deacon. It was actually #16 overall. Then I went back and read the previous 15 books. I would not jump into this in the middle of the series. One could start at the […]
I loved the first book from this author, Sadie on a Plate. So naturally I wanted to read more. Best Served Hot is in the same world but can definitely be read as a standalone. I wasn’t sure I liked the main characters very well but they grew on me. Julie has a day job […]
Nothing like a remote location, work trip to be conducive to murder. I knew when Emily had people breaking into her house and office, that she should be more careful. Pretty quickly, it was clear someone was after her based on her husband’s work and patents he could have. I even knew who it was […]
Occasionally, I’ll pick up a contemporary book that reminds me of my age- or, more so, that I am slowly becoming less flexible with the mental gymnastics necessary to feel in touch with a story of today. I say that because I suspect I will do rather poorly at spotlighting what should really be appreciated […]
I was excited to read The Spice Master at Bistro Exotique. I’m a foodie sort or at least I enjoy reading about cooking and chefs. Unfortunately, I couldn’t connect. There’s nothing wrong with the book. It’s more my personal tastes or rather distastes. The setting was in Paris with Kate starting her own restaurant after […]
City Under One Roof caught my eye as being a bit different than usual. There are many aspects to the story. We get the point of view of three female characters. Cara is a widow and detective from Anchorage on disability leave. Amy is a teenager who has lived in Point Mettier, Alaska her whole […]
English society has turned Gwendolyn Reid’s gothic story into a sensation and a new arrival has them whispering behind their fans that there is a vampire haunting the aristocracy. When a dead body is found with puncture wounds in the neck, the latest Pink Carnation heroine finds herself solving a murder mystery next to the […]
The holidays are known as a magical time of the year. But what if Christmas is truly magic? A divorced librarian is out with her friends when she discovers the Christmas Market in Milwaukee. That baker who makes sensational coffee and kringle catches her eye. But, he knows a secret. This isn’t their first encounter. […]