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Cozy Corner

Cozy Case Files as Classic Cocktails

By Crime HQ

January 24, 2023

What goes best with a good cozy? A mug of coffee, sure. A cup of tea, absolutely. But nothing beats a good cocktail! Here are our hand-picked cocktail pairings for each book in the sampler. Of Manners and Murder by Anastasia Hastings Pimm’s Cup: A London staple created in the 1800s, the same city and century this…

Kensington Christmas Cozy Round-Up

By John Valeri

December 15, 2021

I think we can all agree that it wouldn’t quite be Christmas without the carols, cocoa, cookies—and crime. Fortunately, Kensington continues to aid and abet our homicidal (reading) habits with a smorgasbord of seasonal stories that meld food, flirtation, and felonies. Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off By Darci Hannah In Darci Hannah’s Michigan-based Murder…

An Exclusive First Look at the Cover of Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian!

By Crime HQ

June 7, 2021

Known for her wonderfully addictive characters, multiple award-winning author Gigi Pandian introduces her newest heroine in this heartfelt series debut. Under Lock & Skeleton Key layers stunning architecture with mouthwatering food in an ode to classic locked room mysteries that will leave readers enchanted. After a disastrous accident derails Tempest Raj’s career, and life, she heads…

Book Review: To Fetch a Felon by Jennifer Hawkins

By Doreen Sheridan

January 5, 2021

Emma Reed and her beloved Corgi move from London to Cornwall with the dream of opening a tea shop—but first, they’ll have to collar a criminal in the first book in a cozy new series. After two decades working in The City, Emma Reed has decided to quit high finance and move to the small…

Book Review: Mimi Lee Gets A Clue by Jennifer J. Chow

By Doreen Sheridan

March 16, 2020

Our title heroine, Mimi Lee, has just opened the business of her dreams, a pet grooming salon in Los Angeles, with the help of rich investor Pixie St James, whose dog she saved from drowning. Sure, business is a little slow to start, but she’s sure that once word spreads of how good she is…

Terns of Endearment by Donna Andrews

Terns of Endearment: New Excerpt

By Donna Andrews

A new side-splitting Meg Langslow mystery from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Toucan Keep a Secret.

Book Review: Bitter Brew by G.A. McKevett

By John Valeri

May 15, 2019

Bitter Brew by G.A. McKevett is the 24th cozy mystery in the P.I. Savannah Reid series where Savanna must drop everything from her full plate for a friend in trouble.  The prolific G.A. McKevett—real name: Sonja Massie—has been thrilling readers for decades with her cozy mysteries featuring PI Savannah Reid, a Georgia native now living…

Foul Play on Words by Becky Clark

Book Review: Foul Play on Words by Becky Clark

By Amber Keller

April 23, 2019

In Foul Play on Words by Becky Clark, mystery writer Charlee Russo has to juggle a kidnapping, a writer’s conference and a hotel that has gone to the dogs, and she worries that she may have bitten off more than she can chew. When mystery author Charlee Russo helps her friend Viv Lundquist by agreeing to be…

Murder in an Irish Pub by Carlene O'Connor

Book Review: Murder in an Irish Pub by Carlene O’Connor

By Amber Keller

March 13, 2019

In Carlene O’Connor’s Murder in an Irish Pub, the cozy village of Kilbane seems like the perfect place for a poker tournament, until the star player is found hanging in the local pub’s broom closet.  Siobhan O’Sullivan is a Garda in the small village of Kilbane. She’s still pretty new to the job, but she’s a…

Murder Once Removed by S.C. Perkins

Murder Once Removed: New Excerpt

By SC Perkins

S.C. Perkins’ Murder Once Removed is the cozy debut in the Ancestry Detective series, in which Texas genealogist Lucy Lancaster uses her skills to solve murders in both the past and present. Except for a good taco, genealogist Lucy Lancaster loves nothing more than tracking down her clients’ long-dead ancestors, and her job has never been…

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