Publisher: Kensington Books

In the Spirit of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge @colleengleason.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @sophiarose1816 @colleengleason @KensingtonBooks

When a murder happens at the restaurant’s opening among the old French Resistance group, a malevolent psychic message given to her “messieurs” takes on a whole new ominous meaning for ex-pat, Tabitha Knight. Colleen Cambridge’s historical cozy mystery series set in post-WWII France featuring Cordon Bleu chef Julia Child as a detecting assistant continues to […]

Posted May 20, 2026 by Sophia in Book Review / 8 Comments

🎧 You Can Scream by Rebecca Zanetti @RebeccaZanetti @landon_amy @tantoraudio.bsky.social‬ @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social‬ #LoveAudiobooks @TantorAudio

I was eager to see what would happen in the Laurel Snow series after the many events in You Can Kill. I would not start in the middle of the series; I would read these in order for both the personal relationships and the mystery plots. We start with Laurel and Huck briefly on vacation […]

Posted January 17, 2026 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 10 Comments

Murder at Donwell Abbey by Vanessa Kelly ‪@vanessakellyauthor.bsky.social‬ @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social‬ @Austenprose @sophiarose1816 @vanessakellyauthor @kensingtonbooks

After enduring the shock that her widowed father is planning to get married- to MISS BATES! The engagement ball Emma hosts for them at Donwell Abbey finishes with a murder. Vanessa Kelly delighted me right down to my shoe roses with her first Emma Knightley mystery, Murder in Highbury so I was ecstatic to press […]

Posted November 23, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review / 10 Comments

Murder at Cottonwood Canyon by Clara McKenna #ClaraMcKenna @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @KensingtonBooks @sophiarose1816

After the events in Scotland, Stella and Lyndy are in America to wrap up her father’s business and the horse farm in Kentucky before traveling to Montana to get to know her mother’s second family and spend some time with the earl fossil hunting, but the west is wild in more ways than one and […]

Posted November 19, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review / 8 Comments

Two Truths and a Murder by Colleen Cambridge @colleengleason.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @sophiarose1816 @colleengleason @KensingtonBooks

Back from London and the drama surrounding murder at the theater, Agatha Christie’s housekeeper and friend is settled back in keeping Mallowan House running like a top and pretending she doesn’t care where a certain quick-witted chauffeur and his annoying dog are. But, of course, she goes to a local party and murder tops off […]

Posted October 29, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review / 6 Comments

Deadly Trade by Sara Driscoll @jenjdanna.com‬ @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social‬ @Saradriscoll @JenJDanna @KensingtonBooks

The FBI K-9 series is one of the better ones for realistic work where the dogs are key in the story and do actual training and work. There is the police work the characters are doing with the dogs. The personal relationship of the teams, their friends and family is well developed. Deadly Trade starts […]

Posted October 28, 2025 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 20 Comments

🎧 Murder at Somerset House by Andrea Penrose ‪@andreapenrose.bsky.social #JamesCameronStewart‪ @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social‬ @tantoraudio.bsky.social‬ #LoveAudiobooks @AndreaPenrose @KensingtonBooks @TantorAudio

I’m thrilled to have another in the Wrexford & Sloane series. I love its found family, rugged individuals, social commentary and early scientific developments. It’s a delight and I highly recommend them. The murder, as is often the case, is a scientist, or at least he is in a scientific society. The buzz is about […]

Posted September 25, 2025 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 16 Comments

Thus With a Kiss I Die by Christina Dodd @ChristinaDodd @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social‬ @sophiarose1816

When a Renaissance-era Montague with a fiery temper has her own trick turned against her, she might take a while to reconcile to a forced engagement. Meanwhile, the shadows of a murder darken the corridors of the prince’s palace while malice stalks the dark streets of Verona. Christina Dodd follows up A Daughter of Fair […]

Posted September 10, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review / 12 Comments

What Dreams May Come by Christina Dodd @ChristinaDodd @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social‬ @sophiarose1816

On the very night the final events of book one, A Daughter of Fair Verona ended, the adventure for What Dreams May Come begins. Christina Dodd penned this quick novella-length “in between” addition to the series. What Dreams May Come is book #1.5 in the Daughter of Montague series and was an escapade for Rosie […]

Posted September 3, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review / 12 Comments

Guess Again by Charlie Donlea @CharlieDonlea @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social @KensingtonBooks

I always enjoy this author and the twisty nature of his stories. The main character Ethan Hall is a really good guy. He was on the police force, like his father for about 10 years, with a 100% solve rate. But the police work is dark and he saw lots of bad things when it […]

Posted July 29, 2025 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 18 Comments