Abigail Beanblossom is part-owner of Beanblossom’s Tea and Tarot, a teashop that also provides Tarot reading services overseen by her business partner, Hyperion Night. But as this second novel in the series opens, she’s in a different sort of partnership with her former boss turned best friend, Razzzor, who’s enlisted her help in staking out…
I love Tarot, and I love tea, and I love Kirsten Weiss’s witty, whip-smart writing. All these aspects are delightfully combined in her Tea and Tarot Mystery series, beginning with this novel, Steeped in Murder. Our heroine, Abigail Beanblossom, has worked hard to save enough money to be able to open the teashop of her…
Pieshop owner Val Harris is in for a big surprise when her sprightly octogenarian piecrust maker and landlady, Charlene McCree, forgets to tell her that the bluff her minihouse rental stands on is also the site of an annual Goddess Girls gathering. As a giant yurt and other amenities are thrown up right outside Val’s…
With the reputation of Val Harris’s Pie Town bakery restored after the events of the first book in the series, our heroine is looking to expand operations somewhat, especially after hiring more staff. She’s thrilled when Ewan Frith, the wealthy owner of the nearby Bar X, contacts her about supplying pies for an event that…
The first book in this delightfully kooky culinary cozy mystery series finds our heroine, Val Harris, trying to sell off her wedding dress after her engagement implodes. Now she’s stuck in the Northern California small town of San Nicholas, having poured all her savings into opening her beloved pie bakery, Pie Town, back when she…
What better way to gear up for Halloween than with a culinary cozy mystery that amps up the spooky? Things have always been a little kooky in San Nicholas, California, especially given that pie-maker Val Harris’s best friend is the elderly if sprightly Charlene McCree, a woman who firmly believes that a local pastor is…
Val Harris is a great boss, but even she’s beginning to reconsider her generosity in allowing Abril Rodriguez, one of her employees, to host a poetry slam at their pie shop. The poets are only moderately entertaining, even with the literal saber-rattling antics of the last performer, Abril’s English professor, Michael Starke. In fact, the…
Chocolate à la Murder by Kirsten Weiss is the fourth book in the Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Mystery series. San Benedetto, California, is launching its Wine and Chocolate Days festival—pairing the fruits of the local vineyards with various chocolatey treats—and it features one of the town’s newest businesses, the artisanal chocolatiers Reign. Maddie Kosloski and…
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 offered some great books to get out of the snow with February's releases; this month, welcome in spring with March's amazing new cozies! Let us know in the comments how you like it and…
