Tag: Cozy Mystery

Review: Draw and Order by Cheryl Hollon

Review: Draw and Order by Cheryl Hollon

Draw and Order (Paint & Shine Mystery #2) by Cheryl Hollon My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Appalachian artist and local guide Miranda Trent opens a new murder investigation after her Paint & Shine tour group discovers the remains of a missing hiker along an ancient trail… For her latest excursion, Miranda is thrilled to take a close-knit group of rock climbers, the Risky Business Adventurers, up the challenging Battleship Rock Trail to paint and sample moonshine. But the outing is cut short when they discover a skeleton near the trailhead. […]

Posted June 30, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Ruby Red Herring by Tracy Gardner

Review: Ruby Red Herring by Tracy Gardner

Ruby Red Herring (An Avery Ayers Antique Mystery #1) by Tracy Gardner My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: In this Avery Ayers Antique Mystery series debut, perfect for fans of Ellery Adams and Jane K. Cleland, an antiques appraiser hunts a missing gem while probing her parents’ deaths. After her parents’ deaths, Avery Ayers takes over the family business, Antiquities & Artifacts Appraised, from the home office in Lilac Grove and a branch in Manhattan. Now living back at home with her younger sister Tilly and their newly moved-in, eccentric Aunt […]

Posted June 8, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 5 Comments

Review: Fronds and Enemies by H.Y. Hanna

Review: Fronds and Enemies by H.Y. Hanna

Fronds and Enemies (The English Cottage Garden Mysteries #5) by H.Y. Hanna My Rating: 2 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Spring has come at last with cheerful daffodils and plump crocus blooms, and Poppy is hoping that the new season will magically resurrect the cottage garden nursery she’s inherited. But with her stock failing to grow and a mysterious “peeping Tom” stalking the village, she’s got her gardening gloves full… and that’s even before her visit to the local doctor ends with her stumbling on a dead body! Then her friend and neighbour […]

Posted June 2, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Sight Seering by Ada Bell

Review: Sight Seering by Ada Bell

Sight Seering (A Shady Grove Mystery #3) by Ada Bell My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: A Seer in the City… While visiting an estate sale to pick up new items for Missing Pieces, Aly gets hit with a surprise: the elderly homeowner didn’t have a heart attack–she was murdered. Aly’s got the evidence in her hands, and the killer is offering to sell it to her. Time to make a deal, then call the police. If only anyone believed her. Miriam Peabody was in her 70s and appeared to […]

Posted May 21, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Hanged by a Thread by A.C.F Bookens

Review: Hanged by a Thread by A.C.F Bookens

Hanged By A Thread (Stitches In Crime #3) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: Blurb: The promise of old printer’s trays has her heart aflutter, but it nearly stops when she finds a body at the bottom of the elevator shaft. When salvage expert and historian Paisley Sutton heard that a 19th century printing press was still in the old warehouse that was scheduled for demolition, she knew she had to get in there. But when her dreams of a salvage windfall lead her on the genealogical hunt for the […]

Posted May 19, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Bobbins and Bodies by A.C.F. Bookens

Review: Bobbins and Bodies by A.C.F. Bookens

Bobbins And Bodies (Stitches In Crime #2) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: All she wanted from the old farmhouse was the gorgeous mantel, not a dead body. Paisley Sutton always expects the unexpected when she goes into a house to salvage the architectural prizes before its torn down. She evens knows she might encounter a rodent or two. But she really isn’t expecting to find a dead body, not again. And when it turns out the young man she found slumped in the house’s basement was killed, […]

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

Review: Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day

Review: Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day

Murder on Cape Cod (Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery #1) by Maddie Day My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: A Cape Cod shop owner and her book club must find a crafty killer in this charming new series fromthe Agatha-nominated author of the Country Store Mystery series. Summer is busy season for Mackenzie “Mac” Almeida’s bicycle shop, nestled in the quaint, seaside hamlet of Westham, Massachusetts. She’s expecting an influx of tourists at Mac’s Bikes; instead she discovers the body of Jake Lacey. Mac can’t imagine anyone stabbing the down-on-his-luck handyman. […]

Posted April 27, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments