Tag: Cozy Mystery

Review: Cookie Dough, Snow & Wands Aglow by Erin Johnson

Cookie Dough, Snow & Wands Aglow (Spells & Caramels #4) by Erin Johnson Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Blurb: Murder in a magical, merry town just brimming with secrets. On the snowy road to the Earth Kingdom for the holidays, Imogen and the bakers are ambushed by Horace, villainous leader of the Badlands Army. They’re forced to detour to an idyllic, rural village, bedecked in lights, garlands and winter cheer…all a little too perfect to believe. At least that’s so for Imogen, who’s seeing burned out buildings and mysterious memorials that no one else seems to notice. Hank’s […]

Posted February 19, 2018 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 12 Comments

Review: Mermaid Fins, Winds & Rolling Pins by Erin Johnson

Mermaid Fins, Winds & Rolling Pins (Spells & Caramels #3) by Erin Johnson Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Coyz Mystery Blurb: Murder at a Mermaid Nightclub The enchanted village of Bijou Mer’s on high alert, with the villainous Horace on the loose. Imogen’s excited to escape the tension with a trip to the underwater Mermaid Kingdom to bake for the young mermaid queen’s engagement to the pirate king. But when the mermaids turn out to be less French Riviera and more Jersey shore, the bakers are wrapped up in their world of clubbing in sea caves and fighting off seals […]

Posted February 5, 2018 by Lola in Coyer, Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Biscuits and Slashed Browns by Maddie Day

Biscuits and Slashed Browns (Country Store Mysteries #4) by Maddie Day Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Blurb: For country-store owner Robbie Jordan, the National Maple Syrup Festival is a sweet escape from late-winter in South Lick, Indiana–until murder saps the life out of the celebration . . . As Robbie arranges a breakfast-themed cook-off at Pans ‘N Pancakes, visitors pour into Brown County for the annual maple extravaganza. Unfortunately, that includes Professor Connolly, a know-it-all academic from Boston who makes enemies everywhere he goes–and this time, bad manners prove deadly. Soon after clashing with several scientists at a maple […]

Posted January 30, 2018 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 12 Comments

Review: The Daydreamer Detective Returns a Favor by S.J. Pajonas

The Daydreamer Detective Returns a Favor (Miso Cozy Mysteries #4) by S.J. Pajonas Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Blurb: Mei can never catch a break from mysteries! With her tea shop now open and living her dream life married to Yasahiro Suga, she’s just trying to avoid bad luck and live a normal life. But when a friend shows up asking for help with an old missing person’s case, Mei can’t resist the pull of a mystery unsolved. She knew the young woman who went missing and had always wondered what happened to her. Now’s her chance to find […]

Posted January 17, 2018 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 10 Comments

Review: Black Arts, Tarts & Gypsy Carts by Erin Johnson

Black Arts, Tarts & Gypsy Carts (Spells & Caramels #2) by Erin Johnson Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Blurb: With the Summer Sea Carnival visiting the enchanted island of Bijou Mer, Imogen jumps at the chance to help run the royal bakery booth. It’ll get her out of the palace and allow her to continue avoiding her feelings for a certain engaged prince. Imogen’s plans to lay low are shattered when the world-famous necromancer, Madame Zerna, is found dead, sawed in half on the dark magician’s table and Imogen’s friend Rhonda is caught red-handed. With incriminating evidence piling […]

Posted January 11, 2018 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 18 Comments

Review: Etched in Tears by Cheryl Hollon

Etched in Tears (A Webb’s Glass Shop Mystery #4) by Cheryl Hollon Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Blurb: When a famous glass artist is murdered at his own exhibit, deadly secrets are put on display, and it’s up to glass shop owner Savannah Webb to see through a killer’s cover. Celebrated glass artist Dennis Lansing is returning to St. Petersburg, Florida, for an exhibit at the world-renowned Salvador Dali Museum. His unique style of embedding document images in his art is at the vanguard of contemporary glasswork. But as Savannah’s first boyfriend and a former apprentice to her father, […]

Posted December 19, 2017 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Seashells, Spells & Caramels by Erin Johnson

Seashells, Spells & Caramels (Spells & Caramels #1) by Erin Johnson Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Blurb: Imogen’s spent her twenties in Seattle, saving every penny and missing every party, to follow her dream of opening her own bakery. When that dream goes up in flames, she accepts a spot in a mysterious baking contest—one she doesn’t remember entering. She travels to a bustling, medieval village off the coast of France and discovers an enchanting world of magic and mystery, and learns that she, too, possesses powers. Unable to so much as cast a spell, Imogen struggles to […]

Posted December 7, 2017 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 18 Comments