Vicki Delany nails it again with The Sign of Four Spirits, the latest entry in her Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery series. The setting is West London, a small town in New England where we find Gemma Doyle, co-owner of the authentic and quaint Sherlock Holmes...

E.C.R. Lorac is one of my favorite authors. She also wrote under the pen name of Carol Rivett. Her Death Of An Author was written in 1935. I’m thrilled Poisoned Pen Press and the British Library of Crime Classics have re-issued this superior mystery for readers to...

There’s something about Darci Hannah’s Beacon Bakeshop Mystery series that I can’t seem to put my finger on. Maybe it’s the simply charming setting, the over-the top amusing characters, the mystery plot or Darci’s writing style – I don’t have the answers. All I can...

Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day cozy reading:  Murder At An Irish Chipper, An Irish Village Mystery by Carlene O’Connor. This solid series is set in Ireland and oozes with authentic flair. This setting is in Lahinch, a seaside resort town on the coast of...

B.A. Paris is pure brilliance when it comes to thrillers that start off with seemingly common, average people going about their daily lives. But it’s the snowball effect that can take the most innocent of circumstances and turn them into tightly woven webs of...

Cozy mystery lovers looking for a perfect Valentine’s Day cozy mystery – look no further! The Socialite’s Guide to Death & Dating by S.K. Golden is perfection on so many levels. While this is not a Valentine’s day theme (in fact, it starts off during the fall...

Very few books hold me hostage. Kemper Donovan was my captor. His new release, The Busy Body, was his bait to nab me! I couldn’t put this book down! A successful free-lance ghostwriter tells her story from her perspective. In the past she’s written for actors,...

It’s October in Scotland – and it’s bitter cold in the 500-year-old church now converted into doctor Emilia McRoy’s medical practice and home. It’s only been a few months since Emilia moved from the United States to Scotland. Her family’s roots are here. She’s fallen...