The Matchmaker’s Lonely Heart by Nancy Campbell Allen

Normally, when I rate books like this one, a cozy historical mystery, I rely heavily on the lead protagonist's plotline to direct my rating. If I did that in case, I would have to deduct a star. The lead protagonist was extremely annoying, to begin with. Her entourage of cousins was better equipped to be…

A Time to Swill by Sherry Harris

I liked the balance of mystery and personal complications of the lead protagonist Chloe, in the first book. That is usually the deciding factor in many of these small-town murder mysteries since the cast of characters is as, if not more important, than the central plot, which is to be unravelled.Chloe found herself the part-owner…

Reading Between the Crimes (Jane Doe Book Club Mystery #2) by Kate Young

I read the first book of this series and was curious about a couple of aspects of story arcs that were hinted about in the book.In the first book, we were introduced to the lead protagonist, a woman trying to make a life for herself against all her mother's efforts to make her a more…

Knocked Scentsless by Langley Gray

This book is available to request on NetGalley for another month I chose this book mostly because of the play on words in the title. It is catchy enough, and after reading the book, I can confirm, appropriate.This is the first in a brand new cozy mystery series with a female lead with a unique…

Till Daph Do Us Part by Phillipa Nefri Clark

This is a first in a new cozy mystery series. It is not a very large volume and had an interesting premise, which meant that it would be a quick read. On that front, it delivered.This series has an unusual leading lady: The happily married Daphne, who recently started as a celebrant on the move.…

The Charlatan Murders (Elliott Bay Mystery #1) by Jennifer Berg

The book is still up for requesting on NetGalley There are those rare occasions when an impulse takes me to a book that I really enjoy! This book was not written by an author I previously knew, nor were there enough reviews on Goodreads to make up my mind. I still went ahead and read…

Games People play , So It Began by Owen Mullen

Sometimes when I am trigger happy, I end up accumulating too many of an author's books without having confirmed my affinity to the writing!This is exactly what happened with this author. I requested and was granted access to four books from three different series. I thought I would start with the one in which I…

A Necessary Killing (William Constable #2) by Paul Walker

I read and reviewed the first book of this series quite recently: here I somehow missed the fact that I had both the first and the second book of the series. If I had, I would have read or at least reviewed them at the same time. I find it easier to put together my…