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 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 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
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
My favorite prickly heroine, Charity Penn (or Penn, as she prefers to be known since her given name was chosen as a reminder of her family status as unwanted foundling), is starting to settle into life running her late grandmother’s chocolate shop in the South Carolina island town of Camellia… Read more
Charity Penn is not your usual cozy mystery heroine. As an heiress of somewhat dubious parentage, her entire life before the novel’s open is primarily one of distrusting others, from the family that keeps her at arms’ length to the many people willing to lie to her to gain access… Read more
What. Just. Happened?! Joanne Fluke returns to gripping form with this latest Hannah Swensen book set in the present-day, as Hannah tries to get through her days without her husband, Ross Barton, who mysteriously disappeared at the end of the last novel. While I’m #TeamNorman all the way, I still… Read more
Hannah Swensen Barton returns from her luxurious honeymoon cruise already fretting over married life. Her husband, Ross, is doting and kind, so her concerns run the gamut from silly (“Why didn’t he call me? Oh, he did, I just don’t understand how cell phones work!”) to serious (“Should we discuss… Read more
