Category: Mystery

Review: Live and Galette Die by Gretchen Rue

Review: Live and Galette Die by Gretchen Rue

Live and Galette Die (Lucky Pie Mystery #2) by Gretchen Rue My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: It’s summer on Split Pine Island and the little community is abuzz with excitement. A popular home renovation show will be spending the summer on the island and doing improvements for some of the local residents and businesses. Local pie-maker Este March may not be able to make her own luck with her magical baking skills, but she is over the moon when she finds out that her unfinished house will be the […]

Posted June 15, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Berried at Sea by Peg Cochran

Review: Berried at Sea by Peg Cochran

Berried at Sea (Cranberry Cove #4) written by Peg Cochran narrated by Romy Nordlinger My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: It’s a marriage made in murder in the new Cranberry Cove Mystery from USA Today best-selling author Peg Cochran! The long-awaited wedding of Monica and Greg is the highlight of the harvest season in Cranberry Cove, drawing friends from far and wide to help them celebrate. Among the guests are an old college friend of Monica’s and the woman’s boisterous new husband, a man with many enemies and more than a […]

Posted June 8, 2026 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Crystals and Conspiracies by Beth Dolgner

Review: Crystals and Conspiracies by Beth Dolgner

Crystals and Conspiracies (Crones of a Feather #4) by Beth Dolgner My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: An accused vampire, a disgruntled witch, and dark sorcery. At this magic shop, death has no expiration date. Hazel Underwood and Adeline Beaumont do not get along. But the vampire who runs the local magic store will have to put her trust in Hazel when someone is murdered in the store, and Adeline is blamed for it. A vengeful customer might have framed Adeline, but Hazel begins to hear whispers of something much […]

Posted June 5, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 3 Comments

Review: The Corpse by the Creek by Iris March

Review: The Corpse by the Creek by Iris March

The Corpse by the Creek (Succulent Sleuth #5) by Iris March My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Volunteer water sampling. Development deals. A dead businessman in the woods. While volunteering with a local stream restoration group, Molly and her husband, Scott, expect to end the day with nothing more to show for it than muddy hiking shoes and water samples. Instead, they stumble upon a dead body left in the woods behind the Buckeye Trail. The victim turns out to be Upton North—an unpopular developer with business ties to half the […]

Posted June 3, 2026 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Pint of No Return by Dana Mentink

Review: Pint of No Return by Dana Mentink

Pint of No Return (Shake Shop #1) written by Dana Mentink narrated by Stephanie Nemeth-Parker My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: After her divorce from her thrice-married embezzler husband, Trinidad Jones is finally ready for a fresh start. So when she’s left one of her ex’s businesses in Upper Sprocket, Oregon, she decides to pack up her dog, cash in her settlement, and open her dream business: the Shimmy and Shake Shop, introducing the world to her monster milkshakes. And even with a couple sticky situations underway, namely that the other […]

Posted June 1, 2026 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Two Purloined Pillows by Allie Pleiter

Review: Two Purloined Pillows by Allie Pleiter

Two Purloined Pillows (Nimble Needle #2) written by Allie Pleiter narrated by Carrie Coello My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: It’s been a little over a year since Shelby started managing Nina’s Nimble Needle following her office-romance and career implosion. Next, Shelby is excited to oversee two well-known needlepoint designers who will be participating in the town’s first two-week-long arts festival . . . Laura Bitters and Paul Bardo have each stitched up one-of-a-kind pillows that should be big wins for the Nimble Needle at the festival’s auction . . . […]

Posted May 13, 2026 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: The Pawful truth by Miranda James

Review: The Pawful truth by Miranda James

The Pawful Truth (Cat in the Stacks #11) written by Miranda James narrated by Erin Bennett My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: In addition to his library duties and his role as doting grandad, Charlie has enrolled in an early medieval history course offered by young, charismatic professor Carey Warriner. Charlie feels a bit out of place – his fellow classmates are half his age – except for Dixie Bell Compton, another “mature” student. When Charlie hears an angry exchange between her and their professor, his interest in piqued. He’s even […]

Posted May 4, 2026 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 1 Comment