Archive for October 22, 2023

Welcome to My 31 Days Of Thrills And Chills 2023! I missed doing this the last couple of years due to Covid and so excited to do it again. I’ll be sharing reviews and lots of extra spooky stuff every day leading up to Halloween. I hope you’ll join me!

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I’m sharing all kinds of books, movies, and other spooky stuff for every day in October. Gots to get those scares on for the 31st!

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 Coffin Shadows

by Glen Krisch & Mark Steensland

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Genre: Horror / Novella

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MY REVIEW

Janet keeps seeing a mysterious boy. Not believing in ghosts, she consults her psychologist, who recommends she return to the place where tragedy struck twelve years ago. To when she lost her son.

I tell you, once the plot was laid out, I thought I new what to expect. Not! The story took off like it was tied to a rocket. Janet ripped the door off the closets, revealing some disturbing family secrets. It isn’t always the ghosts you have to worry about.

While being a novella, don’t let that fool you. This story packs a big punch of suspense, mystery and hair-raising scenes.

4 STARS

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Synopsis

12 YEARS AGO

Janet Martlee’s infant son died under mysterious circumstances.
Consumed with grief and anger, she ran away to start again…

YESTERDAY

A 12-year old boy with dead eyes appeared in her classroom,
begging for help. But Janet doesn’t believe in ghosts…

TODAY

Her psychiatrist tells her she must return home to confront
her past and uncover the mystery of what happened…

Only some questions don’t want to be answered.

And some answers hide in the shadows…

In the

COFFIN SHADOWS

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Sieve and Let Die: A Vintage Kitchen Mystery
by Victoria Hamilton

 


Sieve and Let Die: A Vintage Kitchen Mystery
Cozy Mystery
11th in Series
Beyond the Page (October 17, 2023)
Print length ‏ : ‎ 279 pages
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CHWKY49V

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In the new Vintage Kitchen Mystery from the author of A Calculated Whisk, Jaymie’s not sure who to believe when every suspect’s alibi has as many holes as a sieve . . .

Vintage cookware collector Jaymie Müller is stunned when an irate woman accuses her pharmacist friend Val of tampering with her prescription. When more unfounded accusations follow, it seems clear the woman has a personal grudge against Val. But before they can figure out why, Jaymie and Val stumble upon the woman’s dead body on the steps of Val’s pharmacy. Given her altercations with the woman and the location of the body, the police naturally suspect Val.

Jaymie has heard rumors that the victim had become forgetful and erratic, but could that explain her death? And why was Val being framed as her murderer? Determined to find the clues that connect the woman’s strange behavior to her death, Jaymie begins questioning the people in her life—and soon suspects that the culprit is among them. But she’ll have to be careful about who she confronts, because while solving murders is hard work, there’s a killer on the loose who finds committing them all too easy . . .

Includes a vintage recipe!

About Victoria Hamilton

Victoria Hamilton is the pseudonym of nationally bestselling romance author Donna Lea Simpson. Victoria is the bestselling author of four mystery series: the Lady Anne Addison Mysteries, the Vintage Kitchen Mysteries, the Merry Muffin Mysteries, and A Gentlewoman’s Guide to Murder Mysteries. Visit her website at victoriahamiltonmysteries.com.

Author Links: Website / Facebook / Twitter/X / Amazon

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October 16 – Baroness Book Trove – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

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Murder by the Seashore (A California Bookshop Mystery)
by Samara Yew

 


Murder by the Seashore (A California Bookshop Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – California
Crooked Lane Books (October 17, 2023)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1639104933
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1639104932
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BSKSHZF5

Perfect for fans of Jenn McKinlay and Ellery Adams, Scarlett Gardner’s dream was to open a bookshop in Southern California, but it soon becomes a nightmare when she finds the dead body of a customer—and becomes the prime suspect.

Southern California is where dreams come true—or so Scarlett Gardner thought. When she moved there and opened the Palm Trees and Page Turners bookshop, she thought her boyfriend and business partner would be part of the story. When he leaves her for a better job, Scarlett finds herself struggling to keep her new business afloat. That’s not the only thing she has to worry about—she discovers something underneath the pier by her bookshop that she didn’t outline for her life’s story: the dead body of a book-buying customer.

After Scarlett gives a statement to the police, she thinks her life can go back to business as usual. But when a lawyer, representing someone named Lorelai Knight, tells Scarlett that she now stands to inherit a small fortune, she’s left with more questions than answers. Before she can make sense of any of it, the police bring her in for questioning; the body she found was Lorelai Knight. And the evidence they have against Scarlett doesn’t look good. Business is booming as Scarlett returns to Palm Trees and Page Turners, but for all the wrong reasons – curious tourists don’t want books, they want a glimpse of the Bookshop Killer.

Who could really be behind all of this? And why frame Scarlett? To clear her name, she’s going to have get creative—and hope she can remain one page ahead of the killer.

About Samara Yew

Samara Yew is a cozy mystery author who writes about adorable bookshops and dead bodies. A full-time mom, full-time dog servant, and part-time writer, Samara lives in British Columbia, Canada, where she can often be found watching Psych reruns. Samara loves to travel, especially visiting her husband’s home country of Singapore or donning Mickey ears in Disneyland. She’s a member of Sisters in Crime and International Thriller Writers.

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October 11 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

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October 12 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee – SPOTLIGHT

October 13 – Lady Hawkeye – SPOTLIGHT

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October 14 – StoreyBook Reviews – REVIEW

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October 16 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT

October 16 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT

October 17 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

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October 18 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST

October 18 – Carstairs Considers – REVIEW

October 19 – Novels Alive – REVIEW

October 19 – Cassidy’s Bookshelves – SPOTLIGHT

October 20 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW

October 20 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT

October 21 – Socrates Book Reviews – REVIEW

October 21 – Baroness Book Trove – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

October 22 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

October 23 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT WITH EXCERPT

October 24 – Melina’s Book Blog – REVIEW

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