Category: Mystery

Review: Stitch X for Murder by A.C.F. Bookens

Stitch X For Murder (Stitches In Crime #5) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: Blurb: Old Douglas Fir timbers bring good money, but maybe not as much as keeping quiet about the story of a murder. Paisley Sutton hates to see an old barn falling down, so when she has a chance to take in a crew of friends to salvage timbers, she goes in with gusto. But when they find the bones from a decades-old murder, Paisley begins to wonder if maybe some things should just be let go […]

Posted December 15, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Murder at the Taffy Shop by Maddie Day

Murder at the Taffy Shop (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery #2) by Maddie Day Narrated by Rachel Dulude My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Cape Cod bicycle shop owner Mackenzie “Mac” Almeida and her mystery book club find a certain accusation of murder quite the stretch . . . When your mother is an astrologist and your dad is a minister, you learn to keep an open mind. Which is just what Mac loves to do—exercise her mind by puzzling out fictional clues in the mystery novels she reads and discusses […]

Posted November 25, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Witches, Spiders and Schemes by Elizabeth Pantley

Witches, Spiders, and Schemes (Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic #4) by Elizabeth Pantley My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery/ Portal Fantasy Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: A magic mirror to an enchanted world. A mysterious ghost. A hilarious, perpetually annoyed witch. A brave, sassy cat. Two unexplained deaths and a mysterious community filled with secrets. Can Hayden and the people of Destiny Falls solve the mystery and return the community to its peaceful, enchanted existence? Hayden’s adventures in Destiny Falls continue in book four of the Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic series. Starting with a […]

Posted November 10, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 0 Comments

Review: A Spell for Trouble by Esme Addison

A Spell for Trouble (An Enchanted Bay Mystery #1) by Esme Addison My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Alexandra Daniels hasn’t set foot in the quiet seaside town of Bellamy Bay, North Carolina in over twenty years. Ever since her mother’s tragic death, her father has mysteriously forbidden her from visiting her aunt and cousins. But on a whim, Alex accepts an invitation to visit her estranged relatives and to help them in their family business: an herbal apothecary known for its remarkably potent teas, salves, and folk remedies. Bellamy […]

Posted October 25, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Victim in the Valley by R.L. Syme

Victim in the Valley (The Vangie Vale Mysteries #4) by R.L. Syme My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: I never thought Edward would come back… When the court case against my ex was finished, I thought we were finished, too. But it turns out, it was only the beginning. Victim in the Valley is Book Four in the Vangie Vale Mysteries Series and provides so many answers about what really happened “back then” with Vangie. I hope you enjoy! My Review I picked this one up during a stressful week. I […]

Posted October 21, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 3 Comments

Review: Entitled to Kill by A.C.F. Bookens

Entitled To Kill (St. Marin’s Cozy Mystery #2) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Mother-daughter bonding time shouldn’t involve running from a big tractor. When Harvey Beckett stumbles upon the body of the community’s most reviled dairy farmer, she, her friends, and her parents are launched into an investigation that reveals a family secret that wasn’t really that secret after all. Soon, Harvey’s curiosity lands her and her mother in a heap of danger that may mark the end of her sleuthing Can Harvey help find the murderer […]

Posted October 19, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Publishable by Death by A.C.F. Bookens

Publishable By Death (St. Marin’s Cozy Mystery #1) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Change is hard in a small Southern town, especially when it brings a side of murder. All Harvey Beckett wants to do is help the residents of St. Marin’s find the perfect book for that moment, snuggle with her hound dog Mayhem, and be ignored by her cat Aslan. But when the small, waterside town’s newest resident discovers the body of the community’s persnickety reporter in her bookshop storeroom just before her grand opening, […]

Posted October 5, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments