Book Review: The Poison Pen

I never get tired of the Scottish Bookshop Mystery series. In The Poison Pen, the ninth book in Paige Shelton’s series, bookseller Delaney Nichols is sent to a small village to check out an artifact for her boss, Edwin. But when she […]

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Book Review: Read to Death at Lakeside Library

Read to Death at the Lakeside Library by Holly Danvers is the third book in the Lakeside Library series and the first I’ve read. It was easy to get swept up in the story without reading the first two. Read to Death […]

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Book Review: Death at a Scottish Wedding

In Death at a Scottish Wedding, author Lucy Connelly returns us to Sea Isle, Scotland, where American transplant Dr. Emilia McRoy has settled in as town doctor (which she expected) and coroner (surprise!). This second volume in the Scottish Isle mystery centers […]

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Vinyl Resting Place Book Review

This One Didn’t Grab Me Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke My rating: 3 of 5 stars Vinyl Resting Place is the first volume in the Record Shop Mysteries series by Olivia Blacke. I’m sorry I didn’t love this one for several […]

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Mastering the Art of French Murder Book Review

An exceptional cozy mystery set in post-WWII Paris Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge I read a lot of cozy mysteries, but Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge stood out as exceptional. This cozy mystery is […]

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Muffin But the Truth Book Review

Muffin But the Truth Has Something for Everyone Muffin But the Truth by Ellie Alexander Muffin But the Truth by Ellie Alexander My rating: 4 of 5 stars Muffin But the Truth is number sixteen in the Bakeshop Mystery series by Ellie […]

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Scottish Ladies’ Detective Agency Book Review

Fun Scottish Cozy set in 1911 Edinburgh Scottish Ladies’ Detective Agency by Lydia Travers There has been a rash of jewel thefts in posh country house parties in the Highlands. Maud McIntyre’s fledgling detective agency has been called upon by the Duchess […]

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Of Manners and Murder Book Review

Of Manners and Murder by Anastasia Hastings A Delightful Cozy in Of Manners and Murder is the first book in Anastasia Hastings’ Miss Hermione cozy mystery series. It was a delightful read, Quite unlike anything I’ve read before. Violet and her young […]

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