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Honey Roasted

The Blend is Buzzing with Murder Author: Cleo Coyle It’s here at last – the 19th installment in the ongoing Coffeehouse mystery series. Normally, by the time a cozy is pushing twenty books, the magic is long gone, as is the realism, and the dynamic characterization. What keeps this series still perking, however, is the husband and wife author duo’s focus on relationship building alongside relevant and often quirky mysteries. In Honey Roasted, The Blend is literary buzzing with bees, and it’s not Claire’s latest honey cinnamon latte that is causing the buzz. Claire and her ex-husband and current business partner, [...]

2022-07-26T09:36:41-07:00June 20th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Tart of Darkness

The First in a Promising Series Author: Denise Swanson Dani’s life is one disaster after another. Her too-good-to-be-true boyfriend turned out to be engaged to another woman. Her office job forced her to participate in something that still makes her uncomfortable and guilty; something that handy little NDA keeps her from ever talking about. Under this cloud of suspicion and betrayal, a chance windfall starts to turn everything around. Dani has inherited a beautiful old house – a manor really – and enough money to leave the rat race behind and indulge in her true passion: cooking. Despite her father’s rampant [...]

2022-07-26T08:56:52-07:00March 17th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Still More Cozy Mysteries

As you may have noticed in part 1 and part 2 of our cozy mystery round-ups, we have a soft spot for these comfortingly fluffy books… and their groan-worthy, pun-filled titles. And, amazingly, those authors just keep coming up with ever-weirder themes. So here’s another round of the best/worst mystery novel titles, featuring everything from snow globe shops to haunted home remodels. Bushel Full of Murder (A Farmers' Market Mystery) Author: Paige Shelton Farmers’ markets are notorious murder zones, as proved by the fact that this is #6 in a series. Becca Robins is planning to sell her homemade jams [...]

2016-12-31T17:58:24-07:00February 9th, 2015|Tags: |
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