cozy mystery
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“Sunny for now,” I said. But change is definitely in the air.” Autumn Davis, weather girl and coffee enthusiast, steps in as a last-minute replacement emcee at the Sunset Sips Coffee Festival, but has to weather an unexpected storm when several of the contestants’ ingredients and coffees are sabotaged. With the help of her best…
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“Fugitives. Missing Kids. COVID looming like a storm.” Book 2 of the Mysteries of a Heart series. Gabby Heart is back, and this time she is going to Scotland with her friend Abe, a children’s author whose books Gabby illustrates. The two are looking forward to exploring the Highlands, but soon find themselves in the…
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“Remember, a cozy mystery is where the unexpected becomes the norm, and laughter is the best antidote to life’s little surprises.” Chloe Essex is nearing fifty and the end of her acting career and determined to make her last performance spectacular. But when a priceless tiara loaned by a rich benefactor disappears, Chloe finds herself…
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Nobody ever believed that murders “just happened” around Mallory Viridian. Not at first, anyway. Imagine living the life of a murder mystery heroine. It might sound fun at first, but imagine finding dead bodies every time you move, start a new job, go to a party or simply take a walk. Imagine the suspicion and…
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“A sinister hooded figure who smells like spring flowers? Oh, Simon, this case is shaping up to be delightfully absurd.” Lady Margot is overseeing the preparations for the annual Midsummer Garden Party at Blackwell Manor when the body of the head gardener, Edwin Thistlewood is found among the rosebushes. Despite the warnings from Inspector Simon…
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A True Crime Podcast-style Book Review Ad/PR. Many thanks to Gracie Gann for this ebook. Alex loves her cozy quilt shop and her comfortable, peaceful existence, but when she finds an ancient box with a mysterious quilt square, she and her friends are swept up in an adventure of suspense, drama, missing persons and conspiracies…
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A True Crime Podcast-style Book Review Radhi Zaveri takes a deep breath, trying to steel herself. Temple Hill demands perfection, polish and poise, and Radhi is not about to give anyone the satisfaction of her appearing as if she doesn’t belong here anymore. After a decade abroad in the US, Radhi has returned to Mumbai,…
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Ad/PR. February was a month of great ARCs, from Belle Époque Paris glamour and bohemian vibes in Secrets of the Maison Fournier to contemporary best friend sleuths in Dying to Live Here and Golden Age murder mystery in A Pretender’s Murder. For the A-Z Cozy Mystery Challenge on Instagram I revisited the lovely sleuth duo…
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A True Crime Podcast-style Book Review Karston, Ohio, 1900. Jenny Jenkins is surprised by the sound of an automobile. She hurries out on the porch, and sees her husband, Constable Richard Jenkins in the passenger seat with his right arm in a sling. Welcome to Mostlymurders, the bookstagram account where we look at fictional murders…
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Whoever killed Clayton Davenport did the world a favor. When the rich, flashy, and thoroughly unpleasant investor Clayton Davenport arrives in New Bison days before the annual spring festival, he manages to antagonise almost everyone in town, including infuriating Maddy Montgomery and her friend April to the point where both of them become prime suspects…
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