A Wytch's Book Review Blog

Tudor Monastery Farm (Period Farms) by Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman , Tom Pinfold

Ruth Goodman and Peter Ginn have become familiar faces on BBC2 after their hugely popular and immersive time-travelling experiments, Victorian, Edwardian and Wartime Farm. But for their fourth series, and our accompanying book, they have joined forces with Tom Pinfold to take on their biggest challenge yet: going back to Tudor England to endure the harsh realities of working for an Abbey Farm.Peter, Ruth and Tom are trained historians, driven by new research and discovery. They are passionate about bringing period details to life, and they do that for us by comprehensively inhabiting the era for months, using only materials, tools and technology available at the time, to earn their living, celebrate their holidays, clothe and feed themselves and their families. Follow them as they discover how to build a pigsty, brew their own ale, forge their own machinery and keep a Tudor household. Scrupulously researched, totally authentic and with its own contemporary narrative playing out within an accurate reconstruction of Tudor England, this is a fantastic glimpse into history, as it was lived. This is set to be Peter, Ruth and Tom’s most ambitious historical assignment yet.

These are fun series to watch and reading the accompanying books allows you to see some of the back stories and also some of the items that didn't make it into the series, they are a light hearted but informative read and well worth a dip into on a regular basis!

Claws for Celebration (Cat Lady Mysteries #3) by Linda Reilly

Whisker Jog, New Hampshire, celebrates all things Christmas, and few things are more beloved than the town’s annual holiday cookie competition. Lara Caphart, who runs the High Cliff Shelter for Cats with her Aunt Fran, is waiting for the green light for a brand-new category: pet-friendly cookies. But when the woman filling in as a last-minute judge dies after sampling someone’s Santa-themed treat, Lara’s recipe for healthy cat snacks will have to be put on the back burner.
 
The victim, Gladys Plouffe, was the town’s roundly despised former home economics teacher. The chief suspect is the mother of Lara’s best friend, who was hellbent on walking away with the bake-off’s cash prize. Cryptic clues from beyond the grave only deepen the mystery, pointing to a cat with striking blue eyes—a cat who bears an uncanny resemblance to Lara’s mysterious Ragdoll. As Lara begins a dangerous game of cat and mouse, not even her significant other may be able to stop a perfectly clawful killer from getting away with the purr-fect crime . . .

Linda Reilly has done it again, she draws you into the story and you just can't stop reading!  In this Cat Lady Mystery we have the local flour mill who sponsor a Christmas baking contest, with a rather nice cash prize as the icing on the cookie, this year Lara hopes they will accept her idea to have a catagory for cookies for animals, sadly it isn't to be and so she (and Fran) decide to just sell the Feline cookies to raise extra money for the shelter.  This year the current owner/CEO of the mill has come to see what is happening (he was brought up by his grandparents, the previous owners), but things start to go wrong, Lara is warned off talking to the owner by his PA come significant other, there is a death, people want cute kittens for Christmas presents and Lara's BFF's mother is accused of murder!

Now Lara needs to untangle the clues in the hope that everyone can have a Merry Christmas.

Love on the Rocks (Cobble Cove Mystery Book 4) by Debbie De Louise

It’s February in the small town of Cobble Cove. Love is in the air . . . but so is murder!

When Alicia helps plan a Valentine’s Day Party at the Cobble Cove library that also includes a surprise for her newlywed friend, Gilly, things go wrong when a mysterious box of chocolates addressed to the director turns out laced with poison.

Clues Lead to A Dead Suspect

Although Alicia promised John she’ll no longer meddle in crime investigations, she and Gilly set out to find the person threatening Sheila who murdered the courier of the deadly candy. The three people they suspect include the professor from California who’s been romancing Sheila while she assists him with research for his book; the obnoxious patron Rhonda Kleisman who threw coffee at the director after refusing to pay for a damaged book; and a visiting widow staying at Gilly’s inn who’s unnaturally curious about Sheila and earns the nickname of Madame Defarge for her interest in knitting.

New Cat in Town

While Alicia and Gilly are trying to solve this new Cobble Cove mystery, Sneaky is introduced to Gilly’s new kitten, Kittykai, a calico she brought home from her honeymoon in Hawaii. It’s not like at first sight, but the two cats eventually become friends. They also both play a part in foiling the killer’s murder attempts, but will Alicia and Sheila survive unscathed?

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The characters from Debbie De Louise’s Cobble Cove cozy mysteries gather in the Cobble Cove library to celebrate the holidays. Each character receives a gift from the author, and Alicia, the main character, reads some excerpts from the first book, A Stone’s Throw, and the new release, Between a Rock and a Hard Place.

It will be free from Thursday, December 13 to Monday, December 17!

An Interview With A Character

What is your full name?

Alicia Fairmont McKinney, but I no longer use my maiden name, Fairmont.

What is your Profession?

Librarian and mystery author

What is your current favourite book or movie?  

Love on the Rocks, the latest book I’m in, of course.

What is your go to comfort book or movie?

I don’t mean to toot my own horn, but as the co-author of the Groucho Marx cozy mysteries, I’d say it’s Written in Stone, our 2nd book of the series that just happens to be the name of the 3rd Cobble Cove mystery by our author. It may seem strange that this book gives me comfort because I almost got killed because of it, but I’m here to tell the story.

If someone was to play you in a movie who would it be? OR what would be the character you would want to be in a book?  

I’m already a character in a book, but if I could be another, I think I’d like to be Alice in Wonderland because I’m very curious, I love to have tea, and I adore cats so would cherish the Cheshire cat. I also like to play chess. John and I enjoy a game once in a while.

What is your ideal evening?

At home with my husband, John, reading books to our twin toddlers. After putting them to bed, having tea together in our living room with the fireplace lit and talking about our day and the next chapter of the mystery we’re co-writing.

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

December 10 – Mallory Heart’s Cozies – REVIEW

December 10 – 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, &, Sissy, Too! – SPOTLIGHT

December 11 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

December 12 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – GUEST POST

December 13 – T’s Stuff – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

December 14 – My Reading Journeys – CHARACTER GUEST POST

December 15 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

December 15 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT

December 16 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

December 16 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 17 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT

December 17 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 18 – Socrates’ Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 19 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW

To Fetch a Thief: Four Fun "Tails" of Theft and Murder (Mutt Mysteries #1) by Teresa Inge, Jayne Ormerod, Heather Weidner, Rosemary Shomaker

TO FETCH A THIEF, the first Mutt Mysteries collection, features four novellas that have gone to the dogs. In this howling good read, canine companions help their owners solve crimes and right wrongs. These sleuths may be furry and low to the ground, but their keen senses are on high alert when it comes to sniffing out clues and digging up the truth. Make no bones about it, these pup heroes will steal your heart as they conquer ruff villains.

An Interview With A Character

Heather Weidner:

What is your full name? My name is Darby, and I am a brown and white Jack Russell Terrier who lives with my humans in their new house in Chesterfield County, Virginia.

What is your Profession? I am a stay-at-home dog. My job is to be there for my humans and to keep watch on the house. I protect them from joggers, kids on bikes, and squirrels.

What is your current favourite book or movie? I love snuggling with my humans when they read or watch movies. I’m partial to dog stories.

What is your go to comfort book or movie? I’m flexible. As long as there is snuggling and snacks, I love reading and movie watching time. I like the reruns of “Wishbone.” He’s a handsome JRT.

If someone was to play you in a movie who would it be? OR what would be the character you would want to be in a book? I would love to be in the reboot of “Wishbone.” I’m an excellent detective. I helped my human find things left in our new house by the previous owner. And I also helped solve the mystery, if I do say so myself.

What is your ideal evening? After a big dinner of kibble and chicken or tuna, I like to stretch out on the couch with my humans. I like snuggles and warm blankets. I also like snacks. Just about anything will do, but my favorites are cheese and popcorn.

Jayne Ormerod:

What is your full name? Martha Elizabeth Gordon, but I go by Meg. I’m featured in Jayne Ormerod’s cozy mystery “It’s a Dog Gone Shame!” in To Fetch a Thief, Four Fun “Tails” of Theft and Murder . . .

What is your Profession? I am the publisher behind six glossy neighborhood magazines that focus on the people, the pets, and the homes that make each area unique. That allows me to mostly stay at home, and offers flexible hours so I can track down thieves and killers.

What is your current favourite book or movie? The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer. I saw the movie before I read the book. The book is better, in my opinion.  

What is your go to comfort book or movie? “A Christmas Story.” I watch it at least a dozen times every holiday season, and might sneak it in once or twice during the summer months.

If someone was to play you in a movie who would it be? OR what would be the character you would want to be in a book? I would be flattered if Kate Hudson played me in the movie.

What is your ideal evening? Snuggled up on the couch with my dog Cannoli, eating Milano cookies and binging The Great British Bake Off:

Rosemary Shomaker:

What is your full name? I’m Adam Moreland, the main character in Rosemary Shomaker’s “This is Not a Dog Park” novella in To Fetch a Thief.

What is your Profession? I’ve got a degree in Economics and have a job in the state’s Economic Development Authority. I thought my degree and the position were a match made in heaven, but I was wrong, mainly because Larry Albert is a donkey of a boss.

What is your current favorite book or movie? I’m a baseball fan, so Bull Durham, The Rookie, and Field of Dreams feature as favorite movies, but Moneyball, by far is my favorite, given my baseball and economics interests.

What is your go to comfort book or movie? Shall I really admit this? For comfort, I fire up episodes of The Great British Baking Show. Food is great comfort. Hmm. Eighty-three year old British food writer Mary Berry reminds me of my mother but nicer. That’s odd. My mom’s people were Scots from Clan Douglass.

If someone was to play you in a movie who would it be? OR what would be the character you would want to be in a book? As a book character, I’d like to be Paul Atreides in Frank Herbert’s Dune books. Wow. He rises from the young son of a duke and a Bene Gesserit leader to toss in his lot with the Fremen the planet Arrakis (Dune) which is the only known source of a the “spice” drug. Later a religion is founded in his name. It’s a riveting sci-fi epic tale. Don’t ask me details. I need to reread the series! Suffice it to say that I relate to Paul because of the internal struggles he faces, his wavering confidence, and his tormented indecision.

What is your ideal evening? Here’s my ideal evening: playing catch with my dog, meeting a friend to play tennis, grabbing a quick curry takeout meal, and eating it at home in the company of my dog and my tennis buddy. Who’s with me in this? Got any curry restaurants to recommend?

Teresa Inge:

What is your full name? Teresa Inge

What is your Profession? Mystery writer and administrative professional.

What is your current favorite book or movie? I am currently reading Murder Most Fermented by Christine E. Blum. It’s a great wine mystery!

What is your go to comfort book or movie? I love Bringing up Baby. A 1938 screwball comedy with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant.  It’s my favorite movie of all time.

If someone was to play you in a movie who would it be? OR what would be the character you would want to be in a book? I would want to be a female spy. I always play it in safe in life so this would be thrilling!

What is your ideal evening? Writing with a glass of wine and spending time with my husband and dogs Luke and Lena by our side.

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

December 10 – Reading Is My SuperPower – GUEST POST

December 10 – Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 10 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

December 11 – Cozy Up With Kathy – CHARACTER GUEST POST

December 11 – Handcrafted Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 12 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW

December 12 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

December 13 – The Book Decoder – REVIEW

December 13 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

December 14 – Mallory Heart’s Cozies – REVIEW

December 15 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – CHARACTER GUEST POST

December 15 – Varietats – REVIEW

December 16 – T’s Stuff – SPOTLIGHT

December 16 – Lori’s Reading Corner – GUEST POST

December 17 – Here’s How It Happened – REVIEW

December 17 – The Book’s the Thing – GUEST POST

December 18 – Rosepoint Publishing – REVIEW

December 18 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

December 19 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

December 19 – StoreyBook Reviews – REVIEW

December 20 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT, RECIPE – DOG TREAT

December 20 – Cassidy’s Bookshelves – GUEST POST

December 20 – Maureen’s Musings – REVIEW

December 20 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT

December 21 – Socrates’ Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 21 – Sneaky the Library Cat’s Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

December 21 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

One Taste Too Many (Sarah Blair Mystery #1) by Debra H. Goldstein

For culinary challenged Sarah Blair, there's only one thing scarier than cooking from scratch--murder!

Married at eighteen, divorced at twenty-eight, Sarah Blair reluctantly swaps her luxury lifestyle for a cramped studio apartment and a law firm receptionist job in the tired hometown she never left. With nothing much to show for the last decade but her feisty Siamese cat, RahRah, and some clumsy domestic skills, she's the polar opposite of her bubbly twin, Emily--an ambitious chef determined to take her culinary ambitions to the top at a local gourmet restaurant . . .

Sarah knew starting over would be messy. But things fall apart completely when her ex drops dead, seemingly poisoned by Emily's award-winning rhubarb crisp. Now, with RahRah wanted by the woman who broke up her marriage and Emily wanted by the police for murder, Sarah needs to figure out the right recipe to crack the case before time runs out. Unfortunately, for a gal whose idea of good china is floral paper plates, catching the real killer and living to tell about it could mean facing a fate worse than death--being in the kitchen!

Includes quick and easy recipes!

Character Guest Post

Observations from RahRah as told to Debra H. Goldstein

My name is RahRah. I was born in New Orleans. When I was a kitten, Mother Blair pulled me out of the hurricane’s swirling waters just before I drowned. She told anyone who would listen that I’d used up one of my nine lives. Because of that, she was going to name me after the storm, but once she realized I was a boy, she decided instead to call me RahRah.

Because her New Orleans home was destroyed, we moved to Baton Rouge. That’s where we both thought we would live out our lives, but her son, William Taft Blair, had a different idea. He decided because Mother Blair was getting old, we needed to move near him and his wife, Sarah, in Wheaton, Alabama. As he explained, he’d found a property that was perfect for all of us. While Bill and Sarah made their home in the big house fronting Main Street, there was a carriage house for Mother Blair and me to share. The idea was we’d be close to Bill and Sarah, but still far enough away that Bill’s allergy to me wouldn’t bother him. It worked. Bill kept his distance from the carriage house, but Sarah grew close to Mother Blair and me.

It was a sad day when Bill announced he wanted a divorce because he’d fallen in love with a woman Sarah refers to as Bimbo. Sarah had to move into an efficiency apartment, but I still saw her occasionally when she visited Mother Blair. I didn’t know what was going to happen to me when Mother Blair died just before their divorce was finalized. I could have been sent to a not very pleasant place because of Bill’s cat allergy, but happily, when he asked Sarah to take me, she immediately agreed. Her apartment may not be as lavish, but she certainly loves me.

Right now, our lives are in an uproar. Someone murdered Bill last night and the police think Emily, Sarah’s twin, did it. Sarah is determined to prove Emily’s innocence, but everyone is throwing up roadblocks. If that wasn’t enough, Bimbo, after breaking up Sarah’s marriage, is trying to take me away from Sarah. I have a lot of ideas what we could do to Bimbo. Do you have any we should consider?

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

December 3 – Book Babble – REVIEW

December 3 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT

December 4 – Mallory Heart’s Cozies – REVIEW, GUEST POST  

December 5 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – CHARACTER GUEST POST

December 6 – Sneaky the Library Cat’s Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

December 6 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW

December 7 – Christa Reads and Writes – REVIEW

December 7 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 8 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

December 8 – Here’s How It Happened – SPOTLIGHT

December 9 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

December 9 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 10 – StoreyBook Reviews – REVIEW

December 10 – Readeropolis – SPOTLIGHT

December 11 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

December 11 –A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER GUEST POST

December 12 – Moonlight Rendezvous – REVIEW, GUEST POST

December 12 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW, GUEST POST 

December 13 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

December 13 – A Holland Reads – SPOTLIGHT

December 14 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW

December 14 – Cinnamon, Sugar and a Little Bit of Murder – REVIEW, RECIPE

December 15 – Cassidy’s Bookshelves – REVIEW

December 15 – Socrates’ Book Reviews – REVIEW

December 16 – Melina’s Book Blog – REVIEW

December 16 – Bibliophile Reviews – REVIEW, GUEST POST

Cozy Holiday Escapes: Warm Seasonal Short Stories by Bestselling Mystery Authors for Cold Winter Nights by Ritter Ames, Karen Cantwell, Carolyn Haines, Leslie O'Kane, Joanna Campbell Slan, Maria Grazia Swan

Eight light holiday short stories by six bestselling mystery authors--

"How the Finches Stole Christmas" by Karen Cantwell, a new story in the popular Barbara Marr series. When a new couple moves down the block and Christmas decorations begin disappearing, Barbara investigates in her own humorous way.

"Organized for Christmas Wishes" by Ritter Ames is a Kate McKenzie Organized Mysteries short story. Kate and Meg sign up for a cookie exchange, and find a new mystery to solve.

"Cara Mia Delgatto’s White Christmas" by Joanna Campbell Slan, a short story in the Cara Mia Delgatto series. Cara spends Christmas with her new friends in Florida and learns what a recycled, upcycled, repurposed Christmas can mean.

"Bones on the Bayou" by Carolyn Haines, a Sarah Booth Delaney short story. A hometown Christmas event is tarnished by a practical joke, and Sarah Booth Delaney investigates after a foreign visitor goes missing.

"Christmas in Venice" by Maria Grazia Swan. Amanda finds she has to do more than pet-sitting over the Christmas holidays when Matilda the tortoise goes missing.

"A Dog-Gone Christmas" by Leslie O’Kane, an Allie Babcock short mystery. Allie Babcock and her mom are at the airport, heading for a holiday away from home, when Allie notices a dog-switch and has to find a celebrity’s canine.

"Kiki Lowenstein and the Secret Santa" by Joanna Campbell Slan, a Kiki Lowenstein scrapbook story. Kiki and her scrapbook pals think they’re just having fun with a holiday scrapping party, but there’s more to the Christmas story.

"Seasonal Switches" by Ritter Ames, a brand new Bodies of Art Mysteries story. Laurel Beacham stops a Christmas crime, and may be gifted something she’s wanted for months--and almost given up on receiving.

A fun set of novella's/short stories which allow you to discover new authors quickly and easily or in the case of a couple of the authors new series to add to my ever expanding TBR list! The fact that these are all seasonal just added to the fun.

Scream Muddy Murder (Big Lake Murder Mysteries Book 3) by Lesley A. Diehl

EMILY RHODES DOES IT AGAIN! This time she nosedives into a mud puddle at a Seminole War battle reenactment and finds she’s sharing the muck with a dead body. As usual the hunky detective she loves to aggravate, Stanton Lewis, cautions her against getting involved in the case, and as usual she ignores him. Emily’s sleuthing pays off, revealing disturbing information about the victim’s past. Is it the reason behind his murder? With the help of her family and friends, Emily sets out to uncover secrets kept too long and puts herself and the people she loves in the killer’s path. Too late she realizes Detective Lewis was right. Her snoopiness proves to be a deadly idea.

An Interview With A Character

What is your full name?

Stanton Lewis

What is your Profession?

I have been a detective with the local police force for ten years. I grew up in rural Florida and returned here from Brunswick, Georgia when my wife and I separated. I’m glad to be back home where I know everyone and am known by everyone. I do find dealing with the winter visitors who flock in here each season to be problematic. They drive too fast, over fish the lake and act like rural Florida can be used as a garbage dump. Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but when you deal with as many people breaking the law as I do, you get somewhat pessimistic. Emily Rhodes, the woman I love and also find aggravating, says I see the world through the eye of a cop, meaning, I tend to see the worst in people. If anyone can cure me of that, she can.

What is your current favourite book or movie?

The unpredictable hours of my job give me little time to read anything. I can barely catch a program on television. When I do sit down and put up my feet, I usually fall asleep in front of some program I really have no interest in anyway. It seems to be that most programs are aimed at a younger audience and the cop shows for a cop like me are full of errors and unrealistic. Besides, I get enough cop stuff at work.

If someone was to play you in a movie who would it be? OR what would be the character you would want to be in a book?

You know that guy who played Longmire on Netflix? He could do a good job of playing me. He’s old enough, rugged enough and handsome enough.

What is your ideal evening?

A bottle of beer in one hand and the other around the shoulder of the woman I love. And then later, well we’ll see.

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

December 7 – Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 8 – Mallory Heart’s Cozies – REVIEW

December 9 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

December 10 – T’s Stuff – SPOTLIGHT, RECIPE POST

December 10 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT

December 11 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – CHARACTER GUEST POST

December 12 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

December 13 – FUONLYKNEW – REVIEW

December 14 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 15 – MJB Reviewers – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

December 16 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW

December 17 – Devilishly Delicious Book Reviews – REVIEW

December 18 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – CHARACTER GUEST POST

December 19 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT  

December 19 – Books Direct – GUEST POST

December 20 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT

December 20 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

Wedding Duress (A Southern Sewing Circle #10) by Elizabeth Lynn Casey

Librarian Tori Sinclair is tying the knot—as long as a murder doesn’t unravel her plans…

Tori is ecstatic to become Mrs. Milo Wentworth in a few days, but she has a lot to do before she sashays down the aisle. Favors need to be sewn, vows need to be written—and a mystifying murder needs to be solved.

When Beatrice, a fellow member of the Sweet Briar Ladies Society Sewing Circle, learns that her former nanny took a fatal fall in her new employers’ home, she suspects the death was not an accident. Now Tori’s spending her last days as a single woman untangling rumors and stitching together motives to find a killer. But can she nab a murderer and make it to the church on time?

Tori is counting down the days until her marriage to Milo takes place, she has a to-do list for the final arrangements but wasn't expecting a couple of extra items to end up on it! So, get vows to the Minister, check, pick up rings, check, solve a murder and stop Leona being ostracized by the rest of the sewing group (including Leona's sister) ...... err, WHAT?!

When Leona takes a swipe (verbally) at Rose on Leona's Closet (her new cable show), the rest of the sewing group are seething and the fact that Leona can't seem to see what she has done wrong has made it worse, it seems that trying to figure out who killed a nanny is the least of Tori's problems, but with the help of Margaret Louise (and Charles from New York) she will do her best.  Getting people to forgive Leona could be a little more tricky though.

Taken In (A Southern Sewing Circle #9) by Elizabeth Lynn Casey

When a trip to the Big Apple ends in murder, the sewing circle searches for a killer who’s rotten to the core. . .

Winning an appearance on a top-rated, New York based morning show means the trip of a lifetime for librarian Tori Sinclair and the Sweet Briar Ladies Society Sewing Circle. Anxious to experience Manhattan with her friends, Tori is less than excited when fellow member Dixie Dunn opts to use the vacation as an opportunity to rendezvous with a man she met online.
 
Still, Tori never imagined her friend would be taken in by a con man specializing in scamming vulnerable older women—or that Dixie would be arrested for his murder.
 
Now, as the sewing circle goes up against Gotham’s elite to prove Dixie’s innocence, they will have to unravel tangled secrets and alibis, patch together a mess of clues, and put a clever killer in the city’s hottest spotlight . . .

Elizabeth Lynn Casey has done it again, and this time she has managed to arrange a murder in the Big Apple which means the Sweet Briar Ladies are well and truly out of their comfort zone.  After the group won a competition the majority of the sewing circle have headed to New York (minus Georgina who has meeting as Mayor she can't rearrange, and Melissa who has a new baby), everything seems to be going well, even Dixie's meet up with a man she met on-line (which has startled Leona as apparently when they spy on the couple she recognises the man and he is someone who tends to prey on wealthy, older women and whilst Dixie is more mature she isn't wealthy!)

Sadly the man ends up dead (pushed to his death), the problem is Dixie is arrested for the murder! With no recourse to their usual outlets the Ladies Sewing Circle think they are stymied, luckily they meet someone who is prepared to help get Dixie out of jail and back to Sweet Briar with the rest of them.

With a Little Bit of Blood (An Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery #4) by D.E. Ireland

n the fourth book from the Agatha Award nominated writing team of D.E. Ireland, famous literary characters Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins find they may have brought trouble with them when they attend a country house party in With A Little Bit of Blood.

Eliza is not happy when Higgins buys a snazzy roadster. Her misgivings prove correct when he becomes injured in a motor car crash. Forced to play nursemaid, Eliza is thrilled to accept an invitation to a house party from Lord Ashmore and his bride, the former Clara Eynsford-Hill. But upon their arrival at Banfield Manor, Eliza is dismayed to see her sweetheart Freddy arm in arm with a beautiful actress. Higgins is shocked to learn the woman who once stalked him is also attending the party. Things grow even worse when spiritualist Madame Evangeline arrives and warns of impending danger. Her prediction comes true when someone is killed during the following day’s shoot in the forest.

Higgins and Eliza suspect it wasn’t an accident, but murder. Every guest hides a dark secret that involved the dead man. But who hated him more? The French aviator, the American cinema actress, a lady novelist, the Austrian count, or a knighted explorer of the Amazon? Madame Evangeline’s séance may reveal what is really going on. But her cryptic words deepen the mystery, especially after another guest turns up dead.

Who is behind these murders? And has Higgins himself been targeted? As the day of the fox hunt begins, it seems likely that more than the fox will die. Before that happens, Eliza and the Professor must discover who may have a little bit of blood on their hands.

About the Authors

D.E. Ireland is the pseudonym of long time friends and award-winning authors, Meg Mims and Sharon Pisacreta. In 2013 they decided to collaborate on a unique series based on George Bernard Shaw’s witty play Pygmalion, which also inspired the classic musical My Fair Lady. At work on Book Four of their Agatha nominated series, they also pursue separate writing careers. Currently, both of them write cozy mysteries for Kensington under their respective pen names: Sharon Farrow with her Berry Basket series, and Meg Macy with her Shamelessly Adorable Teddy Bear series. The two Michigan authors have patient husbands, brilliant daughters, and share a love of tea, books, and history.

Website: www.deireland.com

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WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD TOUR PARTICIPANTS

December 5 – Mallory Heart's Cozies – REVIEW

December 5 – Handcrafted Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 6 – Babs Book Bistro – REVIEW

December 6 – Valerie's Musings – REVIEW

December 7 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW

December 7 – A Wytch's Book Review Blog – SPOTLIGHT

December 8 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW

December 8 – Laura's Interests – SPOTLIGHT

December 9 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 10 – Celticlady's Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

December 10 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – SPOTLIGHT

December 11 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW

December 11 – Here's How It Happened – SPOTLIGHT

December 12 – Jane Reads – REVIEW

December 12 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT