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Cozy Mystery Review: The Poison Pen | Paige Shelton | Scottish Bookshop Mystery #9
I’m always happy when I pop into a cozy mystery in the Scottish Bookshop Mystery series. It’s like taking a vacation through a book! The ninth installment in this mystery series by Paige…
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Non-fiction Book Review: The Exvangelicals | Sarah McCammon
Part memoir and part journalistic investigation—Sarah McCammon’s The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church is a powerful and thought-provoking study of the growing social movement of people leaving the white…
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Book Review: Bye, Baby | Carola Lovering
Carola Lovering brings her signature suspenseful writing to explore the highs and lows of close female friendships in Bye, Baby. Her book explores the countless lingering effects that time, life changes, childhood trauma,…
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Book Review: Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice | Elle Cosimano
Scrreeeeecchhhh! What’s that sound? It’s the sound of the hilarious ball-of-energy, writer-turned-detective Finlay Donovan flying out of town on her next adventure—a girls trip to Atlantic City where she and her nanny Vero…
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Cozy Mystery Review: Ill-Fated Fortune | Jennifer J. Chow | A Magical Fortune Cookie #1
The first book in Jennifer J. Chow’s new cozy mystery series—A Magical Fortune Cookie—absolutely charmed me! In Ill-Fated Fortune, a young woman finds her family magic just before a dead body turns up…
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Book Review: Only If You’re Lucky | Stacy Willingham
I had been waiting to read Stacy Willingham’s Only If You’re Lucky because it was the February pick for my book club, and it was worth the wait! I’ve read and enjoyed all…
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Book Review: The Heiress | Rachel Hawkins
Grab food and beverages of your choice and settle in somewhere cozy, because Rachel Hawkins’ latest book, The Heiress, is a read-in-a-day soapy psychological thriller! If you like a dash of rich people…
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Book Review: Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead | Jenny Hollander
I love a book with an unreliable narrator, and Jenny Hollander’s debut Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead delivers. After seeing a few less-than-favorable reviews of the ending, I was surprised to…
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Historical Mystery Review: Of Hoaxes and Homicide | Anastasia Hastings
“It is a sad day, indeed, when even an orgy does not interest me.” From the opening line, it’s clear that Anastasia Hastings’s Of Hoaxes and Homicide will be titillating and delightful to…
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Mystery Book Recommendation: The Expectant Detectives | Kat Ailes | The Expectant Detectives #1
This week I really needed a pick me up and The Expectant Detectives delivered the mood lift I needed and more! Fresh, funny, heart-warming, and intriguing—this is the perfect mystery. I can’t imagine…
