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A Charming Cure (Magical Cures Mystery #2) by Tonya Kappes

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Psychic June Heal's homeopathic cure shop, A Charming Cure, is the most popular shop in the unusual little town of Whispering Falls, Kentucky.

Cures and trouble...

June is about to learn she has more than psychic abilities when she attends Hidden Hall, A Spiritualist University, leaving her shop in the hands of handsome sheriff Oscar Park.
Hidden Hall has an internal war between the Good-Siders and the Dark-Siders, putting June in the middle.

Magic stirs...

Hidden Hall is riddled with every type of spiritualist. Magic is lurking around every corner, even black-magic.
Unfortunately, the Ultimate Spell gets into the wrong hands. But it is only discovered after a few spiritualists go missing or end up poisoned to death.

And troubles double...

Madam Torres, June's crystal ball, reveals that A Charming Cure is in shambles along with the rest of Whistpering Falls.
Will June figure out who has the Ultimate Spell and stop them before they destroy the entire spiritualist community.

Another fun book from Tonya Kappes, in this one June is settled into her new (old) shop dishing out healing potions cough sorry Homeopathic cures cough (after all everyone knows that witchcraft doesn't exist!), only to discover that she needs to go back to school! She can either go for a series of 4 day intensive courses or a year long course, having picked the former she leaves Sheriff Oscar in charge of the shop (having stocked up) and headed off with Madam Torres (her crystal ball) and her Fairy God Cat Mr Prince Charming, June's problems start on day 1 though, when a potion poisons another student (not one of June's it must be said), and she discovers there is a conflict between the Dark and Light, with the Dark wanting the ultimate spell so they can run everything.

Now June needs to save the student who drank the poison, sort out where the professor who made it is, figure out who is on her side and who isn't - oh and put everything back to rights in Whispering Falls, no stress there then!

Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by B.J. Fogg, Doug Abrams

When it comes to change, TINY IS MIGHTY. Start with two pushups a day, not a two-hour workout; or five deep breaths each morning rather than an hour of meditation. In TINY HABITS, B.J. Fogg brings his experience coaching more than 40,000 people to help you lose weight, de-stress, sleep better, or achieve any goal of your choice.  You just need Fogg’s behavior formula: make it easy, make it fit your life, and make it rewarding. Whenever you get in your car, take one yoga breath. Smile.  Whenever you get in bed, turn off your phone. Give yourself a high five.  
 
Change can be easy—once it starts, it grows.  Let B.J. Fogg show you exactly how.

A fascinating look at how to improve your life in very small steps! I like the ideas that just changing one very small thing can gradually snowball. it also stresses the fact that what you think you want to change may not be the case, or at least not the first thing that needs to change, certainly something to think about and implement!

Dead Week (A Cassandra Sato Mystery Book 2) by Kelly Brakenhoff

Will Dead Week kill Cassandra's career?
 
VP of Student Affairs Cassandra Sato has a desk full of problems and it's not even Thanksgiving break.

Cassandra's new boss talks to her dead husband. Cassandra's mentor thinks he's a superhero in a senior citizen's body. And Cassandra, recently moved from Hawai'i, can't crack the code of what to wear during November in Nebraska. 

Cassandra faces end of semester pranks, stray dogs, winter storms, and viral news stories in her fight for justice for a group of student activists. But that's nothing compared to the wrath of a Helicopter Mom!

If you like academic cozy mysteries with funny BFFs, hilarious student shenanigans, and small town drama, you'll like this series.

Kelly Brakenhoff has done it again, another brilliant book that keeps you guessing until the end!

Cassandra Sato has started to settle into her new job, although the weather leaves much to be desired! Changes are afoot however, her boss has retired and an interim president has been appointed, the problem is that Dr Winter seems bent on removing some of the diversity changes that have been set up, meaning that the ones that Cassandra and her friend Meg are hoping to introduce wont happen either.  Even this fades into insignificance though when a partially deaf student (Rachel Nargle) ends up in the hospital, supposedly because she fell on the ice - although she claims to have been pushed! The problem is this particular student has a "helicopter Mom" and now Cassandra has visions of Morton University being sued, especially when Rachel is targeted again.

The more Cassandra digs, the more she realises that all the seems to link back to a tragic death 40 years ago, before she loses her job or her life Cassandra is determined to get justice for Rachel and the dead woman she is eerily like.

 

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

January 20 – The Ninja Librarian – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 20 – Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

January 21 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW  

January 21 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

January 22 – Cassidy’s Bookshelves – SPOTLIGHT

January 22 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 22 – The Layaway Dragon – REVIEW

January 23 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT

January 23 – Brooke Blogs– SPOTLIGHT, RECIPE

January 23 – I Read What You Write – REVIEW

January 24 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 24 – Jane Reads – GUEST POST

January 25 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT

January 25 – Baroness’ Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT

January 26 – Cozy Up With Kathy – GUEST POST

January 26 – Diane Reviews Books – SPOTLIGHT

January 27 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW

January 27 – Laura`s Interests  – SPOTLIGHT

January 28 – Book Club Librarian – REVIEW

January 28 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 29 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT

January 29 – My Journey Back – SPOTLIGHT, RECIPE  

January 29 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW

January 29 – Reading Authors Network – REVIEW

Through the Nethergate by Roberta Eaton Cheadle

Can one girl banish evil?

Margaret, a girl born with second sight, has the unique ability to bring ghosts trapped between Heaven and Hell back to life. When her parents die suddenly, she goes to live with her beloved grandfather but the cellar of her grandfather’s ancient inn is haunted by an evil spirit of its own.

In the town of Bungay, a black dog wanders the streets, enslaving the ghosts of those who have died unnatural deaths. When Margaret arrives, these phantoms congregate at the inn, hoping she can free them from the clutches of Hugh Bigod, the 12th century ghost who has drawn them away from Heaven’s White Light in his canine guise.

With the help of her grandfather and the spirits she has befriended, Margaret sets out to defeat Hugh Bigod, only to discover he wants to use her for his own ends – to take over Hell itself.

A clever melding of fiction and historical facts.

An Interview With A Character

What is your full name?

My name is Margaret Phillips

What is your Profession?

I am a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl. I have recently moved to Bungay, Suffolk to live in the inn owned by my grandfather. My parents were both killed in a car accident and it was decided that I should rather live with Grandfather in my mother’s hometown than stay in Whitstable with my aunt and cousin. I am academic and achieve high marks at school especially in my favourite subjects of history and English.

What is your current favourite book or movie?

I am currently reading The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. I am interested in historical novels and read a lot of classic books. I am studying Advanced English at school and we are expected to read twelve classic books this year as well as ten plays and watch ten movies. 

What is your go to comfort book or movie?

I don’t watch a lot of movies, but I do enjoy books. My favourite book is Emily of New Moon by LM Montgomery. This has always been my favourite book and is about a young girl who is orphaned and goes to live with her two aunts and an uncle, none of who are married. Her Aunt Elizabeth is strict and inflexible in her approach to childcare and life in general. Emily is creative and enjoys reading and writing, just like I do. I always felt I could relate to her although I didn’t expect to end up an orphan like her. 

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?

Hmmm, that is a difficult question. I can’t think of anyone I would want to play me in a movie. If I could be a character in a book, then I would choose Alice in Wonderland. I really loved some of the strange adventures Alice had in the book, in particular the caucus race and going to the tea party with the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. I loved the idea of the caucus race so much when my mother read me this book as a child, she created my own one with stuffed toys laid out in a circle. There was a stuffed lion, an old teddy bear that had survived a fire, a bunny rabbit, a reindeer my dad bought for me when he travelled to Finland on business and some other toys. 

I also always loved the Mad Hatter. When we had to dress up for World Literacy Day at school when I was younger, my mother and I made a Mad Hatter hat out of cardboard. My mother showed me how to draw the shapes to make the top hat and glue them together. We decorated the hat with teacups and a large fat teapot like the one in the movie of Beauty and the Beast.

What is your ideal evening?

I enjoy going out with my friends. Our favourite relaxation during the day is to go on a picnic in the park. I haven’t done that since I moved to Bungay as I am the new girl at my school and haven’t had time to make a good friend yet. I have missed some school due to being injured in a car accident and I was also kidnapped. 

If I am on my own at home, I like nothing better than to curl up with a good book.

 

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

January 15 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

January 15 – Brooke Blogs – GUEST POST

January 16 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT 

January 16 – I Read What You Write – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST 

January 16 – This Is My Truth Now – REVIEW

January 17 – Literary Gold – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 17 – A Chick Who Reads – REVIEW

January 18 – The Book’s the Thing – REVIEW, GUEST POST

January 18 – Reading Authors – REVIEW

January 19 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT

January 20 – eBook addicts – REVIEW

January 20 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT

January 21 – Ruff Drafts – REVIEW

January 21 – Diary of a Book Fiend – REVIEW

January 22 – Readeropolis – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 23 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

January 23 – Diane Reviews Books – CHARACTER GUEST POST

January 24 – StoreyBook Reviews – GUEST POST

January 24 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

A Charming Crime (Magical Cures Mystery #1) by Tonya Kappes

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June Heal has nothing to lose when she relocates her homeopathic cure shop, A Dose of Darla, from the flea market booth in her home town, to a quaint shop in the cozy but unusual little town of Whispering Falls, Kentucky. Or so it seems.

Cures and trouble...

Whispering Falls has a lot of secrets. From talking snow globes to whispering animals not to mention a few sprinkles of fairy dust, June realizes Whispering Falls is more magical than she thought. . .literally.

Magic stirs...

June discovers she was born into a family of psychics, and her homeopathic cures truly are magical. Unfortunately, they are not magical enough to save her from being the number one murder suspect when a member of the community that she had just had a disagreement with shows up face down in the lake with June’s lucky charm in the victim’s grasp.

And troubles double...

Add to that an attraction to her high school best friend, Sheriff Oscar Park and Mr. Prince Charming, her cat, is stealing charms from Belle’s Baubles, June is forced to clear her name in more ways than murder. After all, they don’t have cauldrons in jail.

The first in a new to me series and I giggled, got frustrated and thoroughly enjoyed the read!

June Heal has taken over her late mother's homeopathy business (A Dose of Darla) and she is trying to improve the products, which unfortunately has led to her burning down her garden shed!  Whilst all this is being sorted she is chatting with her good friend Oscar who mentions and interesting village he has visited, June also goes to have a look and she ends up confused but agreeing to move their, only to discover that there is a shop called A Dose of Darla and it used to be run by her mother!  Now no one will give her a straight answer to any of her questions, but that turns out to be the least of her worries when a rather annoying woman is found drowned, clutching June's charm bracelet!  Now her good friend Oscar is the officer in charge of the murder investigation and all signs point to June being guilty, so she needs to dig deep into her new found paranormal intuition to find out the truth or she wont be mixing up any more cures but instead will be cooking whilst wearing an orange jumpsuit!

Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders (A Woman of WWII Mystery #1) by Tessa Arlen

Summer 1942. The world has been at war for three long and desperate years. In the remote English village of Little Buffenden, the Redfern family's house and farmland has been requisitioned by the War Office as a new airfield for the American Air Force.

The village's Air Raid Warden, twenty something Poppy Redfern, spends her nights patrolling the village and her days writing a novel of passion. It is a far cry from the experience of the other young women in town: within days, two of the village's prettiest girls are dating American airmen and Little Buffenden considers the "Friendly Invasion" to be a success.

But less than a week later, Doreen Newcombe, the baker's daughter; and the popular Ivy Wantage are both found dead. Poppy realizes that her community has been divided by murder, and the mistrust and suspicion of their new American neighbors threatens to tear this town, already grappling with the horrors of war, apart. Poppy decides to start her own investigation, but she soon unearths some unfortunate secrets and long-held grudges. She will have no choice but to lay a trap for a killer so perilously close to home, she might very well become the next victim....

What a wonderful start to a new series!

Poppy Redfern has been in London training as an ARP Warden, she arrives back in Little Buffenden to find her family home has been requisitioned and is now home to a large number of American airmen, the young ladies of the village are thrilled and even Poppy finds herself being squired around by an American by the name of Griff O'Neal, but the detente between the British and the Americans is put under strain when first one, then another village young woman is killed ... killed by an American by all accounts.  Poppy and Griff however think that it isn't that cut and dried and so they start to try and piece together what happened, only to have another young woman attacked (not killed luckily!) and a wedge being driven between Poppy and Griff.

Can they figure out what is going on, and patch together their friendship (and more) or will the Buffenden Strangler strike close to home?

A Frying Shame (Deep Fried Mystery #3) by Linda Reilly

The town of Wrensdale is abuzz with excitement when Steeltop Foods sponsors a cooking contest to promote its new product, the Flavor Dial. With a $25,000 prize at stake, all the contestants are on edge, including Talia Marby, owner of Fry Me A Sliver. She hopes her mini deep-fried apple pies will win her the money to pay off the renovations on her restaurant. But when Norma Ferguson wins with her flaky-top chicken stew, the tensions dial up even more.

After Norma is found dead at her cooking station, the police suspect a losing contestant got a little too hot under the collar. Now it’s crunch time as Talia works to catch the killer and clear her name before another cook gets burned.

In the the third (and sadly final) outing for the deep fried mysteries Talia is elbow deep in batter and murder again!

Talia and others in Wrensdale have entered a cookery competition and when it is whittled down to the last 6 Talia is one of them, sadly she doesn't get into the top three, but a friend of hers (Crystal) from a neighbouring shop does (only to come second), sadly Norma (the winner) doesn't get too long to bask in glory as shortly afterwards she is found dead, and even more worrying than that (from the point of view of Fry Me A Sliver) Lucas one of Talia's staff is also attacked and is now in a coma.  But this is nothing compared to the stunned feeling they have when Crystal is arrested for both crimes.

Now Talia needs to sift the clues, dodge around the Police, try and ignore the fact that her boyfriend seems to drifting away, and find out who attacked two people as she is sure that Crystal didn't, meaning the murderer is walking free and if Lucas comes around and can say who attacked him, well the worrying thing is that the murderer wouldn't allow Lucas to survive!

Dead in Dublin (The Dublin Driver Mysteries #1) by Catie Murphy

Ferrying tourists around Dublin for the Leprechaun Limo Service makes quite a change after years in the military. Still, Megan Malone is enjoying her life in Ireland. She likes the scenery, the easy pace, the quirky, quick-witted locals. Everything--except having one of her clients drop dead at the statue of fabled fishmonger, Molly Malone.

Most restaurant critics notch up their share of enemies. Elizabeth Darr, however, was a well-loved international star. She and her husband, Simon, had just had dinner when Elizabeth collapsed, and spoiled seafood is the first suspect. The restaurant's owner, worried her business is doomed, begs Megan to look into it. Between her irate boss and a handsome Garda who's both amused and annoyed by her persistence, Megan has her hands full even before she's cajoled into taking care of two adorable Jack Russell puppies (which she is almost definitely not keeping). But if cockles and mussels aren't to blame, can Megan find the real culprit . . .before another fishy death occurs?

PHEW! I thought this was going to be a gentle read over a couple of evenings, at 02.00 hours I turned the last page and wanted more!

Megan Malone did 20 years in the US military and she has now ended up in Dublin, renting an apartment and being a driver for the Leprechaun Limo Service and is working one day when she sees one of her clients collapse under the bronze statue of Molly Malone, the client's husband is frantically doing CPR when Megan comes to assist (she was a Medic whilst in service), regrettably they are unable to save Elizabeth and it is now that the story really takes hold.  One of Megan's friends is the chef in the restaurant Elisabeth and Simon Darr had just been eating in and Fionnalla is worried that the restaurant (and more to the point herself!) will be blamed, then there is another death, which is without a doubt murder, and Megan finds herself trying to help Simon Darr, and Elizabeth's parents make sense of what is happening.  Can she do this without stepping on the toes of the Garda (and one Gardai in particular), look after a mama dog and two brand new puppies, oh and keep on the right side of her boss!  Read this and enjoy it, I certainly did!

An Interview With A Character

What is your full name?

Megan Malone! I have a middle name, but it's a secret.

What is your Profession?

I used to be a U.S. military medic and driver, but these days I work for Leprechaun Limos in Dublin, Ireland, and occasionally get entangled in murder mysteries. And by 'occasionally' I mean 'more than once, which is way more than any normal human would'.

What is your current favourite book or movie?

I like old movies, especially anything with Katharine Hepburn, and Alison Weir's history books.

What is your go to comfort book or movie?

You can never go wrong with The Lion in Winter or Alyssa Cole's Reluctant Royals romances.

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?

Apparently I want to be Jessica Fletcher, but I wouldn't want Angela Lansbury to play me. My eyes are less amazing, for one thing, and also: not British.

What is your ideal evening?

Dang, if this was "What's your ideal date" I could say "April 25th," but since you put it that way...pizza and beer at the Gotham Cafe with friends, followed by more beer at the Library Bar, or staying home to be squished by my puppies while I binge the latest season of Grace & Frankie. 

 

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

January 13 – I Read What You Write – REVIEW

January 13 – The Power of Words – REVIEW

January 13 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

January 14 – The Book’s the Thing – REVIEW

January 14 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

January 15 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT

January 15 – Carole’s Book Corner – REVIEW

January 16 – StoreyBook Reviews – CHARACTER GUEST POST

January 16 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT

January 17 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW

January 17 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT

January 17 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – GUEST POST

January 18 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

January 18 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

January 18 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT

January 19 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW

January 20 – The Cozy Pages – REVIEW

January 20 – Diane Reviews Books – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 21 – Melina’s Book Blog – REVIEW

January 21 – ebook addicts – REVIEW

January 21 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW

January 22 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

January 22 – Book Club Librarian – REVIEW  

January 22 – A Holland Reads – REVIEW

Survival Can Be Deadly by Charlotte Stuart

Can a discount P.I. rescue a naive runaway girl from a nefarious survivalist cult? Penny-wise Investigations, “Vigilance you can afford,” is a detective agency conveniently located in a suburban shopping mall. Single mom and recent widow, Cameron Chandler, desperately needs a job. She quickly discovers that her new PhD in liberal arts doesn’t open any doors. When she impulsively applies for and lands a position as a private investigator, she’s both surprised and delighted. To her, it’s not only a paycheck but a job with a sparkle of excitement. It’s a chance to reinvent herself.

Survival Can Be Deadly is a lighthearted mystery/adventure set in Seattle and the San Juan Islands to the north. It is also the story of a woman’s struggle to find new direction after the death of her husband and a lengthy period of unemployment. Cameron’s strong, opinionated mother lives in the top floor apartment of the carriage house she and her two children call home. Her 11-year-old son is a news junkie, and her 13-year-old daughter loves math and agonizes over the shape of her eyebrows. Cameron’s attempts to keep peace with her mother while being a good mother to her own children provides a humorous counterpoint to the very real and unexpected risks she faces in her new job.

Her first assignment at Penny-wise is to locate a runaway girl, something her predecessor had been pursuing before he disappeared. Following in his footsteps, the trail leads to a survivalist camp on a remote island in northern Puget Sound. Armed with only a Swiss Army Knife and her quirky on-the-job training as a suburban sleuth, Cameron uncovers more than she bargained for. She soon finds herself in a fight for her own survival.

An Interview With A Character

What is your full name?

Cameron Chandler. If I have a middle name, no one has told me.

What is your Profession?

Although I got my PhD in order to be a university professor, my liberal arts degree didn’t open any doors. So now I’m a new investigator with Penny-wise Investigations, a discount agency located in a suburban shopping mall. 

What is your current favourite book or movie?

I’m inspired by Stephanie Plum in Janet Evanovich’s series. I would love to be an edgy nonconformist with several boyfriends and no obligations. Not that I don’t love my two children. 

What is your go to comfort book or movie?

There are only a couple of movies I re-watch occasionally – The Secret Garden, Little Women and Kill Bill. Depending obviously on my mood. The first two are so sentimental; I always cry. Kill Bill makes me feel empowered. Now that I think about it, don’t tell anyone I named these as my “go-to comfort movies,” okay? Put me down for Casablanca instead. Or the African Queen. Classics.

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?

In a movie, maybe Emily Blunt or Amy Adams as me. They’re attractive but can be low-key and still engaging. On the other hand, it would be nice to be portrayed with more panache, maybe by Scarlett Johansson at her sassiest best.

What is your ideal evening?

I hate to admit it, but staying home while mom and the kids are out, watching a movie or reading a book with a big bowl of popcorn.

 

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

January 15 – Carla Loves To Read – REVIEW

January 15 – Diane Reviews Books – REVIEW, GUEST POST

January 16 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – SPOTLIGHT

January 16 – Gimme The Scoop Reviews – SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT

January 17 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 18 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

January 19 – Laura’s Interests – SPOTLIGHT

January 20 – Literary Gold – GUEST POST

January 20 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

January 21 – I’m All About Books – SPOTLIGHT

January 21 – Elizabeth McKenna – SPOTLIGHT

January 22 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW

January 22 – Ascroft, eh? – GUEST POST

January 23 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW

January 23 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT

January 24 – Cozy Up WIth Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 24 – I Read What You Write – REVIEW, EXCERPT

January 25 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

January 25 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW

January 26 – StoreyBook Reviews – REVIEW

January 27 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

January 27 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 28 – Socrates Book Reviews – REVIEW

January 28 – Here’s How It Happened – SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT

January 28 – ebook addicts – REVIEW

Hems and Homicide (Apron Shop #1) by Elizabeth Penney

Iris Buckley is sew ready for a change. After the death of her beloved grandfather, Iris decides to stay in her Maine hometown to help out her widowed grandmother, Anne—and bring her online hand-made apron designs to real-time retail life. Her and Anne’s shop, Ruffles & Bows, is set to include all the latest and vintage linen fashions, a studio for sewing groups and classes, and a friendly orange cat. The only thing that they were not planning to have on the property? A skeleton in the basement

Anne recognizes the remains of an old friend, and when a second body shows up in the apron shop—this time their corrupt landlord, whom Anne had been feuding with for decades—she becomes a prime suspect. Now, it’s up to Iris to help clear her name. Enlisting the help of her old high-school crush Ian Stewart who, like certain fabrics, has only gotten better-looking with age and her plucky BFF Madison Morris, Iris must piece together an investigation to find out who the real killer is. . .and find a way to keep her brand-new business from being scrapped in the process.

Phew! I wasn't sure at first if an apron based Cozy would work - how wrong I was! This is a page turner and a half with one heck of a twist at the end!

Iris Buckley was brought up by her Grammie and Papa (her Grandfather) after the untimely death of her parents when she was a pre-teen, she ended up leaving Blueberry Cove for college and then work but when her company downsized at the same time as her Papa had a serious heart attack it seems she was fated to come back.  She had set up an on-line store selling  vintage and reproduction linens so she was able to keep money coming in, after her Papa died though she and Grammie (Anne) decided they would also open a real life - on the high street shop! They have managed to rent a prime spot, mainly because it needs a LOT of work to bring it up to a decent standard, but on their first day in there checking what needs to be done Iris manages to stumble across a skeleton in the basement .... a skeleton her Grammie thinks she recognises.

So the shop has to be put on hold whilst the local and State forces do their thing, the problem is the day they are cleared to go back in Grammie comes across another corpse, and there is no way this one is a cold case.  Now with the State Police looking at Grammie as suspect #1 Iris and her bestie Madison need to track their way through the past as it seems the cold case is linked to the hot case and if they can figure out the former than hopefully Grammie wont be directing the shop from the Big House!

 

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

January 13 – A Blue Million Books – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 13 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT

January 13 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW

January 13 – A Holland Reads – SPOTLIGHT

January 13 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW

January 14 – The Power of Words – REVIEW

January 14 – Mysteries with Character – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 14 – Sneaky the Library Cat’s Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

January 14 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT

January 14 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – SPOTLIGHT

January 15 – eBook Addicts – REVIEW

January 15 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT

January 15 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

January 15 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT

January 15 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW

January 16 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW

January 16 – Baroness’ Book Trove – REVIEW

January 16 – View from the Birdhouse – REVIEW

January 16 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW  

January 16 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

January 17 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW

January 17 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW

January 17 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW

January 17 – TBR Book Blog – REVIEW

January 17 – That’s What She’s Reading – GUEST POST

January 18 – StoreyBook Reviews – REVIEW

January 18 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW

January 18 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT

January 18 – Diane Reviews Books – REVIEW

January 19 – Socrates Book Reviews – REVIEW

January 19 – Lisa Ks Book Review – REVIEW

January 19 – Brooke Blogs – REVIEW

January 19 – I Read What You Write – REVIEW