Sylvie is quite driven and actively pursuing her goal to one day be a Crown Court judge. She has an broad-ranging case load perfect for the application with sixteen years as a barrister and a part time assignment as a Deputy district judge in Highbury Youth Court. She has a new boyfriend willing to be a confidante, as well as an excellent chef and inventive lover.
Gemma Rose has been back home in Meadowford-on-Smythe, a small village near Oxford, for almost two years. Some originally thought it reckless to resign from a high-paying career to fulfill the dream of opening her own business, but she’s turned the Little Stables Tearoom into a successful destination for locals and tourists who wish to partake in a true English tearoom experience.
It’s Oxford, 1399. Two visitors arrive traveling as poor women not as emissaries of the reclusive Mother Julian or nuns of the new Convent of the Holy Well. Sisters Lilies, a copyist, and Mary Jacob, a stargazer and herbalist, bring with them a divine Alchemy Scroll, a gift from Mother Julian. The scroll is to permanently reside in the newly built hall and protect those who resides there.
It’s 1991, and Starla Wells fingered the jewel hanging from her neck. It was her ticket out of the strip joint in which she worked and into a place of her own. She had dreams. She wasn’t just a floozy with a manufactured figure. But, the shadow, the argument, and the knife brought nothing but darkness and an end to her dream.
This week we have reviews and giveaways of 4 food mysteries for your Valentine's Day feast-A Good Day to Pie: A Pies Before Guys Mystery by Misha Popp, A Half-Baked Murder: A Cannabis Café Mystery by Emily George, Cheddar Late than Dead: A Grilled Cheese Mystery by Linda Reilly, & The Girl With the Dragonfruit Tattoo: Trouble in Paradise! by Carrie Doyle.
Violet Rhinehammer’s original plan was to nail the interview for her dream journalism job, move to California, and become famous on the national stage, but circumstances, that can only be described as karma, derailed her plans: a murder and rerouting of her flight to Holiday Junction. She has previous experience reporting on homicides as the lone reporter in Normal, Kentucky, and associated with Mae West and her various investigations, but even with a nose for news, California was a bust.
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries have added to their Signature Mysteries group Curious Caterer: Grilling Season, the second movie in the Curious Caterer series starring a pair of Hallmark regulars: Nikki Deloach and Andrew W. Walker.
Twenty-seven-year-old Lindsay Murray is excited about finally fulfilling a childhood dream. She and her family are putting on the final touches for a soft opening of her bakery which highlights the exotic flavors of their Grenadian heritage. Spice Isle Bakery is in the heart of Brooklyn’s Little Caribbean neighborhood rich with the sights, sounds, and smells of the diverse West Indian culture.
Twenty-nine-year-old Ivy Stone was raised by her Gramma Isabel after the death of her parents at a very young age, and for several years, worked closely with her in a successful maid service business in the U.S. After her grandmother passed away, Ivy put into action her final words to follow her dream by moving to England, and after completing her training, accepting employment at one of London’s most prestigious hotels, the Hotel LaFontaine.
Thirty-year-old Tabby Winslow and her twin “older” sister Sage inherited from their mother Marjoram The Book and Candle Shop in Savannah, Georgia, which had been in the family for three generations. They handcraft aromatic candles along with selling statues of mythical creatures, books on Savannah, lotions and soaps, and plants, as well as providing a quiet, restorative environment.
