Category: Mystery

Review: Live and Let Chai by Bree Baker

Review: Live and Let Chai by Bree Baker

Live and Let Chai (Seaside Café Mystery #1) by Bree Baker narrated by Thérèse Plummer My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: FIRST BOOK IN A NEW BEACHSIDE COZY MYSTERY SERIES! When a body turns up on the boardwalk outside Everly Swan’s iced tea shop and café, she becomes the number one suspect in a murder case. Can she bag the culprit, prove her innocence, and dish up the real killer before it’s too late? Hitting All the sweet-tea spots, this series is: A delightful Tea Shop and Café Culinary Mystery The […]

Posted September 29, 2023 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Board to Death by C.J. Connor

Review: Board to Death by C.J. Connor

Board to Death (A Board Game Shop Mystery #1) C.J. Connor My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MM Blurb: In a trendy Salt Lake City, Utah, neighborhood, Ben Rosencrantz’s board game shop has become a community hotspot for players of all ages—and for killer collectors. Back in his hometown of Sugar House, running his family’s board game shop and café, Ben Rosencrantz just can’t seem to get his life to pass go, much less collect $200. Once he was a happily married English professor in Seattle. Now he’s a divorced caregiver, looking after […]

Posted September 25, 2023 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Mousse Hysteria by Gretchen Allen

Review: Mousse Hysteria by Gretchen Allen

Mousse Hysteria (Street Food Cozies #2) by Gretchen Allen narrated by Carrie Coello My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Always the bridesmaid… Never the… Killer? Food truck entrepreneur and blooming amateur sleuth, Billie Halifax, is excited that Sea Glass Island is hosting the annual late fall bridal convention. She has big plans to proudly display her new bakery truck at the event, hoping to gain gaggles of new customers. Her excitement wanes, however, when she discovers a woman’s body on the beach. Sensing something suspicious, Billie dives into investigating and comes […]

Posted September 13, 2023 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Death by a Thousand Sips by Gretchen Rue

Review: Death by a Thousand Sips by Gretchen Rue

Death by a Thousand Sips (Witches’ Brew Mystery #2) Gretchen Rue My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Phoebe Winchester is back on the case in Raven Creek when a body is discovered at an estate sale in Gretchen Rue’s second book in the Witches’ Brew mystery series, perfect for fans of Laura Childs and Cleo Coyle. Ever since she moved to Raven Creek, Washington, Phoebe Winchester knew she would have to grow accustomed to having a lot on her plate. She’s beginning to make the Victorian manor she inherited from her […]

Posted September 5, 2023 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Slashing Through the Snow by Jacqueline Frost

Review: Slashing Through the Snow by Jacqueline Frost

Slashing Through the Snow (Christmas Tree Farm Mystery #3) by Jacqueline Frost narrated by Allyson Ryan My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Maine innkeeper Holly White returns to sleuth another seasonal slaying in the third Christmas Tree Farm mystery from author Jacqueline Frost. Reindeer Games Christmas Tree Farm is going into the B&B business, and Holly White is looking forward to her new role as innkeeper. Even better, Mistletoe, Maine’s sheriff, Evan Gray, has deputized his little sister Libby to help Holly wrap presents for Mistletoe’s toy drive. But a cold […]

Posted August 29, 2023 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Spines and Slaughter by A.C.F. Bookens

Review: Spines and Slaughter by A.C.F. Bookens

Spines and Slaughter (Poe Baxter Books #5) A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Sometimes the demons of stories take on human faces. When Poe Baxter and her friend Beattie travel to Lima, Peru, to hunt down a rare collection of Peruvian folktales, the two women find themselves mixed up in a game of deceit that echoes the legend of the chullachaqui. Soon, they’re having trouble telling truth from lie, even when their lives are at stake. Can Poe and Beattie discern what is real from what is myth before it’s […]

Posted August 25, 2023 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke

Review: Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke

Vinyl Resting Place (Record Shop Mystery #1) by Olivia Blacke narrated by Nicol Zanzarella My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: First in a new series by Olivia Blacke, Vinyl Resting Place follows three sisters who discover that opening a family business can be murder. When Juni Jessup and her sisters Tansy and Maggie put all their beans in one basket to open Sip & Spin Records, a record-slash-coffee shop in Cedar River, Texas, they knew there could be some scratches on the track, but no one was expecting to find a […]

Posted August 17, 2023 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments