Tag: Cozy Mystery

Review: Poison in the Pines by R.L. Syme

Poison in the Pines (The Vangie Vale Mysteries #3) by R.L. Syme My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Just when Vangie Vale’s life was getting back to normal… …after a murder that rocked her little Rocky Mountain tourist town, she found herself in the middle of another murder… as the chief suspect. Vangie stood shocked on the side of the curb as the sheriff stretched yellow crime scene tape around the front of her new bakery. Wouldn’t this make a lovely headline in next week’s paper: Local Pastor Poisons Parishioner With […]

Posted August 25, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: The Ghost Camper’s Tall Tales by Elizabeth Pantley

The Ghost Camper’s Tall Tales (Destiny Falls Mystery & Magic #3) by Elizabeth Pantley My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: A magic mirror. An enchanted world. A mysterious story-telling ghost. A hilarious, perpetually annoyed witch. A smart, sassy cat. A mystery of finding a dead body . . . of someone who was already dead. Visit Destiny Falls and escape to a great time. A mysterious old man keeps popping up to tell Hayden a series of tall tales. Who is he? And is he actually glowing? Are his stories […]

Posted August 2, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: A Glimmer of a Clue by Daryl Wood Gerber

A Glimmer of a Clue (A Fairy Garden Mystery #2) by Daryl Wood Gerber My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Courtney Kelly has a shop full of delights, a cat named Pixie, a green thumb—and a magical touch when it comes to garden design. But in Carmel-by-the-Sea, things aren’t all sweetness and fairy lights . . . When Courtney’s friend Wanda gets into a ponytail-pulling wrestling match in public with a nasty local art critic, Courtney stops the fight with the help of a garden hose. But Lana Lamar has a […]

Posted July 12, 2021 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Sprinkles and Sea Serpents by Danielle Garrett

Sprinkles and Sea Serpents (Sugar Shack Witch Mysteries #1) by Danielle Garrett Narrated by Amanda Ronconi My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: They say you can’t go home again. . .oh, if only that were true. Thanks to a series of unfortunate events – and one backstabbing frenemy – home is exactly where I’m headed. back to Winterspell Lake, the small community in Eastern Washington where magic runs rampant and humans are outlawed. Faster than you can say hocus pocus I’m unpacking my bags and settling into the guest room […]

Posted July 6, 2021 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 5 Comments

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

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

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