Contemporary
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Hidden behind my sunglasses, I take in the people around me. I like the anonymity of the city: no faux pleasantries to exchange, minimal eye contact. I am a predator mingling with my prey, and they have no idea. Something is going on in Philadelphia. Five men who all had criminal backgrounds have been found…
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Sherry Pinkwhistle woke up to the deep silence of snowfall, cozily ensconced in the warmth of her bed and the knowledge that she had just solved another murder. Sherry Pinkwhistle works as a librarian in Winesap, New York. A quaint little village with a surprisingly high murder rate, and a local sheriff who hates interference…
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Spelled a variety of different ways, including bogeyman, bogyman, and bogieman, the Boogeyman is a mythical creature most commonly used by adults to frighten children into good behavior. After graduating from college, horror writer Richard Chizmar returns to his hometown to focus on his fledgling career, only to find the whole town enveloped in its…
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“No, no, no. You’re wrong, Rishard. The lawyer left that note with the bartender as a clue,” says April. A single mother in her 40s. A four-time divorcee who always wears Hawaiian shirts and crocs. A beautician who loves gossiping. A retired school principal and a cantankerous Vietnam War vet. These are the members of…
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Book 1 in the Florida Keys Bed & Breakfast Cozy Mystery series Eva Stuart runs the Keys Bed and Breakfast in Florida Keys and hosts a book club called the Murder Mystery Book Club or MMBC for short. As most mystery book lovers, she sometimes dreams about how it would be to solve a real-life…
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April was a month filled with great reads. From cozy mysteries to horror, from sci fi to historical fiction, from ebooks to physical copies to audiobooks, from ARCs and review copies to Read Christie 2026 and the A-Z Cozy Mystery Challenge, I read my way through murders and mysteries, celebrated Terry Pratchett Day and joined…
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Many thanks to BooksGoSocial for this novel via Netgalley. “Everyone’s voice deserves to be heard.” At the Bristlecone retirement community, a small group of retirees meet once a week to discuss their writing. When Margaret, the oldest member of the group, who never shared any actual writing, suddenly passes away, it sets in motion a…
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Many thanks to Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op and Highland Quill Publishing for this ARC via Netgalley. ‘Let’s photograph crumbling castles at foggy dawn,’ you said. ‘It’ll be atmospheric,’ you said. You left out the part where it might get us killed. Travel writer Joana and her friend and photographer Brian are working on a Scotland travel…
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Connor Lawton made an abysmal first impression on his initial visit to the Athena Public Library. Charlie Harris is thrilled to hear that his adult daughter Laura will be staying with him in Athena for the fall semester. But when the thoroughly unpleasant playwright Connor Lawton is murdered, Laura becomes both a suspect and a…
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“Thank God!” said Hugo on a loud sighing exhalation of breath. “Thank me, if you please,” replied Lady Amanda, already pulling a suitcase from the top of the wardrobe. Strangeways to Oldham is the name of a cocktail, and the title of this cozy mystery featuring the strong-willed Lady Amanda, who is not what one…
Mostly Murders 