by Patricia Smiley (Author) A new series, a new protagonist, a new setting; what’s not to love about Patty Smiley’s new Justice Bay Mystery? It’s dark, but not too much. It’s mysterious (psychic), but not too much. It has suspense, creepy scenes that make you shiver, danger, and action. But the story is also about good people…
by Victoria Tait (Author) WICKET OF LIES by Victoria Tait is the second in her new Cotswold Antique Mysteries, in which Dottie and Keya share dual points of view in alternating chapters. Keya is becoming more capable in her new job of “sniffing out crime scene clues.” But don’t worry, her Waterwheel Café is still going strong. …
by Victoria Tait (Author) What fun! Dotty and Keya are back in Victoria Tait‘s new cozy mystery, AN AUCTION OF SECRETS, and they both have new jobs! It looks like Dotty is moving into management at the antique house, and Keya now peers minutely at crime scene evidence instead of chasing the bad guys. (Okay, she fudges…
by Victoria Tait Although Inheritance & Intrigue in The Cotswolds is a prequel and available only via the author (for free), it is an excellent segue from the familiar Dotty Sayers Antique Mysteries we’ve learned to love. (Dottie and her policewoman friend Keya will continue in the new Cotswolds Antique Mystery series.) … In Inheritance & Intrigue,…
by Paul Vidich (Author), Jeff Harding (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) An Audiobook Set in both West and East Berlin just before The Wall came down, this is a suspenseful and personal story of a woman used and tossed aside by a cruel and heartless man called The Matchmaker. This man ran an East German spy ring “matching” his assets with…
by M. M. Kaye (Author), Kate Udall (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) An Audiobook A vacation with her adopted cousin Robert and his wife (who were to be newly stationed in post-war Berlin) becomes a nightmare of death and suspicion for Miranda Brand. After the traveling group dines in the hotel, a tipsy old army Brigadier tells a story about a…
by JJ Marsh (Author, Publisher), Jill Prewett (Narrator) An Audiobook Two octogenarian ladies from the nearby cruise ship are picnicking on a hillside above the bay on a beautiful Greek island. One of them is gazing through the viewfinder of her camera, using it as a “spyglass.” She sees an older woman, one from their group on…
by Victoria Tait (Author) Although this cozy mystery is listed as a Dotty Sayers Antique mystery, author Victoria Tait has combined two of her series’ characters in this book. Dotty, returning from antique work in other parts of the country, has only recently settled down again in the Cotswolds to open her own shop. Sergeant Keya Varma…
by Victoria Tait (Author) CHAMOMILE TEA AND A COPYCAT CRIME is the fourth in Victoria Tait‘s Waterwheel Cafe Mystery series. It’s a fun, cozy police procedural with an added course in business management! Sergeant Keya Varma is a part-time police officer at the Cirencester Police Station in Cotswold. Her other life is as owner…
by Jay Gill (Author), Sam Booth (Narrator), QUEST from W. F. Howes Ltd (Publisher) An Audiobook review As the author, JAY GILL, introduces in his prelude, MURDER IN FULBRIDGE VILLAGE is a unique whodunnit, set in a quaint British village in the 1920s. It’s a refreshing departure from the norm, with no ‘bedroom shenanigans or foul language,’ making it…
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