Olivia Blacke’s Record Shop Mysteries follows Juni Jessup and her sisters as they run a record shop in Cedar River, Texas. The first book in the series, Vinyl Resting Place, releases Dec. 27, 2022. Olivia Matthews’s Spice Isle Bakery Mysteries features a West Indian-American family who’ve opened a bakery in the Little Caribbean neighborhood in…
1: Morgan The key was a blackened talisman, tucked into her leather cuff. She’d gotten in the habit of keeping it there since it had become the only tangible thing she owned when, three months ago, her entire life was reduced to ash and ruin. The fire department had already come and gone by the…
Thanks so much for joining us! First, can you tell us a little about your new series, Crossfire, on Britbox? Crossfire is a series about three families who are staying in a holiday resort on a Spanish island when gunmen come into the premises and begin to shoot. All the families are separated in different…
Chapter 1 Misty Murphy Shadows chased each other across the grounds of the Mountaintop Lodge as dappled sunlight streamed through the beautiful orange, red, and golden leaves. Autumn had arrived in Beech Mountain, North Carolina, spreading its glorious colors across the peaks and valleys. With the season came the so-called leaf peepers, tourists from…
We put Elle Cosimano (author of the beloved Finlay Donovan series) in the hot seat, and she gave us a few hints about Finlay and Vero’s shenanigans in her next book, Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun; talked about some unusual research she did while writing the book (hint: she’s not a bad shot!); and clued us into…
Prologue June 9, 2014 To: Bayridgemama475@gmail.com From: Alexisfire475@gmail.com Mother, I’m sorry for what I have to tell you. Maybe if I was more brave, I would say it to your face. But by the time you read this, I’ll be gone. I realize this will be a shock. You know me only as the quiet,…
Donut Disturb by Ellie Alexander Baked goods, a wedding, and a murder mystery—what more could you want for a cozy fall read? In the 15th installment of Ellie Alexander’s A Bakeshop Mystery series, the filling is looking grim for pastry chef and amateur sleuth Juliet Capshaw as everyone in town gathers to celebrate Thomas and Kerry’s…
All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell Fueled by a childhood fascination with death, journalist Hayley Campbell searches for answers in the people who make a living by working with the dead. Along the way, she encounters mass fatality investigators, embalmers, gravediggers, a former executioner, and more. Through Campbell’s incisive and candid interviews with…
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