Death at Hazel House by Betty Rowlands

I am always ready to start a new series, and cozy mysteries have their own allure. When I saw that this was the first of a series I was tempted to request and read it. This introduces Sukey who is a SOCO which translates to being a Scene of crime officer or the person who…

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The Summer Retreat (Moonlight Harbor #3) by Sheila Roberts

My laptop finally got collected ( for replacement due to a hardware glitch)and now I am really having to slot writing my reviews whenever my husband decides to not work on his, which is a very small window. I could just wait and let my reviews pile up but that just is not my style nor is…

The Night Bird (Frost Easton #1) by Brian Freeman

Narrator: Joe Barrett I am always hunting for a series that I can listen using my Kindle Unlimited account because it eliminates the need to choose something to queue up next. It ensures more than a single week of listening. This book was a pretty decent listen, especially since it lays a pretty good groundwork…

The Department of Sensitive Crimes (Detective Varg #1) by Alexander McCall Smith

I am a big fan of the author and his unique take on people and their relationships. That said, this new series based in Sweden is not off to a very great start. The main character is Ulf Vargas and although he is an interesting enough character I found some of the relationships he has…

Mathematical Mysteries 1 &2 by Jonathan Pinnock

It has been a while since I had this book on my virtual shelves and although I found the writing entertaining, something always seemed to come in the way and I did not get around to reading it last year. This year though, I found out that the second book was releasing and thought of…

Call Me Evie by J. P. Pomare

I should start this review by saying that there were parts of this that I did not see coming. It is a relatively short read and packs a lot into that little book. We have one unreliable narrator who is trapped in a house with a man we only know by the name of 'Jim'…

The Girl in the Painting by Renita D’Silva

This is the story of three women. The first is Margaret, the (now) old woman who has lived a full life and whose growth we watch from childhood onwards. There are trials and tragedies that dog her footsteps till she is an adult and tries to make her own path in the world. Even then…

The Ticket to Happiness by Faith Bleasdale

The premise of this tale is interesting, a family caring for a large home which doubles as a hotel and animal sanctuary and a few other things to top it all off. The Singer family is large and three of the four siblings have found their happily ever afters by the time this book comes…