Tag: Cozy Mystery

Review: Twelve Slays of Christmas by Jacqueline Frost – Audiobook

Twelve Slays of Christmas (A Christmas Tree Farm Mystery #1) by Jacqueline Frost Narrated by Allyson Ryan My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: When Holly White’s fiancé cancels their Christmas Eve wedding with less than two weeks to go, Holly heads home with a broken heart. Lucky for her, home in historic Mistletoe, Maine is magical during Christmastime—exactly what the doctor prescribed. Except her plan to drown her troubles in peppermints and snickerdoodles is upended when local grouch and president of the Mistletoe Historical Society Margaret Fenwick is bludgeoned and left […]

Posted April 29, 2019 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Silent Bud Deadly by H.Y. Hanna

Silent Bud Deadly (The English Cottage Garden Mysteries #2) by H.Y. Hanna My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: A new British cozy mystery series from USA Today bestselling author H.Y. Hanna! Poppy never imagined she’d move to the English countryside and fall in love with a smug, demanding, ginger-haired male. Of course, that was before she discovered that she’d inherited a cottage garden nursery, and before she met a certain talkative orange cat named Oren. Now she’s embracing a new life filled with rambling roses, scented herbs, warm summer days… and […]

Posted April 2, 2019 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: The Daydreamer Detective Finds Her Calling by S.J. Pajonas

The Daydreamer Detective Finds Her Calling (Miso Cozy Mysteries #5) by S.J. Pajonas My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Tragedy strikes Chikata again! When Noriko Kubo, a local small business coach, is found dead in her back garden, Mei feels the pull of a good mystery and the desire to solve another case, especially at the behest of her best friend. With several suspects that need to be questioned or followed, she has all the skills to help out and the imagination to piece together the clues. But time is not […]

Posted March 29, 2019 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Deadhead and Buried by H.Y. Hanna

Deadhead and Buried (The English Cottage Garden Mysteries #1) by H.Y. Hanna My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: A new British cozy mystery series from USA Today bestselling author H.Y. Hanna! City girl Poppy desperately wants to pay off her debts, quit her dead-end job, find her father… oh, and keep a plant alive. But she knows these are just hopeless dreams—until the day the letter arrives. Suddenly, Poppy is on a train heading deep into the English countryside, to collect a mysterious inheritance. And the last thing she expects to […]

Posted March 14, 2019 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Due East, Beasts & Campfire Feasts by Erin Johnson

Due East, Beasts & Campfire Feasts (Spells & Caramels #7) by Erin Johnson My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: A hostile town. A mountaintop mission. Will their magic save the day or spoil the pudding? Imogen thought escaping the king’s wrath would give her everything she wanted. But her relationship with Prince Hank is tougher than an overcooked flan and the welcome they get on Badlands Island is far less than friendly. Accused of kidnapping, Imogen proposes they prove their worth by traveling through a deadly forest to retrieve a […]

Posted March 11, 2019 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Review: The Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren

The Vampire Knitting Club (Vampire Knitting Club #1) by Nancy Warren My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: MF Blurb: Vampires who knit A troublemaking witch Who killed Granny — and is she really dead? At a crossroads between a cringe-worthy past (Todd the Toad) and an uncertain future (she’s not exactly homeless, but it’s close), Lucy Swift travels to Oxford to visit her grandmother. With Gran’s undying love to count on and Cardinal Woolsey’s, Gran’s knitting shop, to keep her busy, Lucy can catch her breath and figure out what she’s going […]

Posted February 1, 2019 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Witchslapped in Westerham by Dionne Lister

Witchslapped in Westerham (Paranormal Investigation Bureau #4) by Dionne Lister My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Age Category: Type of romance: Blurb: Book 4 in the Paranormal Investigation Bureau Cosy Mystery series. When violent crime increases in Westerham, Lily and the PIB agents have to step in to sort things out. But nothing is quite as it seems, and danger lurks in every shadow. Just when Lily thinks she can figure things out, everyone turns against her, including those she loves most. It doesn’t help that the person instigating the hate is one of the most powerful witches at the PIB—the […]

Posted January 16, 2019 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 6 Comments