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 […]

Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery #1) written by Mia P. Manansala narrated by Danice Cabanela My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes—one that might just be killer…. When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She’s tasked with saving her Tita Rosie’s failing restaurant, and she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with […]

Epilogue of an Epitaph (St. Marin’s Cozy Mystery #8) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Everyone loves getting mail—just not when it’s clutched in cold, dead hands. Harvey Beckett has heard the rumors about the postmistress steaming open envelopes to entertain her nosy customers. But when she is murdered, Harvey discovers the town’s mail carrier may have been doing more than sharing idle gossip. Now, along with her father, Harvey must navigate a web of secrets and deception to uncover the truth behind the murder—a truth that might just send […]

Careless Whiskers (Cat in the Stacks #12) 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 Harris has sworn off investigating murder and mayhem after a recent close call. Instead, he’s delighted to cheer on his daughter, Laura, who’s starring in a production of Careless Whispers. The theater department at Athena College is debuting the play written by a fledgling playwright with local connections, and Charlie’s son-in-law, Frank Salisbury, will be calling the directorial shots. Laura is upset to learn that Luke Lombardi, an overbearing […]

A Sprinkle in Time (Shake Shop #2) written by Dana Mentink narrated by Stephanie Németh-Parker My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: It’s Alpenfest in Upper Sprocket! Yodelers are congregating in the square, tourists flocking to the town, and Trinidad Jones is scooping up some fall flavors at her Shimmy and Shake Shop. The cherry on the sundae is her upcoming feature in The Scoop magazine. She’s determined to serve up the perfect interview, but it won’t be easy, thanks in part to her meddling Cuban grandfather, Papa Luis, who has decided […]