Tangled Vines by Frances Dinkelspiel is a true account the greed, murder, obsession, and arsonist that have plagued the vineyards of California (available October 6, 2015). On October 12, 2005, a massive fire broke out in the Wines Central wine warehouse in Vallejo, California. Within hours, the flames had destroyed… Read more
On Track for Murder by Stephen Childs is a 19th Century mystery about an Englishwoman in Australia forced to sleuth her way through a murder that hits close to home (available September 2015). Traveling from England to Australia in the late nineteenth century, Abigail Sergeant and her brother, Bertrand, are… Read more
Flame Out by M.P. Cooley is the 2nd small-town mystery featuring FBI-agent-turned-local-cop June Lyons set in Hopewell Falls, NY (available June 2, 2015). Where and when are more than just integral parts to a news story – they’re also integral parts to an investigation. In this case, the ‘what’ is… Read more
Skies of Ash by Rachel Howzell Hall is the 2nd police procedural in the Detective Elouise Norton series set in Los Angeles where a deadly house fire looks a lot like murder (available May 19, 2015). The luscious and wise cracking Detective Elouise Norton is in a personal quandary when… Read more
Neighing with Fire by Kathryn O'Sullivan is the third cozy mystery featuring Fire Chief Colleen McCabe where she believes an unearthed body and a recent fire are linked (available May 5, 2015). Fire Chief Colleen McCabe is enjoying a quiet summer and her budding romance with Sheriff Bill Dorman. However,… Read more
Here is another interesting story for you this morning. An 18-year-old Maine man faces charges after police claim he broke into not one, but two homes while completely naked. According to Falmouth police via The Associated Press, he broke into the two homes late Saturday night in an attempt to… Read more
The penultimate episode of the season started with a bang and barely came up for air as writer Sarah Nicole Jones scrawled another corker of a show that had me satisfied almost to the end. Editor's Note: We feel free to put episode spoilers in after the jump, but at… Read more
The lack of a delicous ice cream treat made a Florida woman really hot-headed. According to the witnesses at the scene, the woman set a man's car on fire in the parking lot of a Jacksonville McDonald's after he refused to buy her a refreshing McFlurry. A witness who spoke… Read more
River Road by Jayne Ann Krentz is a novel of romantic suspense about a forensic genealogist and investigator who teams up with a security expert, also her childhood crush, to uncover the secrets of their shared hometown (available January 7, 2014). In River Road, Jayne Ann Krentz returns to what… Read more
An excerpt of Sinister by Lisa Jackson, with Nancy Bush and Rosalind Noonan, a thriller featuring a cold case and a serial arsonist (available November 26, 2013). Twenty years ago, a fire ravaged the Dillinger family's old homestead, killing Judd Dillinger and crippling his girlfriend. Most people blamed a serial… Read more
