Category: Mystery

Review: Basted Butchery by A.C.F. Bookens

Review: Basted Butchery by A.C.F. Bookens

Basted Butchery (Stitches In Crime #12) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A salvage job at a historic plantation shouldn’t come with a side of murder. Paisley Sutton is ready for a quiet weekend of stitching—until a body turns up at the Brown Plantation, her new client’s property. As she digs into the past, Paisley uncovers secrets tied to the people who once lived there—secrets someone is desperate to keep hidden. Delve into Basted Butchery, the atmospheric new story in the Stitches in Crime series—where history isn’t always […]

Posted August 25, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 0 Comments

Review: The Dead Come to Stay by Brandy Schillace

Review: The Dead Come to Stay by Brandy Schillace

The Dead Come to Stay (Ardemore House #2) by Brandy Schillace My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A delightful new cozy crime novel from the award-winning author of the “twisty, engaging, and thoroughly unexpected” (Deanna Raybourne) The Framed Women of Ardemore House An amateur autistic sleuth. A wry English detective. A murder case that thrusts them both into the wealthy world of the rare artifacts trade… Jo Jones can’t seem to catch a break. She’d hoped that trading in her city life for the cozy, peaceful hills of North Yorkshire to […]

Posted August 6, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: A Purrfect Date by Alex Erickson

Review: A Purrfect Date by Alex Erickson

A Purrfect Date (Cat Yoga Mystery #2) by Alex Erickson My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Up-and-comer Ashley Branson usually aims to keep both feet placed firmly on the ground—unless she’s instructing a class at her trendy cat yoga studio. But she soon finds herself caught in a downward spiral when a stretch beyond her comfort zone leads to murder . . . Ashley Branson is sure of one thing after experiencing a disastrous blind date—she would much rather enjoy the single life and hang out with playful felines at her […]

Posted August 4, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Review: How to Have a Killer Time in D.C. by Sam Lumley

Review: How to Have a Killer Time in D.C. by Sam Lumley

How to Have a Killer Time in D.C. (Oliver Popp’s Travel Guides to Murder #1) by Sam Lumley My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/m Blurb: A young, gay, autistic travel writer takes a head-spinning detour when murder and romance unbalance his well-planned life and career in this fun, quirky debut mystery . . . For twenty-four-year-old Oliver Popp, autism is just another fact of life. As long as Oliver sticks to a comfortable itinerary planned well in advance, he gets by just fine as a staff writer for Offbeat Traveler magazine. But […]

Posted June 18, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Review: The Silence of the Library by Miranda James

Review: The Silence of the Library by Miranda James

The Silence of the Library (Cat in the Stacks #5) by Miranda James narrated by Erin Bennett My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: It’s National Library Week, and the Athena Public Library is planning an exhibit to honor the centenary of famous novelist Electra Barnes Cartwright-creator of the beloved Veronica Thane series. Charlie has a soft spot for Cartwright’s girl detective stories (not to mention an extensive collection of her books!). When the author agrees to make a rare public appearance, the news of her whereabouts goes viral overnight, and series […]

Posted June 11, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Fatality at the Festival by Beth Dolgner

Review: Fatality at the Festival by Beth Dolgner

Fatality at the Festival (Nightmare, Arizona #8) by Beth Dolgner narrated by Petrea Burchard My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Crystals, corn dogs, and crime in Nightmare, Arizona Olivia Kendrick is excited about Nightmare’s annual arts and crafts festival until a vendor winds up dead inside his food truck. Locals and festival artists alike disliked the corn dog seller, but who had enough motive to murder him? The supernatural community at Nightmare Sanctuary Haunted House must pull together to help gather clues, from a siren on a spy mission to […]

Posted June 9, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: The Little Lost Library by Ellery Adams

Review: The Little Lost Library by Ellery Adams

The Little Lost Library (Secret, Book, & Scone Society #7) written by Ellery Adams narrated by Cris Dukehart My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Big clues come in small packages as Miracle Books owner Nora Pennington and the Secret, Book, and Scone Society attempt to solve a series of murders connected to a bibliophile’s missing books in the latest cozy mystery from New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams . . . When an elderly Miracle Springs resident, Lucille Wynter, arranges for Nora to deliver an order of books to her […]

Posted May 21, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments