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Auralee Wallace

Book Review: In the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace

By Doreen Sheridan

October 21, 2021

In the Company of Witches by Auralee Wallace is the first book in the magical and charming new Evenfall Witches B&B cozy mystery series, where a guest dies in the bed and breakfast Brynn Warren helps her aunts run, and the young witch must rely on some good old-fashioned investigating to clear her Aunt Nora’s…

5 New Books to Read this Week: September 25, 2018

By Crime HQ

September 26, 2018

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, Vince Flynn’s Mitch Rapp series continues with a new installment from Kyle Mills and Joanne Fluke adds a holiday-themed prequel story to…

Haunted Hayride with Murder: New Excerpt

By Auralee Wallace

Erica Bloom and Otter Lake Security are once again on the case in Haunted Hayride with Murder, Auralee Wallace’s sixth installment in the hilarious Otter Lake mystery series. Trick-or-treating just got a whole lot deadlier. Erica Bloom is loving everything about autumn this year in Otter Lake, New Hampshire: changing leaves, apple cider, cozy sweaters ……

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: September 2018

By Crime HQ

August 16, 2018

Criminal Element’s September 2018 Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List! Week of September 1 through September 7 Title Author Series Date The Cats Came Back Sofie Kelly Magical Cats Mystery #10 9/4 Wuthering Kites Clover Tate Kite Shop Mystery #3 9/4 Mrs. Jeffries and the Three Wise Women Emily Brightwell Victorian Mystery #36 9/4 Merry Wrath Mysteries…

Review: Down the Aisle with Murder by Auralee Wallace

By Janet Webb

May 3, 2018

Down the Aisle with Murder by Auralee Wallace is the fifth book in the Otter Lake Mystery series. “Some wedding stories are so bizarre that you can’t even make them up.” What a perfect summation of Down the Aisle with Murder. Auralee Wallace deftly juggles many interrelated storylines that circle back to Erica Bloom and…

5 New Books to Read this Week: October 31, 2017

By Crime HQ

November 1, 2017

Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, a new Bailey Weggins novel from Kate White and the fourth Otter Lake Mystery by Auralee Wallace highlight an awesome…

Ring In the Year with Murder: New Excerpt

By Auralee Wallace

Ring In the Year with Murder by Auralee Wallace is the fourth book in the Otter Lake Mystery series. Take a visual tour of Ring In the Year with Murder with GIFnotes! It’s been a tough year for Erica Bloom. And with hours left on the clock and a killer crashing the party, it’s not…

Ring In the Year with Murder by Auralee Wallace: A Visual Guide

By Adam Wagner

October 4, 2017

GIFnotes: Giving you the basic plot summary of an upcoming book with the help of the Graphics Interchange Format. This week, take a visual tour of Auralee Wallace's fourth Otter Lake Mystery, Ring in the Year with Murder!

Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: October 2017

By Crime HQ

September 15, 2017

Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we ended summer with some great cozies; this month, get your tricks and treats with awesome October reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to read…

“Sloe Gin with Murder” Cocktail

By Adam Wagner

February 24, 2017

What could be worse than being stuck in a snow storm? Unwittingly getting stuck in a snow storm with the cast and crew from a reality TV show!  So warm your soul, drown your sorrows, and wait out the weather with this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published…

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