Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
Merry Merry Merry Murder is a new release from the prolific Paty Jager. This launch tour started yesterday, and I’m confident you’ll enjoy its Christmassy feel, although it mostly happens during the week after Thanksgiving. There’s a giveaway involved, at
Edited Out, the third of Rebecca Douglass’s Seffi Wardwell Mysteries, came out on Tuesday. This is not my normal review, because normally I’d have read the book in the last couple of months at the very most. I first read
Today we welcome Toni LoTempio with the first in a new series of cosy mysteries, Murder on the Books. This is part of her blog tour with Great Escapes Book Tours. And Toni is here for an interview! There’s also
Death at the Scottish Broch: A Mia Reid, Archaeologist, Mystery by Rose Kerr Cozy Mystery1st in SeriesSetting – Isle of Skye, ScotlandPublisher : Level Best Books (November 5, 2024)Paperback : 264 pagesISBN-10 : 1685128025ISBN-13
Seffi Wardwell – a woman of a certain age (I considered calling her a widow, but not sure whether that’s in vogue) with a mind like a steel trap, who just can’t let a good mystery go. I like her
Washed Up With The Tide, and City of Silk are two new, and very different, books out this week, from authors I have links with. I reviewed City of Silk at the weekend, so I’ll send you back to Saturday’s
Happy Bloody Christmas by Jo Middleton, published for the rush that starts on 26 September this year, is a great seasonal read for crime fans. Thank you to the publishers and Netgalley for the ARC. Buy two copies, one for
The Seafarer’s Secret is doing a Great Escapes tour with Lori Caswell, and I thought: that looks interesting and fun. And so it is! The author’s details are included, as well as a review. The Seafarer’s Secret by Carol Ann
The Last Word is Elly Griffiths’ latest crime novel. Listed as a standalone, it reprises characters from the first Harbinder Kaur novel, the Postscript Murders, and Harbinder also appears in this one. I wish Elly would stop using ‘The Last…’
The Queen of Poisons sounded like a good read, so I requested an ARC from Netgalley and the publishers. Besides, it gives me a Q for my Alphabet Soup Challenge for 2024. If only there were more U, V, X,
A Coastal Corpse is the first in a new series from Rebecca Douglass, whom you know well by now, I hope! I adored the Pismawallops PTA cosy mysteries (Death by Ice Cream etc), and this looks set to be another
Death at the Asylum is the fifth in the Rhe Brewster series by Noelle Granger, and every bit as good as the previous three. I seem to have missed Death in a Mudflat, which is mighty strange. Apologies, Noelle 🙂
I came across Andorra Pett some time ago, and of course, I couldn’t resist adding her to my TBR. Pett isn’t exactly a common surname. I hope to ask the author how he picked it later, but first, the book
Festive Mayhem is on tour, and I’ve joined up. Thank you to the authors and Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours for all the information – and the recipe! As you can see, the festive season books are already pouring out.
Death by Donut is the fifth in Rebecca Douglass’s highly entertaining Pismawallops PTA cozy mystery series. I’m lucky enough to have a preview copy, since I was also a beta reader, but I read the finished article last weekend. I’m