Shine by Dannika Dark is the final audiobook in the riveting Mageri series. Dannika Dark has become a favorite here at Caffeinated, and this year I devoured the Seven and Mageri series. I am awaiting the next Crossbreed release. This is the final Mageri book, but there are a few books set in their world: […]
My two favorite Charlie Cochrane historical cozy mysteries combined for this all new series that begins with a cold case from Jonty’s past. I was eager for this coziest of cozy mysteries in the authentic historical setting of post WWII England with two pairs of amateur detecting teams working together to solve the case. As […]
Nemesis was an interesting story. It was on sale at Audible and I’ve read this author before and I liked him, so I decided to give this a try. I didn’t know much about Nemesis going into this story, I guess there’s a series outside of this book. This book can be read without having […]
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 […]
I was looking at series we might listen to for #SeriesInAMonth, and after trying this first book, it is the series I will be reading. I had the ebook from Prime First Reads and somehow I bought the audio later for 29¢!!! The Underwater Investigation Unit series is a unique perspective. It is set in […]
With a Golden Sword picks up right where By a Silver Thread left off, and while the beginning felt a bit slow, the ending totally makes up for it. The excitement builds up towards the end, which leaves me eager to jump straight into the final book, To the Bloody End. Victor, the blood mage, […]
Years ago—probably close to a decade now!—I snagged most of Dannika Dark’s Mageri series through some Audible deals, without reading a single one. I was hearing so many overwhelmingly positive things that I was convinced I’d love the books. Fast forward to 2024, and guess what? Still hadn’t read a single one. But thanks to […]
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 paranormal romance or urban fantasy genres . Kindle freebie on January 23, 2022 (currently FREE at Amazon and Barnes & Noble as of writing this […]
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 […]