Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Lavender House Author: Lev AC Rosen Publisher: Tor Forge Length: 288 Pages Category: Historical (1950s), Murder Mystery Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: I'm not sure what the author's plans are for Andy, but the Evander Mills Mysteries seems like a great title for a series, and Andy is a character I'd happily get... Continue Reading →
Title: A Teachable Moment Series: Daniel Owen Welsh Mysteries: Book Seven Author: Ripley Hayes Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 249 Pages Category: Murder Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Ripley Hayes delivers a multi-layered story in this installment of the Daniel Owen Mysteries series. If you've yet to give these books a seeing-to, they're more... Continue Reading →
Title: His Lordship's Return Series: His Lordship's Mysteries: Book Three Author: Samantha SoRelle Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: Novel Category: Historical Romance, Murder Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I am entirely infatuated with these characters as well as with Samantha SoRelle's storytelling and the historical elements she brings to the illustration. These books have... Continue Reading →
Title: The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse Series: The Gumshoe: Book One Author: Keith Hartman Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 532 Pages Category: Sci-Fi, Murder Mystery Rating: 3 Stars At a Glance: It takes some patience and perseverance to get through the subpar editing and to the meat of this story, but I finished... Continue Reading →
Title: Final Orders Series: Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand: Book Five Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 410 Pages Category: Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The saying goes that having a child is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. I can’t fathom how that... Continue Reading →
Titles: The Yellow Canary, The Black Cat, The Blue Parrot, The Red Raven Series: L.A. After Midnight Quartet Author: Steve Neil Johnson Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 240 Pages, 246 Pages, 277 Pages, 252 Pages Category: Historical Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: The L.A. After Midnight Quartet is a turning back of the clock... Continue Reading →
Title: A Fabulously Unfabulous Summer for Henry Milch Series: The Wyandot County Mysteries: Book Two Author: Marshall Thornton Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 245 Pages Category: Murder Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Marshall Thornton seems to be going the route of “experience is the most brutal teacher” with this character, and Henry might just... Continue Reading →
Title: Father Complex Series: Hazard and Somerset: Arrow in the Hand: Book Four Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 392 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Father Complex is inarguably one of author Gregory Ashe’s most aptly titled books, as the father/son relationship is a dominant theme, and Ashe further penetrates the... Continue Reading →
Title: Redcap, Whitecap, Goblin, Thief Series: The Blackwarren Heists: Book One Author: Vaughn R. Demont Publisher: Self-Published Length: 223 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy, Mystery Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: It’s been almost seven years since Vaughn R. Demont released the last book in this -verse, and all I can say is welcome back. Revisiting... Continue Reading →
Title: Domestic Animals Series: Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand: Book Three Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 427 Pages Category: Murder Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Just when I think I’ve reached my maximum capacity of love for these characters, another book comes along and I’m proved wrong. This series could... Continue Reading →
Title: Never Stay Gone Series: Big Bend Texas Rangers: Book One Author: Tal Bauer Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 361 Pages Category: Romantic Suspense, Murder Mystery Rating: 3.75 Stars At a Glance: The murder mystery in this book has some great shocks and surprises to keep tensions running high in the search for and revelation of... Continue Reading →
Title: Relative Justice Series: Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand: Book One Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 408 Pages Category: Murder Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Relative Justice is nothing short of a spectacular mystery, and it's no exaggeration to say Gregory Ashe knows Hazard and Somers down to every strength,... Continue Reading →
Title: Cairo Malachi and the Adventure of the Silver Whistle Author: Samantha SoRelle Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 192 Pages Category: Paranormal Romance, Historical Romance, Murder Mystery Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: I'm not sure I was aware of how mad about this book I was while I was reading it. It was only after... Continue Reading →
Title: A Bargain of Blood and Gold Series: Midnight Guardians: Book One Author: Kristin Jacques Publisher: Self-Published Length: 280 Pages Categories: Paranormal Romance, Fantasy, Murder Mystery, Historical Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: A Bargain of Blood and Gold takes its time building up to the peak of the danger to a town that... Continue Reading →
Title: Redirection Series: Borealis: Without a Compass: Book Three Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 333 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I can't possibly begin to guess at the method behind Gregory Ashe's madness, but North McKinney stomped on my very last nerve in Redirection. So why all the stars when... Continue Reading →
Title: Nothing But Good Author: Kess McKinley Publisher: One Block Empire (an imprint of Blind Eye Books) Length: 193 Pages Category: Murder Mystery, Romantic Suspense Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Nothing But Good is, in no uncertain terms, much better than just good. Kess McKinley proves that a taut and suspensful murder mystery doesn’t... Continue Reading →
Title: Murder Aforethought Series: Cabrini Law: Book Two Author: Parker St. John Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 274 Pages Category: Murder Mystery, Romantic Suspense Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: While I can't say I strongly recommend the entirety of the Cabrini Law series as a must-read, I can say I was intrigued enough by Murder... Continue Reading →
Title: Indirection Series: Borealis: Without a Compass: Book One Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 430 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: I cackled at times at the accuracy, and at the exaggeration, of the goings-on in Indirection, but those emotional thorns in North and Shaw's blossoming relationship sneak in too, of... Continue Reading →
Title: Nighthawking Series: A Detective Sergeant Adam Tyler Novel: Book Two Author: Russ Thomas Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Length: 383 Pages Category: Murder Mystery Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: As I was reading Nighthawking, I wasn’t sure I loved it as much as Firewatching. Turns out, in the end, I wasn’t quite as awed,... Continue Reading →
Title: Dark Currents Author: Doug Burgess Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Length: 259 Pages Category: Cozy Mystery, Murder Mystery Content Warning: For deadnaming and misgendering of the MC by some characters Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Dark Currents is an engaging and suspenseful cozy mystery full of tangled webs and some explosive secrets in a... Continue Reading →
Title: In the Winter Woods Author: Isabelle Adler Publisher: NineStar Press Length: 220 Pages Category: Cozy Mystery At a Glance: In the Winter Woods embodies the very definition of a cozy mystery, and while not a romance, there is a budding relationship between Declan and Curtis that adds an element of sweetness to the story.... Continue Reading →
Title: Yet a Stranger Series: The First Quarto: Book Two Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 438 Pages Category: Murder Mystery At a Glance: I may not know much Shakespeare, but I do know a good murder mystery when I read it, and good romantic suspense. This is both. Rating: 5 Stars Reviewed By: Lisa... Continue Reading →
Title: His Lordship's Master Series: His Lordship's Mysteries: Book Two Author: Samantha SoRelle Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 193 Pages Category: Historical Romance, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: His Lordship's Master is another lovely installment in this wonderful Historical mystery series, loaded with suspense and danger, plenty of suspects to complicate the investigations, and an abundance of... Continue Reading →
Title: The Same Place Series: The Lamb and the Lion: Book Two Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 443 Pages Category: Mystery At a Glance: Every single thing is served to perfection in The Same Place. It goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway, I never expected anything less. Rating: 5 Stars Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
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