Children of the Revolution by Peter Robinson My rating: 5 of 5 stars When it comes to British mysteries, I am quite warm-hearted towards old-fashioned inspector novels that are complex, clever, and gripping. This book is indeed all of that and more. The more I read, the more I couldn’t put the novel down. I found myself puzzling over the […]

Although the tour is over, you can still find out more about this book and read other reviews here. Load the Boat: A Darla King Novel by Rosalee Richland My rating: 4 of 5 stars Permit me to say at the outset that I did not read the first book in the series. While I may not have understood some […]

  Fortune Cookie Sadie Hoffmiller has always liked things to be just so. A place for everything and everything in its place. Order over chaos. And of all things Sadie should be able to control, her own wedding is at the top of the list. With the big day just three weeks away, Sadie is busily adding the final touches […]

Scraps of Evidence by Barbara  Cameron My rating: 3 of 5 stars I always luxuriate in reading a well-written mystery, and it is even better when it is cozy, clean, and Christian. This book meets the criteria–no profanity, no sex, and definitely Christian (even though the message is much more subdued than I would like it to be). This is […]

  BLURB: Who said life was simple, complacent, and boring? After the man of her dreams, Scotsman Aidan Sinclair, walks into her bread shop, Melina Cameron immediately realizes her life has taken a sharp left turn.   Finding her ill-tempered landlady murdered, only complicates matters. Melina’s seventy year old grandmother has chosen to take a walk on the wild side […]

Death by the Book by Julianna Deering Christian Mystery Paperback, 320 pages March 4th 2014 by Bethany House Publishers   Drew Farthering wanted nothing more than to end the summer of 1932 with the announcement of his engagement. Instead, he finds himself caught up in another mysterious case when the family solicitor is found murdered, an antique hatpin with a cryptic […]

BLURB: Book Two of the Shirley Combs and Dr. Mary Watson series, THE ILLUSTRIOUS CLIENT, shows us the private investigator and her sidekick sharing an office, and introduces their receptionist, Lix. They are hired to influence a young international pop star, Oceane Charles, to pry her away from her older, richer, player of a girlfriend. The cast is made up […]

The Shadow Princess by Mary Hart Perry My rating: 5 of 5 stars I am a great lover of mysteries and historical fiction, and I absolutely adore the fact that this combines two of my favorite genre. This novel is exceptionally well-written, and even though historical accuracy suffers minimally, it does not jeopardize the nature of the story. I was […]

SHORT BLURB: There’s no shortage of deadly deeds in 1881 Chicago as school administrator Cady Delafield and entrepreneur Doyle Flanagan plan their wedding. When one of Doyle’s workers is brutally killed he must use his considerable power to stop a mysterious enemy bent on destroying his reputation and business empire. But as Cady and Doyle struggle to keep their marriage […]

Read more about this book, and enter the giveaway here. Forget Me Knot by Mary Marks My rating: 5 of 5 stars I have had such marvelous success lately with cozy mysteries, and this new series is no exception. I have never read any of those “quilting mystery” books that are so popular on the internet these days, but this […]