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Amateur Sleuth

Book Review: The Pomeranian Always Barks Twice by Alex Erickson

By John Valeri

March 24, 2019

Alex Erickson’s The Pomeranian Always Barks Twice is the first of the new Furever Pets Mystery series where helping animals is a family business for the Dentons—but after a shocking murder, it’s Liz Denton’s son who might end up in a cage… Alex Erickson—real name: Eric S. Moore—is the author of the popular six-book (and growing) Bookshop Café Mystery…

From HR to PI

By SupaduDev

August 18, 2017

Read this exclusive guest post from Adam Walker Phillips, then make sure to sign in and comment below for a chance to win a copy of The Silent Second! Human Resources and private detection were never meant to be a good match. The basic premise for a new kind of amateur sleuth was to throw…

Death Wears a Mask by Ashley Weaver

Death Wears a Mask: New Excerpt

By Ashley Weaver

October 14, 2015

Death Wears a Mask by Ashley Weaver is the 2nd historical cozy in the Amory Ames mystery series set in 1932 London (available October 13, 2015). Amory Ames is looking forward to a tranquil period of reconnecting with reformed playboy husband Milo after an unexpected reconciliation following the murderous events at the Brightwell Hotel. Amory…

Sky High: Exclusive Excerpt

By Susan O'Brien

September 27, 2015

Sky High by Susan O'Brien is the 2nd cozy in the Nicki Valentine mystery series about the single mom and new P.I. (available September 29, 2015). Single mom and rookie P.I. Nicki Valentine rarely gets time off, so attending a wedding with her superhot colleague Dean sounds dreamy. But things turn nightmarish when the groom—a…

Come Hell or Highball: New Excerpt

By Maia Chance

September 12, 2015

Come Hell or Highball by Maia Chance is the debut historical cozy in the Discreet Retrieval Agency Mystery Series set in the 1920s and featuring Lola, a recent high-society widow (available September 15, 2015). 31-year-old society matron Lola Woodby has survived her loveless marriage with an unholy mixture of highballs, detective novels, and chocolate layer…

Better Homes and Corpses: New Excerpt

By Kathleen Bridge

August 2, 2015

Better Homes and Corpses by Kathleen Bridge is the debut cozy in the Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery Series set in the swanky east-end of Long Island, NY (available August 4, 2015). In between scouring estate sales for her new interior design business, Cottages by the Sea, Meg visits the swanky East Hampton home of…

Berried Secrets: New Excerpt

By Peg Cochran

August 1, 2015

Berried Secrets by Peg Cochran is the debut cozy in the Cranberry Cove Mystery Series featuring Monica Albertson, who discovers a dead body floating in the farm's lake (available August 4, 2015). When Monica Albertson comes to Cranberry Cove—a charming town on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan—to help her half-brother Jeff on his cranberry…

Murder at Barclay Meadow: New Excerpt

By Wendy Sand Eckel

July 24, 2015

Murder at Barclay Meadow is the debut mystery by Wendy Sand Eckel where Rosalie Hart returns home to her aunt's farmhouse and quickly stumbles upon a body (available July 28, 2015). Rosalie Hart's world has been upended. After her husband confesses to an affair, she exiles herself to her late aunt's farmhouse on Maryland's Eastern…

Fresh Meat: Caught Read-Handed by Terrie Farley Moran

By Laura K. Curtis

July 5, 2015

Caught Read-Handed by Terrie Farley Moran is the second in the Read ’Em and Eat cozy mystery series set in the quirky Florida town of Fort Myers Beach (available July 7, 2015). Sassy and Bridgy are at it again in the second book in Terrie Farley Moran’s mystery series about a café complete with bookshop…

Fresh Meat: A Batter of Life and Death by Ellie Alexander

By Kerry Hammond

June 29, 2015

A Batter of Life and Death by Ellie Alexander is the second book in the Bakeshop Mystery series featuring baker Jules Capshaw in her hometown of Ashland, Oregon (available June 30, 2015). Reality TV meets cozy mystery, with a little bit of murder thrown in. The town of Ashland is known for its Oregon Shakespeare…

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