In Liz Eagle's murder mystery Don't Cry Over Spilt Wine, Lil Starling’s best friend, Nancy Warwick, invited Lil and her husband, Joe, to Warwick to accept recognition for solving a 51-year-old murder. Lil was informed that several prisoners, for whom she had prepared presentences for...

All the world’s a stage, and Dr. Jane McLaren finds herself in the spotlight when a Shakespearean Society decides to set up in Desert Pines. Jane is happy to finally have her life in order: her relationship with Detective Joe Conner is good, her medical...

“The day was sunny. I felt happy. The bees were buzzing. The Butterfly was in good order. Everything seemed fine.” And then it was not. Death By Betrayal: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery Book 20 by Abigail Keam is a tale of murder and deceit. For...

Gregory Urbach’s Dashiell Hammett vs Sherlock Holmes: In Search of Jack the Ripper is a well-researched and well-crafted mystery. In the novel, the narrator is Dashiell Hammett. In 1929, Hammett visited London to find more information about the Maltese Falcon at the British Museum. He wakes...

In Death Under the Steeple by Ruben D. Gonzales, the third book in the Black Mountain Mystery series, Pastor William Bennett is found dead at Living Waters Church in Black Mountain, North Carolina. He has a gunshot wound to the head, but the weapon is...

Jane McLaren is happy to live a simple life in Desert Pines, Oregon. She lives with her grandfather and works as a barista, spending her days in direct contrast to the life she left behind in the big city. It’s too bad that life can’t...

Dervla returns from her New Orleans vacation to learn that her long-time boyfriend and business partner, Emil, is leaving her for another woman. Heartbroken and outraged, she finds solace in the unconditional support of Emil's grandmother, Lula, and his great-aunt, Mari, also known as the...

Death in a Gilded Frame by Cecelia Tichi is a continuation of the amateur detective series featuring Roddy DeVere, a true former Bostonian blue-blood, and his beautiful but not quite so socially adept wife, Val. It is the summer of 1899 and the DeVeres have,...

Double Scoop of Murder by Lena Gregory is the third book in the Coffee and Cream Café Mystery series. Dani has found fulfillment in running the malt shop left to her by her uncle and offers an assortment of treats that customers love. She finally...

In Death Takes a Fall by Sharon Lynn, Maddie McGuire, a 19-year-old hiker, was stuck on a ledge after she slipped off the Cotswold trail while grabbing a few alluring blackberries. Her current love interest, a handsome young Scotsman, Constable Edward Bailey, was standing on...