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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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Karen isn’t looking for love. But love, it seems, is looking for her. Karen’s New Year is a cute short story about a woman who suddenly finds herself right in the middle of a potential romance when she least expects it. The narration is calm and gentle, much like the story itself, and I really…
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“We both know one of these days I’ll blow my career up. Might as well be for a good reason.” If you know the DI Ryan Hale series already, you know that DI Ryan Hale and DS Fiona Bennett have a longstanding friendship going back many years as colleagues and confidants. In the free short…
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A True Crime Podcast-style Book Review A widowed father takes up cooking, and in the process learns more about himself and his marriage than he expected. A surgeon makes a chilling discovery after his patients tell him things that completely change his beliefs. A journalist becomes a part of the story she’s writing after discovering…
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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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“Romance is overrated,” Brooke declared. “Give me a couch, snacks, and women who know my trauma.” Hannah is single and happy to spend Valentine’s Day with friends, but as the drinks flow and the ladies begin to exchange stories about their ex-boyfriends, the idea that someone else’s ex might have been wrong for them but…
Mostly Murders 