Ruby Spencer has left her job in New York as a food critic, and move to the small town of Thistlecross, in Scotland. For the next year, she will live in a small cottage, with no internet or a kitchen. She's going to work on a cookbook, work in a pub with Grace, and...
Book Review: ‘Of Manners And Murder: A Dear Miss Hermione Mystery’ By Anastasia Hastings
A delightful, fun, solid mystery, set up with great characters, and some LOL moments, are the highlights of this first novel in the series. The year is 1885 in London, and for Violet Manville a shocking secret is revealed, her aunt Adelia is Miss Hermione, the advice...
Interview: Author ‘Mike Chen’ Talks His New Novel Vampire Weekend
When I was young, I wrote (and drew) my own fan fiction before I even knew what fan fiction was. Most of this involved crossovers between my favorite franchises, because mashing up Robotech with Space Quest made total sense in my brain. I knew I’d hit on something...
Book Review: ‘For Twice In My Life: A Novel’ By Annette Christie
Layla Rockford was dumped by her boyfriend Ian two weeks ago, and is still in shock over it. When Ian is struck by a car while riding his bike, Layla is called, as she is his emergency contact. It's assumed she is his girlfriend, and he has some memory loss, and she...
Book Review: ‘Encore In Death: An Eve Dallas Novel’ By J.D. Robb
A Hollywood style party is going on for award-winning actress Eliza Lane, and her husband Brant Fitzhugh, actor and filmmaker. Eliza is about to start work on a revival of a play she did years ago, and Brant is off for six months on a film shoot. During the party,...
Book Review: ‘Not The Plan: A Novel’ By Gia de Cadenet
Isadora Maris lives in San Diego, and works for a state Senator, is single, and has an overbearing mother. Karim Sarda has just moved to San Diego to work for a different state Senator, has filed for divorce from his wife, and isn't looking for anything. Until the two...
Book Review: ‘Murder At An Irish Castle: A Novel’ By Ellie Brannigan
It's the 30th birthday for Rodeo Drive bridal designer Rayne McGrath, and she's expecting the perfect day. But it is far from it, she arrives at work to find the shop, and all her money gone. And her boyfriend/partner is also gone. Then she finds out that her Uncle...
Book Review: ‘The Jeweler Of Stolen Dreams: A Novel’ By M.J. Rose
Set in 1942, with Suzanne Belperron, a famous jeweler of her time in France, during WWII, with the Germans occupying France. She secretly works with her friend, and actress Dixie Osgood, to help smuggle Jewish people out of France. New York in 1986, and Violine...
Book Review: ‘Three Can Keep A Secret: A Greer Hogan Mystery’ By M.E. Hilliard
Librarian Greer Hogan is back for her third novel, and once again there's a murder, involving someone she knows. Anita Hunzeker, who runs the board of trustees, is found dead in a car accident, and it looks like she was run off the road, and bashed over the head....
Book Review: ‘A Good Day To Pie: A Pies Before Guys Mystery’ By Misha Popp
Author Misha Popp's first pie book was great, and she follows up with another fun, magical, murder mystery. Daisy Ellery is a baker, but she has a secret, she makes magic pies, and gives them to horrible men, who then die from eating them, men that have it coming to...




