I loved this book so much that it got me to start taking up yarncraft again! Unfortunately, not the crochet that our heroine’s competitive co-worker Adele Abrams Humphries evangelizes for—though, once I’m done with my current project, I absolutely plan on re-learning that skill. Betty Hechtman describes crafting so lovingly… Read more
The Perfect Liar by Thomas Christopher Greene is a compulsively readable domestic thriller that centers on two damaged souls drawn together and living in bliss… until a series of notes on their front door destroys any sense of serenity and forces them both to drastic action. Susannah Garcia is a beautiful,… Read more
The Cackleberry Club Mystery series continues to delight with this very smart eighth installment. Suzanne Dietz is gearing up for the holiday season by volunteering as a stagehand for the town of Kindred’s production of A Christmas Carol, alongside one of her business partners, Toni. They’re fumbling their way through… Read more
Hurray, I was so pleased to hear that Edith Maxwell, author of one of my favorite historical mystery series, was coming out with a culinary cozy series as well. Written under the pseudonym Maddie Day, this debut novel is quite a treat! Mackenzie “Mac” Almeida is the mixed-race daughter of… Read more
In her sequel to Rattle, Fiona Cummins launches the reader back into the world of Detective Sergeant Fitzroy and her pursuit of “The Bone Collector.” Detective Sergeant Etta Fitzroy continues the search for the serial killer, aptly nicknamed “The Bone Collector” because of his obsession with unusual human skeletons. Brian Howley… Read more
In the seventh book of the excellent Maine Clambake mystery series, the summer tourist season is in full swing. Our heroine, Julia Snowden, has her hands full running the Snowden Family Clambake and is not thrilled to discover that access to one of the local beaches used by her clam… Read more
Honestly, this is the best culinary cozy series on the market today, and I’m just so thrilled that I’m finally able to catch up with this, the sixth book in the series. Our heroine, Julia Snowden, is hard at work getting Morrow Island ready for the start of clambake season…. Read more
A Spell of Murder by Clea Simon is the first book in the new Witch Cats of Cambridge series. This delightful series debut revolves around a trio of feline sisters and their owner—or as they prefer to call her, their person, Becca Colwin. Both newly single and newly unemployed, Becca has thrown… Read more
This is probably the first culinary cozy murder mystery that I’ve read that makes me want to read the entire series from the beginning primarily to investigate the protagonist’s love life. Said protagonist in this case is Marlee Jacob, owner of a berry-themed shop and bakery located on Oriole Point… Read more
Murder at the Mill by M. B. Shaw is the first book in the Iris Grey Mysteries series set in a picture-perfect Hampshire village. As we gear up for the holiday season, I knew I was going to enjoy M. B. Shaw’s Murder at the Mill from the start after… Read more
