Category: Mystery

Review: Butchery and Bindings by A.C.F. Bookens

Butchery and Bindings (Poe Baxter Books Series #3) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: It’s not every day you get to sit on pristine blue water holding a beautiful, first edition Nadine Gordimer novel, and wondering if you’ll survive the day. Poe Baxter has always wanted to go to Capetown, and when she hears that a rare book by a famous South African novelist has come on the market, she takes the opportunity to fly to the city. But as soon as she and her best friend Beattie begin […]

Posted January 26, 2023 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 3 Comments

Review: The Space Between Heartbeats by Melissa Pearl

The Space Between Heartbeats (The Space Between Heartbeats #1) by Melissa Pearl My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Contemporary Romance with a hint of Paranormal Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: She’s a reckless party girl. He’s her scar-faced victim. But when she needs a hero, can he overcome past hurts to save her life? Nicole Tepper has it all—beauty, popularity, and the perfect boyfriend. But after a party she can’t remember, she wakes up in a ghostly state, trapped between life and death. Nicole’s injured body is lying in a wooded area, but she has no idea […]

Posted January 23, 2023 by Lola in Contemporary, Mystery, Review, Romance / 0 Comments

Review: Pawsitively Poisonous by Melissa Erin Jackson

Pawsitively Poisonous (Witch of Edgehill #1) by Melissa Erin Jackson My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: First book in a completed series of five lighthearted, fast-paced, and twisty mysteries! Every town has its secrets, but no one has a secret like hers. Amber Blackwood, lifelong resident of Edgehill, Oregon, has earned a reputation for being a semi-reclusive odd duck. Her store, The Quirky Whisker, is full of curiosities, from extremely potent sleepy teas and ever-burning candles to kids’ toys that seem to run endlessly without the aid of batteries. The […]

Posted January 13, 2023 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Mystic Persons by Ada Bell

Mystic Persons (Shady Grove Pyschic Mystery #6) by Ada Bell My Rating: 2 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Enjoy this small town paranormal cozy mystery by best-selling author Ada Bell. All Aly wants for Christmas is her memories… The world is different. Aly knows who she is, but not much else. She’s got a new home, a new job–and a new boyfriend. Still, she’s excited to be spending the holidays with her entire family this year. If only there weren’t that pesky dead guy in the bathroom. They thought that spell went […]

Posted January 9, 2023 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Massacre and Margins by A.C.F. Bookens

Massacre And Margins (Poe Baxter Books #2) by ACF Bookens My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: She thought she was just going to reminisce, enjoy the Northern Lights, and celebrate an author, but a murderer had other ideas. On her first trip to Iceland, Poe Baxter is excited about the scenery, the culture, and the chance to hold a rare Douglas Copeland title in her hand. But when she and her best friend Beattie try to find the woman who promised to sell them the book, they find themselves trying to […]

Posted October 19, 2022 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: That’s the Spirit! by Mallory Pierce

That’s the Spirit! (GhostWriter Mystery #1) by Mallory Pierce My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: He’s on a deadline; she’s just . . . dead. Brought back from the other side by a séance, Gwendolyn Frink has been roaming the halls of her family’s Victorian house for more than a century. She can’t communicate with the living, she can’t leave the premises, and she can’t stand feeling useless. Enter Nolan Drake, aka the Guru of Gore. Suffering from a wicked case of writer’s block, the best-selling horror author purchases the […]

Posted October 6, 2022 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Christmas Scarf Murder by Carlene O’Connor, Maddie Day and Peggy Ehrhart

Christmas Scarf Murder by Carlene O’Connor, Maddie Day and Peggy Ehrhart My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Stocking stuffers like handknit scarves make the coziest of Christmas gifts—unless they’re used as accessories for murder! CHRISTMAS SCARF MURDER by CARLENE O’CONNOR When grinchy thefts steal the good cheer at a local nursing home, Siobhan O’Sullivan manages to identify one missing item before Kilbane, Ireland’s Christmas tractor parade—a hideous shamrock scarf wrapped around a very dead body. Now, with her holiday farmhouse bash approaching, Siobhan must dash to stop a deadly Secret Santa […]

Posted September 27, 2022 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 0 Comments