A chance to get away for a quiet holiday above the heat and crowds at a Buddhist Monastery doesn’t quiet offer the peace and tranquility Jane and Shanti were hoping for in this latest Harriet Steel historical cozy mystery. Retreat From Nuala is the fourteenth book in the Inspector de Silva series and […]
The Cambridge dons are back in action as a detective team, but this time their helping out a fellow professor accused of murder. Charlie Cochrane’s Cambridge Fellows has long been an auto-buy historical cozy mystery series set against the world of academia in Edwardian and post WWI England with a cerebral pair of forbidden lovers as […]
K.L. Armstrong is Kelley Armstrong who is known mostly for her Urban Fantasy series Otherworld and the suspense series Rockton. I’ve always loved her work, I’ve read almost everything she’s written, even her Young Adult and Middle Grade stories, which is rare for me. But she’s such a great storyteller, I can’t help but pick […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). This is a collection of freebies I have read which have some sort of home renovation in the plot. Chirp freebie on November 30, 2023 (currently $7.99 at Chirp and $7.01 at Audible, and in Kindle Unlimited as of […]
Continuing my delightful binge through the Inspector de Silva series, I’ve arrived at a case set against the world of horse racing when Nuala hosts a prestigious race only to have the race course shrouded in a possible doping scandal and a murder. Shanti de Silva must tread carefully as he investigates the […]
Rural Eastern Oregon is the both patrol area and home stomping grounds for Sgt Maggie Blackthorne who is living down the demons of her past and now faces her first homicide investigation. LaVonne Griffin-Valade is an utterly new to me author whose series caught my eye in one of those ‘if you enjoyed this…’ seller […]
Kate Quinn’s body of work is filled with amazing portrayals of women and how they triumphed in unlikely circumstances. Her writing style blends human interest and history in a way that makes it so easy to connect with the characters. The Briar Club departs from the World War 2 era subjects I was used, and […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). This is a collection of freebies I have read which are in the romance genre . Kindle freebie on April 12, 2022 (currently $5.99 at Amazon and in KindleUnlimited as of writing this post) Overall rating 4.43 with 4,974 […]
Returning to 1940’s Ceylon and the fictitious hill town of Nuala, the latest mystery finds Shanti investigating the death of an Indian film star when the deceased’s film company chose to use Nuala for the location of their latest film. Harriet Steel’s historical cozy mystery series has long been a favorite of […]
I always love a new book by Ilona Andrews and am honored to get to read and review, Sanctuary. The story further develops a character in the Kate Daniels world. Roman is part of the Slavic mythology serving Chernobog. As a dark god, you would think he would be evil. But dark and light are […]