BOOK REVIEW – A Sorrowful Sanctuary, A Lane Winslow Mystery, book 5
by Iona Whishaw (Author), Marilla Wex (Narrator), TouchWood Editions (Publisher) An audiobook. First, I love this mystery series by Iona Whishaw, set in British Colombia, Canada, just after WWII. This is the fifth book, and about a year has passed since book one. Lane has had some dangerous mysteries to solve – some of them were to get herself out…
BOOK REVIEW – It Begins in Betrayal, A Lane Winslow Mystery, book 4
by Iona Whishaw (Author), Marilla Wex (Narrator), TouchWood Editions (Publisher) An audiobook This is the best Lane Winslow book in the series I’ve read so far, even though they all are really good. I’ve enjoyed watching the small romance bud between the totally self-sufficient (ex-WWII spy) Lane Winslow and the capable, no-nonsense Canadian Chief Inspector Frederick Darling. (Yes, I smile…
BOOK REVIEW – A Body at the Grand Hotel: A Marius Quin Mystery, Book 4
by Benedict Brown (Author), George Blagden (Narrator), Storm Publishing (Publisher) An Audiobook I enjoyed reading this fourth book in Benedict Brown‘s Marius Quin series because it is well-written, it has humor, it’s a “Cozy,” and the mystery is complicated enough that I don’t know the bad guy right off. This series is written by the same author as the…
BOOK REVIEW – Millie’s Cruise Ship Mysteries: Skagway Sleuths (Cruise Director Millie Mysteries Book 4)
BY Hope Callaghan (Author) SKAGWAY SLEUTHS is the second of Hope Callaghan‘s Cruise Ship Director, Millie’s adventures in Alaska. I really enjoy them, having recently cruised the inside passage in Alaska myself. These mysteries depict shipboard life very true to form. It was like being there again as I read this book. Without the mystery, of course!!…
BOOK REVIEW – The Christmas Bell Mystery: A 1920s Mystery (Lord Edgington Investigates, Book 12
by Benedict Brown (Author), George Blagden (Narrator), Heathdene Books (Publisher) An audiobook review. I believe I’ve read all of Benedict Brown’s Lord Edgington and Christopher books, set in the 1920s in Jolly Olde England. I love the unusual pair, the eccentric posh and fumbling schoolboy combination of murder solving. It’s perfect for any kind of mystery. The older,…
BOOK REVIEW – Tartan, Treasures and Trouble (A Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery Book 12)
by Victoria Tait (Author) Wow, an even dozen for antiques-enthusiast cum amateur sleuth Dotty Sayers in Victoria Tait‘s British cozy mystery series. I’ve been with Dotty through the ups and downs of all her books and watched her develop from a shy (and yes, mildly abused) young widow in the first book to an assured, well-educated…
BOOK REVIEW – City of the Dead: City Spies, Book 4
by James Ponti (Author), Lisa Flanagan (Narrator), Simon & Schuster Audio (Publisher) James Ponti delivers another great City Spies mystery, set in Cairo this time. The team gets a 6th member, but is he good… or evil? Only time (and the next book) will tell. (The reader is pulled either way as the story progresses.) Meanwhile, the youngest team member,…
BOOK REVIEW – Trapped! Book 3
by James Ponti (Author), Brian Holden (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) James Ponti is hands down one of the most terrific kids’ books writers out there. Framed! and Vanished! are the first two in this series, and then this one. I’m glad he tied up all the loose ends of the first two stories in this stupendous finale. Very satisfying! …
BOOK REVIEW – Hot Chocolate and A Festive Fatality: A Cozy Murder Mystery with a Female Sleuth (A Waterwheel Cafe Mystery Book 6)
by Victoria Tait (Author) The Cotswolds, a picturesque cafe decorated for Christmas and wafting holiday aromas, friends and lovers, and a female police officer with a twisty tragic murder to solve…or maybe two. What more could you ask from a Cozy Festive Mystery? There is a lot of change brewing in book six. Police Sergeant Keya has…
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