Charles, Ann
- Don’t Let It Snow in Deadwood *****
Fiction. Tenth in the Deadwood Humorous cozy mystery series. The kids and Aunt Zoe are already at Violet’s parents’ house in Rapid City, but Violet, Doc, Harvey, Nat, and Cornelius are stuck in the snow on the way there. Reid and Coop come to the rescue in a snowcat, but Violet’s worried that her sister Susan will ruin Christmas all the same.
Craney, Glen
- The Fire and the Light ****
Fiction. The Catholics have condemned the Cathars, and Esclarmonde de Foix has been caught up in the ongoing battle to save her people.
Flowers, R. Barri
Fiction. First in a mystery series. The main character, a private investigator, is hired to find out who killed a woman’s sister. The sister was involved in gunrunning but was also having an affair with a married man, so there are many suspects.
Galenorn, Yasmine
Fiction. Short story in the Starwood pagan series.
Fiction. Fourth in the Wild Hunt urban fantasy series. Ember is shocked to find out that Herne has a daughter that he’s never known about, and as they’re getting acquainted with her, they’re in search of a missing man whose fiancee has come to them for help.
Garrett, Danielle
Fiction. Ninth in the Beechwood Harbor Witch cozy mystery series. Holly gets an extra assignment by the SPA to keep an eye on a new resident at the manor. When the new resident takes up with Nick, Holly is torn between doing her job and keeping her friendship.
Fiction. Tenth in the Beechwood Harbor Witch cozy mystery series. A mysterious girl appears in town and needs Holly’s help. She’s a selkie and has lost her pelt.
- When Good Ghosts Get the Blues ****
Fiction. Third in the Beechwood Harbor Ghost cozy mystery series. All she wants is a quiet romantic vacation with her boyfriend in New Orleans, but when a man is killed and the only witness is a ghost, her boyfriend is the prime suspect.
Goddin, Nell
Fiction. First in the Molly Sutton mystery series set in France. Molly is newly divorced and has moved to a village in southern France where she’s bought a house with a rental cottage on the property. A young woman attending the local art school has disappeared, and it turns out she is the third one who has gone missing in the past several years. When the girl’s parents rent Molly’s cottage for their stay, she is drawn into the mystery.
Hoover, Colleen
Fiction. A mediocore writer is hired to finish the last three books in a series by an incapacitated well-known author who was in a car accident. She travels to the author’s home to go through her records and acquaint herself with Verity’s books, but when she finds an autobiography, she realizes the horrifying truth.
Kinsey, T.E.
- In the Market for Murder ***
Fiction. Second in the Lady Hardcastle mystery series. Lady Hardcastle and her main, Armstrong, are asked by the local constable to assist in a robbery case at the rugby center. While solving that case, they are drawn into the larger mystery of a murdered man.
Lavene, Joyce
- Dae’s Christmas Past ****
Fiction. Sixth in the Missing Pieces cozy mystery series. Demon horses are called forth to kill humans in Duck, and Dae has to face an old shaman to rid the town of the beasts.
Fiction. Fifth in the Missing Pieces cozy mystery series. Dae puts on an antique amber necklace and connects to Maggie, a tavern wench who lived 400 years ago. Maggie begs Dae to help her retriever her bones so they can be buried next to her pirate lover. The mayoral election is drawing near, but when Dae finds an old race car belonging to her opponent while searching for Maggie’s bones, she also uncovers the skeleton of a race car driver that sends her opponent to jail.
Fiction. Fourth in the Missing Pieces cozy mystery series. Kevin’s fiancee who he hasn’t seen in several years has shown up in town and puts the breaks on Kevin’s and Dae’s relationship. A young girl goes missing, and several men have been murdered. Dae is busy campaigning for re-election the next year.
Fiction. Third in the Missing Pieces cozy mystery series. A fierce storm brews through town and brings a pirate ghost who needs Dae’s help. During a meeting of mayors at the Blue Whale Inn, one of them is killed, and Dae needs her ghost relative to help her solve that msytery.
Fiction. First in the Missing Pieces cozy mystery series. An elderly woman is murdered on the beach, and when her sister is accused of the crime, the mayor stands up to the police chief and refuses to let her be taken into custody.
Fiction. Second in the Missing Pieces cozy mystery series. Dae touches a piece of old gold, which leads her on a quest to solve a murder and to find a missing person that everyone thought was dead.
Fiction. Seventh in the Missing Pieces cozy mystery series. Merfolk appear in Duck after the captain of a gambling ship is found murdered, and Dae must prove their innocence.
Leigh, Lora
Fiction. First in the Legacies erotic fantasy series. Four daughters of a sorcerer marry four immortal warriors. An evil being, Jonar, is out to capture his granddaughter, one of the daughters. The warriors set forth to beat him in battle.
Levy, Marc
- The Last of the Stanfields ****
Fiction. Set in England, France, the US, and Canada, this mystery spans several generations and bounces back and forth between the 40’s, the 80’s, and the present time. Beginning during the second world war with a young American pilot who crash lands in France, missing art and several love affairs tell a fascinating tale.
MacInerney, Karen
Fiction. Ninth book in the Gray Whale Inn cozy mystery series set on Cranberry Island in Maine. Gwen’s wedding is just a few days away, and the in-laws and wedding guests are showing up to the inn. In town, someone has stolen all of the toys people have donated for a fundraiser, and it’s up to Nat to find them.
Neal, Toby
Fiction. Eighth in the Paradise Crime thriller series. Sophie gives birth to her daughter Momi, only to have her ripped from her side by her evil mother, Pim Wat. Pim Wat plans to keep Momi for her own, but Sophie and her cadre of fighting men, headed by Jake and Connor, rush to find and save her.
Obama, Michelle
Non-fiction. The story of America’s first black First Lady, an amazing woman who has led an amazing life, and who continues to give back to the people of this country.
Pandian, Gigi
- The Accidental Alchemist *****
Fiction. First in the Accidental Alchemist series. Zoe has been running for years, but settling in Portland is her shot at a normal life, or so she thinks. When she opens one of her shipping crates, expecting to find some alchemical ingredients, she finds a stone gargoyle, one who comes to life right in front of her.
Fiction. First in the Jaya Jones mystery series. Jaya’s ex-boyfriend sends her a mysterious and very old ruby bracelet for safekeeping. When she finds out that he has been killed, she travels to Scotland to find out what really happened and where the bracelet came from.
- The Masquerading Magician *****
Fiction. Second in the Accidental Alchemist series. A traveling magic show has come to town, and Zoe suspects the magician of being an alchemist. Hoping he’ll be able to help her decipher the codes in Dorian’s book, she unwittingly lets her secret be known.
Fiction. Second in the Jaya Jones mystery series. Jaya receives a treasure map from a man who is murdered that night. It leads her on an adventure to India and back to San Francisco. The mysterious Lane appears once again to save her life but soon disappears again.
Fiction. Third in the Jaya Jones mystery series. Lane sends a first-class plane ticket to Jaya, and she jumps at the chance to visit Paris even though the school semester has just started. When she arrives at the hotel, she finds out that the ticket hadn’t come from Lane, it was from a man named North, the man Lane had been hiding from for years. He coerces Lane and Jaya to help him steal a treasure from Mont St. Michel, but an encounter with a rising tide brings danger to them all.
