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The Chocolate Cat Caper

CatherineMay 19, 2022May 19, 2022Leave a comment

Book #24 in our A to Z Mystery Tour Joanna Carl 2002 – Chocoholic Mystery #1 A fan of both chocolate and cats, I pulled this book from the second “C” bay of the Mystery section at my library and was pleasantly surprised to read the acknowledgments thanking members of … Continue ReadingThe Chocolate Cat Caper

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Murphy’s Law

CatherineApril 28, 2022April 28, 2022Leave a comment

#23 in the A to Z Mystery Tour Rhys Bowen, 2001 – #1 in the Molly Murphy Mysteries It’s 1901. Molly Murphy has killed a man rather than surrender her virtue; she’ll surely hang for the murder if she doesn’t make her way out of Ireland. Obviously she escapes the … Continue ReadingMurphy’s Law

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The Neon Rain – Dave Robicheaux #1

CatherineApril 26, 2022April 28, 2022Leave a comment

#22 in our A to Z Mystery Tour James Lee Burke (1987) This book, which is shelved in the Mystery section in my library, would be more precisely categorized as a detective novel, I think. This isn’t my sub-genre of choice; honestly, I grabbed it as part of the A … Continue ReadingThe Neon Rain – Dave Robicheaux #1

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While My Pretty One Knits

CatherineApril 26, 2022April 26, 2022Leave a comment

Book #21 in our A to Z Mystery Tour Black Sheep Knitting Mysteries* #1 by Anne Canadeo – 2009 Who doesn’t love a good knitting-themed mystery? Maggie Messina is the owner of the Black Sheep Knitting Shop, and she’s wanted for the murder of her competitor. Her friends rally round … Continue ReadingWhile My Pretty One Knits

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Murder in the Museum

CatherineApril 14, 2022April 14, 2022Leave a comment

Book #20 in our A to Z Mystery Tour Fethering #4 – 2003 I seem to be working my way through this series in spite of myself; as part of the A to Z Mystery Tour I ran across the fourth book in Simon Brett’s Fethering Mysteries on my local … Continue ReadingMurder in the Museum

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The Bramble and the Rose

CatherineMarch 28, 2022March 28, 2022Leave a comment

Book #19 in the A to Z Mystery Tour Tom Bouman 2020 – Henry Farrell #3 Henry Farrell, rural Pennsylvania police officer, has been called to the scene of a grisly murder; at least one more killing takes place, and Henry becomes a suspect – and then a fugitive. I … Continue ReadingThe Bramble and the Rose

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Death at Friar’s Inn

CatherineMarch 26, 2022March 27, 2022Leave a comment

Rob Keeley 2022 Tom Barton is hapless. He is without hap. He sneezes his way through his Mooting Competition, he is put in the embarrassing position of asking for permission to go to the bathroom at the dinner following, and he is so deeply in the thrall of the lovely … Continue ReadingDeath at Friar’s Inn

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The Lemur

CatherineMarch 21, 2022March 21, 2022Leave a comment

18th book in the A to Z Mystery Tour Benjamin Black (pen name for John Banville) 2008 Well, I guess you could call this a mystery. A mystery – an unanswered question -does exist, and at the end of this book, which is so short I would call it a … Continue ReadingThe Lemur

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If Walls Could Talk

CatherineMarch 17, 2022March 17, 2022Leave a comment

#17 in the A to Z Mystery Tour Juliet Blackwell 2010 First book in the Haunted Home Renovation Mysteries Mel Turner specializes in restoring old homes in the San Francisco Bay area – and it should come as no surprise that those homes have ghosts. Some are as old as … Continue ReadingIf Walls Could Talk

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Death in Paris

CatherineMarch 14, 2022March 14, 2022Leave a comment

Book #16 in the A to Z Mystery Tour Emilia Bernhard 2018 Book 1: Death in Paris Mysteries Rachel Levis, a forty-something American living in Paris with her husband Alan, is summoned to the home of her lover of twenty years ago to hear the reading of his will. Her … Continue ReadingDeath in Paris

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Pride, Prejudice, and Poison

CatherineMarch 11, 2022March 12, 2022Leave a comment

Book #15 in the A to Z Mystery Tour Elizabeth Blake 2019 Book 1 of the Jane Austen Society Mystery Series* – yes, the second JA mystery series I’ve run into on this tour, and I’m only in the B’s. The town of Kirkbymoorside has a lot of sweaty people. … Continue ReadingPride, Prejudice, and Poison

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Deadly Dog Days

CatherineMarch 9, 2022March 9, 2022Leave a comment

Fourteeenth book in the A to Z Mystery Tour Dog Days Mysteries #1 Jamie M. Blair 2016 Cameron (Cam) Cripps-Hayman, separated from Sheriff Ben Hayman, is finding the small town of Metamora, Indiana to be less than cozy – especially its most irritating citizen (and Cam’s mother-in-law) Irene Hayman, president … Continue ReadingDeadly Dog Days

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The Windsor Knot

CatherineMarch 6, 2022March 6, 2022Leave a comment

A to Z Mystery Tour – Book 13 Book 1: Her Majesty the Queen Investigates – SJ Bennett 2021 **This is not the same as the “Her Majesty Investigates” series by a different author who didn’t have any books in my library. ** A talented young pianist has a night … Continue ReadingThe Windsor Knot

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Track of the Cat

CatherineMarch 3, 2022March 3, 2022Leave a comment

Book #12 in the A to Z Mystery Tour. Book #1 of the Anna Pigeon Mysteries – 1993 OK, so I’m a little late to the party on this author; I can’t speak to Nevada Barr’s entire body of work, but Track of the Cat is quite the mystery debut. … Continue ReadingTrack of the Cat

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Pride and Prescience

CatherineFebruary 27, 2022February 27, 2022Leave a comment

Book #11 in our A to Z Mystery Tour. Carrie Bebris, Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mysteries, Book 1 Mr. and Mrs. Darcy are newly married, as is Elizabeth Bennet Darcy’s sister Jane, to her Mr. Bingley. Various logistical problems prevent the Darcys from going to Pemberly after the double wedding, … Continue ReadingPride and Prescience

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Murder 101

CatherineFebruary 24, 2022February 24, 2022Leave a comment

Book 10 in our A to Z Mystery Tour Maggie Barbieri’s Murder 101 Series – Book 1 Forty-something Dr. Alison Bergeron, professor at a small private university in New York, may have been framed for the murder of one of her students. Murder 101 is a fast, entertaining read with … Continue ReadingMurder 101

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Wild Indigo

CatherineFebruary 22, 2022February 22, 2022Leave a comment

Book #9 in our A to Z Mystery Tour A Wild Mystery #1 – 2007 This mystery, set in the pueblos of New Mexico and filled with magical realism and Native American mysticism, is a departure from the cozy mysteries reviewed so far in the A to Z Mystery Tour … Continue ReadingWild Indigo

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Murder With Puffins

CatherineFebruary 20, 2022February 20, 2022Leave a comment

Donna Andrews – Meg Langslow #2 2000 Because most, if not all, of this series is available in audio format on Scribd, I may be reviewing more of the series. Murder With Puffins finds Meg Langslow and her boyfriend Michael on a ferry off the coast of Maine, headed toward … Continue ReadingMurder With Puffins

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Uncommon Grounds

CatherineFebruary 12, 2022February 12, 2022Leave a comment

This is the eighth book of our A to Z Mystery Tour. I will be choosing the first book of a mystery series on each shelf in this section and reviewing it here. I have added the series title list for each book to the website under Series in Order … Continue ReadingUncommon Grounds

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Aunt Dimity’s Death

CatherineFebruary 10, 2022February 10, 2022Leave a comment

This is the seventh book of our A to Z Mystery Tour, taken from the fourth shelf of the second bay in the Mystery section of my local library. I will be choosing one book (hopefully the first book of a mystery series) on each shelf in this section, in … Continue ReadingAunt Dimity’s Death