Mystery
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Book Review: Smile Beach Murder | Alicia Bessette
A quaint mystery set in a cozy island community with a treasure hunt, an intriguing case, and depth to the characters and relationships that makes you want to see them succeed. Smile Beach…
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Book Review: The Golden Spoon | Jessa Maxwell
Part cozy mystery, part feel good baking novel, and part quirky contemporary fiction, The Golden Spoon is the sort of easy read that is a perfect palate cleanser. Not unlike the appeal of…
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Book Review: Madam | Phoebe Wynne
A gothic novel with a strong feminist message, Madam by Phoebe Wynne features a young classics teacher who takes a position at a girl’s boarding school off the coast of Scotland and finds…
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BOOK REVIEW: Tightrope by Amanda Quick
A quick, enchanting read, Tightrope tells the story of a former trapeze artist who has changed careers to run an inn after surviving an attempted murder. Now she finds herself drawn to the…
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Killer Chardonnay | Kate Lansing | Cozy Mystery Review | Colorado Wine Mystery #1
I read Killer Chardonnay during that hazy time during the pandemic when I was just looking to escape. I actually looked back at my reading dates and it was in May of 2020,…
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Book Review: The Woman in the Library | Sulari Gentill
Uniquely crafted and intricately plotted, The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill begins with a scream heard in a library and takes the reader on a journey of a book within a…
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BOOK REVIEW: The Second Husband by Kate White #thesecondhusband #bookreview @katemwhite @harperperennial
It’s definitely no secret that Kate White has been one of my favorite authors since I stumbled across a copy of The Sixes randomly at Powell’s in Portland. Now I’ve read (and even…
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BOOK REVIEW: Al Dente’s Inferno by Stephanie Cole #aldentesinferno #bookreview #cozymystery
I’m very in and out on cozy mysteries lately and really throughout the pandemic. The light, often silly appeal of a murder mystery with very little darkness as reflected by their punny titles…
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BOOK REVIEW: The Night Swim by Megan Goldin @stmartinspress @megangoldin #thenightswim #bookreview
As someone who loves true crime podcasts and loves when books feature a journalism or podcast element to an investigation or mystery, I knew I had to have Megan Goldin’s novel The Night…
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Book Review: Killer Content | Olivia Blacke
Set in Brooklyn and featuring a bayou babe who works at a book and coffee shop, murder goes viral in Killer Content, a debut cozy mystery by Olivia Blacke. About the Book Bayou…
