One of my favorite things about reading is traveling to the various locations that authors have created as their setting. To me, there is no better adventure than looking through the eyes of the author and characters as they take you through a place and time they’ve grown up in or experienced in some way,…
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…
I really enjoyed this third installment in Rebecca Adler’s Taste of Texas series. Our heroine, Josie Callahan, is really starting to grow into her sass and repartee with her fellow citizens of Broken Boot, Texas. And the colorful aphorisms that pepper the book are a linguistic delight! But I’m getting ahead of myself. It’s Cinco…
Because I write stories set in the here and now—and because, at least in some ways, I hew to the notion of writing what you know—I sometimes have to do some fancy dancing to avoid seeming to be stealing from someone’s life. Or, in the case of my French village series, entire geographies. Dressed for…
Take Out by New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Margaret Maron is the ninth book in the award-winning Sigrid Harald series. If you’re looking for an elegantly written mystery with a distinct New York flavor, you really can’t go wrong with Margaret Maron’s ninth novel featuring NYC Detective Sigrid Harald—it’s no wonder it’s an Agatha nominee.…
Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we welcomed spring with great March cozies; this month, April showers bring awesome reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to read next! Like this shopping…
Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we kept warm with great February cozies; this month, welcome spring with killer March reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to read next! Like this…
Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we rang in the new year with great January cozies; this month, keep warm with amazing February reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to read…
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Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, Christmas came early with some great December cozies; this month, ring in the new year with amazing January reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to…
