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Cozy Review and Guest Post: Christmas Lights and Cat Fights

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I'm grateful to Great Escapes Virtual Book Tours for the opportunity to read this fun holiday mystery!       Christmas Lights and Cat Fights: A Jules Keene Glamping Mystery Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Setting – Virginia Level Best Books (October 17, 2023) Print length ‏ : ‎ 285 pages Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CJQKWK3F Christmas has come to Fern Valley, and the town’s decked out with enough glitter and sparkle for a month’s worth of celebrations, each more over-the-top than the previous one. The idyllic setting, filled with laughter, carols, and sweet treats, is shattered, along with some of the decorations, when the current wife and the ex-wife of a big-cat showman have a knock-down, drag-out fight in the center of town. Jules Keene, owner of the Fern Valley Glamping Resort, tries to keep peace among her guests and with the town council, but it turns into a catastrophe when Tabbi Morris, winds up dead in one of her ex-husband’s tiger cages. And if the murder wasn’t en

Cozy Review & Guest Post: The Body in the Back Garden

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  The Body in the Back Garden (A Crescent Cove Mystery) by Mark Waddell The Body in the Back Garden (A Crescent Cove Mystery) by Mark Waddell About The Body in the Garden The Body in the Back Garden (A Crescent Cove Mystery) Queer Cozy (“Quozy”) Mystery 1st in Series  Setting – The fictional town of Crescent Cove on Vancouver Island, Canada Crooked Lane Books (August 22, 2023) Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1639104402 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1639104406 Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BN582M9W In this queer cozy series debut perfect for fans of Ellen Byron and Ellery Adams, Luke Tremblay is about to discover that Crescent Cove has more than its fair share of secrets…and some might be deadlier than others. Crescent Cove, a small hamlet on Vancouver Island, is the last place out-of-work investigative journalist Luke Tremblay ever wanted to see again. He used to spend summers here, until his family learned that he was gay and rejected him. Now, following hi

Cozy mystery review: The Water Tower

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  The Water Tower: A Lakeview Mystery by Amy Young The Water Tower: A Lakeview Mystery by Amy Young About The Water Tower The Water Tower: A Lakeview Mystery Cozy Mystery/Women Sleuths 1st in Series Setting – A fictional Ohio town in the suburbs of Cleveland called Lakeview Level Best Books (June 20, 2023) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 250 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1685122779 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1685122775 Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BT3T8M1C Josie Ashbury was a successful Hollywood actress with a booming career—until an on-set breakdown sends her back to her small Ohio hometown to recover. Taking a job teaching at her old high school, Josie is beginning to put the pieces of her life back together when one of her students dies under suspicious circumstances. The police close the case quickly, without any real answers. Josie is determined to find the truth behind the girl’s death. At the same time, Josie is battling demons of her own. As she faces debilitating insomnia that

Cozy mystery review: Paint Me a Crime by Holly Yew

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  Paint Me a Crime (A Rose Shore Mystery) by Holly Yew About Paint Me A Crime Paint Me a Crime (A Rose Shore Mystery) Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting – Okanagan Valley in BC, Canada Touchpoint Press (June 13, 2023) Paperback ‏ : ‎ 252 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1956851623 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1956851625 Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BWPVHLSB Art curator Jessamine Rhodes has left behind her gig at a prominent gallery in the city to open her own community art center in the small town of Rose Shore. She’s all set to host an extravagant opening watercolors class and has even booked a famous artist to teach it. Gabriella Everhart brings along her priceless painting Tranquil to showcase as the centerpiece of the event. The opening class is just wrapping up when suddenly Tranquil disappears before Jessamine’s eyes. Next, the lights of the art center flicker out and leave the crowd in complete darkness as a scream pierces the air. To her horror, Jessamine’s flashlight reveals that pres

Book Blast: Hot Pot Murder

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 A promising-looking mystery releasing today!   Hot Pot Murder (L.A. Night Market) by Jennifer J. Chow About Hot Pot Murder Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Setting – California Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (June 6, 2023) Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593336550 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593336557 Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BDDMZ3BK Trouble is brewing for cousins Yale and Celine Yee after a hot pot dinner gets overheated and ends in murder in this second novel of the L.A. Night Market series by Jennifer J. Chow. Yale and Celine Yee’s food stall business is going so well that they’ve been invited to join an exclusive dinner with the local restaurant owners association. The members gather together for a relaxing hot pot feast…until Jeffery Vue, president of the group, receives a literal shock to his system and dies. Everyone at the meal is a suspect, but the authorities are homing in on family friend Ai Ho, owner of the restaurant where Jeffery was ki