THE MAGNOLIA BLUFF CRIME CHRONICLES Seasons 1 & 2 by The Underground Authors Scroll down for a giveaway! Each stand-alone book in this multi-author crime novel series is set in the fictitious, beautiful little Texas Hill Country town of Magnolia Bluff. Each author writes in their preferred sub-genre to allow readers to experience humor, dark dilemmas, suspense, romance, thrills, and spills — told through good storytelling that will keep readers awake past their bedtime, trying to find out whodunit. Season three of The Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles begins in January 2024. Stay tuned ..read more

Today I’m sharing about Death by Theft, the latest in Abigail Keam’s Josiah Reynolds Mystery series! Read all about it, then scroll down to enter the giveaway! Death By Theft: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery by Abigail Keam About Death by Theft Death By Theft: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery Cozy Mystery 19th in Series Setting – Kentucky Worker Bee Press (October 30, 2023) Number of Pages ~200 ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BVJSY15M Josiah is happy for her pals Lady Elsmere and Shaneika Mary Todd when broodmare Jean Harlow gives birth to a male foal sired by Comanche. The owners of both horses have high hopes the foal ..read more

SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING 90% DARK Bean to Bar Mysteries, #6 by Amber Royer Cozy Culinary Mystery Publisher: Golden Tip Press Date of Publication: September 12, 2023 Number of Pages: 288 pages  Scroll down for Giveaway! Felicity Koerber’s bean to bar chocolate shop on Galveston’s historic Strand is hosting the friends and family coming into town for her best friend Autumn’s wedding. As matron of honor, Felicity has a ton of tasks to complete – including making chocolates for the gift bags. She doesn’t have time to solve another murder. But when one of the bridesmaids becomes a prime ..read more

FOR THE MINDS AND WILLS OF MEN by Jeff Lanier Mystery / Art History Publisher: Boyle & Dalton Date of Publication: October 16, 2022 Number of Pages: 310 pages  Scroll down for Giveaway! A gripping, historical art mystery set in 1950s New York, For the Minds and Wills of Men is a story of art, love, and Cold War fear, suspicion, and betrayal. MANHATTAN, 1953. Fear of communist subversion and espionage are tearing America apart. Abstract expressionism is on the verge of exploding, making New York the cultural epicenter of the world. While recovering a stolen Jackson Pollock for a wealth ..read more

Paw and Order: A Detective Whiskers Cat Cozy Mystery by Chris Abernathy   About Paw and Order Paw and Order: A Detective Whiskers Cat Cozy Mystery Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting – Florida Wright on the Mark, LLC. (May 23, 2023) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 204 pages ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8394838439 Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C4FP73K1 What’s better than a K-9 cop? A feline detective. Detective Whiskers is out to prove himself, and keep his human from being framed for murder, or worse. He’ll need the help of his new animal friends and Sheila’s group of female sleuths. This cozy mystery set in a small tow ..read more

Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted each week by Rose City Reader. It’s a chance to share the first sentence or so of the book you are reading this week. You can check out others’ book beginnings here. I’ll share a quote from the 56 percent mark for the Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice! I’m also going to link up with Carrie at Reading Is My Superpower for First Line Friday. This week’s book beginning: Synopsis: In The Last Drop of Hemlock, the dazzling follow up to Last Call at the Nightingale, even a dance can come with a price… New York, 1924 ..read more

Title: Dead in the Water Author: Mark Ellis Where to buy: Amazon (affiliate link) Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery Would I recommend: Absolutely. Synopsis: Summer, 1942. The Second World War rages on but Britain now faces the Nazi threat with America at its side. In a bombed-out London swarming with gangsters and spies, DCI Frank Merlin continues his battle against rampant wartime crime. A mangled body is found in the Thames just as some items of priceless art go mysteriously missing. What sinister connection links the two? Merlin and his team follow a twisting trail of secr ..read more

Murder’s Legacy A Tori Winters Mystery, Book 2 By Anita Dickason NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! Mystery / Women Sleuths Publisher: Mystic Circle Books Coming February 16, 2023 Scroll down for Giveaway! Secrets that defy time! An inconceivable disaster brings Tori Winters’s plans for the historic house she inherited to a traumatic standstill. A section of the escape tunnel built by her great-grandfather, a notorious Dallas gangster, has collapsed. Within the rubble, there is a gruesome discovery. A skeleton with a bullet hole in the skull. The shocking cave-in triggers an ominous scheme to co ..read more

Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted each week by Rose City Reader. It’s a chance to share the first sentence or so of the book you are reading this week. You can check out others’ book beginnings here. I’m also going to link up with Carrie at Reading Is My Superpower for First Line Friday. This week’s book beginning: Synopsis: It proves to be a Christmas to remember when Chris Matheson’s body is discovered in the woods near an international airport. Everyone is stunned—especially Chris Matheson. The mystery deepens when they discover the victim has Chris’s fede ..read more

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. Check out upcoming Top Ten themes on Jana’s blog and go here to see what others have on their Top Ten Tuesday lists! I love finding new authors whose books I love! Here are ten that are new to me from the past year, and the books that introduced me to their work. Some have extensive backlists (yay!), some are just starting out (more books to come!). Susan May Warren, Sunrise Karen Witemeyer, In Honor’s Defense Kim Davis, Frosted Yuletide Murder Amanda Ca ..read more