I know it’s a bit early to be thinking about Christmas, but with all the new holiday mysteries coming out this year, I wanted to get the ball rolling! I’d be hard pressed to find a better book to kick off the holiday mystery season than Jacqueline Frost’s “over the...

This refreshing uptown cozy wowed me right from the very beginning with it’s “3-day red carpet extravaganza” being hosted by Grammy-Award winning superstar, Bisa. Twenty eight-year-old Liv Spyers has a small photography studio and living quarters in the downstairs of...

The first word that comes to mind when I think about This Is How We End Things, the latest thriller by R.J. Jacobs, is: Deception. Other “D” words quickly follow: devious, dishonest, deceit, daunting, death. For those who love a tightly woven psychological...

After a bitter lost promotion, Mallory Monroe ditches her Manhattan power job and moves to the cozy town of Wingate, Connecticut. A new career can be sweet, and hers might be the sweetest! This new kid on the block is the proud owner of The Cookie Shop. How The...

Armchair detectives who love those “impossible crime” mysteries or enjoy taking a step back into the 1940’s, will relish the British Library Crime Classic, Death of Jezebel by Christianna Brand. The book opens with the suicide of a young soldier named Johnny Wise....

TV networks and retail stores may have been touting Christmas in July, but here at Wonder Women Sixty, it’s Halloween in August! Murder At The Pumpkin Pageant is the newest entry (#4) in Darci Hannah’s Beacon Bakeshop Mysteries. And like her other books in this...

The first in a brand new series from Victoria Gilbert, A Cryptic Clue is sure to have any cozy mystery fan screaming “gimme more!” It’s a highly unlikely partnership: 60ish Jane Hunter, a retired librarian and 30ish Cameron Clewe, a wealthy but eccentric businessman...

No doubt about it, John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) was a master of the mystery genre. Poisoned Pen Press has brought back another one of his forgotten classics, The Seat Of The Scornful. While this tale is not a fast-paced scary thriller, it’s an intricately woven tale...