Book Review: Donna Andrews’ Lark! The Herald Angels Sing
Away in a manger, asleep on the hay, Meg Langslow finds a little gift with a note implicating her brother Rob. His fiancée is not amused, and Meg must uncover the truth.
Genre: amateur sleuth
Book Review: Vicki Doudera’s Deadly Offer
When his sister, Selena, dies in her hot tub, Darby Farr’s assistant is horrified and more so to discover she was planning to sell her vineyard…and that she was murdered.
Book Review: Erin McCarthy’s Gone with the Ghost
The day Bailey Burke kissed her best friend, Ryan, he killed himself with his police-issued gun. Now he claims he was murdered and wants Bailey to help him prove it.
Book Review: Charlaine Harris’ Sleep Like a Baby
Coming down with flu the day Robin leaves town for work, leaves Roe shorthanded with newborn Sophie. Leave it to Virginia Mitchell to come to the rescue…and then disappear?
Book Review: Donna Andrews’ How the Finch Stole Christmas!
The benefit production of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol hopes to boost sales with a famous—slightly over-the-hill—actor to star. Only he’s brought a ton of baggage.
Book Review: Charles Todd’s A Casualty of War
A haunting tale that explores the impact of World War I on all who witnessed it — officers, soldiers, doctors, and battlefield nurses like Bess Crawford.
Book Review: Donna Andrews’ Gone Gull
Cordelia opened a craft center, and Meg and family jumps to help. But acts of vandalism and the escalation that make them wonder if it’s pressure to make her sell?
Book Review: Elizabeth Peters and Joan Hess’ The Painted Queen
A bust of Queen Nefertiti is stolen, and Amelia is the target of assassins while a brilliant criminal offers his final challenge… and may be unmasked at last.
Book Review: Dorothy L. Sayers’ Striding Folly
An anthology of the last three stories in the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery series that sees Lord and Lady Peter with their family.
Book Review: Donna Andrews’ The Nightingale Before Christmas
It’s Mother’s fault no one has enough time to design their room, and its Meg’s bargain that finds her pitching in to deal with flamboyant personalities and massive egos.