3.5 of 5 stars to Morgan C. Talbot‘sSmugglers & Scones, her “Moorehaven Mysteries” series debut. The author and I connected via Goodreads, and I was interested in picking up a new series, thus leading me to this one. It has a good start with a lot of potential for future books.Continue Reading

My rating 4 of 5 stars to Leslie Meier‘s candy canes of christmas past, a novella in the “Lucy Stone” mystery series. What a fun book! It started out a little concerning as 20% into this 100+ page story, there was no mystery yet… but then it suddenly got cookingContinue Reading

My rating: 3+ of 5 stars to Laura Levine‘s The Dangers of Candy Canes, a short Christmas novella in the Jaine Austen mystery series. I haven’t read anything by this author before and stumbled across this in a collection of stories about candy cane killers; it was fun and gave meContinue Reading

My rating: 4 of 5 stars to Carrie Doyle‘s Death on Lily Pond Lane, her second in the Hampton’s Murder Mystery series. I usually start a series with the first novel, but I was given a copy of the second one and decided to dive right in. And I’m glad IContinue Reading

My rating: 3+ of 5 stars to Arturo Pérez-Reverte‘s The Seville Communion, a Spanish-to-English translated thriller novel with a very intriguing story about the Catholic church, corporate corruption and love. This was a good book, and I’d recommend it to fans of the genre or of translated novels; however, itContinue Reading

My rating: 3 of 5 stars to Will Adams‘s The Eden Legacy, the fourth in his “Daniel Knox” series — and I think possibly the last one. I enjoyed this book, and the series, but I think this one was my least favorite. Story In the last book, Daniel sufferedContinue Reading

My rating: 4 of 5 stars to Ann Patchett‘s Commonwealth. I chose this book because it was about drama and relationships within a complex family, as it seemed similar the last book I had written, and it was written in a way that I hoped would align with my favorite styles:Continue Reading

Death on the Family Tree by Patricia Sprinkle 2 of 5 stars to Patricia Sprinkle‘s Death on the Family Tree, the first in the “Family Tree” mystery series. A warning before you read my review… it may contain a small amount of anger, and the book might be anti-gay. I’mContinue Reading

No One Knows by J.T. Ellison My rating: 3 of 5 stars 3 stars to J.T. Ellison‘s No One Knows, a suspense and thriller mystery novel. I received this as a giveaway but was very interested in reading it… in the end, I’m glad I did as there were manyContinue Reading

Egg Drop Dead by Laura Childs My rating: 3 of 5 stars Three (3) stars to Laura Childs‘s Egg Drop Dead, her seventh in the “Crackleberry Club” mystery series. I don’t usually read books in the middle of a series, but I won a copy of this book and decidedContinue Reading