If you're a Murder She Wrote fan and are missing Jessica Fletcher and Cabot Cove, and if you're eagerly awaiting the movie with Jamie Lee Curtis, then I have the perfect way for you to pass the time until it's here ... Julia Bird of Berrywick is the answer! Cozy mystery is even better at... Continue Reading →
BOOKS-ON-TOUR: Did You See Evie by Miranda Smith
Blurb: I blink awake to the sound of whispering, and look around. Automatically, I do a count. And then I am upright, my heart racing. I count again. “Girls,” I say, trying to sound calm. “Did you see Evie?” It was meant to be a celebration. A team sleepover in the school gymnasium: movies, pizza,... Continue Reading →
BOOKS ON TOUR – A Village Theatre Murder (Julia Bird Mysteries #7) by Katie Gayle
Happy Publication Day! Congratulations to Katie Gayle - Kate Sidley and Gail Schimmel - on this, number seven in the Julia Bird Mystery series. Once again, we return to the Cotswold village of Berrywick, where Julia Bird thought she would retire peacefully and live a quiet country life, away from the bright lights and stresses... Continue Reading →
BOOKS-ON-TOUR – Murder On A Country Walk (Julia Bird Mysteries #6) by Katie Gayle
I was thrilled to return to the charming village of Berrywick in the English Cotswolds with this, the 6th in the Julia Bird series of cosy mysteries. Once again, Julia and her beloved chocolate lab, Jake are on the trail of a murderer after they discover not one, but two bodies at the bottom of... Continue Reading →
Antiques seem to be the latest popular sub-category in the cosy mystery genre of books. And it seems that there's a lot of interesting, historical research behind it all, which makes it quite understandable that it would make for some exciting plot-lines! In The Antique Store Detective, buried treasure, which always seemed quite fantastical, becomes... Continue Reading →
BOOKS-ON-TOUR – The Bridal Party by Maria Frankland
So happy to be here on the first day of the Books-on-Tour for The Bridal Party! If ever there was a cautionary tale of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer, or choosing your bridal party with the greatest care ... then this must be it! Weddings are meant to be happy occasions and... Continue Reading →
BOOKS-ON-TOUR – The Baby by A J McDine
It's always so interesting to read a story that's being told by an unreliable narrator. It's even better when that narrator's character has been written so well, that they're completely likeable, like Lucy, the narrator in The Baby ... Blurb: There’s a baby in your house. It isn’t yours…The day I was told I’d never be able to have a child, my world came crashing... Continue Reading →
BOOKS-ON-TOUR – Bride and Groom by Rona Halsell
If you're looking for a page-turning, fast-reading thriller that you just can't put down, then you've come to the right place. Once again, Rona Halsell doesn't disappoint! It's the final day of the blog tour today ... Blurb: Walking down the aisle in the packed church, sunlight glints off my ivory silk gown. This should... Continue Reading →
BOOKS-ON-TOUR: Mother of the Bride by Samantha Hayes
I love that feeling of edginess I get when I'm reading a book, trying to guess at the outcome, while trying to figure things out as I go along ... and getting it wrong every time! I kicked myself so many times during this one. I had this niggly feeling at the back of my... Continue Reading →
BOOKS ON TOUR – A Country Wedding Murder by Katie Gayle
Congratulations to Katie Gayle - Kate Sidley and Gail Schimmel! Yesterday was publication day, and this is Day Two of the blog tour for A Country Wedding Murder (Julia Bird #5)! It's always an enormous thrill for me to do a blog tour for a South African author - but when it's two authors at... Continue Reading →