Benson, Clara
The Murder at Sissingham Hall ****
Fiction. First in the Angela Marchmont mystery series. A young man returns from the gold fields of South Africa with money in the bank. Two of his old friends invite him to an estate party at Sissingham Hall. The woman who lives there used to be his fiancée, but she’s married to an older man now. When he is found dead, suspicions run rampant among the house guests.
Berry, Steve
The Bishop’s Pawn *****
Fiction. 17th in the Cotton Malone thriller series. Cotton is taken back in time to the 1960’s when the FBI is corrupt and race riots are rampant. Martin Luther King, Jr. is giving speeches and marching in protests, but J. Edgar Hoover is determined to destroy King. When documents surface that certain members of the FBI want to remain hidden, Cotton is ordered to deliver a special gold coin to his new employer. The coin and the documents are tied together.
Blake, Deborah
Dangerously Fierce *****
Fiction. Third in the Broken Riders urban fantasy series. Alexei Knight has been riding his Harley across the country drowning his sorrows in alcohol and fights, when he arrives in Cape Cod and meets up with a feisty redheaded bartender who challenges him to face reality. Blackbeard has returned to find his lost treasure with the help of a kraken, and Alexei goes on the hunt to stop him from killing the local fishermen.
Veiled Enchantments *****
Fiction. Third in the Veiled Magic urban fantasy trilogy. Donata travels to Gimle, Maine, home of the Ulfhednar, to help Magnus with a ghostly problem his clan is having. Not only does one of the Major Anemoi follow and threaten her, but the Council is trying to enlist her as a spy against the Ulfhednar, something she refuses to do.
Calverley, J.M.
Poliahu’s Payback ****
Fiction. Novella in the Lei Crime Kindle World. Reef is on the case of a dead astronomer at an observatory on Mauna Kea. He and Pono are investigating, and Hibby is busy at the morgue during a bad flu epidemic. Reef is still having trouble opening up to Hibby, and tempers flare when she tries to get him to open up to her.
de Cervantes, Miguel
Don Quixote ***
Fiction. Tale on a Spaniard who think he is a knight and continuously attacks innocent people and sheep thinking they’re his enemies and gets beaten up each time.
Evesham, Frances
Murder at the Lighthouse ****
Fiction. First in the Exham on Sea cozy mystery series.
Finch, Charles
A Beautiful Blue Death *****
Fiction. First in the Charles Lenox Victorian mystery series. Charles’ lifelong friend and neighbor, Lady Jane Grey, asks him to investigate the death of her former maid who had been working for George Barnard for the past several months. The death was thought to be a suicide, but Charles soon finds that it not the case, and while the police don’t want him interfering in the case, he is determined to bring the girl justice.
The September Society *****
Fiction. Second in the Charles Lenox Victorian mystery series. Charles is drawn into a decades old murder that has lasting effects to the present day when a Oxford student and his friend goes missing, and one of them is found dead.
The Woman in the Water *****
Fiction. Prequel in the Charles Lenox Victorian mystery series. Charles is trying to get his detective business off the ground. Every morning he and Graham go through all the London papers and clip out the articles about crimes. A letter in the paper catches his eye, as it’s written by a person who claims to have committed the perfect crime and warns that he, or she, will commit another perfect crime soon. Charles is determined to solve the mystery.
Galenorn, Yasmine
The Silver Stag *****
Fiction. First in the Wild Hunt urban fantasy series. Ember is a halfbreed Fae. Half Dark and half Light fae but rejected by both courts. She works as an investigator, but when she and her best friend become targets for the fae courts, Herne the Hunter comes to their rescue and hires them to work at his investigation service, The Wild Hunt.
Garrett, Danielle
Betwixt ****
Fiction. Short stories in the Beechwood Harbor cozy mystery series.
Gilbert Julie C.
The Collins Case ***
Fiction. First in the Heartfelt Cases mystery series. Old ties bring bad luck for Chris Collins, when his family is kidnapped and kept at a compound in South Dakota. Collins must hack into the banking system and steal millions of dollars to get them back.
Danger in Dallas ****
Fiction. Novella in the Lei Crime Kindle World. Marcella is in Dallas and still working against the Club when she is kidnapped to lure Cassandra out of hiding. The Shadow Council wants her dead, and Marcella uses Eagle Eye to try to free herself.
Keefer, Dylan
Satan’s Torment **
Fiction. Novella in the Lei Crime Kindle World. Raine is called in to negotiate with a bank robber for the release of hostages. He doesn’t want money, he wants a serum that might save his mother’s life. Micah happens to be in the bank at the time, as is Eli, Raine’s stalker. While Raine searches for the serum, Micah threatens Eli with capture if they can get free of the bank robbers.
Lawrence, Carole
Edinburgh Twilight ****
Fiction. First in the Ian Hamilton mystery series set in Edinburgh. Ian is fighting demons from his past and throws himself into the search for a killer who leaves a calling card at each murder. When his brother shows up, Ian wonders if the murderer is him.
Llewellyn, A.J.
Mercury Mojito *****
Fiction. Novella in the Lei Crime Kindle World. Merc flies to O’ahu to visit Tony, but Tony is busy on a case. Merc is also on the island to visit an inmate at Halawa prison, someone from his past. Tony’s assistant drives Merc around town, and he gets drawn into a drama with her roommate, a strange woman with a child who seems to be trouble.
Marple, Mona
Once Upon a Crime ***
Fiction. First in the Waterfell Tweed cozy mystery series. Sandy owns Books and Bakes, a combination cafe and bookshop. When a potential rival bookseller is found dead, Sandy becomes the number one suspect, and it’s up to her and her sister, Coral, to solve the case.
McNicol, Donna B.
Paradise Drift ****
Fiction. Novella in the Lei Crime Kindle World. A chartered yacht is blown up, and the survivors gather at the C’mon Inn to wait out the search for the captain and one of the passenger who had remained on board. Lucia and the Aunties keep them company until the Coast Guard calls off the search. A year later, Jared is visiting from Mau’i and decides to do his own investigation.
Neal, Toby
Wired Justice *****
Fiction. Sixth in the Paradise Crime series starring Sophie Ang. Sophie is unsure where her relationship with Alika stands, and she continues her “walk-about” on the Big Island. She and Ginger are exploring the lava fields near Kalapana when Ginger finds a body dump. A family has been murdered. Sophie calls in the police. Jake contacts her about a case he is working on about a missing hiker, and the two cases seem to be related, causing Jake and Sophie to work closely together again.
Nyhan, Loretta
Digging In ***
Fiction. Paige has lost her husband and is raising her teenage son. She’s not dealing well with her grief, and her stressful job environment isn’t helping. One night she begins digging in her yard, which makes her feel better. Before she knows it, she has dug up her whole yard and decided to make a garden. This brings new people into her life and helps her find herself.
Oakley, J.L.
Hilina Pali *****
Fiction. Novella in the Lei Crime Kindle World. An old injustice begs to be cleared up, and as people are receiving mailers with hints to what happened, an old man wants to bear his soul.
Shojai, Amy
Called to Protect ****
Fiction. Lia and Lei are temporarily living together while Lei is working with the police department in Texas. Keiki is very pregnant and feeling confined in the small apartment. Lei goes undercover to break up the sex slave ring, but when she is captured, Lia rushes in to save her and the dog.
Thomas, Kayla Dawn
Hostile Hearts ****
Fiction. Vale is re-opening ‘Aina Ranch, and Weaver attends the gathering in the company of his beautiful real estate agent and his young daughter. Vale and Weaver still have feelings for each other, though they’re both trying to move on with their lives. Pono and Tiare Kaihale are vacationing at the ranch when another visitor arrives and takes an instant dislike to Pono. Her pranks get more deadly, and Tiare is in real danger before Pono can come to her rescue.
Welling, ReGina
Cat Killed a Rat ***
Fiction. First in the Ponderosa Pines cozy mystery series. A man falls from a ladder and dies. When his brother is also killed, the townspeople suspect an elderly woman of killing them. She had been seen arguing with both of them the day before. She and her friend decide to investigate on their own and end up facing a man with a gun.
Murder Above the Fold ***
Fiction. First in the Elder Witch paranormal cozy mystery series. Two elderly witch sisters move to Harmony to join the local coven, and when they stumble over a dead body, they’re determined to solve the murder.
Rings on Her Fingers *****
Fiction. First in the Psychic Seasons paranormal cozy mystery series. Julie’s friend drags her to see a psychic, and while there, Julie’s grandmother and great-grandfather appear to take over the psychic’s body with messages for Julie. A treasure hunt ensues, one that Julie hopes will help pay for the upkeep on her home, the one she shared with her grandmother. Julie’s fiancé is unaware of the supposed treasure, but he wants Julie’s house for his own purposes and pressures to sign a pre-nup.
Winters, J.D.
A Ghost for Christmas ****
Fiction. First in the Mele Keahi paranormal cozy mystery series. Mele visits her Aunty Bebe and trips over a body on the way to the front door. A man hated by most, he was the husband of Bebe’s best friend, Caroline. The local police suspect Bebe, and when the man’s son is also killed, Mele does her best to figure out who the killer is before he, or she, strikes again.
A Ghost in Time ****
Fiction. Third in the Mele Keahi cozy mystery series. The annual flower show is coming up, and Aunty Bebe is the chairperson in charge of the organization, but she has a rival in Starflower, who is out to make trouble for Bebe. After a heated phone conversation, Bebe rushes toward Star’s mansion, but in taking a sharp turn too fast, she runs into someone.
Ghost on Duty ****
Fiction. Second in the Mele Keahi cozy mystery series. Mele has a new job as Activities Director for the town, and part of her duty is to deal with a crotchety old man. When she arrives at his home, she finds his body at the bottom of a cliff, and once again, Mele becomes the prime suspect.
