The Chameleon Killer: Alma Rossi Book 1 by Rick Mendes is an interesting mystery that has the feel of a “true crime” story. Alma Rossi is a young female detective in Hillsford, California, who, despite her age and gender, is the most senior of the...

The Valet by Bonnie Traymore is about Johnny, a struggling valet driver who has dreams of moving out of Honolulu. Johnny has a shady side hustle with his girlfriend and uses his position at work to get information about potential victims. Johnny parked Derek Anderson's...

In That Murder Feeling by Neve Maslakovic, though Rodrick works as a PI in his small town, he isn’t like other detectives. He can see emotions. While most people see emotions as facial expressions, he sees auras blossoming around a person in waves similar to...

The Write Way to Die by Beth Prentice is the first book in the Murder by the Book Mystery series. Aubrey Jackson has received every writer’s dream: an invitation to participate in a writer’s retreat. And to add to the excitement, the host is none...

Time Did Not Forget by Kim Carter is the fourth book in the Clara and Iris Mystery series. Widows Clara Samples and Iris Hadley, both in their mid-seventies, are private investigators based in Atlanta, Georgia. Their latest case takes them to Biloxi, where they agree...

It is 1968. Jennifer Blair, an antiquities dealer, is in Hollywood, Los Angeles, partly for business, but her main intention is to seek answers about her mother Veronica’s unsolved murder. Veronica, a powerful publicist in Hollywood, had been found dead at a dinner party hosted...

Tokyo Juku by Michael Pronko dropped me straight into Tokyo’s restless, exam-fueled nights where success isn’t just a goal – it’s survival. Mana, a student cramming for her university entrance prep, finds her life turns into a nightmare when she discovers the body of her...

The Charabanc of Death by Brian Kavanagh is a murder mystery drama that follows Belinda Lawrence and Hazel Whitby as they embark on a trip to France. This journey allows Belinda to reminisce about a teenage backpacking adventure she had twelve years prior in the...

In Sounds of Someday by Linda Opdyke, Mickey Calhoun’s latest case starts innocuously enough when an ill-fated dinner with her husband, Ethan, ends in a confrontation. But when a mysterious woman named Vanessa Warner seeks Mickey’s help to “find” a man she claims is stalking...

Jerold Last’s Tapas and Treachery is an intriguing and well-crafted cozy murder mystery set in Spain. Roger Bowman is a private detective in Los Angeles with considerable experience in solving complex murder cases. He is hired by a prestigious law firm representing an international cruise...