Review: Loving Eleanor by: Susan Wittig Albert

Title: Loving Eleanor Author: Susan Wittig Albert Publisher: Persevero Press Pages: 250 Format: e-book ARC Source: NetGalley Description: When AP political reporter Lorena Hickok—Hick—is assigned to cover Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1932 campaign, the two women become deeply involved. Their...

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Review: Tall Tail by: Rita Mae Brown

Title: Tall Tail Author: Rita Mae Brown Publisher: Bantam Series: Mrs. Murphy #25 Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover Source: Library & NetGalley Description: In this fast-paced mystery by Rita Mae Brown and her feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen and her animal friends...

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Review: Eggs in A Casket by: Laura Child

Title: Eggs in a Casket Author: Laura Child Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Series: Cackleberry Club #5 Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover Source: Library Description: The ladies of the Cackleberry Club are always ready to serve—whether they’re cooking up breakfast or sniffing out a bad egg. While...

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Interview: Janet Finsilver author of Murder at The Mushroom Festival

Recently I had a chance to sit down and talk with Janet Finsilver author of Kelly Jackson mysteries!  Her latest book is Murder at the Mushroom Festival! What genre do you write? In the mystery world they are called cozies. I prefer to call them safe whodunits. What I mean by that...

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Review: The Bordeaux Betrayal by: Ellen Crosby

Title: The Bordeaux Betrayal Author: Ellen Crosby Publisher: Scribner Series: A Wine Country Mysteries #3 Pages: 370 Format: Hardcover Source: Library Description: Ellen Crosby's third tale of suspense set amid the vines of Virginia wine country involves a two-hundred-year-old bottle of Bordeaux...

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Review: The Chardonnay Charade by: Ellen Crosby

Title: The Chardonnay Charade Author: Ellen Crosby Publisher: Scribner Series: A Wine Country Mystery #2 Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover Source: Library Description: Facing a freak late-May frost that threatens to kill the grapes in her vineyard, Lucie Montgomery hires a helicopter to fly over the...

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Review: A High-End Finish by: Kate Carlisle

Title: A High-End Finish Author: Kate Carlisle Publisher: Signet Series: A Fixer-Upper Mystery #1 Pages: 336 Format: Nook e-book  Source: Purchase Description: FIRST IN A NEW SERIES! In the seaside town of Lighthouse Cove in northern California, everyone knows the best man for the...

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Review: Title Wave by: Lorna Barrett

Title: Title Wave Author: Lorna Barrett Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Series: Booktown Mystery #10 Pages: 320 Format: e-book ARC Source: NetGalley Description: Tricia and Angelica leave Booktown behind for a pleasure cruise, but they’re going to need their life jackets because a murderer has also...

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Review: Rockets' Red Glare by: Lynn Cahoon

Title: Rockets' Red Glare Author: Lynn Cahoon Publisher: Kensington Series: A Tourist Trap Mystery #9.5 Format: e-book ARC Source: NetGalley Description:  As sunny South Cove, California, gears up for their annual Fourth of July celebrations, a local murder threatens to kill the fireworks...

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Review: How The Finch Stole Christmas! by: Donna Andrews

Title: How The Finch Stole Christmas! Author: Donna Andrews Publisher: Minotaur Books Series: Meg Langslow #22 Pages: 278 Format: e-book ARC Source: NetGalley Description: Meg's husband has decided to escalate his one-man show of Dickens' A Christmas Carol into a full-scale production with a large...

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Review: Downfall by: J.A. Jance

Title: Downfall Author: J.A. Jance Publisher: William Morrow Series: Joanna Brady #17 Pages: 382 Format: Hardcover Source: Publisher Description: Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady returns in this outstanding new mystery set in the beautiful desert country of the Southwest. With a baby on the way,...

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