Drawn and Buttered is the third book in Shari Randall’s wonderfully satisfying Lobster Shack cozy mystery series set at the Lazy Mermaid Lobster Shack in coastal New England—take a visual tour with GIFnotes! The Lazy Mermaid’s business has slowed to a snail’s pace… Until a monster lobster claws his way onto the scene. With high season…
As they say in the real estate business: location, location, location. New England is a perfect place to vacation—think of walking on the windswept Cape Cod, dining at a waterfront lobster shack, hiking the Green Mountains of Vermont, or touring a grand Newport mansion. What to do if you can’t get away? You can armchair…
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, a new Dewey Andreas thriller from Ben Coes combines with the latest from Michele Campbell to highlight an amazing week of books! See…
Shari Randall is the author of the Lobster Shack Mystery series, which debuted earlier this year with Curses, Boiled Again!. The second title, Against the Claw, revisits protagonist Allie Larkin as she assists her beloved Aunt Gully with the day-to-day operations of The Lazy Mermaid Lobster Shack—a seemingly straightforward task that repeatedly lands her in…
Against the Claw by Shari Randall is the finger-licking delicious second installment in the Lobster Shack Mystery series. Welcome back to the seaside village of Mystic Bay, where someone’s been found sleeping with the fishes… Ballerina Allie Larkin is still back home, healing up from a broken ankle and lending a hand at her aunt’s Lazy…
Criminal Element’s July 2018 Cozy Bookshelf Shopping List! Week of July 1 through July 7 Title Author Series Date The Corpse at the Crystal Palace Carola Dunn Daisy Dalrymple Mystery #23 7/3 Dyeing Up Loose Ends Maggie Sefton Knitting Mystery #16 7/3 Scandal Above Stairs Jennifer Ashley Below Stairs Mystery #2 7/3 Killer Green…
Curses, Boiled Again! by Shari Randall welcomes you to the seaside hamlet of Mystic Bay, where the fish is always fresh, the folks are ever-friendly, and murder is on a roll (available January 30, 2018). Take a visual tour through Curses, Boiled Again! with GIFnotes! First-time novelist Shari Randall may be new to crime fiction,…
Curses, Boiled Again! by Shari Randall welcomes you to the seaside hamlet of Mystic Bay, where the fish is always fresh, the folks are ever-friendly, and murder is on a roll (available January 30, 2018). Allie Larkin was living her dream as a ballet dancer when a bad fall put her out of business. Now…
GIFnotes: Giving you the basic plot summary of an upcoming book with the help of the Graphics Interchange Format. Welcome to the seaside hamlet of Mystic Bay, where the fish is always fresh, the folks are ever-friendly, and murder is on a roll—take a visual tour of Shari Randall's first Lobster Shack Mystery, Curses, Boiled Again!
Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, Christmas came early with some great December cozies; this month, ring in the new year with amazing January reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to…
