It’s December, 1931. James Bennett has been invited to spend Christmas at the White Priory. James is anxious to accept. Who can say “no” when there’s a glamorous movie star, Marcia Tait, also attending? In addition to the hosts, other guests include Marcia’s...

Viviana Valentine Goes Up the River is the second in Emily J. Edwards Girl Friday Mystery series. And what a great series this is turning out to be! Turn back your clock and hit reset to November 1950. The 50’s were a decade of hardcore crime stories and mysteries...

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...

Halloween – the time for mystery thrillers and cozy chillers!  The list below includes a lot of older mysteries, but fortunately, they are still available.  All are perfect reads for the Halloween season. MY FAVORITE HALLOWEEN PICK FOR 2024:  Darci Hannah’s...

Halloween is a fun and festive time of year and so is this trio of seasonal treats! These are 3 very different seasonal mysteries by 3 different top authors — all packaged up into one neat and tidy book. Carlene O’Connor kicks it off with her Halloween Cupcake...

It’s 1930. Kate Shackleton is a widow. Her husband died on the Battlefield of the Great War. In those times it was rare to come across a woman private investigator – but there she was, struggling with her career like so many others – the war had taken its toll....

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...