Bike shop owner Mac Almeida is hurrying to get her store ready for business one morning when she’s stopped in her tracks by a hastily flung open door. Out of the Rusty Anchor pub flies its chef and manager, Yvonne Flora. Yvonne has just found what might be a dead man behind the bar, and…
Restaurant owner and amateur sleuth Robbie Jordan is looking forward to watching her diner’s entry compete in the popular Outhouse Race held every Memorial Day weekend in her Indiana county. Local businesses and associations have gone all in on decorating old-timey outhouse replicas on wheels as part of the county’s annual Abe Martin festivities. Robbie…
This trio of holiday-themed novellas feels almost like three, full culinary cozy novels in one volume! The first of the three, Lee Hollis’s Death of a Christmas Mitten Knitter, sees Christmas coming to Bar Harbor, Maine. Hayley Powell is already overworked with her restaurant when Reverend Ted, pastor of the local Congregational church, comes to…
First, Lisa Unger bestows upon us Christmas Presents—an original novella from The Mysterious Press. A decade ago, in upstate New York, high schooler Madeline Martin—now an indie bookstore owner and caretaker to her father (the former Sheriff)—was the only survivor of serial killer (and teenage crush) Evan Hardy. She’s worked hard to put the past…
Spring has come to the Cape Cod town of Westham, Massachusetts, and with it, a pushy new Chamber of Commerce director named Wagner Lavoie. While Mac Almeida is happy to participate in the Spring festival he’s organized, she’s not the only local business owner to feel that he’s pressuring them to contribute just a little…
Robbie Jordan’s restaurant, B&B, and country store Pans ‘N Pancakes is usually closed on Mondays, but she’s making an exception for this St. Patrick’s Day. The televised cooking competition Holiday Hot-Off is filming its latest themed episode at her store, and she’s happy to earn both the publicity and the paycheck. Her enthusiasm is lessened,…
It’s the most wonderful crime(s) of the year! As the holidays come ‘round again, they bring with them an abundance of Christmassy capers, from lighthearted cozies to lingering chillers. Whether you prefer something naughty or something nice, here are a few titles to consider that celebrate family, friends, fur babies . . . and felonies.…
Kensington Books’ latest seasonal collection of culinary cozy novellas is perfect for curling up with a hot beverage and taking a much-needed holiday break! Carlene O’Connor’s Ireland-set tale opens the book and gives the collection its name. Fans of her Irish Village Mystery series will be thrilled to see familiar characters here. Our heroine, Siobhan…
Our heroine, Mac Almeida, and her fiancé, Tim, are getting married! In the lead-up to their New Year’s nuptials, they’re renovating the house that they’ll be living in as a married couple. The old Cape Cod cottage is comfortable but could use a little extra modernization. Mac is most excited at the prospect of installing…
Country store and B&B owner Robbie Jordan is savoring newlywed life with Abe O’Neill, her husband of six weeks, despite the sultry summer weather. The heat is almost but not quite enough to mar their latest visit to Jupiter Park to watch the weekly fireworks display put on by their patriotic South Lick, Indiana, town.…
