Category: Mystery

Review: Familiars and Foul Play by Beth Dolgner

Familiars and Foul Play (Crones of a Feather #5) by Beth Dolgner My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: An unrepentant bride, a magical murder, and a Bigfoot in hiding. The outside world has its eye on the witches of Foxfire Haven. When Hazel Underwood and her coven of middle-aged witches stumble on a dead body in the woods, it sure looks like the work of dark magic. Unfortunately, the case falls under the jurisdiction of a non-magical town, and the sheriff there is looking at the witches a little too […]

Posted September 21, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Cat Me If You Can by Miranda James

Cat Me If You Can (Cat in the Stacks #13) written by Miranda James narrated by Erin Bennett My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Charlie and Diesel, along with Charlie’s fiancee, Helen Louise Brady, are heading to Asheville, North Carolina, to spend a week at a boutique hotel and participate in a gathering of a mystery reader’s club composed of patrons of the Athena Public Library. In addition to seeing the local sights, the members will take turns giving talks on their favorite authors. The always spry Ducote sisters, friends of […]

Posted September 14, 2026 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Review: The Sunday Table by Lila Blake

The Sunday table (The Telegraph Hill Mysteries #0.5) by Lila Blake My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: no romance Blurb: A complete Telegraph Hill Mystery prequel novella Before the body on the Filbert Steps, there was the missing money that taught Vivian Salvatore how to look. Newly separated and newly retired, Vivian has returned to North Beach hoping to disappear into a quiet apartment, a stalled book project, and solitary mornings at Coppa’s. But the neighborhood has other plans for her. When four thousand dollars raised for an ailing neighbor vanishes from a […]

Posted August 31, 2026 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: The Dog Park Murders by Angela Barker

The Dog Park Murders (The Dog Park Murders #1) by Angela Barker My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A cozy, seasonal romance-mystery in which a grumpy café owner teams up with a sunshiny pet groomer to solve a murder that’s shocked the small town of Labrador Falls. First book in the Dog Park Murders miniseries that’s a perfect blend of Only Murders in the Building and The Pumpkin Spice Café. A killer has been unleashed in their small town… Juliette Macintyre has never met a dog she didn’t love. For […]

Posted August 28, 2026 by Lola in Contemporary, Mystery, Review, Romance / 8 Comments

Review: Nobody’s Baby by Olivia Waite

Nobody’s Baby (Dorothy Gentleman #2) written by Olivia Waite narrated by Blair Baker My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Science Fiction Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in the second entry of this cozy sci-fi mystery series, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detective. Welcome to the HMS Fairweather, Her Majesty’s most luxurious interstellar passenger liner! Room and board are included, new bodies are graciously provided upon request, and should you desire a rest between lifetimes, your mind shall be most carefully preserved in glass in the Library, shielded from […]

Posted August 24, 2026 by Lola in Mystery, Review, Sci-Fi / 6 Comments

Review: Tides Wait for No Witch by Natalie Summers

Tides Wait for No Witch (Spelltide Bay Magic Mysteries #1) by Natalie Summers My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A magical island. A mysterious relative. A family she didn’t know existed. Inheriting a house from a dead great-aunt she’s never met should’ve been Sara Rivers’ first clue that things were about to get weird. The talking sea otter? That was clue number two. Sara’s plan was simple: stay the six months to get her inheritance, sell the house, and figure out what comes next. What she didn’t plan on was […]

Posted August 17, 2026 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 5 Comments

Review: Spoon to be Dead by Dana Mentink

Spoon to be Dead (Shake Shop #3) written by Dana Mentink narrated by Stephanie Németh-Parker My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A murder for the holidays is about to shake things up! Trinidad Jones is starting the festive season with sugary confections and a heaping scoop of worry as her shake shop enters its first Oregon winter. With snow abound and tourists trickling through, she’ll do anything to keep her milkshake dreams afloat, even if it means catering a holiday steamboat party for some new arrivals in town. But when her […]

Posted August 10, 2026 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments