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No Roast For The Weary ~ A Coffeehouse Mystery By Cleo Coyle

Posted: April 12, 2025 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
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No Roast for the Weary (A Coffeehouse Mystery)
by Cleo Coyle

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No Roast for the Weary (A Coffeehouse Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
21st in Series
Setting – New York
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (April 1, 2025)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593642287
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593642283
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D8KDMP6S

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When the Village Blend opens a Writer’s Block Lounge, a cold case crime turns up the heat on Clare and her crew in this gripping new entry in the beloved Coffeehouse Mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.

As much as master roaster Clare Cosi adores coffee, the landmark shop she manages won’t survive if she doesn’t sell enough of it. So when the Village Blend’s customer traffic grinds to a halt, she turns to her staff for creative ideas, and the Writer’s Block Lounge is born.

Madame, the eccentric octogenarian owner of the shop, is upset by this news. Years ago, a group of accomplished writers used the shop’s second-floor lounge to inspire each other, but the group disbanded when something dark occurred. Though that history is shrouded in mystery, Clare presses forward…

Soon the Village Blend tables are filled with aspiring novelists, playwrights, and poets, all happy to be coaxed, cajoled, and caffeinated by her coffeehouse crew. Clare admires the stamina of these scribes, many of them toiling at night jobs—driving taxis, tending bar, ushering for Broadway—while penning projects during the day.

Then one of their fictions turns fatal when a shocking secret leads to a deadly end. Unless Clare can untangle this mystery, uncover the truth, and stop a desperate killer, she fears more of these weary writers may be marked for eternal rest. ~ Includes a knockout menu of recipes.

About Cleo Coyle

CLEO COYLE is a pseudonym for Alice Alfonsi, writing in collaboration with her husband, Marc Cerasini. Both are New York Times bestselling authors of the long-running Coffeehouse Mysteries and Haunted Bookshop Mysteries, now celebrating more than 20 years in print. With more than one million books sold, their works have been translated into Spanish, Japanese, and Czech; received multiple Best of Year selection honors from reviewers; and have been recommended by Booklist as among the best culinary mysteries for core library mystery collections. Alice and Marc are also bestselling media tie-in writers who have penned properties for Lucasfilm, NBC, Fox, Disney, Imagine, Toho, and MGM. They live and work in New York City, where they write independently and together, wrangle their rescue cats, drink a lot of java, and cook like crazy. Connect with Cleo at CoffeehouseMystery.com

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Pineapple Easter Egg By Amy Vansant ~ Peek Inside And Giveaway

Posted: April 10, 2025 in Cozy Mystery, Excerpt, giveaways
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PINEAPPLE EASTER EGG
by Amy Vansant
April 10, 2025 Book Blast

 

 

Synopsis:
PINEAPPLE PORT MYSTERY SERIES

 

NOW OPTIONED FOR TELEVISION!

Every book can be read as a standalone mystery – hop in anywhere in the series! USA Today, Amazon All-Star and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant has her Pineapple Port crew on an egg-cellent adventures near and far! Easter eggs surround the body. One of them has a note. Charlotte teams up with Sheriff Frank to solve a cryptic murder in a do-or-dye situation… Too bad she won’t have help. Uncle Seamus and Bob accompany Declan to his charity swim in Tampa, Florida, only to find themselves in pursuit of a stolen life-sized Jimmy Buffett cutout. Darla and Mariska travel to the center of Florida to meet Mariska’s newly found cousin at an art festival, where a man with a crush on Mariska bobs up in the lake and she’s thrown in jail as a murder suspect. It’s up to Darla and some very familiar locals to hatch a plan, solve the crime, and clear Mariska. It’s all very egg-citing!

A super fun and unique mystery full of hidden “Easter eggs” for you to spot! Famous actors anagram names, Jimmy Buffet song references – find them all!

 

Book Details:

Genre: Cozy Mystery, Classic Mystery

Publication Date: April 9, 2025 Number of Pages: 350 Series: Pineapple Port Mystery Series, 24 

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Chapter One
Coby Karola stood over his sink, cleaning a dinner plate, when he heard something strike the window near his kitchen table. The noise was sharp. Loud. Too loud to be a bird. “What the heck was that?” he said to no one, moving to the back door. He cupped his hands around his face to peer out the window, but it was too dark to see. He dried his hands on his pants and flipped the back porch light on. Nothing seemed amiss until his attention fell on the center of his unmowed lawn. Unnaturally bright specks of color scattered across an area about the size of a round picnic table—yellow, pink, purple… Grumbling to himself, Coby opened the door. From the small landing, he saw the color blobs were equally round. Maybe a little oblong. Sort of like… Eggs? It was April… Easter eggs? Shaking his head, he walked out and bent to pick up one. It was plastic—the typical cheap, hollow plastic eggs people hid candy in this time of year. Kids. It was almost Easter. This stunt had to be kids thinking they were funny. This time of year, the residents’ grandkids visited Florida for spring break. Every spring was a nightmare of blaring speakers on golf carts wheeling around the neighborhood. Coby shook the plastic egg and then cracked open a purple one. There was nothing inside. He picked up another to find it empty as well. He snorted. If someone was going to take the time to scatter eggs around his yard, at least they could throw in a chocolate or two. In the hopes of finding something, he kept at it, twisting one egg after the next. Distracted by curiosity, he never heard the stranger running up behind him. The one with the hammer. But then, that was the point.

Chapter Two

Charlotte padded into the kitchen to start the morning coffee, her oversized sleep shirt tapping her knees as she walked. It was still a little strange to wake up in Declan’s house. She’d given up thinking she’d ever live anywhere but Pineapple Port, the fifty-five-plus community where she’d grown up, but here she was—a whole three miles away in her husband’s house. She didn’t mind. Marriage was pretty cool. Who knew? She had a new pattern at Declan’s house, and it felt more and more like home every day. Her soft-coated wheaten terrier, Abby, approached and sat, waiting to be taken for her morning walk. The dog had figured out her patterns faster than her mommy, but to be fair, all her patterns revolved around treats, so things were pretty straightforward for her. Charlotte suspected Abby liked it better at Declan’s house. Declan had a pool and a fenced back yard, and the terrier could romp whenever she wanted—no waiting for official walks. Charlotte was pretty fond of that new aspect of their lives as well— Hold on. Charlotte stopped as something flashed in her peripheral vision. She glanced at the back slider doors in time to see a shadow pass the full-length shade. Something outside was moving. Something big. It didn’t look like a stray cat passing by. It was bigger and more person-shaped. She knew Declan was in the bedroom, so that ruled him out. She heard splashing and cocked her head. Someone’s in Declan’s pool? The splashing made her feel better. Thieves and killers didn’t usually take a quick swim before breaking into a house. Goofball kids stealing a swim? Probably. It was that time of year when grandkids came to Florida. People on vacation sometimes acted like vacation spots didn’t carry the same rules or consequences as back home. That’s when they ended up with kids in the pool and golf carts planted in mailbox posts. Abby heard the intruder splashing and offered her opinion in the form of a deep-chested boof—that pre-full-bark noise all dogs made before completely losing their minds. The dog jogged to the door and entered the lowered shade from the side to peek outside. Abby’s bark alone would probably scare away the kids—but she didn’t bark. Instead, her little nub of tail wagged. Charlotte stood behind her failing guard dog but couldn’t see anyone from her angle. Whoever was in the pool had stopped at the far end, out of sight, but she heard someone say, “Whoo! Cold!” She left Abby and hustled to the bedroom to wake up her husband. “Declan,” she hissed, shaking him. He cracked one eye open. “Hm?” “There’s someone in the pool.” “What?” Declan sat up, alarmed but clearly still half asleep. It didn’t look like his mind would be joining them for another minute or so. The man slept like the dead. Must be nice. “There’s someone in our pool,” she repeated. “In the pool? The cleaning guy?” “It’s Friday. It’s not the cleaning guy. He was yesterday,” she said, slipping into her robe. Declan checked his watch and grunted. He stood and stretched. His eyes focused on her. It looked like his brain had caught up to the rest of him. “There you are,” she said, giving him a quick kiss. Abby barked twice, and Declan strode toward the living room in the sweat shorts he usually wore to bed without bothering to get dressed. Now, he was all business. Whoever was out there was lucky the man hadn’t had his coffee yet. Charlotte followed. Declan grabbed a controller from the sofa table, opened the automatic curtains, and watched in stunned silence as someone stroked their way to the edge of his pool. “Why would someone steal a swim at four in the morning?” asked Charlotte. Declan switched on the back porch light as the swimmer grabbed the side and bobbed up for air. Noticing the lights and open blinds, he pulled the goggles over his bushy gray eyebrows and squinted at them from the water. He waved. “Is that Bob?” asked Declan. “I think it is,” said Charlotte. “I should probably call Mariska and tell her her husband’s loose.” Declan glanced over his shoulder at her. “This is what I was afraid of. Your crazy has followed you from Pineapple Port.” She smirked and smacked his arm. “You knew what you were signing up for. No takebacks.” Declan had experienced plenty of Pineapple Port insanity during their dating years. She, on the other hand, had never known anything else. She was young when she moved into the retirement community to live with her grandmother after her mother died. When her grandmother also passed, the community let her stay, though she was far from the minimum fifty-five years old. By the time she met Declan, she’d gotten so used to the crazy that she’d stopped noticing it—until she saw it through his eyes. Turns out, life was strange growing up as a retirement community’s young mascot. Mariska and Bob the Morning Swimmer had served as her foster parents and lived across the street from her in Pineapple Port— though, apparently, now Bob lived in their pool. Declan opened the slider, and Abby shot out, tail-wagging hello to the familiar man in the pool. “Whatcha doin’, Bob?” asked Declan. “I’m getting a quick swim in before we go,” said Bob, patting Abby while she licked the water off his arm. Declan scowled. “Before we go?” Charlotte put her knuckles against her lips. Oh no. She saw where this was heading. I think I messed up. “I’m coming with you to the charity swim in Tampa,” said Bob. Charlotte nodded. Yep, I messed up. Declan turned to look at her. The whites of his eyes flashed, signaling either annoyance or panic. Probably both. “Hey sweetheart, did you tell Bob I was going to a charity swim in Tampa today?” he asked in a sing-song voice. His frozen smile answered her question. Annoyed. Definitely annoyed. She winced. “I might have mentioned it to Mariska.” Her husband let out a slow, steady breath. She’d seen him do that move a few times before. One or more of the Pineapple Portians were usually nearby when it happened. Or, Declan’s Uncle Seamus—but a Seamus Sigh came with extra teeth gritting. He was the only thing crazier than the residents of Pineapple Port. “I’m guessing you’d like to carpool there with me?” he asked Bob. He’d given in fast. Like her, he’d figured out it was always easier to just accept the crazy was happening. “That be great,” said Bob. “We should grab some breakfast here first.” “Sure, the pool always comes with a complimentary breakfast.” Declan turned. “Maybe you could start on that, darling?” She stuck her tongue out at him and moved to the kitchen to scoop extra coffee into the machine. It was official—she’d been swept into the nuttery. She should have run away the second she saw it was Bob and not a killer taking a quick dip, pre-murder spree. She turned on the stove and found a pan. “Ask Bob what he wants—” “Eggs!” called Bob, lowering his goggles back over his eyes. “And bacon. And toast. And orange juice!” Declan nodded and left Abby outside to run around the pool, chasing Bob back and forth as he swam. He’d almost shut the door when Bob popped up again. “Coffee!” he yelped. Declan signaled he’d heard and turned to Charlotte. “What have you done?” he asked. She laughed. “I’m sorry. It never occurred to me he’d want to go with you. He hasn’t been into swimming for years.” “I suspect it has more to do with the beach bunnies in Tampa than the swimming,” said Declan. She snorted a laugh. “You said beach bunnies—you’ve been hanging out with the oldies too long.” He smirked. “Well, whose fault is that? I’m just glad it wasn’t Seamus—” “Top o’ the mornin’ to ye,” said Seamus as he burst through the front door. *** Excerpt from Pineapple Easter Egg by Amy Vansant. Copyright 2025 by Amy Vansant. Reproduced with permission from Amy Vansant. All rights reserved.

 

 

About Author Amy Vansant:
 

USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant has written over 40 books, including the fun, thrilling Shee McQueen series, the rollicking, twisty Pineapple Port Mysteries, and the action-packed Kilty urban fantasies. Throw in a couple of romances and a YA fantasy for her nieces… Amy specializes in fun, exciting reads with plenty of laughs and action — she tried to write serious books, but they always ended up full of jokes, so she gave up. Amy lives in Jupiter, Florida, with her muse/husband and a goony Bordoodle named Archer.

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Murder Strikes A Chord ~ A Pearly Girls Mystery By Heather Weidner

Posted: April 5, 2025 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
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Murder Strikes a Chord: A Pearly Girls Mystery
by Heather Weidner


Murder Strikes a Chord: A Pearly Girls Mystery
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Virginia
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Keylight Books; 1st edition (March 18, 2025)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1684426561
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1684426560
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1684426502
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1684426508
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DPL47ZV5

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Veronica Mars meets The Golden Girls as event planner Cassidy Jamison and her four sixty-year-old employees race to solve a rocker’s murder before the curtains close on their show and their business.

When Cassidy Jamison inherited her late grandmother’s event planning business, she also inherited her grandmother’s friends—four sixty-year-old women known around town as the Pearly Girls—as part-time employees. Now Cassidy barely has time to breathe between spending every waking hour trying to keep her business afloat and the Pearly Girls out of trouble and focused on event planning.

So when she lands a three-weekend event complete with a chart-topping band, she’s thrilled. Until she and her chihuahua mix Elvis find the body of the Weathermen’s lead singer in her venue’s koi pond. With the help of the not-so-helpful Pearly Girls, Cassidy must stave off the bad publicity, navigate the prying questions of the local police department, and solve the murder before the media frenzy shutters her business for good, and takes one of the Pearly Girls with it.

About Heather Weidner

Through the years, Heather Weidner has been a cop’s kid, technical writer, editor, college professor, software tester, and IT manager. She writes the Pearly Girls Mysteries, the Delanie Fitzgerald Mysteries, The Jules Keene Glamping Mysteries, and The Mermaid Bay Christmas Shoppe Mysteries.

 Her short stories appear in the Virginia is for Mysteries series, 50 Shades of Cabernet, Deadly Southern Charm, and Murder by the Glass, and she has non-fiction pieces in Promophobia and The Secret Ingredient: A Mystery Writers’ Cookbook.

 She is a member of Sisters in Crime: National, Central Virginia, Chessie, Guppies, and Grand Canyon Writers, International Thriller Writers, and James River Writers, and she blogs regularly with the Writers Who Kill.

Originally from Virginia Beach, Heather has been a mystery fan since Scooby-Doo and Nancy Drew. She lives in Central Virginia with her husband and a pair of Jack Russell terriers.

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Corsets And Casualties ~ A Ghostly Fashionista Mystery By Gayle Leeson

Posted: March 30, 2025 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways, Paranormal or fantasy
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Corsets and Casualties: A Ghostly Fashionista Mystery
by Gayle Leeson


Corsets and Casualties: A Ghostly Fashionista Mystery
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
6th in Series
Setting – Virginia
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grace Abraham Publishing (March 25, 2025)
Number of Pages: Approx. 242
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DV3KKSR1

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Stitched together with charm and mystery, this is one ghostly fashionista adventure you won’t want to miss!

For retro fashion designer Amanda Tucker, creating showstopping Halloween costumes seemed like the week’s biggest challenge—until her ghostly companion, Max, discovers an antique Bible tied to her own family history. When the Bible, purchased at an estate sale, is revealed to have belonged to Max’s grandmother, Amanda finds herself caught in a whirlwind of hidden relatives, long-buried secrets, and family intrigue.

Meanwhile, Amanda’s assistant, Zoe, struggles to decide between chasing her dreams in fashion and giving in to her mother’s demands to work at the family diner. As if the week couldn’t get more tangled, Amanda’s grandfather and Max’s nephew uncover shocking news at the estate sale’s auction house: the proprietor has been shot.

With Designs on You hanging by a thread, Amanda and Max must unravel the mysteries of the past before they sew up a perilous future. Will their sleuthing skills save the day, or will these secrets prove too dangerous to handle?

About Gayle Leeson 

Gayle Leeson is a pseudonym for Gayle Trent, an author living in Virginia with a beautiful family and quite a few pets. I have also written as Amanda Lee. As Gayle Trent, I wrote the Daphne Martin Cake Mystery series and the Myrtle Crumb Mystery series. As Amanda Lee, I wrote the Embroidery Mystery series. As Gayle Leeson, I have written and/or am writing the Down South Cafe mystery series, the Ghostly Fashionista mystery series, the Kinsey Falls women’s fiction series, the Movie Memorabilia mystery series. I also co-wrote some of the NYT best-selling Victoria Square series with Lorraine Bartlett. As G. Leeson, I write the Literatia portal fantasy series.

Kerry Vincent, Hall of Fame Sugar Artist, Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show Director, and Television Personality says the series is “a must-read for cake bakers and anyone who has ever spent creative time in the kitchen!”

Says Dean Koontz, #1 New York Times bestselling author, “One day I found myself happily reading . . . mysteries by Gayle Trent. If she can win me over . . . she’s got a great future.”

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Waters Of Destruction ~ An Orchid Isle Mystery By Leslie Karst

Posted: March 26, 2025 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
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Waters of Destruction (An Orchid Isle Mystery)
by Leslie Karst


Waters of Destruction (An Orchid Isle Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – Hawaii
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Severn House; Main edition (April 1, 2025)
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1448312183
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1448312184
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DKXTRTX5

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Retired caterer Valerie Corbin investigates a suspicious drowning in this Orchid Isle cozy culinary mystery, featuring a feisty queer couple who swap surfing lessons for sleuthing sessions in tropical Hilo, Hawai‘i

After a vacation of a lifetime in Hilo, Hawai‘i, retired caterer Valerie Corbin and her wife Kristen have decided to move permanently to the beautiful – if storm-prone – Big Island. The couple are having fun furnishing their new house, exploring their new neighborhood and playing with their new little dog, Pua. But while they’ve made good friends with local restaurant manager Sachiko and her partner Isaac, they can’t help but feel a little lonely.

So when Sachiko begs Val to fill in for a member of her bar team who’s gone AWOL, Val dusts off her cocktail shaker and happily agrees. It’s a great chance to meet more people – and learn the local gossip.

Such as about Hank, the missing bartender, who vanished after a team-building retreat at a local beauty spot a week ago, and hasn’t been seen since. Until, that is, his body turns up at the bottom of the waterfall, and the police seem very interested in where Sachiko was at the time of his death.

Sachiko couldn’t have killed him . . . could she? Val dives into the murky waters of the case, determined to find out.

This mouth-watering cozy mystery is perfect for fans of Ellen Byron, Jennifer J Chow, Lucy Burdette and Raquel V Reyes, and includes a selection of delicious Hawaiian recipes to cook at home.

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Leslie Karst is the author of the Orchid Isle mysteries Waters of Destruction and Molten Death, of the Lefty Award-nominated Sally Solari mystery series, and of the IBPA Ben Franklin and IPPY award silver medal-winning memoir, Justice is Served: A Tale of Scallops, the Law, and Cooking for RBG. After years waiting tables and singing in a new wave rock band, she decided she was ready for a “real” job and ended up at Stanford Law School, then returned to school to study the culinary arts. Now retired from the law, Leslie splits her time between Hilo, Hawai‘i and Santa Cruz, California, spending her days writing, cooking, cycling, gardening, and observing cocktail hour promptly at five o’clock.

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Murder, She Wrote ~ Snowy With A Chance Of Murder By Jessica Fletcher & Barbara Early

Posted: March 22, 2025 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
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Murder, She Wrote: Snowy with a Chance of Murder
by Jessica Fletcher & Barbara Early


Murder, She Wrote: Snowy with a Chance of Murder
Cozy Mystery
60th in Series
Setting – Maine
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (March 18, 2025)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593820045
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593820049
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D7G8TTLR

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In a nod to Rear Window, this newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series finds Jessica Fletcher coping with an injury that leaves her homebound—and a murder just outside her window!

Jessica Fletcher has taken a nasty spill on the ice, leaving her in a wheelchair for several weeks. She tries to work on her latest manuscript but finds herself distracted by a new neighbor moving in across the street. There’s good reason for her to be distracted, because soon after unpacking his sparse belongings, Mr. Rymer is out in the front yard, building somewhat risqué (read: naked) snow sculptures.

While Cabot Cove debates whether the sculptures are a protected form of art or a public display of lewdness, someone starts destroying them at night. Rymer doesn’t seem upset. He just makes new ones. No need to get the police involved over a little snow, he says. Especially when there’s plenty more of it and a blizzard in the forecast.

The morning after the storm, Jessica looks out the window to see a new sculpture across the street—and the body of Mr. Rymer half-buried in the snow. Can Jessica catch a cold-blooded killer from her chair by the window?

About the Authors

Barbara Early earned an engineering degree, but after four years of doing nothing but math, developed a sudden allergy to the subject and decided to choose another occupation.

Before she settled on murdering fictional people, she was a secretary, a schoolteacher, a pastor’s wife, and an amateur puppeteer. She lives in Western New York State (Go Bills!), where she enjoys cooking, crafts, classic movies and campy seventies television, board games, and spending time with her granddaughters.

​Before teaming up with Jessica Fletcher, she previously wrote the Vintage Toyshop Mystery series and the Bridal Bouquet Shop Mysteries (as Beverly Allen).

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Essence Of Foul Play ~ An Aroma Wellness Mystery By Daryl Wood Gerber

Posted: March 20, 2025 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
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Essence of Foul Play (An Aroma Wellness Mystery)
by Daryl Wood Gerber


Essence of Foul Play (An Aroma Wellness Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – California
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington Cozies (March 25, 2025)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1496751507
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1496751508
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DB3SGV1Q

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Emma Brennan may have her head in a cloud of eucalyptus, but her feet are firmly planted on the ground in breathtaking Carmel, California, as she prepares to open her new spa business, Aroma Wellness. But all the reiki, shiatsu, and massage in the world can’t help her relax when she’s accused of murder . . .

Everything is going smoothly as Emma prepares for the grand opening of the spa. The therapy rooms are painted. The sales shop and café are stocked with meditative and delicious goodies, from essential oils to avocado masks and prickly pear massages. The fountain in the Courtyard of Peace is burbling with good vibrations. In fact, there isn’t a whiff of trouble until that morning when Emma is shocked to learn that a rival spa owner has been bludgeoned . . . with an item from the goodwill basket Emma gave her. Worse, a witness is pointing the finger at Emma . . .

With the police treating Emma like she’s the only suspect, and the town’s anti New Age anything posse badmouthing her every step of the way, she’s left with no choice but to conduct her own investigation. Incensed by the accusations but empowered by her cousin, her nana, and her trusted Birman cat, Vivi, Emma reviews the potpourri of possible suspects, determined to uncover the essence of foul play—before she’s cold-pressed for murder . . .

About Daryl Wood Gerber

Daryl Wood Gerber is the Agatha Award-winning and nationally bestselling author of the Literary Dining Mysteries, the Fairy Garden Mysteries and the Cookbook Nook Mysteries. As Avery Aames, she penned the popular Cheese Shop Mysteries. In addition, Daryl writes suspense including the well-received The Son’s Secret, Girl on the Run, and the popular Aspen Adams suspense novels. Recently Daryl, who loves a challenge, published a Christmas romance, Hope for the Holidays.  Fun Tidbit: as an actress, Daryl appeared in “Murder, She Wrote.” She loves to cook, garden, read, and walk her frisky Goldendoodle. Also she has been known to jump out of a perfectly good airplane. You can learn more on her website: httsp://darylwoodgerber.com

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Cat Got Your Tongs ~ A Vintage Kitchen Mystery By Victoria Hamilton

Posted: March 19, 2025 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
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Cat Got Your Tongs: A Vintage Kitchen Mystery
by Victoria Hamilton


Cat Got Your Tongs: A Vintage Kitchen Mystery
Cozy Mystery
12th in Series
Setting: Queensville, MI, USA
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Beyond the Page Publishing (March 18, 2025)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 228 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1966322046
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1966322047
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DF64BMT5

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A perplexing murder on a local river leads Jaymie into uncharted waters in the new Vintage Kitchen Mystery from the author of Sieve and Let Die . . .

Despite the brutally cold winter, vintage cookware collector Jaymie Müller is happy to help out a friend by looking after a colony of cats while its caretakers are away. The location on a high bluff overlooking the St. Clair River makes for bone-chilling work, and her task takes on an air of menace when an elderly neighbor reports suspicious goings-on at the river. Jaymie’s inclined to dismiss the woman’s fears as the product of an overactive imagination, but it’s not long before she discovers a dead body there.

When it becomes clear the dead man was the victim of foul play, Jaymie turns to the older woman looking for more information. What she learns is that the river has long been used for illicit smuggling, and Jaymie suspects there was a falling out among thieves. But then mysterious clues begin turning up at the cat colony and another victim is found, and Jaymie realizes there’s something much more sinister behind the killings. And while cats may have nine lives, Jaymie has just one, and she discovers too late that she’s perilously close to losing it . . .

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Includes a vintage recipe!

 

Jaymie’s German Spaghetti

By: Victoria Hamilton

 

Jaymie Müller of my Vintage Kitchen Mysteries married into a German family. She’s always looking for German recipes that she can adapt and impress her in-laws with. So when I saw recipes online for German Spaghetti I thought of her!

 

The recipes I found varied so widely, though, that there was almost no point of agreement. One made a version with a beer-infused cheese sauce. Some used bacon as the only protein, while another used stewing beef. So I’ve taken hints from the majority, which show a recipe that has ground beef and canned tomatoes, but no tomato paste or tomato sauce.

 

A note about bacon; many German recipes online include bacon, but Germans often cook with a pork product called ‘Speck’, which comes in hunks that you cut pieces off of. I had no Speck, but it’s true that a good substitute is bacon.

 

Try as I might, I have never found out why it’s called German Spaghetti. It is markedly different from a traditional Italian spaghetti, which has a thick tomato sauce. This is lighter and you can see the vegetables in it. What’s true is, it’s a delicious hearty family meal.

 

For a weird sidenote, have you ever heard of Spaghettieis? That is apparently a German invention, Spaghetti Ice Cream, vanilla ice cream extruded to look like spaghetti, with a strawberry sauce to look like spaghetti sauce. Don’t believe me? Check out this Wikipedia entry! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghettieis

 

Here is my version of German Spaghetti, made in one pot and delicious! Enough to feed a large family.

 

Jaymie’s German Spaghetti

Feeds a herd! At least 5 – 6 servings.

*Note: I made this in a deep electric frying pan, one of my fave go-to tools, but it can easily be cooked on the stove in a deep and wide saucepan.

 

Ingredients:

1 tbsp. olive oil

1 lb. lean ground beef

3 slices of bacon, cut into small pieces.

1 small diced yellow onion

½ cup celery, diced fairly small

2 medium carrots, coarsely grated

1 – 19 ounce can of petite cut tomatoes. *Note: I’m in Canada, so I used a 540 ml can of petite cut tomatoes with garlic and olive oil.

2 tsp oregano

1 – 2 tsp sugar.

Garlic powder and minced garlic in oil, onion salt, salt and pepper to taste.

9 ounces uncooked Spaghetti

4 tbsp. butter

*Optional: I happened to have some heads of garlic that I had roasted, so I added about 5 or 6 cloves of roasted garlic, which gave it an unctuous depth of flavor that I loved, but it is definitely not necessary. The butter added at the end will add that silky mouth-feel too!

 

*Some recipes for German Spaghetti used more sugar, but I decided against too much. 1 – 2 teaspoons is just enough to take the acidic edge off the tomatoes.

 

 

Method:

1 – Sweat the onions in olive oil until translucent, then add the diced bacon. Brown, then add celery and grated carrot. Sautee together, letting the celery and carrot get soft. Then add the ground beef and cook until browned/cooked through.

2 – Add about 1 – 1 ½ tsp garlic powder and the same of onion salt, and some chopped or minced garlic. (I use jarred garlic in oil when I’m in a hurry!) Add the 19 ounce can of tomatoes, and a full can and a third or so of water. Bring to a boil.

4 – Break up the spaghetti into manageable pieces and add into the mix, cooking it on medium until the spaghetti is done and the mixture has reduced to the right texture, not too watery, but with some broth, still. Add 4 tblsp butter and stir to melt it in.

 

Your German Spaghetti is read to eat. Without a heavy sauce, the vegetables shine! I thoroughly enjoyed it in a nice bowl, with a little sprig of parsley and an added sprinkle of parmesan cheese! I liked it so much, the recipe is going on repeat!

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Guten Appetit, meine Freunde! (Sorry for my Duolingo German!)

 

Victoria Hamilton

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About Victoria Hamilton 

Victoria Hamilton is the pseudonym of nationally bestselling romance author Donna Lea Simpson. Victoria is the bestselling author of three mystery series, the Lady Anne Addison Mysteries, the Vintage Kitchen Mysteries, and the Merry Muffin Mysteries. She also write a Regency-set historical mystery series, starting with A Gentlewoman’s Guide to Murder. Visit her website at victoriahamiltonmysteries.com.

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Antiques And Adversities In The Azores ~ A Treasured Journey Mystery By Victoria Tait

Posted: March 16, 2025 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
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Antiques and Adversity in the Azores
(A Treasured Journey Mystery)
by Victoria Tait


Antiques and Adversity in the Azores (A Treasured Journey Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Azores, Portugal
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kanga Press (March 14, 2025)
Number of Pages c. 240
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DRY16XMQ

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Beneath a tranquil island’s charm, a deadly mystery emerges from the lake. Can an amateur sleuth uncover the truths hidden within decades of tradition before the past claims another victim?

Troubled antiques expert, Georgina Carey, is reeling from the loss of her husband, her job, and her self-assurance. When she’s offered a commission to value the estate of a deceased Portuguese collector in the Azores—wherever that is—she reluctantly accepts.

A lakeside house nestled in the lush greenery of São Miguel Island seems like the perfect retreat to confront her past and prepare for her future. But her tranquillity is shattered when a body is found floating in the lake, echoing a mysterious death from over 30 years ago.

Despite her best intentions to focus solely on the commission, Georgina finds herself drawn into the secrets of the local town as residents unexpectedly confide in her. As she pieces together their stories, she starts to wonder if the deaths were as accidental as they seemed or if something more unsettling is at play.

Can Georgina stay on task, find an heir to the estate, and uncover the truth behind two mysterious deaths on this beguiling island in the Atlantic?

If you enjoy enchanting locations, small-town mysteries, and an intelligent sleuth grappling with self-doubt as she finds the strength to reshape her future, then you’ll love Victoria Tait’s Antiques and Adversity in the Azores, the captivating first book in The Treasured Journey Mystery series.”

Traditions, secrets, and a deadly mystery. Buy Antiques and Adversity in the Azores today!

About Victoria Tait

Victoria Tait was born and raised in Yorkshire, England, where she developed a lifelong love of tea and British traditions. Inspired by the works of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Murder, She Wrote, she writes cozy mysteries infused with her signature British charm.

Her determined and hard-working female sleuths are joined by colourful but realistic teams of helpers, and her settings are vivid and evocative. With intrigue, surprises, and gentle humour, Victoria’s page-turning stories are the perfect blend of mystery and charm—best enjoyed with a cup of tea and a slice of cake.

Read the FREE prequel to her Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery series at her website.

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Movie Murder Club ~ Murder On A Monday By Marcy Blesy

Posted: March 15, 2025 in Cozy Mystery, giveaways
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Murder Movie Club: Murder on a Monday (Monthly Murder Movie Club Cozy Mystery)
by Marcy Blesy


Murder Movie Club: Murder on a Monday (Monthly Murder Movie Club Cozy Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Michigan
Independently Published (February 21, 2025)
Print length ‏ : ‎ 119 pages
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CZY54RGJ

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Murder: best served with popcorn.

That’s the mantra for the members of the Monthly Murder Movie Club at The Northwoods Movie Theater. Every month, this eclectic group of northern Michigan residents gather to watch a murder mystery movie on the big screen. After stopping the projector in the middle of the movie, the members gather to discuss the crime and suspects, each making a whodunit pick before resuming the movie. The hair dresser with the scissors? The jilted lover with poison?

But nothing is normal on this Monday morning when the club members find the ticket-taking popcorn maker John E. Cash in the lobby of the theater, deader than any actor in their beloved movies. Using their unique talents and eccentricities, the Monthly Murder Movie Club members work collectively to solve the crime before the Northwoods Police force does. Members strive to protect the reputation of their beloved theater–and to protect their Monday meetings–because what each member is discovering is that there is so much more to their Monday club than a good old-fashioned murder mystery.

Found family, new friends, and murder investigations!

About Marcy Blesy

Marcy Blesy is the author of over thirty books including the popular cozy mystery series: The Tucson Valley Retirement Community Cozy Mystery Series, a hilarious misadventure in amateur sleuthing. Her adult romance mystery series includes The Secret of Blue Lake and The Secret of Silver Beach, set in Michigan. The Ghost Texter Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series, featuring a sleuthing kindergarten teacher in Michigan was recently released. Children’s books include the best-selling Be the Vet series along with the following early chapter book series: Evie and the Volunteers, Niles and Bradford, Third Grade Outsider, and Hazel, the Clinic Cat.

Marcy enjoys searching for treasures along the shores of Lake Michigan. She’s still waiting for the day when she finds a piece of red beach glass.

Marcy is a believer in love and enjoys nothing more than making her readers feel a book more than simply reading it.

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