Murder on Threadneedle Street by Andrea Penrose

stars

Wrexford & Sloane #10

This book came out September 29, 2026

Follows Murder at Somerset House

ARC kindly provided by Kensington Publishing and NetGalley

Opinions are my own

She Has Her Mother's Laugh by Carl Zimmer, Joe Ochman

Starting off with the author wanting to know what heredity might mean for his unborn daughter. This kicks off a history of how the science of heredity came about and the goods and bads of all of the studies, where people went wrong, or, in the case of Watson and Crick, stole research and presented it as their own. 

He weaves in people like Pearl S. Buck who had a daughter with PKU and how genetic factors proved how the disease is inherited. Or Frederick Douglass who railed against the social mores placed on people based on the color of their skin. 

The narrators voice was very nice and lent itself well to the subject. 

Four stars

This book came out May 29, 2018

Borrowed as audiobook from Libby

Opinions are my own

Pixie Me Up by Willow Mason, narrator: Gabrielle Baker

Elisa has come into an inheritance from her great aunt. But she's not even sure she remembers this particular great aunt. And the people she is meeting in this town are certainly odd. At least she's making a few friends. They are the ones who help her understand what is happening when her hair turns pink and starts standing on end. And her cat seems to be talking to her. What the heck is happening?
This was a fast listen and the narrator certainly helped make the story fun. Was it layered or deep? Not really. Was it fun and did it turn some cozy tropes on their heads? Yes it did.

Three and a half stars

Newborn Pixie Cozy Mystery #1

Followed by A Bone to Pixie

Borrowed as audiobook from Audible Plus

Opinions are my own

Tales from the Territory by Travis Baldree

I had read these stories before but they really do work better when you can read them all in one place. 

Goblins & Greatcoats

Zyll is but a small goblin, traveling with her horse, Round Boy. She stops at an inn and walks into a nightmare. Well, it might be for most people but Zyll doesn't even acknowledge the bodies on the floor, she just wants food. 

stars

Legends & Lattes

This book comes out Sepetember 30, 2026

ARC kindly provided by Subterannean Press and NetGalley

Opinions are my own

A Murder, a Marquess, and Miss Mifford & A Body, A Baron, and Miss Mifford by Claudia Stone

A Murder, a Marquess, and Miss Mifford

Both of Emily's older sisters have married well so she's been dragged to Londo to have a series. She... is not very excited about that. To say the least. She isn't exactly outgoing and her mother is akin to Mrs. Bennett. Unfortunately, she threatens to kill a woman (an overly obnoxious woman, to be sure), who then ends up dead. And her rival's finger points straight at her!
Luckily, a nearby marquess, Frederick Chambers, does not believe that she had anything to do with the murder and rushes to her defense.
I'm glad I kept reading the books in this series. The first one wasn't great but the rest are, like I said in the last book's review, like Pringles. You just can't stop reading them. Are they great? Not really. But they're a fast read and easy to get through.

Three stars

Regency Murder & Marriage #3

Follows  A Victim, A Viscount, And Miss Mifford

Followed by A Body, A Baron, and Miss Mifford

This came out October 4, 2021

A Body, A Baron, and Miss Mifford

Eudora was probably the most annoying sister to read about. She's always trying to appear older in order to "catch up" to her sisters. And they've all solved a murder and fallen in love, so now she wants the chance too. To bad the body she's stumbled across seems to be a natural death. Luckily, she's able to flag a man down to go get help. That man just happens to be a baron who falls immediately, irrevocably in love with her. She's not very interested in him until a freak snow storm strands them at her sister's house and an actual murder occurs.
This book was... fine. But Eudora was annoying and the romance was thin. I finished it though and the author set it up for a new set of Miffords to find love

Two and a half stars

Regency Murder & Marriage #4

Follows A Murder, a Marquess, and Miss Mifford

Followed by An Execution, an Earl, and Miss Hughes

This came out  March 2, 2025

A Christmas Guide to Family and Murder by Dianne Freeman

Four stars

Countess of Harleigh #9

Follows A Daughter's Guide to Mothers and Murder

This book comes out September 29, 2026

ARC kindly provided by Kensington and NetGalley

Opinions are my own

Eavesdropping on Animals by George Bumann, narrator: Eric Michael Summerer, foreword: Jon Young

Disclaimer: I know the author. The biggest disappointment of the audiobook is that he was not the narrator. We could have heard the actual turkey gobbles that won him a trophy, we could have experienced the raven's call, we could have heard his last name pronounced correctly (from his website: rhymes with human.)

The review of this book could be flattened to say, "Bumann tells you to go outside and use your senses." However it's so much more than that. He wants you to go outside and listen and watch and sync about what you're hearing and seeing not just observing but becoming a reader of the landscape.

Four stars

This book came out April 15, 2025

Borrowed as audiobook from Libby

Opinions are my own