Showing posts with label cozy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cozy. Show all posts
Sunday, January 5, 2025

Tea, Tiramisu, and Tough Guys by Harper Lin

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Franny is contending with another death when a local man is murdered outside a gym. She is bemused to discover that the man who owns the gym...
Monday, November 11, 2024

Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala

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It's Corn Festival time in Shady Palms. They have a small-ish town so they have teamed up with nearby Shelbyville. Of course, Brew-ha ha...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Blue Christmas Bones by Carolyn Haines

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Sarah Booth Delaney and her friends are in Tupelo. While there, a fabulous replica of Elvis's belt is stolen and she and Tinkie are call...
Monday, October 14, 2024

Rockin' Around the Chickadee by Donna Andrews

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Meg's sister-in-law Delaney is pregnant and about to burst. While she's on bedrest, the rest of the family is helping out by feeding...
Monday, August 19, 2024

A Fatal Feast at Bramsford Manor by Darci Hannah

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Chef Bunny is invited to be on a new show, "Food and Spirits" but the show is not what she thinks it is. She’s actually been consc...
Friday, August 2, 2024

Between a Flock and a Hard Place by Donna Andrews

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If you've ever looked up how houses have fared after a makeover show, you'll see that people are often unhappy. Based on what she...
Saturday, July 20, 2024

A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death by Valerie Burns

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I am generally quite enjoying this series. In this one, former influencer/socialite-turned-baker/bakeshop-owner, Madison, is forced to confr...
Thursday, June 27, 2024

Murder at an English Séance by Jessica Ellicott

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Big things are happening in this book. Beryl has her plane and is enjoying flying to her heart's content. Edwina has finished her book a...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Murder and a Christmas Gift by Sonia Parin

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It's Christmas and the young Earl of Woodridge is back at Halton House. Evie wants to make his holiday special but can she top Tom's...
Sunday, May 19, 2024

Lights, Camera, Bones by Carolyn Haines

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There's a movie production in town and everyone is atwitter. Famous actor Marlon Brandon is doing a film about his family who have been ...
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Christmas Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke

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I hadn't read a Hannah Swensen book in a long time but a friend told me that they had gone off the rails in sort of a fun way. So. I was...
Saturday, February 3, 2024

Board to Death by C.J. Connor

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Ben Rosencrantz used to be an English professor (yes, he's heard all of the Shakespeare jokes) but he came back to Sugar House, a neighb...
Monday, January 29, 2024

Solstice Spirits by Erin Johnson

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Rudie Hollybrook is the only person in Holiday Haven who sees dead people. It's been a point of contention between herself and her best ...
Friday, December 29, 2023

Cocoa Curses by Erin Johnson

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This is a cozy mystery that has a conceit (being near Santa's workshop) and it runs with it. Of course, it assumes that there are witche...
Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Rest You Merry by Charlotte MacLeod

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Professor Peter Shandy is fed up. His best friend's wife has been bullying him for years to take part in the campus "Illumination....
Thursday, November 23, 2023

Murder in an Irish Pub by Carlene O'Connor

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Siobhan O'Sullivan is working with the rest of the Garda to make sure the town stays safe while a major poker game is going on. There ar...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

Peg and Rose Solve a Murder by Laurien Berenson

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I assume that both Peg and Rose have appeared in Berenson's other series as there are references to both of them having helped solve oth...
Monday, October 23, 2023

Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse by Harper Lin

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I really dislike books where the main character hides things from the police and Francesca Amaro, Franny, does so in this book. She's re...
Friday, October 6, 2023

Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! by Donna Andrews

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A main reason I love these books is that Meg Langslow is just so darn pragmatic. Is she an amateur detective? Yes, she is. Does she share al...
Tuesday, October 3, 2023

A Burglary In Belgravia by Lynda Wilcox

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Lady Eleanor Bakewell is out for a fun night at the theater but she is the only one who hears a loud noise. When she goes to see what is goi...