Publisher: Kensington Books

🎧 Murder at King’s Crossing by Andrea Penrose @AndreaPenrose #JamesCameronStewart @KensingtonBooks @TantorAudio #LoveAudiobooks

I always love the Wrexford & Sloane series, with its found family, rugged individuals, social commentary and early scientific developments. It’s a delight and I highly recommend them. The murder happens because various groups want to control a scientific advancement. The science is about building bridges to span longer distances. It is developed using mathematics […]

Posted December 31, 2024 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 14 Comments

Murder Takes the Stage by Colleen Cambridge @colleengleason @KensingtonBooks @sophiarose1816

Off to London goes the Agatha Christie household for town living and a staging of one of Agatha’s plays, if a fiendish murderer doesn’t kill the play before it even gets started. Colleen Cambridge has built a sparkling keen historical cozy mystery series with a fascinating amateur sleuth in the skilled and clever housekeeper, Phyllida […]

Posted December 4, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review / 10 Comments

Murder at Glenloch Hill by Clara McKenna #ClaraMcKenna @KensingtonBooks @sophiarose1816

After the danger of their most recent detecting adventure and disappointment not to be providing the aristocratic heir, Stella and Lyndy head to the Highlands of Scotland to visit one of her relations and see a friend compete in the prestigious golf tournament on the course of St. Andrews. Clara McKenna has captivated me with […]

Posted November 27, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review / 8 Comments

Murder by Invitation Only by Colleen Cambridge @colleengleason @KensingtonBooks @sophiarose1816

The Christies are away, the new vacuum cleaner is in route, the maids are love crazy over the new valet, and a mysterious invitation to a murder is delivered to Mallowan Hall. Phyllida soon discovers that someone is not playing games when the corpse at the party turns out to be truly dead. Colleen Cambridge’s […]

Posted November 24, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review / 8 Comments

Summit’s Edge by Sara Driscoll @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. Our team is […]

Posted November 21, 2024 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 18 Comments

A Trace of Poison by Colleen Cambridge @colleengleason @KensingtonBooks @sophiarose1816

A famous writers’ Detection Club comes to a local village to raise funds to repair and orphanage and judge the local Murder Club short story contest only for everyone to be faced with a real murder in need of solution. The second Phyllida Bright mystery builds on the strength of the first one with the […]

Posted November 6, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review / 10 Comments

Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge @colleengleason @sophiarose1816 #KindleUnlimited

A middle-aged couple are hosting a country house party, a dead body is found on her library rug. Does this set up sound familiar? Oh, yes it does and that middle-aged couple? None other than Agatha Christie and her archeologist husband, Max Mallowan. Of course I had to read Colleen Cambridge’s mystery series set in […]

Posted October 27, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review / 12 Comments

Murder in Highbury by Vanessa Kelly @vanessakellyauthor @kensingtonbooks @Austenprose @sophiarose1816

When Jane Austen’s delightful Matchmaker stumbles on a body, Emma finds a new interest to devote her time. Vanessa Kelly has written some engaging historical romantic suspenses, but I was over the top thrilled when she took up her pen to write a murder mystery and sequel set in the world of Jane Austen’s Emma. […]

Posted October 23, 2024 by Sophia in Blog Tour, Book Review / 14 Comments

Haunted to Death by Frank Anthony Politis @fapolito @KensingtonBooks @sophiarose1816

A home restoration project for a reality TV home renovation pair of guys coupled in career and life just got spooky when they learn of the death there and the seeming haunting events that are occurring in the present. Frank Anthony Polito’s Domestic Partners in Crime series is new to me, but the setting of my […]

Posted September 29, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review / 12 Comments

An Art Lover’s Guide to Paris and Murder by Dianne Freeman @difreeman001 @diannefreemanwrites @KensingtonBooks @Austenprose @sophiarose1816

Was the artist murdered? What were Julia’s secrets? The Paris art world and Paris World’s Fair become the setting for Frances and George’s latest case. Dianne Freeman does a bang up job at setting the historical scene, writing a good twisting mystery and providing a pair of delightful amateur sleuths. An Art Lover’s Guide to […]

Posted July 7, 2024 by Sophia in Blog Tour, Book Review / 10 Comments