Cynthia Chow

November Cozy Mystery Catchup With Christmas!

by Sandra Murphy,
Cynthia Chow, & Linda Kay Hardie


This week we have another fun group of cozy mysteries, some are even set at Christmas-Five Golden Wings by Donna Andrews, Sugar and Spite by M. C. Beaton with R. W. Green (an Agatha Raisin mystery), Death by Java by Alex Erickson, A Perilous Plot: A Booktown Mystery by Lorna Barrett, and Murder at Holly House by Denzil Meyrick.

Fallen Star By Lee Goldberg: Review/Giveaway

by Cynthia Chow,


Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Detective Eve Ronin is still adjusting to her fame after arresting a movie star and then becoming the inspiration for a television series, to the point where she wonders if she isn’t becoming the fictionalized version of herself. Her shooting out tires to prevent a smash-and-grab robbery at an Ulta Store is exactly what the TV character would do, but it costs the real Eve Ronin her badge and has her captain giving the same reprimanding speech that has become a Hollywood cliché.

All’s Faire in Love and Murder By Cindy Sample: Review/Giveaway/Guest Post

by Cynthia Chow,
& Cindy Sample


Professional actress and former cruise director Sierra Sullivan was most recently seen in Port Townsend Theater’s production of Chicago, but as she approaches 50, roles are hard to come by. That is why she has been booked by her agent as a lady-in-waiting for Spindrift Cove’s Renaissance Faire, which honestly is preferable to a former gig as a knock-off Elsa at a children’s birthday party.

Halloween & Spooky Cozies

by Cynthia Chow
& Sandra Murphy


This week we have reviews of more wonderful cozies, some with a Halloween or supernatural touch since many are still celebrating Halloween, and a touch of Christmas-The Tattered Cover: A Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Ellery Adams, Death at the Door: A Ruby and Cordelia Mystery by Olivia Blacke, Sugar and Spite: A Witch City Mystery by Carol J. Perry, and Death on Dickens Island by Allison Brook.

Flamed Out By Valona Bones: Review/Giveaway/Paranormal Guest Post

by Cynthia Chow,
& Valona Jones


It’s been less than a year since Tabby Quigsly and her twin sister Sage Winslow began exploring their psychic abilities as energetics, as their mother had protected her daughters from Savannah, Georgia’s Paranormal Council and its oppressive rules. One of its most prominent members has just taken a fatal fall down the appropriately named Stone Stairs of Death though, and while the police initially label it an accident, Dr. Willim Rosemont’s niece believes it to have been murder.

Two Halloween Cozy Mysteries To Start Off the Spooky Season

by Cynthia Chow,
& Sandra Murphy


Halloween should be a night of kids, candy, and fun but it doesn’t always turn out that way. Lucy Stone and friends put on a big party as a fundraiser but she misses having kids come to the door, all dressed up. This year, she has more candy than kids. To make sure there’s not tempting leftover candy she’d eat herself, she empties the bowl for the last kid. Besides, he looked like he needed it.

Murder at Blackwood Inn By Penny Warner: Review/Giveaway/Guest Post

by Cynthia Chow,
& Penny Warner


After a rough year ending her marriage to a scamming and cheating Sergio, Carissa Blackwood is moving to Pelican Point, California to help her aunts run the inn they just inherited from their father. Having expected to find the historical building in a state of disrepair, Carissa is shocked to discover that her Aunt Hazel and Aunt Runa have redecorated and renovated Blackwood Inn into a gothic, black and purple-painted Haunted House themed bed-and-breakfast.