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Assault and Beadery (A Cora Crafts Mystery) by Mollie Cox Bryan

About the Book

Assault and Beadery (A Cora Crafts Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

4th in Series

Kensington (September 25, 2018)

Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages

ISBN-10: 1496716442

ISBN-13: 978-1496716446

Digital ASIN: B078QM4V66

All of Cora Chevalier’s dreams are coming true. Since moving to Indigo Gap, North Carolina, the busy crafting maven has been blessed with a great boyfriend, a lovely home, and a booming craft retreat business. But on the eve of her first Crafty Mom’s Escape Weekend, tragedy strikes again in Indigo Gap. This time, it’s curtains for Stan Herald, the disagreeable director of the local theater group, who’s murdered on the opening night of their new production. Worse, Cora’s friend Zee is accused of the crime.

Cora is determined to prove her friend’s innocence, but Zee’s mysterious past is making that difficult. And with a list of suspects longer than a double spool of satin cording, getting a bead on the real culprit won’t be easy. With her friends Jane and Ruby at her side, Cora must string together the clues and solve Stan’s murder before the killer gives an encore performance.

Includes crafting tips!

About the Author

Mollie Cox Bryan is the author of the Cumberland Creek Scrapbooking mystery series and the Cora Crafts mystery series. She is also author of two cookbooks, the regional bestseller Mrs. Rowe’s Little Book of Southern Pies and Mrs. Rowe’s Restaurant Cookbook: A Lifetime of Recipes from the Shenandoah Valley. An award-winning journalist and poet, she currently blogs, cooks, and scrapbooks in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with her husband and two daughters. Scrapbook of Secrets was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel. Visit her on the web at molliecoxbryan.com.

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Assault and Beadery by Mollie Cox Bryan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Review: ASSAULT AND BEADERY by Mollie Cox Bryan
(A Cora Crafts Mystery)

I really was educated while reading this Cozy Mystery novel: educated in certain types of Crafts (beadmaking, paper crafts, and Artistic playing cards), but equally so in the art of friendship, and the procedures of small business, and the foibles of small town living. Indigo Gap, North Carolina, is a small but active and thriving community tucked in the shadows of the looming Appalachian Mountains. It sports tourism and craft retreats, the latter organized by best friends Cora, Jane, and Ruby, in a lovely Victorian called Kildare House. A beadmaking retreat is marred by the death of the community theater's producer and the arrest of its musical director. But Cora and Jane are not just crafter and potter; both have faced evil and crime, and they are determined that the actual killer will be identified--before another death.

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Past & Present: A Marketville Mystery by Judy Penz Sheluk

About the Book

Past & Present: A Marketville Mystery"

Cozy Mystery

2nd in Series

Superior Shores Press (September 21, 2018)

Paperback: 232 pages

ISBN-10: 0995000735

ISBN-13: 978-0995000735

Digital ASIN: B07FYZ6HPF

Sometimes the past reaches out to the present...

It’s been thirteen months since Calamity (Callie) Barnstable inherited a house in Marketville under the condition that she search for the person who murdered her mother thirty years earlier. She solves the mystery, but what next? Unemployment? Another nine-to-five job in Toronto?

Callie decides to set down roots in Marketville, take the skills and knowledge she acquired over the past year, and start her own business: Past & Present Investigations.

It’s not long before Callie and her new business partner, best friend Chantelle Marchand, get their first client: a woman who wants to find out everything she can about her grandmother, Anneliese Prei, and how she came to a “bad end” in 1956. It sounds like a perfect first assignment. Except for one thing: Anneliese’s past winds its way into Callie’s present, and not in a manner anyone—least of all Callie—could have predicted.

About the Author

Judy Penz Sheluk is the author of two mystery series: The Glass Dolphin Mysteries (THE HANGED MAN’S NOOSE and A HOLE IN ONE) and The Marketville Mysteries (SKELETONS IN THE ATTIC). Judy’s short crime fiction appears is several collections. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, the Short Mystery Fiction Society, and Crime Writers of Canada, where she currently serves on the Board of Directors as the Regional Representative for Toronto/Southern Ontario. Find Judy on her website/blog at www.judypenzsheluk.com, where she interviews and showcases the works of other authors and blogs about the writing life.

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Review: PAST AND PRESENT: A MARKETVILLE MYSTERY by Judy Penz Sheluk PAST AND PRESENT is an electrifying cozy mystery weaving history, genealogy, and contemporary issues into an engrossing multilayered tapestry. Callie (Calamity) Barnstable of Toronto has lived the past year in Marketville (Canada) in a house bequeathed to her at her father's untimely passing. Compelled by the terms of the will to search for the truth of her mother's death three decades earlier, Callie now determines to put her newly acquired investigative skills to effect in a partnership with genealogist best friend Chantelle Marchand, but their very first case has repercussions for Callie that not even their psychic friend Misty could have predicted. (l


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“What brings you to Past & Present Investigations?” Louisa took a sip of water. “May I rest the suitcase on the table?” “Of course.” “Thank you.” She popped open the brass locks. Inside the case were several plastic storage bags, the kind you used at the airport to store your liquids. “I didn’t even know my mom owned this. It belonged to my maternal grandmother, not that I ever met her. My mom was raised in foster care. She aged out at sixteen, shoved out of the system without any support. The experience soured her.” “What about your father?” “Not in the picture. My mom got pregnant at eighteen. I don’t know whether it was a one-night stand or she fell for the wrong guy. She never elaborated. I do know that whoever he was, he didn’t contribute a dime of support. I’ve certainly never met him. Nor do I care to.” “Did your mom ever marry?” “Never even dated anyone again, or if she did, she certainly never brought him home. We weren’t rich, but I didn’t want for anything.” Louisa grimaced. “Well, that may not be entirely accurate. I longed for affection. My mom had a hard time displaying any emotion. Every feeling she ever had was neatly compartmentalized. Not surprising considering her upbringing and my deadbeat dad. But she did her best. We did our best.” I wondered if Louisa had ever been married, or if she’d followed in her mother’s footsteps. “You’re probably wondering if I ever married,” she said, reading my mind. “The answer is, yes, three times. Husband number one when I was barely legal age to tie the knot. He turned out to be a gambler. He lost our toy poodle in a poker game, if you can imagine that. Husband number two was a drinker who couldn’t hold down a job when he went to the trouble of finding one. Husband number three was a serial cheater who didn’t even try to hide his infidelity. I left him two years ago and swore off men. I earn a decent living as a credit manager. It helps that I’m bilingual, especially if I’m traveling in Quebec.” She named a national automotive glass company. I knew they owned a couple hundred windshield replacement retail stores across Canada. “What’s in the train case that makes you want to dig into the past?” Louisa removed one of the plastic bags, pulled out a photograph and handed it to me. “This is my grandmother. Her name was Anneliese Prei.” The resemblance to Louisa was uncanny. Despite the sepia tones of the old photo, it was obvious that her hair had the same honey-gold soft waves, and that her eyes were the color of milk chocolate. Even the mouth, full lipped and pouty, was identical. But it was the tilt of her nose, the slightly haughty way she held herself, which took her from look-alike to doppelgänger. “She was beautiful. You look like her. You’re older, of course, and she has an edge about her that you don’t seem to possess, but overall, the resemblance is uncanny.” “I always assumed that I took after my father. I certainly don’t look anything like my mom. When I saw this picture, it was as if my grandmother was calling out to me from the grave.”

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Trimmed to Death (Bad Hair Day Mysteries) by Nancy J Cohen

About the Book

Trimmed to Death (Bad Hair Day Mysteries)

Cozy Mystery

15th in Series

Orange Grove Press (September 25, 2018)

Paperback: 290 pages

ISBN-10: 0998531766

ISBN-13: 978-0998531762

Digital ASIN: B07F2FP55B

Mix together a cocktail for murder, add a few salty suspects, toss in a dollop of sweet humor, and you have the recipe for Trimmed to Death, #15 in the Bad Hair Day cozy mystery series.

Savvy hairstylist and amateur sleuth Marla Vail enters a charity bake-off contest at a fall festival sponsored by a local farm. While she waits to see if her coconut fudge pie is a winner, Marla joins a scavenger hunt where people playing character roles are the targets. Instead of scoring points with a live person, she finds a dead body planted face-down in the strawberry field. Who would want to cut short the life of food magazine publisher and fellow bake-off contestant Francine Dodger? As she investigates, Marla learns there’s no shortage of suspects. A celebrity TV chef, food critic, olive oil importer, food truck owner, pastry chef, and cookbook author may be stirring up more than their next recipe. Can Marla unmask the killer before someone else gets trimmed from life?

Recipes Included!

About the Author

 

Nancy J. Cohen writes the Bad Hair Day Mysteries featuring South Florida hairstylist Marla Vail. Titles in this series have made the IMBA bestseller list and been selected by Suspense Magazine as the best cozy mystery. Nancy has also written the instructional guide, Writing the Cozy Mystery. Her imaginative romances, including the Drift Lords series, have proven popular with fans as well. A featured speaker at libraries, conferences, and community events, Nancy is listed in Contemporary Authors, Poets & Writers, and Who’s Who in U.S. Writers, Editors, & Poets. When not busy writing, she enjoys fine dining, cruising, visiting Disney World, and shopping.

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Trimmed to Death by Nancy J. Cohen
Review: TRIMMED TO DEATH by Nancy Cohen
TRIMMED TO DEATH is a low-key cozy mystery featuring amateur sleuth and hairdresser Marla, who lives in South Florida with her homicide detective husband Dalton and his adolescent daughter Brianna. When a harvest festival at a local farm includes a suspicious death, Dalton has jurisdiction and Marla investigates in her own gentle way. There's a number of people with possibly suspicious agendas, but Marla and her family persevere, even though eventually she will be endangered. The author juggles a fair number of characters and plot lines without giving away "the farm." (Intentional pun!)



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Shattered at Sea (A Webb's Glass Shop Mystery) by Cheryl Hollon

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Shattered at Sea (A Webb's Glass Shop Mystery)

Cozy Mystery

5th in Series

Kensington (August 28, 2018)

Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages

ISBN-10: 1496711777

ISBN-13: 978-1496711779

Digital ASIN: B077WY2SRQ

A Mediterranean cruise gives glass shop owner Savannah Webb a chance to demonstrate her expertise—and fire up her skills when it comes to foul play . . .

When Savannah signs on to perform glassblowing on a ship, part of the appeal is that she’ll get a chance to reconnect with her boyfriend Edward’s family. An added bonus is that Edward’s cousin, Ian, will be joining them on board. But when Ian disappears at the beginning of the cruise, the ship’s authorities initially consider it suicide.

Savannah tries to balance her growing suspicions with work on her shows, but her relationship with the other glass artists begins to crack. And she can’t let love color her judgment when Edward suddenly jumps to the top of the suspect list. His fate is in Savannah’s hands, and she’ll do everything she can—on land and sea—to clear his name . . .

About the Author

  Cheryl Hollon now writes full-time after she left an engineering career of designing and building military flight simulators in amazing countries such as England, Wales, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, and India. Fulfilling the dream of a lifetime, she combines her love of writing with a passion for creating glass art. In the small glass studio behind her house in St. Petersburg, Florida, Cheryl and her husband design, create, and produce fused glass, stained glass, and painted glass artworks. Visit her online at http://cherylhollon.com, on Facebook or on Twitter @CherylHollon.

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Review: SHATTERED AT SEA by Cheryl Hollon (A Webb's Glass Shop Mystery) An aspect of cozy mysteries that I really enjoy is Craft Cozies which educate me about craft activities. Cheryl Hollon's Webb's Glass Shop Mysteries contain a plethora of education about a craft activity I'll surely never experience but can certainly admire: the craft of Stained Glassmaking.  Protagonist Savannah Webb of St. Petersburg, FL, is a gifted glassmaker who inherited her late father's glass Shop. She is offered an opportunity to fill in as a glassmaking demonstrator on a Mediterranean cruise. Synchronistically, her pub-owner British boyfriend Edward is also taking the cruise with his cousin Ian. Of course, wherever is Savannah Webb, there will be mysteries, and the disappearances, wrongful confinement, and unexpected revelations of secrets--both long-hidden and recent--begin.

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A Stewed Observation (A Dinner Club Murder Mysteries) by Karen C. Whalen

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A Stewed Observation (A Dinner Club Murder Mysteries)

Cozy Mystery

4th in Series

The Wild Rose Press, Inc (August 6, 2018)

Print Length: 214 pages

Digital ASIN: B07DYVWHFY

The Gourmet Dinner Club travels to Ireland to enjoy Irish cuisine while staying at a medieval, ivy-covered castle. Jane Marsh hopes Dale Capricorn will ask her to marry him at this romantic dream destination. But her plans are put on hold when the elderly castle owner becomes violent, a club member restrains him, and he collapses and dies. The police believe the mysterious death is murder and begin to suspect one of the club’s members. Dale leaves for home on a business emergency, and as the lone single gal in the club full of couples, Jane is thrown into the company of Griffin O’Doherty, the handsome Irishman who stands to inherit the castle. Jane must prove her friend’s innocence by solving the crime. Which of the sweet-tempered Irish could be a callous killer?

About the Author

Karen C. Whalen is the author of a culinary cozy series, the “dinner club murder mysteries.” The first four in the series are: Everything Bundt the Truth, Not According to Flan, No Grater Evil, and A Stewed Observation. The first book in the series tied for First Place in the Suspense Novel category of the 2017 IDA Contest sponsored by Oklahoma Romance Writers of America. Her books are similar to those written by cozy authors Jessica Beck and Joanne Fluke. She worked for many years as a paralegal at a law firm in Denver, Colorado and has been a columnist and regular contributor to The National Paralegal Reporter magazine. She believes that it's never too late to try something new. She loves to host dinner clubs, entertain friends, ride bicycles, hike in the mountains, and read cozy murder mysteries.

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Review: A STEWED OBSERVATION by Karen C. Whalen
(The Dinner Club Mysteries)

A vacation to Ireland ought to bring a plethora of pleasurable experiences: sightseeing, reunion with old friends, making new friends, exploring the culture. But the six Dinner Club friends find this trip surprisingly unpleasant when, first the owner of the Castle hotel where they're staying in Limerick unexpectedly dies after a strange episode, then one of their party, Bruce, a former police detective, comes under suspicion. Feckless protagonist Jane, twice-widowed under odd circumstances, and hoping for a proposal during this trip from long-term beau Dale, determines to uncover the truth, while simultaneously reeling emotionally and being apparently courted by a handsome, flirtatious, Irishman.

 

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Finders, Not Keepers (The Not So Reluctant Detectives) by D.E. Haggerty

About the Book

Finders, Not Keepers (The Not So Reluctant Detectives)
Cozy Mystery/Romantic Suspense
1st in Series
Self Published (August 20, 2018)
Print Length: 244 pages
Digital ASIN: B07DSWRXMM

What do you do with a diamond no one wants? You can’t keep it. Or can you?

While cleaning her ex-husband’s effects out of the attic, Terri finds an exquisite diamond pendant necklace. She’s determined to return the necklace to its proper owner, but the owner was brutally killed, a murder which remains unsolved, and her heirs want nothing to do with the diamond. Terri embarks upon a journey researching charities to which she can donate the diamond. When her research becomes dangerous, Terri contemplates solving the murder herself. Her best friend, Melanie, jumps feet first into investigating the murder, but her neighbor, Ryder, doesn’t want Terri exposed to any danger. Ryder, to Terri’s surprise, also wants to be more than neighbors with Terri. Luckily, he’s prepared to take any measure necessary to keep her safe because someone is determined to stop her inquiries.

Join Terri on her quest to find a home for the diamond, which may result in the unveiling of a murderer – if she survives long enough.

About the Author

I grew up reading everything I could get my grubby hands on, from my mom's Harlequin romances to Nancy Drew, to Little Women. When I wasn't flipping pages in a library book, I was penning horrendous poems, writing songs no one should ever sing, or drafting stories which have thankfully been destroyed. College and a stint in the U.S. Army came along, robbing me of free time to write and read, although on the odd occasion I did manage to sneak a book into my rucksack between rolled up socks, MRIs, t-shirts, and cold weather gear. After surviving the army experience, I went back to school and got my law degree. I jumped ship and joined the hubby in the Netherlands before the graduation ceremony could even begin. A few years into my legal career, I was exhausted, fed up, and just plain done. I quit my job and sat down to write a manuscript, which I promptly hid in the attic after returning to the law. But practicing law really wasn’t my thing, so I quit (again!) and went off to Germany to start a B&B. Turns out running a B&B wasn’t my thing either. I polished off that manuscript languishing in the attic before following the husband to Istanbul where I decided to give the whole writer-thing a go. But ten years was too many to stay away from my adopted home. I packed up again and moved to The Hague where I’m currently working on my next book. I hope I’ll always be working on my next book.

Finders, Not Keepers is my thirteenth novel.

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Finders, Not Keepers by D.E. Haggerty
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Review: FINDERS, NOT KEEPERS by D. E. Haggerty
(The Not-so-Reluctant Detectives #1)

This delightful and adorable cozy mystery contains all I hope to encounter whenever I start a new cozy: warmth, good feelings, characters who readily elicit all my empathy, an involving plot with suspense, and of course, amateur sleuths. In this novel, we also have a Librarian, an amateur sleuth who is wonderfully kind-hearted and good-intentioned individual, and a feckless heroine. All those facets combine in one lovely person, almost-divorced high school Librarian Terri, who while digging in ex-husband's storage in her attic, inadvertently discovers an expensive diamond and gold pendant. So the mystery begins--delightfully and engagingly.

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Finders, Not Keepers

Hi! I’m Teresa Patterson, but you can call me Terri. It’s cool you want me to write about myself, but I’m actually pretty boring. I’m a middle-aged high school librarian who has a slight obsession with books. I find books and being a librarian fascinating but as my best friend Melanie would say ‘Snoozeville!’ So, I’m not sure what to write about myself that other people may find interesting. I’ve settled on five things you don’t know about me. Hope I don’t bore you!

1. Although I read a lot, all the time actually, I have a ‘to-be-read’ list that somehow never gets smaller. I think it’s some type of book magic. And, yes, I believe in magic. Reading is a type of magic, don’t you think?

2. I have a problem. It’s called tsundoku. I have absolutely no idea how to pronounce that Japanese word, but it certainly applies to me. I am a book hoarder. I buy more books than I can ever read. Although this problem is sure to be resolved soon as I now have less disposable income.

3. I can’t not finish a book. Seriously, it’s a big problem. I read several books at a time, but I try to only read one fictional paperback at a time. When I get stuck on the book (because not every book is my cup of tea), I refuse to start a new paperback. Sometimes I’ll have a paperback sitting on my bedside table for a year!

4. I recommend books to complete strangers. When I’m in a bookstore and see someone browsing with a confused look on her face, I’ll start spouting off good books to read. Mostly, people are grateful, but there have been a few who’ve rushed out of the bookstore like I was a serial killer or something. Are serial killers big readers?

5. This is probably not a surprise to anyone, but I would rather sit at home on Friday night reading a book than go out. Although now that I’m kinda sorta dating the hot neighbor, I may be up for more exciting adventures on Friday night. Oh, who am I kidding? Can’t he just watch a ball game while I read or something?

That’s it! Five things you didn’t know about me. Are you still awake?

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