Tag: Cozy Mystery

Review: Murder on the Toy Town Express by Barbara Early

Review: Murder on the Toy Town Express by Barbara Early

Murder on the Toy Town Express: A Vintage Toyshop Mystery (Vintage Toyshop Mystery #2) by Barbara Early Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Blurb: Liz McCall has come to love running her father’s vintage toyshop back home in East Aurora, NY, so when the Train and Toy Show comes to town, she’s all aboard for a fun toy-filled weekend. The only hitch is that her childhood bully Craig McFadden, now local business rival, has set up a booth next to hers. But the fun and games are over when Craig falls from the ceiling in a publicity stunt gone wrong. […]

Posted October 10, 2017 by Lola in Coyer, Mystery, Review / 12 Comments

Review: Dial Meow for Murder by Bethany Blake

Review: Dial Meow for Murder by Bethany Blake

Dial Meow for Murder (Lucky Paws Petsitting Mystery #2) by Bethany Blake Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Blurb: Even an experienced pet sitter like Daphne Templeton can be fooled by animal behavior: how can an adorably tiny fuzz ball named Tinkleston be capable of sudden flying leaps with cat claws bared? But human behavior remains even more mysterious, especially when Tinkleston’s owner is murdered on the night of a gala fundraiser for Fur-ever Friends Pet Rescue. Accompanied by her unflappable basset hound, Socrates, Daphne plans to take charge of Tinks the Terror and leave the crime-solving to handsome detective […]

Posted September 26, 2017 by Lola in Coyer, Mystery, Review / 12 Comments

Review: Witch Chocolate Bites by H.Y. Hanna

Review: Witch Chocolate Bites by H.Y. Hanna

Witch Chocolate Bites (Bewitched by Chocolate #4) by H.Y. Hanna Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Blurb: Magical chocolates, missing jewels and murder… When novice witch Caitlyn Le Fey heads to the outdoor cinema festival at a beautiful Cotswolds manor, the last thing she expects is for the evening to end in murder. But when a dead man is found with fang marks in his neck and her old vampire uncle, Viktor, is arrested, Caitlyn must use all her newfound magic powers to clear his name. Sleuthing isn’t simple, however, with so many strangers arriving at her grandmother’s enchanted […]

Posted August 31, 2017 by Lola in Coyer, Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Doughnuts and Deception by Agatha Frost

Review: Doughnuts and Deception by Agatha Frost

Doughnuts and Deception (Peridale Cafe Mystery #3) by Agatha Frost Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Blurb: The 3rd book in the BESTSELLING Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery series! Julia never expected to be caught up in another murder investigation, but when she discovers that homeless people are dying suspiciously and the police aren’t investigating, she can’t sit back and do nothing. After promising her young lodger, Jessie, that she will do everything she can to help, Julia finds herself diving headfirst into the case, aided by her new Detective Inspector boyfriend, Barker. Sure there is a serial killer preying on […]

Posted June 12, 2017 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 12 Comments

Review: Witch Summer Night’s Cream by H.Y. Hanna

Review: Witch Summer Night’s Cream by H.Y. Hanna

Witch Summer Night’s Cream (Bewitched by Chocolate #3) by H.Y. Hanna Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Blurb: ,em>A witch, a kitty and a chocolate love potion… Celebrating the summer solstice can be fun – especially when your grandmother is a witch with an enchanted chocolate shop! Caitlyn is looking forward to Midsummer’s Eve in the tiny English village of Tillyhenge. But when a teenage girl is murdered and a priceless love potion goes missing, she and her cousins are plunged into a puzzling mystery. Is the girl’s death connected to the midnight bonfires at the ancient stone circle? […]

Posted June 7, 2017 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 10 Comments

Review: Bearly Departed by Meg Macy

Review: Bearly Departed by Meg Macy

Bearly Departed (A Teddy Bear Mystery #1) by Meg Macy Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Blurb: The Silver Bear Shop and Factory might be the cutest place around, but there’s nothing warm and fuzzy about murder . . . As manager of the family teddy bear shop and factory, thirty-one-year-old Sasha Silverman leads a charmed life. Well, except for the part about being a single divorcee with a ticking biological clock in small-town Silver Hollow. And that’s just kid’s stuff compared to Will Taylor, the sales rep who’s set on making drastic changes to the business her parents built […]

Posted May 31, 2017 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 14 Comments

Review:  Four Puddings and a Funeral by H.Y. Hanna

Review: Four Puddings and a Funeral by H.Y. Hanna

Four Puddings and a Funeral (Oxford Tearoom Mysteries #6) by H.Y. Hanna Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Blurb: Business is going well at Gemma Rose’s quaint English teashop and she’s delighted about her first big catering job at a local village funeral… until the day ends with a second body and one of the Old Biddies accused of murder! Now the resourceful tearoom sleuth must find out which delicious pudding contained the deadly arsenic—and who might have wanted the wealthy widow dead… But Gemma has other troubles to contend with, from her naughty cat, Muesli, running loose in her […]

Posted April 24, 2017 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 8 Comments