A Basket Case is book two in Lesley A. Diehl’s Maddie Sparks Mystery series, and I am glad to be back with Maddie in a second adventure. I am especially delighted that this mystery features her close relationship with her granddaughter Sara.
The Courtesan’s Pirate is book two in Nina Wachsman’s Venice Beauties Mystery Series and is set in the year 1614. Belladonna, a former Venetian courtesan, has finally been reunited with her true love, Isaak, a pirate captain, on the island of Jamaica.
If I can’t go in person and visit the town of Fern Valley from Heather Weidner’s Jules Keene Glamping Mystery Series, reading another entry into this charming cozy mystery series is the next best thing. Deadlines and Valentines is book four in the series and could easily be read as a standalone.
Readers opening Live, Local, and Long Dead by Kathleen Marple Kalb (writing as Nikki Knight) are in for a page-turning, clever cozy mystery. This is book two in the Vermont Radio Mystery series and can be read as a stand-alone by readers new to the series.
The Grey Wolf, book 19 in the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny, is one of the most page-turning, ambitious mystery novels I have read this year. Get ready to buckle up and hang on for all 432 pages – readers will not regret it!
Study Guide for Murder is book two in the Master Class mystery series by Lori Robbins and reads easily as a standalone for those new to the series.
I’ve been a fan of Katharine Schellman’s Lily Adler Mysteries since book one, A Body in the Garden, released in April 2020. Book five, the newest book in this historical mystery series, A Scandal in Mayfair is a page-turning delight. For readers who enjoy audiobooks, I can also recommend these titles in audio format.
This week we have 4 more cozy and historical mysteries for your fall reading-Quilty as Charged: A Measure Twice Sewing Mystery Book Two by Maggie Bailey, No Paw to Stand On: A Bookmobile Cat Mystery by Laurie Cass, The Grim Steeper: A Witches Brew Mystery #3 by Gretchen Rue, and Murder at the White Palace by Allison Montclair.
There really is nothing better than getting in on the ground floor of a new cozy mystery series, and Lisa Q. Mathews’ debut, The Jig Is Up is an absolute delight. In this first book of the Irish Bed & Breakfast Mystery series, Lisa’s crisp writing blends wit and mystery to create a charming and page-turning read.
This week we have 3 more fun cozy mysteries for your end of summer reading-Murder Buys a One-Way Ticket by Laura Levine, A Murder for the Sages by Amy Lillard, and Peg and Rose Play the Ponies by Laurien Berenson.
