Category: Mystery

Review: Mystery at an Irish Wedding by L.C. Winters

Review: Mystery at an Irish Wedding by L.C. Winters

Mystery at an Irish Wedding (Half Moon Bay Mysteries #1) by L.C. Winters My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: “Wedding dresses, ex-fiancés, and a whole lot of murder—just another day in Half Moon Bay” Therapist Clementine Moriarty thought her return to the whimsical seaside town of Half Moon Bay, nestled in cozy Donegal – would be a chance to reconnect with her roots, spend time at her parents’ charming little seaside art gallery and heal from heartbreak. But her homecoming is anything but peaceful when she stumbles upon an unwelcome surprise—her […]

Posted May 12, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 1 Comment

Review: Paper Cuts by Ellery Adams

Review: Paper Cuts by Ellery Adams

Paper Cuts (Secret, Book, & Scone Society #6) by Ellery Adams narrated by Cris Dukehart My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Miracle Springs, North Carolina, is famed for its healing springs. But bookstore owner Nora Pennington has a tendency to land in a different kind of hot water. Though she loves to practice bibliotherapy by finding the perfect books for her customers while listening to their secrets, she also likes to bury her nose in the occasional local crime . . . Nora escaped her past a decade ago. So it […]

Posted May 7, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Scone Cold Dead by Maddie Day

Review: Scone Cold Dead by Maddie Day

Scone Cold Dead (Country Store Mystery #13) by Maddie Day My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: After a body is found in a local farmer’s field, country store and café owner Robbie Jordan suspects that a newcomer in South Lick, Indiana, may not be a stranger to everyone in town . . . Robbie is just weeks away from giving birth. While her husband Abe scrambles to get the house ready for their baby’s arrival, Robbie makes last minute arrangements to keep her shop and restaurant, Pans ’N Pancakes, up and […]

Posted April 2, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Out of Circulation by Miranda James

Review: Out of Circulation by Miranda James

Out of Circulation (Cat in the Stacks #4) by Miranda James narrated by Erin Bennett My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: The Ducote sisters are in a tiff with Vera Cassity over the location of this year’s library fundraising gala, and Charlie would rather curl up in a corner than get into the fray. It seems everyone – even his housekeeper Azalea – has it in for Vera. And at the gala, she gives them good reason, with a public display of rancor aimed at anyone who gets in her way. […]

Posted March 19, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Clawing at the Corral by Beth Dolgner

Review: Clawing at the Corral by Beth Dolgner

Clawing at the Corral (Nightmare, Arizona #6) by Beth Dolgner My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Horses, Homicide, and Hope in Nightmare, Arizona Olivia Kendrick has déjà vu. The star of Nightmare’s popular Wild West Stunt Show is found dead after a heated argument, and it looks like an animal attack. Olivia knows better, though. The scene is eerily similar to the first murder she ever investigated in Nightmare. There’s a young new stunt rider eager to take over the starring role, but he’s not the only one with a […]

Posted March 17, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 4 Comments

Review: Poisoning at the Party by Beth Dolgner

Review: Poisoning at the Party by Beth Dolgner

Poisoning at the Party (Nightmare, Arizona #5) by Beth Dolgner narrated by Petrea Burchard My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Candy, Chaos, and Conjuring in Nightmare, Arizona There’s a new fairy in town, and no one in Nightmare, Arizona, is happy about it. Olivia Kendrick learns why when she and Annabelle team up to help out at the annual Nightmare Fall Festival. When Annabelle is found dead inside the corn maze the night of the festival’s kickoff party, the police don’t think it’s murder. Olivia and her supernatural friends at […]

Posted March 10, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Mystery, Review / 5 Comments

Review: Deckles and Death by A.C.F. Bookens

Review: Deckles and Death by A.C.F. Bookens

Deckles and Death (Poe Baxter Books Series #6) by A.C.F. Bookens My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: Poe Baxter: book expert, travel enthusiast, and amateur sleuth with a knack for trouble. A rare, signed edition of Midnight’s Children should have been the highlight of Poe’s trip to Mumbai. But when the auction house owner is murdered, and the police point the finger at her, book collecting takes a deadly turn. With a cryptic code hidden in an old book of Marathi folktales, Poe and her friends must unravel a mystery that […]

Posted March 4, 2025 by Lola in Mystery, Review / 4 Comments