As the owner of the Sugar Maple Inn in the town of Wagtail, Virginia, Holly Miller is used to being surrounded by a huge assortment of four-legged friends. After all, Wagtail Mountain has established itself as a place that caters to everything human companions could ever need, from specialized veterinarians to clothing stores and restaurants.
It’s that time of year again, a time to look back at the books we reviewed here at KRL over the past year and share with you some of our favorites! We reviewed a LOT of books last year. All of our main reviewers share in this post their top 5-10ish favorite books they reviewed in 2023, except for me. To find my list click here and you can also enter to win a $5 Amazon gift card!
This week we are doing even more catch up from having gotten behind in 2023. We have a bunch of fun mysteries for your tbr-Murder on Tour: A Mystery Bookshop Mystery by V.M. Burns, Coaching Fire: A Cat & Gilley Life Coach Mystery by Victoria Laurie, Murder in a Cup: A Crystals and CuriosiTEAS Mystery by Lauren Elliott, and Death by Demo by Callie Carpenter.
This week we are catching up on some more fun mysteries that have come out in the last few months-A Twisted Skein by Sally Goldenbaum, Murder with Chocolate Tea by Karen Rose Smith, Murder Checks Out: A Blue Ridge Library Mystery by Victoria Gilbert, and Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal: A Caribbean Kitchen Mystery by Raquel V. Reyes.
We start the new year with another fun group of mysteries-Snow Place for Murder: A Mountain Lodge Mystery by Diane Kelly, Caught on the Book: An Antique Bookshop Mystery by Laura Gail Black, Forgotten Trail by Claire Kells, and Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen by Sarah James.
Harlow Cassidy may not have planned to go from being a fashion designer in Manhattan to running her late great-grandmother’s dressmaking boutique in Bliss, Texas, but it’s the best thing that could ever have happened.
Sandy Moss may be a practicing family law attorney in a Los Angeles law firm, but she’ll always be a Jersey Girl at heart. New Jersey’s not about to give her up either, as she’s being recalled to attend the wedding of her first cousin Stephanie, who since childhood Sandy has called “Skinny.” Sandy’s not exactly enthusiastic about attending because while her perfect sister Delia is a bridesmaid, Sandy is barely on the “C” list of invitees.
After over 300 years of keeping so much of her life a secret, Zoe Faust is slowly learning to open up to the friends she’s come to love. Now that she’s settled in Portland, Oregon and reunited with her fellow alchemists Tobias Freeman and Nicolas Flamel, she feels supported and comfortable enough to begin a relationship with Detective Max Liu. Although it’s been a bumpy road convincing him that she wasn’t crazy, he now fully accepts that she is a 350-plus year old practicing alchemist.
As 2023 winds down, we are busy playing catchup with mysteries we have not yet had the chance to review. Here are four more delightful mysteries-Murder Uncorked by Maddie Day, Spoon To Be Dead: A Shake Shop Mystery by Dana Mentink, Knitmare On Beech Street by Peggy Ehrhart, and Murder in Drury Lane By Vanessa Riley.
As much as Brooklyn Wainwright loves her family, she wasn’t entirely prepared to be hosting a Christmas Eve dinner for over 34 of her nearest and dearest. But she and her husband, Derek Stone, specifically bought a second home in Dharma, California to be closer to her family, and Derek’s brothers as well are flying in with their families for a visit.
