Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery #2) 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: Death at a beauty pageant turns Tita Rosie’s Kitchen upside down in the latest entry of this witty and humorous cozy mystery series by Mia P. Manansala. Things are heating up for Lila Macapagal. Not in her love life, which she insists on keeping nonexistent despite the attention of two very eligible bachelors. Or her professional life, since she can’t bring herself to open her new café after […]

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 […]

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 […]