We’re heading into that time of year – yup – the holiday season! For most, it’s a busy time of year – and for book lovers, it can be hard to find time to curl up with a good book. That’s why compilations are perfect reads – short stories make perfect reading during...

I couldn’t find a better Christmas-themed cozy series than Jacqueline Frost’s Christmas Tree Farm Mysteries. A Wonderful Christmas Crime is her latest – and just like her others, a guarantee to put cozy mystery lovers in the holiday spirit! It’s the holiday season in...

Metropolitan Mysteries, A Casebook of London’s Detectives is another fine British Library Crime Classic. This compilation features 18 vintage mystery stories from 1908 through 1963. What I love about compilations like this one, is that you get a wide variety of...

From the first few pages of Murder at Blackwood Inn, I knew this was a special cozy. A unique setting with quirky characters was an instant hook – and Penny Warner, the author, reeled me in! After 20 years, former ghostwriter, Carissa Blackwood is heading back to her...

Mayhem at a Halloween Wedding by Emmeline Duncan is an absolutely perfect cozy mystery for the upcoming fall and spooky season! This cozy mystery checks all the boxes! It’s the Halloween season and festival in the quaint town of Elyan Hollow, Oregon. Bailey Briggs...

***What would you do if your ex-best friend suddenly disappeared without a trace?  Investigative reporter Rose Howard, is about to find out!*** This thriller opens with the description of “a gorgeous two bedroom cottage on Lake Aquilla.” It sounded so peaceful and...

This was such a fun cozy that I’m anxiously awaiting the next installment in the Deadly Deadlines Mystery Series by Gerri Lewis. Winter Snow wakes up dead – well, not really, but the 29 yr. old obituary writer has discovered “her own” obit is in the newspaper! Not...