Death Stops the Frolic by George Bellairs

The title is very apt, with the death in the story stopping the frolic that members of a church were indulging in (much to the distaste of quite a few of the members). The victim was a man who had enough time on his hands to pick fights with everyone in town.The extreme physical descriptions,…

The Case of the Counterfeit Eye (Perry Mason #6) by Erle Stanley Gardner

If you are interested in following my recent foray into listening to Perry Mason books and seeing how I am enjoying them you can check out my older reviews: Narrated by Alexander Cendese The series continues to be fun and snappy. Even with my usual listening speed, it seems to take a very short time…

Doggone Dead by Dane McCaslin

This is a brand new cozy-series with a retired teacher at the helm, or at least she hopes to be post-retirement. Her best friend has other plans, and she is more chaotic than an unexpected weather event. The friend, Nora drags Gwen (our teacher) into a very ill-thought pet sitting plan. In this venture comes…

15 Minutes of Flame (Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery #3) by Christin Brecher

I have read and reviewed the previous two books of the series on this blog earlier: #1#2 I liked the first two adventures of the series, the first one better than the second. Although I am going to be rating this the same on the websites ( because of a woeful lack of .5 stars…

Murder at the Playhouse by Helena Dixon

I have read and reviewed the previous two books in the series earlier on the blog : here. Despite mentioning several times that the writing style was not for me, I was lured into trying out this book just to see where the storyline for Kitty's mother would go and on that front, I was…

Death at the President’s Lodging (Sir John Appleby #1) by Michael Innes

It took me a long time to read this slim volume. It was a hectic time that I tried to squeeze this in, and it is not meant to be read in the speed that I did. I know this for a fact because there were times when I slowed down and realised I was…

The Lady Vanishes by Ethel Lina White

This is one of the books suggested to me which I listed in Books I was recommended. It was one of the last batch of books I got from the HK library. I had not heard of this book or seen it on the screen in any form. The start of the book was slow going.…

The Fire Thief by Debra Bokur

This book is a cross between a police procedural and a cozy mystery. It is supposed to be at least; however, it works better as an immersive experience of Hawaiian culture. It has a dual person narrative which could have been tapered to a single person if the focus was only on the mystery, but…