Author:    Darci Hannah Genre:     Mystery Hardcover; Digital Book ISBN #:    9781496747440 Kensington Cozies 320 Pages $27.00; $12.99 Amazon August 20, 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It isn't how chef Bridget "Bunny" MacBride imagined her own cooking show unfolding.  But, if preparing historic meals with a modern flair is what it takes to get her cooking on the air, she can deliver, even if her dinner guest is a ghost.  That's the premise of the new reality TV show, Food & Spirits, where Chef Bunny teams up with ghost hunter Brett Bloom and psychic mediu ..read more

Author:    Maddie Day Genre:     Mystery Mass Market Paperback; Digital Book (Audiobook Available) ISBN #:    9781496740571 Kensington Cozies 336 Pages $8.99; $6.99 Amazon June 25, 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A rainy July weekend in Westham means the beaches are empty and business is dead at Mac's Bikes but couldn't be livelier inside the Rusty Anchor Pub.  But come Monday morning one patron is no so lively when the chef opens up and finds a body behind the bar.  It's last call for Bruce Byrne, an elderly high school teacher who's been around so long it seems l ..read more

Author:    Lena Gregory Genre:     Mystery Paperback; Digital Book ISBN #:    9781960511584 Beyond the Page Publishing 188 Pages $14.99; $5.99 Amazon March 19, 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Never one to let a day off work go to waste, cafe owner Gia Morelli and a friend head out for a blissful kayaking trip through the local national forest.  But the peacefulness of the day is soon shattered when they come across Cole, her head cook, standing over a dead body.  Worse still, the victim was a lifelong enemy of Cole's, and clues found on the body point to the cook a ..read more

Author:    Gina Kirkham Genre:      Mystery Paperback; Digital Book (Audiobook Available) ISBN #:    9781504081832 Bloodhound Books 364 Pages $8.62; $8.99 Amazon October 31, 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Prunella Pearce, Bree, and the other ladies of the Winterbottom Women's Institute are planning to spend Halloween at the Montgomery Hall Hotel murder-mystery weekend -- just as the historical venue's past comes back to haunt it. The hotel is now in the incapable hands of Tarragon Montgomery, with its faltering finances overseen by elderly matriarch Cecily. Meanwhile, the ..read more

Author:     Ruth Baker Genre:      Mystery Digital Book  ASIN #:    B0CPVY5PKY Clean Tales Publishing 138 Pages $2.99 Amazon May 31, 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lucy Hale is excited about helping a young lady, Selina Gomez, open her restaurant.  She remembers the challenges she faced reopening her parents' bakery and wants to relay all she knows to help Selina become a success from day one. On the day of the highly anticipated restaurant launch, disaster strikes.  A rival restaurateur and Selina's fierce rival takes a fatal bite, his face turni ..read more

Author:    Barbara Ross Genre:     Mystery Mass Market Paperback; Digital Book ISBN #:    9781496735737 Kensington Cozies 256 Pages $8.99; $6.99 Amazon April 23, 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Julia's best friend and business partner, Zoey, is about to marry her policeman boyfriend.  Of course, a gorgeous white wedding dress shouldn't be within fifty yards of a plate of buttery lobster -- so that treat is reserved for the rehearsal dinner.  Julia is a little worried about the timing, though, as she works around a predicted storm. When a guest falls to the floor ..read more

Author:    Lucy Connelly Genre:     Mystery Hardcover; Digital Book ISBN #:    9781639109302 Crooked Lane Books 274 pages $29.99; $17.99 Amazon October 15, 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Image TBA Sea Isle, Scotland, is magical during the holiday season, and Dr. Emilia McRoy can't wait to enjoy everything her village has to offer.  Butt when the lead singer of a famous band is murdered in the village, just as they were about to launch a world tour, her holiday instantly comes to a halt. As the band's future hangs in the balance, Emilia discovers that the victim was wor ..read more

Author:    Blythe Baker Genre:     Mystery/Historical Paperback; Digital Book ISBN #:    9798873064908 Independently Published 242 Pages $12.99; $3.99 Amazon December 26, 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bloody murder is the last thing on Barbara Hollis's mind when she agrees to travel to a sleepy little town to keep house for her widowed brother.  Aside from chasing after her irritating young nephews, she thinks the biggest challenge she'll face is learning to cook a proper souffle.  But a bizarre encounter on a train quickly draws her into a more complicated and d ..read more

Author:    J.C. Eaton Genre:     Mystery Paperback; Digital Book ISBN #:    9781960511522 Beyond The Page Publishing 207 Pages $14.99; $5.99 Amazon February 20, 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ When a corpse is discovered under a car at the local auto restoration garage, Sophie "Phee" Kimball gears up to investigate a crime that puts a whole new twist on the term "body shop"... The seniors of Sun City West are celebrating again, this time over the news that Wayne from the pinochle club finally has a chance to restore is classic car.  Phee goes along for the ride, but ..read more

Author:    Maria DiRico Genre:     Mystery Mass Market Paperback; Digital Book ISBN #:    9781496744623 Kensington Cozies 304 Pages $8.99; $6.99 Amazon March 26, 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mia Carina has steered her Italian-American family's Astoria, Queens, catering hall, Belle View Banquet Manor, into becoming the borough's premiere party site, and nothing could make her happier -- except her boyfriend proposing.  There's just one presumed-dead obstacle in the way... A strong, independent woman and respected entrepreneur, Mia never imagined she's pine for a ma ..read more