Monthly Archives: May 2020

This is the first book I have read by this author. It does follow the cozy mystery checklist to a T. It also seems to be aimed at a much older reader, which I am not. Having said that, I still enjoyed reading the book.

The series is about a librarian, Cleo Watkins, in her mid-seventies, who drives the towns library bus which brings books to places other than the library. That seems a bit of a stretch as many individuals of that age would hesitate to drive a repurposed school bus. She travels around the town solving crimes, including murder, as much as she seems to actually bring books to the citizens.

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Bailey King is making the wedding cake for Juliet and Reverend Brook. Juliet has planned for this day for years and wants everything perfect, including a cake with marshmallow icing. While it is a bit of a headache, Bailey along with her friends and family at the Swissmen Sweets candy shop, have it finished and ready and waiting.

The big day arrives but an uninvited guest makes a disturbance at both the wedding and the reception. The next day, the individual is found dead at the top of the church steps and the Reverend comes under suspicion of murder.

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I’ve previously read another series by this author which I really enjoyed. When I saw that she had written another series, I decided to chance it.

This series is about Samantha Kidd, who has just left her job as a buyer for a well-known department store in New York City. She hasn’t been happy though she has been increasing in stature and is becoming known for her sense of style.

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This is the first book I have read by this author as well as the first book in this new cozy mystery series.

The setting is a family-owned ice cream shop that is being taken back to its roots of hand-made ice cream. The woman responsible for this transformation is Bronwyn (Win) Crewse, who has the support for her family in getting the business back to its glory days.

On the day the shop opens, there is a snow storm. There is also a murder and Win finds the body. It turns out that the murdered man (Dead Guy), is an individual who tried to swindle the Crewse family years ago.

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This is the second in the Misty Dawn mystery series. While it was certainly a good mystery to read, it was not as funny as the first book in the series.

Things became more serious when it came down to the situation under which the murder took place. A murder takes place that brings many individuals under suspicion and brings Misty into the fray to try to solve it.

Misty is approached by a young woman whose extravagant engagement ring has gone missing and needs her help to locate it before the wedding day. When the same young woman is implicated in a murder, Misty feels honor bound to try to help her.

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What can I say? This book’s description had me at Bear Claws, which are my favorite pastry. Reading the book certainly made me look forward to having one in the near future.

Chef Charlie Cookie leaves San Francisco in the dust to head back home to her family’s diner, The Bear Claw, in Elkview, Alaska. Charlie takes over from her parents, who leave for an extended trip. She has a fair amount of disagreements with Chef Oliver, who has been at the head cook at the diner for two decades.

Oliver storms out and is found dead. Charlie comes under suspicion and decides to try to find the killer herself. Turns out that others in the town are willing and able to assist her, especial the town’s cute newspaper reporter.

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