The town of Providence, Ohio, is ready to host its annual Cheese Festival, and cheese shop owner Charlotte Bessette is excited—not only for the increased revenue brought by tourist traffic (though that is certainly a plus!), but also at the prospect of a weekend getaway to Emerald Pastures, a nearby dairy farm and inn. Run…
Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Back by popular demand, after a brief hiatus since October's releases, we're getting you ready for Valentine's with treats for February! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to…
Around Crime HQ we’ve been talking about book trailers. If you don’t know what we mean, here are samples of the 6 basic types we’ve seen kicking around the interweebs: Authorial, Informational, Personal, Demonstrational, Comical, and DIY! 1) Authorial This clip by James Patterson for Kill Me If You Can, co-authored with Marshall Karp, was…
As I mentioned yesterday, adding recipes to mystery novels was a big bonus for readers in my book. Anytime you can add food to the story, I’m a happy camper. My mother-in-law was one of the best cooks I’ve ever known. She took great pride in saying, “I’ve never used a box of mix to…
I love reading and I love eating so it stands to reason I’d enjoy mysteries that involve food. I’ve been reading about amateur sleuths who solve murders and prepare great food since the early days of the “culinary cozy.” I now have lots of favorites including one about a chef who makes gourmet bloods for…
Recently, CNN posted an article about the boom in culinary mysteries. The article posits many reasons for people’s enjoyment of culinary cozies, but leaves out the one that brings me back time and again—I just like food. I like reading about it, preparing it, and, most of all, eating it. So it’s odd that I’ve…
