Reading right now:
“Murder, She Barked” by Krista
Davis. This is the first in a new series by Davis who is an award winning
author of the “Domestic Diva” mystery series. Davis calls her new series “paws
and claws” since it takes place in the idyllic dog and cat paradise of Wagtail,
Virginia at a pet friendly hotel owned by our hero Holly Miller’s grandmother.
Nothing like a good mystery with dogs and cats.
On hold right now:
“Chilled to the Bone” by Quentin Bates. The
third book in the Gunnhilder Mystery series with the fourth coming out in April
2014. Gunnhildur is an Icelandic female police sergeant who in “Chilled to the
Bone” stumbles cross a bondage society whose members are being blackmailed and
much more.
Other Mysterious Things Available:
Other books that come out in
December and are worth mentioning include:
“Dark Omens” by Rosemary Rowe. Her
14th book in the Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain series. This
historical mystery series takes place in the 2nd century AD.
Libertus is a Celtic freedman and mosaic-layer with a talent for solving
crimes.
“Secondhand Stiff” by Sue Ann
Jaffarian. The 8th book in the Adelia Grey series. Jaffarian writes
one of my favorite mystery series: the Ghost of Granny Apples (the fourth book
in that series comes out in April, 2014). The Adelia Grey series is also fun
and revolves around plus-sized, middle aged Adelia Grey, a woman who pulls no
punches while trying to figure out why she’s always put in the position of
solving a major crime.
“Buttoned Up” by Kylie Logan. Fourth
book in the Button Box mystery series with Josie Giancola as our hero. Josie’s button
shop in Chicago draws customers and her reputation as an expert on buttons
draws trouble.
“Shoot the Woman First” by Wallace
Stroby. Third book in the Crissa Stone series. Crissa is a professional thief
who mostly finds trouble.
A List to Treasure:
Read a Christmas mystery this season! Lots of mystery
authors have, usually as part of their series, mystery novels that take place
around Christmas. Anne Perry has a whole mystery series of what she calls
Christmas novellas (the first is “A Christmas Journey”). Craig Johnson’s “Christmas
in Absarden County” is a collection of four short stories featuring Sheriff
Walt Longmire which take place around Christmas. M C Beaton features Christmas
in two of her Agatha Raisin series which are “Kissing Christmas Goodbye” and
“Agatha Raisin and the Christmas Crumble.” Leslie Meier’s terrific Lucy Stone
series includes three Christmas mysteries: “Christmas Carol Murder,” “Christmas
Cookie Murder,” and “Mistletoe Murder.” Rhys Bowen’s “The Twelve Clues of
Christmas” is part of the Royal Spyness series. Isis Crawford’s Mystery with
Recipes series includes two Christmas books: “A Catered Christmas” and “A Catered
Christmas Cookie Exchange.”
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