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Monthly Archives: December 2020
What a great beginning to this series!
Lowcountry Boil (A Liz Talbot Mystery Book 1)
By: Susan M. Boyer
Rating: 5 of 5
I started this series on book #3. I liked it so well, I immediately purchased books 1 and 2, intending to read them to catch up on the backstory. Well, that didn’t happen. There was always something “new” to read and I forgot about these books. Until this week, that is.
I read this book as I was caught up on my reading list for the year. I am so glad that I did and I will be reading book 2 in the next week or two.
This book gives a whole new dimension to relationships and the past of characters that I had accepted without question. Now I now why some of the characters behave the way they do.
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Delightful and zany mystery series
Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake (A Death by Chocolate Mystery)
By: Sarah Graves
Rating: 5 of 5
This is the first book in the Death by Chocolate mystery series. It is the second book by Sarah Graves that I have read and it is quite different. I didn’t know what to expect as the other book was more of a serious mystery.
I love well done mysteries that have a comic twist and this book is just such a book. I didn’t realize that it was a spin-off of an earlier series with the same characters. Having found out, I have picked up the first in that series as well.
Jake (Jacobia) Tiptree and her friend Ellie have moved on from renovating houses (old series) and are now co-owners in a newly opened bakery shop that features all sorts of chocolate baked goods. They are feeling their way and starting to gain clients when local pain, Matt Muldoon is found murdered in their bakery kitchen.
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A great start to a Regency murder mystery series
Murder on Black Swan Lane (A Wrexford & Sloane Mystery Book 1)
By: Andrea Penrose
Rating: 5 of 5
I’ve read books by this author before under the name of Andrea Pickens (traditional Regency novels) and have enjoyed them. My favorite type of book is still mystery, so to have my favorite genres put into one book is amazing.
This novel is not a romance novel, though there seems to be some type of attraction between the two main sleuths. At its heart, it is a good mystery. It reminds me somewhat of Holmesian deductive reasoning mixed with intuition.
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Fun Christmas mystery story
The Gift of the Magpie: A Meg Langslow Mystery
By: Donna Andrews
Rating: 4 of 5
I am a long-time fan of this series. I have always enjoyed the zany humor of the author. That being said, the just prior book was not nearly as funny as those that went before. This book shows a gentle humor and has promises of some craziness in the future.
In this story, Meg and crew are getting ready for Christmas and Michael’s one-man show of “A Christmas Carol”. Meg is also tasked with coordinating many Helping Hands for the Holidays projects. Since these projects have expanded beyond the needy and throughout the year, the task has grown exponentially greater. Just what Meg needs at the busy holiday season – more work!
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Great second book in this Amish cozy mystery series
Courting Can Be Killer (An Amish Matchmaker Mystery Book 2)
By: Amanda Flower
Rating: 5 of 5
It is such a pleasure to read the second book in this series, which is an off-shoot from the author’s Amish Candy Shop mysteries. In this series, an Amish matchmaker, Millie, and her Englischer friend, Lois, solve the whodunnits.
Millie is finally settled back in her old hometown of Harvest, Ohio. A young man, Ben, she knew from her years in Michigan has moved to town. He doesn’t have family, so Millie becomes his almost aunt.
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