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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Murder on the Menu | Alex Coombs | Old Forge Café Mystery #1

    / December 14, 2023

    A little getaway to a cozy café in the cold and rainy English countryside takes a deadly turn in Alex Coombs’ Murder on the Menu: the first delicious taste of a mouthwatering new…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Bulletproof Barista | Cleo Coyle | Coffeehouse Mysteries #20

    / December 4, 2023

    The Coffeehouse Mysteries by Cleo Coyle are a cozy mystery series that I dip in and out of as new books come out. Its not a series I find necessary to read in…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Baking Spirits Bright | Sarah Fox | True Confections Mystery #2

    / November 12, 2023

    One of the most charming winter-y settings I’ve read, Sarah Fox’s Baking Spirits Bright is the perfect winter mystery! A chocolatier finds herself on the case to solve a mystery when a fellow…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Murder and Mamon | Mia P Manansala | Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery #4

    / November 4, 2023

    I’ve been reading the full Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery series and I just finished book four, Murder and Mamon. If you are just catching up, check out my reviews for the first three…

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  • A Pairing to Die For by Kate Lansing audiobook review
    Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    A Pairing to Die For | Kate Lansing | Cozy Mystery Review | Colorado Wine Mystery #2

    / October 11, 2023

    I’m really enjoying the Colorado Wine Mystery series by Kate Lansing. While there are lots of culinary series around, I hadn’t read one specifically focused on a winery before. I love this theme…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust | Mindy Quigley | Cozy Mystery Review

    / September 17, 2023

    After reading the first book in Mindy Quigley’s Deep Dish Mystery series, I couldn’t pass up book 2! If you’re new to cozy mysteries, check out my post on Cozy Mystery 101 where…

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  • Killer Chardonnay is a cozy mystery by Kate Lansing and narrated by Brooke Hoover
    Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Killer Chardonnay | Kate Lansing | Cozy Mystery Review | Colorado Wine Mystery #1

    / February 20, 2023

    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,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Book Review: Killer Content | Olivia Blacke

    / November 1, 2021

    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…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Book Review: Brewed Awakening | Cleo Coyle

    / January 6, 2020

    This was a delightful twist on the cozy mystery! Very different than any story I’d read before and so much fun! In Cleo Coyle’s Brewed Awakening, a coffee-shop owner and expert barista awakens…

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Mackenzie Harms is the owner and author of all content of the PhDiva book blog

Hi! I'm Mackenzie, the Ph.D. student behind the book reviews and blog. Reading books has always been my favorite pastime and I love sharing my thoughts about them with the world. Now I should probably get back to writing that dissertation...

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