Looking for a fun, light read to curl up with over these cold winter months? Look no farther than a cozy. Not only do cozies have murder, mystery, and a dash of humor, they oftentimes offer recipes, craft instruction and more. But as of late, we’re getting a little bit more in our cozies—a little…
Start your spring reading with six cozy mysteries! Enter below for a chance to win: one ARC of Lineage Most Lethal by S.C. Perkins one mass market paperback copy of Hems & Homicide by Elizabeth Penny one mass market paperback copy of Egg Drop Dead by Vivien Chien one hardcover copy of The Stolen Letter…
Ho-Lee Noodle House is ready to take the Cleveland night market by storm until a brand-new food venue literally explodes onto the scene in Vivien Chien’s fourth Noodle Shop Mystery, Wonton Terror—take a visual tour with GIFnotes! Lana Lee is all smiles when the first evening of Cleveland’s Asian Night Market kicks off the summer.…
Murder Lo Mein by Vivien Chien is the third in the tasty Noodle Shop Mystery series. Everyone agrees that the food at Ho-Lee Noodle House is delicious—unless it happens to be deadly . . . Murder Lo Mein is the third book in Vivien Chien’s delightful series featuring reluctant noodle shop manager Lana Lee, and…
Murder Lo Mein by Vivien Chien is the third book in the delicious Noodle Shop Mystery series—take a visual tour with GIFnotes! Everyone agrees that the food at Ho-Lee Noodle House is delicious… Unless it happens to be deadly. Lana Lee’s stake in her family’s Chinese restaurant is higher than ever now that she’s been made…
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, Hank Phillippi Ryan’s first standalone novel combines with Sophie Hannah’s third mystery in Agatha Christie’s legendary Hercule Poirot series…
Dim Sum of All Fears by Vivien Chien is the second book in the delicious Noodle Shop Mystery series. Lana Lee is a dutiful daughter, waiting tables at her family’s Chinese restaurant even though she’d rather be doing just about anything else. Then, just when she has a chance for a “real” job, her parents take off…
Criminal Element’s August 2018 Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List! Week of August 1 through August 7 Title Author Series Date Toucan Keep a Secret Donna Andrews Meg Langslow Mystery #23 8/7 A Tale of Two Kitties Sofie Kelly Magical Cats Mystery #9 8/7 Shady Shenanigans Wendy Byrne Izzy Lewis Mystery #3 8/7 Week of August…
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,…
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, a new Hap & Leonard novel from Joe R. Lansdale combines with C. J. Box's latest Joe Pickett thriller…
