Sandra Murphy

Jan 2025 11

New Year Mystery Catch Up!

2025 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy, Sarah Erwin, Tracy Condie

by Tracy Condie, Sarah Erwin, Cynthia Chow, &
Sandra Murphy

This week we are doing some more catch-up with some later part of 2024 mysteries--we have reviews and giveaways of The Little Lost Library: A Secret, Book, and Scone Society Book by Ellery Adams, A New Lease on Death: Supernatural Mysteries #1 by Olivia Blacke, Death by Caramel Macchiato by Alex Erickson, The Herringbone Harbor Mystery by Sally Goldenbaum, and Shear Terror: A Sewing Studio Mystery by Dorothy Howell.

Dec 2024 21

End Of December Mystery Catchup!

2024 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy, Tracy Condie

by Tracy Condie, Sarah E. Burr, &
Sandra Murphy

This week we have reviews and giveaways of 3 more fun mysteries as we play catchup for the end of 2024-A Slay Ride Together With You: Year-Round Christmas Mystery Series by Vicki Delaney, All’s Fair in Love and Treachery by Celeste Connally, The Night Woods by Paula Munier, and Murder on the Page by Daryl Wood Gerber.

Dec 2024 14

Christmas Mysteries For Your Holiday TBR Part 2

2024 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Cynthia Chow &
Sandra Murphy

This week we have reviews and giveaways of 3 more Christmas mysteries for your holiday reading-Death of a Gingerbread Man: A Hayley Powell Food & Cocktails Mystery by Lee Hollis, Murder at a Scottish Christmas by Traci Hall, and The Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict.

Dec 2024 7

Christmas Mysteries For Your Holiday TBR

2024 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy, Tracy Condie

by Sandra Murphy & Tracy Condie

This week we have reviews and giveaways of 4 Christmas mysteries for your holiday reading-Blue Christmas Bones by Carolyn Haines, Rockin Around the Chickadee by Donna Andrews, Silent Nights Are Murder by Libby Klein, and Madrigals and Mayhem by Elizabeth Penney.

Dec 2024 7

The More the Terrier By David Rosenfelt: Review/Giveaway

2024 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Pets, Sandra Murphy

by Sandra Murphy

Andy Carpenter is what you’d call a reluctant attorney. That means he’d just as soon never take another case. After inheriting a nice amount of money, he doesn’t have to—but somehow, cases find him— and they usually include his weak spot—dogs.

Nov 2024 23

Food Mysteries For Your 2024 Thanksgiving Feast!

2024 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Cynthia Chow & Sandra Murphy

This week we have 3 food mysteries for your Thanksgiving feast of reading-Guilt and Ginataan: A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery Book Five by Mia P. Manansala, Fondue or Die by Korina Moss, and Pumpkin Spice Puppy by Laurien Berenson.

Nov 2024 16

Zero Sum By John Gilstrap: Review/Giveaway

2024 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Sandra Murphy

Jonathan Grave funds a home and school for kids whose parents are in jail. When one of them dies from eating fentanyl-laced candy, and two others are ill, he has to find out how the candy made its way into the protected compound and who was behind the plot to harm the boy.

Oct 2024 19

A Dark and Stormy Knit By Peggy Ehrhart: Review/Giveaway/Halloween Guest Post

2024 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Sandra Murphy
& Peggy Ehrhart

A storm might add the perfect atmosphere for Halloween night, but it also cuts short the annual parade and bonfire. Pamela and her neighbors, Wilford and Bettina, have decided it’s best to stay inside and enjoy spiced cider and oatmeal raisin cookies. Their dog Woofus is usually a timid boy, but a sound alerts him that something is wrong. The scream that follows proves him right.

Oct 2024 5

French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron: Review/Giveaway/Guest Post

2024 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Sandra Murphy,
& Ellen Byron

Ricki runs Miss Vee’s Vintage Cookbook and Kitchenware Shop at Bon Vee’s Culinary House Museum in the Garden District in New Orleans. She’s not used to the enthusiasm New Orleans has for Halloween. To get in the spirit, Ricki suggests turning Bon Vee into a haunted house for the holiday with a scary version for adults and a much tamer experience for the kids.