..for the review dump today, I realized this morning that I’ve been way too lazy keeping this updated. Within the last week, I managed to bring myself to only 3 books behind schedule in my Goodreads 2021 reading challenge, and I’m happy about that (at one point I was 9 books behind. Yeesh.). And I’ve finally filled one row on my r/CozyMystery book bingo and overall I’m doing well on completing it on schedule. This Gideon Oliver series definitely put a fire under me, they’re such great books and I realized it gives me an Alex Delaware kind of vibe … Continue reading Sorry….

Tall Tails Secret Book Club (Secret Library #1)by CeeCee James I don’t know where I first heard about this book, but it had all the things that light my fire. An old crumbling mansion, secret passageways and a secret garden, and a cat. What more could you want? Plus it was 99 cents on Amazon, great book for a great price! And overall I did enjoy it, but I have to say this one is more cozy than mystery. It wasn’t until halfway through the book that I realized that the murder I was expecting already happened earlier in the … Continue reading Tall Tails Secret Book Club (Secret Library #1)

Another day, another murder at Cressida’s boardinghouse, only this time the poor victim was the 5th Earl of Mockingbird, Peregrine, who showed up with his entourage of female assistants and his driver. Continue reading Tequila Mockingbird (Australian Amateur Sleuth #7)

I finished around 3/4 of this book this afternoon, once it got going I couldn’t put it down. Continue reading Make No Bones (Gideon Oliver #7)

I was a big fan of the Markham Sisters series (and bummed when it was over) and I was looking forward to this new series Continue reading The Armstrong Assignment(Janet Markham Bennett Cozy Thriller #1)

You know what keeps this series from getting too repetitive? It’s the plots and their surprising twists and turns that thwart you from guessing what happens next. Continue reading Icy Clutches (Gideon Oliver #6)

Gideon, struggling with writing a boring manuscript and with the cold, gray, rainy Washington weather, gets an offer he can’t refuse: a return to a disastrous Mayan dig that was scrapped years before after a scandal left an important priceless artifact missing. Continue reading Curses! (Gideon Oliver #5)

I’m not really sure how to rate this one. On one hand it was compelling, exciting, picturesque, and not your ordinary mystery. On the other hand it was a bit convoluted, long winded and…well, a bit weird. Continue reading Murder in the Queen’s Armes (Gideon Oliver #3)

After the disappointment that was the first book in the series, it sure did come roaring back. This is the Gideon Oliver I love. Continue reading The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver #2)

This one read more like a Da Vinci Code sort of espionage thriller, rather than a mystery. Continue reading Fellowship of Fear(Gideon Oliver #1)