Cynthia Chow

Oct 2023 14

Nine Lives and Alibis By Cate Conte: Review/Giveaway

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by Cynthia Chow

Maddie James has always felt the pressure to live up to her family’s name, what with her father being the CEO of the only hospital on Daybreak Island and her mother a local business magnate and community leader. So Maddie knows that when her sister Sam recruits her and their other sister Val for the Daybreak Island Haunted Halloween Festival, the family’s all-in philosophy will keep Maddie busy juggling tasks to ensure success.

Oct 2023 7

The Longmire Defense By Craig Johnson: Review/Giveaway

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by Cynthia Chow

After the events depicted in Hell and Back, Absaroka County Sheriff Walt Longmire is recovering at the home of “The Greatest Legal Mind” of our time, aka his daughter Cady. His enjoyment of also getting to hang out with his new granddaughter is cut short when he is called back to work to investigate a missing motorist who unfortunately trusted a little too much the accuracy of Google Maps.

Oct 2023 7

A Pair of Halloween Mysteries!

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by Cynthia Chow
& Sandra Murphy

This week we have a pair of Halloween mystery books for your enjoyment (one is actually a book with 3 novellas in it)-Halloween Cupcake Murder by Carlene O’Connor, Liz Ireland, and Carol J. Perry and Catch Me If You Candy: A Bakeshop Mystery by Ellie Alexander.

Sep 2023 30

End of September Mystery Catch Up!

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by Cynthia Chow
& Sandra Murphy

This week we have another catch-up group of fun mysteries including some with Halloween and supernatural settings-A Clue in the Crumbs: A Key West Food Critic Mystery by Lucy Burdette, A Shimmer of Red: An Odessa Jones Mystery by Valerie Wilson Wesley, Mischief Nights Are Murder by Libby Klein, and Murder at the Elms by Alyssa Maxwell.

Sep 2023 30

Death 101, Extra Credit By Kelly Brakenhoff: Review/Giveaway/Interview

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by Cynthia Chow

In the short time that Cassandra Sato has been working at Morton College in Omaha, Nebraska, the vice president of Student Affairs has already earned herself the nickname Queen of Doom. Cassandra left her home on Oahu when her career stalled there, as her dreams of one day being a college president were much more attainable on the mainland.

Sep 2023 23

Board to Death By C.J. Connor: Review/Giveaway/Interview

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by Cynthia Chow

Ben Rosencrantz never planned on spending his 30th birthday back in his hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah, and he especially didn’t envision having to take over his father’s Of Dice and Decks board game store. Growing up as the only out person in his school and being an unabashed fantasy and sci-fi nerd in the largely Mormon population always made Ben feel like an outsider, so he was happy to escape to graduate school and become an adjunct professor of English in Seattle.

Sep 2023 16

Murder in the Book Lover’s Loft By Ellery Adams: Review/Giveaway

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by Cynthia Chow

For the first time, Jane Steward is leaving her twin sons at home in Virginia while she and her fiancé Edwin Alcott spend five days at the Admiral’s Inn in Oyster Bay, North Carolina. As someone whose family has for generations been sworn to protect and guard some of the most dangerous and valuable tomes of the world at Storyton Hall, it shouldn’t be too surprising that Jane has chosen to stay at a resort designed to inspire writers and serve as an authors’ retreat.

Sep 2023 16

Mysteries For Your Fall TBR!

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by Cynthia Chow

This week we have reviews of 3 more fun mysteries for your fall reading tbr-All that Glitters Isn’t Gold: A Whit and Whiskers Mystery by Gabby Allan, Death of a Clam Digger: A Hayley Powell Food & Cocktails Mystery by Lee Hollis, and Steeped in Malice: A Tea by the Sea Mystery by Vicki Delany.

Aug 2023 19

Misfortune Cookie By Vivien Chien: Review/Giveaway

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by Cynthia Chow

Lana Lee is taking a break from her new career in Cleveland as the manager of her family’s Ho-Lee Noodle House and whisking off to attend a restaurant convention in Irvine, California. It’s admittedly a work vacation, but Lana is also going to be staying for free at her Aunt Grace’s rental property on Newport Beach’s Balboa Island.

Aug 2023 19

Murder is a Piece of Cake By V.M. Burns: Review/Giveaway/Recipe

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by Cynthia Chow
& V.M. Burns

After inheriting her great-aunt Octavia’s house, bakery, and 250-pound English mastiff Baby, Maddy Montgomery has been using her social media skills to promote Baby Cakes Bakery to the Southwest Michigan town of New Bison. Live-streaming her filled-with-mishaps attempts to cook have gained her a growing following, but she’s really looking forward to the New Bison Spring Festival where she and her employees can not only showcase their creations but also compete in the baking competition.