Terns of Endearment: New Excerpt
A new side-splitting Meg Langslow mystery from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Toucan Keep a Secret.
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Book Review: Bitter Brew by G.A. McKevett
By John Valeri
May 15, 2019Bitter 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…
Book Review: The Pomeranian Always Barks Twice by Alex Erickson
By John Valeri
March 24, 2019Alex 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…
Seven Fun Genealogy Facts
By SC Perkins
March 18, 2019Join S.C. Perkins, author of Murder Once Removed—the first in a new cozy mystery series starring Lucy Lancaster, a Texas genealogist who uses her skills to solve murders in both the past and present—as she shares a list of genealogical facts guaranteed to impress at your next dinner party! Somewhere, years ago, I heard the term…
Book Review: Murder in an Irish Pub by Carlene O’Connor
By Amber Keller
March 13, 2019In 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…
Book Review: Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day
By John Valeri
January 3, 2019Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day is the first book in the Cozy Capers Book Group mystery series. Agatha Award-nominated, pseudonymous author Maddie Day—aka Edith Maxwell, acclaimed writer of short crime fiction and historical mysteries—is no stranger to the commission of felonies. The President of Sisters in Crime New England, she has written five…
A Very Cozy Christmas Mystery Round-Up
By John Valeri
December 7, 2018Christmas comes but once a year—and with it, a bookish bounty of murder, mayhem, and merriment! Seasonal cozies are as much tradition as cookies, cakes, and pies, and pair equally well with a hot cup of tea (or something stronger) and a roaring fire. If you’re looking for something delightfully decadent to sink your teeth…
Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: October 2018
By Crime HQ
September 17, 2018Criminal Element’s October 2018 Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List! Week of October 1 through October 7 Title Author Series Date The Dead Ringer M. C. Beaton Agatha Raisin Mystery #29 10/2 The Pint of No Return Ellie Alexander Sloan Krause Mystery #2 10/2 Glitter Bomb Laura Childs w/ Terrie Farley Moran Scrapbooking Mystery #15 10/2 Mean…
Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List: September 2018
By Crime HQ
August 16, 2018Criminal 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…
New England Cozy Mysteries: 7 New England Destinations for Armchair Mystery Lovers
By Shari Randall
August 2, 2018As they say in the real estate business: location, location, location. New England is a perfect place to vacation—think of walking on the windswept Cape Cod, dining at a waterfront lobster shack, hiking the Green Mountains of Vermont, or touring a grand Newport mansion. What to do if you can’t get away? You can armchair…