Past Due for Murder by Victoria Gilbert Series: Blue Ridge Library Mysteries #3 Published by Crooked Lane Books on February 12, 2019 Genres: Cozy Mystery Pages: 297 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Shelved Under Murder, A Murder for the Books, A Deadly Edition… February 18, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Blog Tours, Book Reviews, Giveaway 6
Tag: mysteries
Fifteen Mysteries Set Outside the U.S.
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Ten Books Set Outside the U.S. I’m expanding beyond traditional and cozy mystery to including a few romantic suspense novels (the Mary Stewarts) and one book that is more fiction, but does have… Read more »
News & Notes – 2/06/16
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News The Agatha Award Nominees for 2015 have been announced. (Malice Domestic) The Agathas are awarded to the best traditional mysteries (i.e., no explicit sex,… Read more »
News & Notes – 1/25/14
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, giveaways on this and other blogs, and other cool stuff. Books & Ebooks in the News: Amazon wants to ship stuff to you BEFORE you buy it. Yes, really. They’ve… Read more »
Killing Cupid, by Laura Levine (review)
Description: When Jaine lands a job writing web copy and brochures for matchmaker Joy Amoroso, she’s excited for a chance to help the lovelorn just in time for Valentine’s Day – until she realizes what “Dates of Joy” is really all about. Joy is a ruthless taskmaster who screams at… Read more »
Striding Folly, by Dorothy L. Sayers (audiobook review)
Striding Folly by Dorothy L. Sayers Narrator: Ian Carmichael Series: Lord Peter Wimsey Published by BBC Audio on 2002 (this audio recording; story collection first published 1972) Genres: Mystery Format: Audiobook Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Also in this series: Whose Body? Also… August 30, 2013 Lark_Bookwyrm short stories, Striding Folly 6 ★★★★
Review: Foyle’s War (BBC series)
Foyle’s War I’ve completely fallen in love with Foyle’s War, a BBC mystery series set on the south coast of England during World War II. Detective Chief Superintendent Foyle is in charge of the Hastings area police force, ably assisted by his Sergeant, Paul Milner, and Foyle’s driver, Sam(antha) Stewart. … Read more »
Cruisin’ Thru the Cozies Challenge
I’m joining the Cruising thru the Cozies Reading Challenge sponsored by Yvonne at Socrates’ Book Reviews. I’ve decided to challenge myself to reach the Super Sleuth level, which means I need to read 13 or more cozy mysteries by the end of the year. I really like cozies, so I… Read more »
TOP TEN BEACH READS
“Top Ten Tuesday” is a weekly blog feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme is Top Ten Beach Reads. This is the first time I’ve participated. First a confession: I don’t really like the beach. I don’t like being hot, I sunburn quite easily, and I’m… Read more »
Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch, by Nancy Atherton (Review)
I’ve been a fan of Aunt Dimity almost as long as the books have been around. Aunt Dimity’s Death is one of my comfort novels, the books I turn to when I’m tired, overwhelmed, or feeling blue: the reading equivalent of a nice cup of tea; and several of the… Read more »