A film festival gone noir gives bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure and her ghostly companion a big screen caper to solve in this Haunted Bookshop mystery from Cleo Coyle, writing as Alice Kimberly.
Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure has just received a rare collection of Poe’s complete works. Rumor has it a secret code, trapped within the pages, leads to buried treasure. But it seems everyone who buys…dies. Now Pen will need resident ghost P.I. Jack Shepard to help crack the case.
An animal rights activist is found dead after helping to steal the critters from an animal shelter – and plunking them in Meg Langslow’s lliving room!
Life is good — for dogs — at the Pine Ridge Canine Care Center. But there are some simmering resentments among the Pine Ridge staff and when Steve Pine, the center’s charming, good looking co-owner, is found shot to death on the floor of his office, there’s no shortage of suspects.
When a renowned dog show judge is found dead, Melanie Travis’ plans for relaxation are upended. Melanie suspects that a cold-blooded murderer may lurk among her fellow dog lovers. Now the guests’ tongues are wagging, and Melanie must find someone whose bark is actually far worse than their bite.
Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure wants her resident sleuth-ghost, Jack, to stop haunting her customers. But when a pretty author is murdered, Jack can’t rest in peace.
Penelope Thornton-McClure manages a Rhode Island bookshop rumored to be haunted. When a bestselling author drops dead signing books, the first clue of foul play comes from the store’s full-time ghost – a PI murdered on the very spot more than fifty years ago.
I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Skein of the Crimeby Maggie Sefton cozy mystery in a hardcover edition that was published by Berkley Prime Crime on June 1, 2010 and has 290 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Unraveled, Cast On, Kill Off, Close Knit Killer, Yarn Over MurderEighth in the Knitting Mysteries series set in a fictional Fort Collins, Colorado. My Take I just love Sefton’s Knitting Mysteries series. Yes, the writing is simplistic but I adore the creative knitting side and the incredibly supportive and loving relationships that Kelly has with her friends. She loves her work and she’s a regular terrier when it comes to ferreting out the truth. It’s not like Kelly goes hunting for these mysteries; she just wants to help her friends. It’s rare to find a series with such a supportive, loving group, which is so comfortable with themselves and each other. All ages. A range of careers. Layers and layers unfold about the characters particular to this story and had me […]
Spring is in the air of Fort Connor, Colorado-a time of new beginnings for the House of Lambspun knitters. But for fellow knitter Jennifer’s new real estate client, it is his end. He’s been murdered and Kelly Flynn is left unraveling a tangle of clues. This may prove to be her most challenging project yet.
I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Crunch Timeby Diane Mott Davidson amateur sleuth, cozy mystery in a hardcover edition that was published by William Morrow on April 5, 2011 and has 471 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Sixteenth in the Goldy Bear Culinary Mysteries cozy mystery series set in the Aspen area in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado with an amateur sleuth of a chef. My Take While I enjoy the homey qualities of this series — Tom is so very patient and I just love the descriptions of the food that everyone creates in this story, I’m getting rather tired of Goldy. She’s so nosy and I don’t really see where she can really do that much anymore now that pretty much everyone in town knows about her detecting. I’m rather surprised that Tom hasn’t dumped her for being such a pain. And I miss Julian. Nor was there much interaction with Marla or Archie; things are rather tame without the Jerk. Not that I didn’t cheer when he died! This story just has a rather tired […]