Contemporary
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“A clown climbs up the skeleton tree; A curse on you, a plague on me.” Many thanks to Christopher Seto for this ebook. Theo Chan is a Ph.D. student in criminology and Agatha Christie fan who takes a summer job as an assistant in a private investigator’s office and gets his first taste of applied…
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Many thanks to Micah Castle for sending me this ebook. How do we decide as mortals to take the life of another? What criteria constitutes a life worth living, and who created the criteria? Dana Cauldwell has just transferred to a new job closer to her mom, leaving behind a messy work situation involving her…
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Two cozy mystery novellas featuring a group of sleuths. In Memories and Mementos four female amateur sleuths investigate the local retirement home, in An Invitation to Mystery a collection of amateur and professional sleuths take on a decades old cold case. Memories and Mementos Book 1 in the Button Club series. “For a group of…
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It was a crazy idea, lacking all business sense and even common sense for that matter. I’d never driven a boat, never been to the swamp or laid eyes on a bayou. But I was ready for a change. Book 1 in the The Lettering Detective Series. When Mila Breaux’s rent check bounces and she…
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I didn’t typically force my way through locked doors, and certainly not those belonging to clients. Today, however, was an exception. Book 1 in the Hadley Home Design Cozy Mysteries series. Darlington Hills, Virginia, is interior designer Hadley Sutton’s idea of paradise on earth. Eager to escape New Orleans and her ex-boyfriend, Hadley is in…
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Many thanks to Natalie Summers for this ARC, it sounds so fun and I’m looking forward to reading this soon! From Goodreads: A magical island. A mysterious relative. A family she didn’t know existed. Inheriting a house from a dead great-aunt she’s never met should’ve been Sara Rivers’ first clue that things were about to…
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A story of beautiful genius, a family’s love, a remarkable woman, and your father’s amazing journey. A story of the darkness cast upon them and the theft of all they hold dear. A story of deceit and murder. Have you ever wondered what paintings would say if they could talk? If so, Chasing Vincent is…
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Many thanks to A.M Walker for this ARC which is book 2 of a trilogy. If you haven’t read book 1 in the series, Rooted in Silence, you should do that first. “I’ll be okay,” Nelson said into the air. “Me too,” I whispered to myself. At least one of us was lying. Monica refuses…
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Being raised by the dead was, in Mal’s own words, a living nightmare. A funny, wacky, paranormal mystery with a unique approach to magic. Malowin, Mal, Gladstone is a reluctant necromancer. He’s forced to deal with his undead and very ungrateful parents and dysfuntional family, he’s forced to join a secret Order and he’s forced…
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In June I read cozy mysteries, thrillers, horror, fantasy, historical mysteries and romance. I read about magical worlds, the collapse of society, ghosts and curses, reluctant necromancy, gnomes and pixies, deadly reunions, forbidden loves, and amateur sleuths at work and on holidays. And I added an emoji guide to my reads this time to give…
Mostly Murders 