I’ve read quite a few books from Jenn McKinlay’s Cupcake Bakery mystery series for this column, but this has been my first of her Library Lover’s, and I have to say that I was completely blown away. Perhaps it’s just the subject matter, or perhaps it’s the slightly more serious tone of this series, but…
Takes One to Know One by Susan Isaacs is a bitingly wry and ominously thrilling novel about a former FBI anti-terrorism agent turned Long Island housewife whose curiosity leads her to investigate a boring coworker that ends up opening a case far more dangerous than she could have imagined. Thirty-eight-year-old Corie Geller has it all:…
I honestly don’t know how David Rosenfelt does it. He puts out two to three mysteries a year and each one is terrific. I should know: I’ve read five of the six books he’s published since mid-2017 as they came out and each is an intelligent, hilarious page-turner. This twentieth book in the Andy Carpenter…
At the end of every summer, the 16-year-old girls of Garner County are banished to live in the wilderness for a year. This is so that they can safely rid themselves of their “magic”, the potent ability that runs wild in their veins and allows them to ensnare the good, honest men of the county…
The third Deputy Donut Mystery finds us back in Fallingbrook, Wisconsin, as the town gears up to celebrate the Fourth of July. Donut shop owner Emily Westhill is pleased that both her store and vintage donut-mobile will be featured in the festivities, with the latter set to carry the Fallingbrook King and Queen during the…
Death of a Gigolo by Laura Levine is the 17th book in the Jaine Austen mystery series, where the freelance writer must solve a murder while ghostwriting a steamy romance novel. The 17th book of the Jaine Austen mystery series is one of the strongest to date. It’s funny and fresh, with a murder mystery…
Simmering in Patagonian myth, The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring is a debut novel and a gothic psychological thriller with a haunting twist. I’m a sucker for boarding school novels, especially ones that incorporate mystery and horror into the proceedings. So I leaped at the chance to review Sara Faring’s The Tenth Girl, which is billed as…
From Queen of Suspense, Agatha Christie, The Last Séance is an all-new collection of her spookiest and most sinister stories, including the never-before-published in the USA, “The Wife of Kenite!” With Halloween just around the corner, what better time to delve into a collection of spooky and mysterious tales written by the Queen of Suspense…
I’ve read several books each from Laura Childs’s Tea Shop and Cackleberry Club mystery series, but Mumbo Gumbo Murder, written with Terrie Farley Moran, is my first exposure to her New Orleans Scrapbooking mysteries. Set in the Big Easy, this 16th book in the series follows our heroine, craft store owner Carmela Bertrand, and her…
Sharon Farrow’s Berry Basket Mysteries is one of the most consistently well-put-together culinary cozy series out there, with some really solid mystery writing to underpin the charming small-town proceedings. Set in Oriole Point, a popular (but, alas, fictional) tourist destination on the banks of Lake Michigan, the series stars Marlee Jacobs, the proprietor of the…
