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Book Review: Death in the Dark Woods by Annelise RyanThe independently wealthy Morgan Carter runs a shop featuring books and curiosities in Door County, Wisconsin, but her real calling is far more...
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Book Review: Unnatural Death by Patricia CornwellPatricia Cornwell remains a preeminent name in suspense, having created one of the most boundless, groundbreaking, and memorable protagonists in...
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Our Most Anticipated Reads: January 2024Coconut Drop Dead by Olivia Matthews The case in Olivia Matthews’s Coconut Drop Dead is going to be a tough nut to crack. Public Anchovy...
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Book Review: The Secret by Lee Child & Andrew ChildIn reviewing brothers Lee & Andrew Child’s The Secret —the series’ twenty-ninth entry, and the brothers’ fourth collaboration—I should...
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Book Review: Murder Crossed Her Mind by Stephen SpotswoodWill Parker dearly loves being the assistant to New York City’s finest private investigator, Lillian Pentecost. Over the course of their...
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Cooking the Books: Now You See It by Carol J. PerryLee Mondello has long worn many hats while working for Salem, Massachusetts’ WICH-TV public broadcasting station, but the latest role offered to...
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5 Kick-Ass Women Who Inspired Clare CarlsonMy series character Clare Carlson, a TV journalist who stars in the latest book Broadcast Blues , is a pretty terrific, pretty cool woman—if I do...
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Book Review: Five Bad Deeds by Caz FrearEllen Walsh seems like the kind of woman who has it all, or – at the very least – is on the verge of attaining it. Married to the doting Adam,...
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Cooking the Books: Christmas Mittens Murder by Lee Hollis, Lynn Cahoon & Maddie DayThis trio of holiday-themed novellas feels almost like three, full culinary cozy novels in one volume! The first of the three, Lee Hollis’s Death...
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Our Favorite Books of 2023Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly: Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller enlists the...
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Book Review: Death Writes by Andrea CarterWhen solicitor Benedicta “Ben” O’Keefe gets a phone call from her parents’ neighbor, neither she nor her boyfriend, Garda sergeant Tom Molloy,...
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Book Review: The Butterfly Collector by Téa CooperWith the Great War ending and soldiers returning home to Australia, reporter Verity Binks is not entirely surprised to be given notice at the...
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Book Review: Unnatural Death by Patricia CornwallPatricia Cornwell remains a preeminent name in suspense, having created one of the most boundless, groundbreaking, and memorable protagonists in...
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Book Review: Win Lose Kill Die by Cynthia MurphyBeing accepted to Morton Academy was a dream come true for Liz Williams. Morton has a reputation of accepting only the best of the best, scouting...
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Book Review: The Other Half by Charlotte VassellDetective Inspector Caius Beauchamp is at a crossroads in his life. Recently dumped by his elegantly French girlfriend Heloise, he’s taken up...
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Book Review: The Helsinki Affair by Anna PitoniakGrowing up, the last thing Amanda Cole thought she wanted to be was a spy. Her grandfather was in the CIA as was her father Charlie, and she’d seen...
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Christmas Crime Round-Up 2023First, Lisa Unger bestows upon us Christmas Presents —an original novella from The Mysterious Press. A decade ago, in upstate New York, high...
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Cooking the Books: Murder at a Cape Bookstore by Maddie DaySpring has come to the Cape Cod town of Westham, Massachusetts, and with it, a pushy new Chamber of Commerce director named Wagner Lavoie. While...
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Book Review: Robert B. Parker’s Broken Trust by Mike LupicaIt’s a joy to read a new novel in the Robert B. Parker/Spenser world. Celebrated sportswriter Mike Lupica is the author: it’s his first Spenser...
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Book Review: Murder on Tour by V. M. BurnsBookstore owner and debut mystery author Samantha Washington is thrilled to be invited to participate in her very first book tour, held on the...
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Book Review: Candy Cane Kills by Brian McAuleyFrom cult classics like Black Christmas and Silent Night, Deadly Night to more recent offerings such as Krampus and It’s a Wonderful Knife ,...
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Book Review: Lights Out by Elise Hart KipnessDebut novelist Elise Hart Kipness has the kind of backstory that lends itself to a creative career transition. A graduate of Brown University, she...
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Book Review: Twilight Falls by Juneau BlackReporter Vera Vixen hadn’t anticipated that moving to Shady Hollow would lead to her involvement in quite so much crime-solving, particularly when...
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Broadcast Blues by R.G. Belsky: Featured ExcerptPROLOGUE From the Diary of Wendy Kyle…. If you’re reading this, I’m already dead. How’s that for an attention-grabbing opening line? I know, I...
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Cooking the Books: Baking Spirits Bright by Sarah FoxFormer actress turned chocolatier Becca Ransome is settling happily into life in her hometown of Larch Haven, Vermont. Making chocolates for her...
