Mysteryrat’s Maze

Mar 2025 15

Pair Of Mysteries Set in England: Two Weddings and a Murder By Alyssa Maxwell/A Lethal Walk in Lakeland By Nicholas George

2025 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Sarah Burr &
Sandra Murphy

This week we have reviews of 2 mysteries set in England, one historical and one set in the present-Two Weddings and a Murder by Alyssa Maxwell, and A Lethal Walk in Lakeland by Nicholas George. Details at the end of this post on how to enter to win a copy of both books and links to purchase them from Amazon at the end of each review.

Mar 2025 15

Big Name Fan By Ruthie Knox & Annie Mare: Review/Giveaway/Interview

2025 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sarah Erwin

by Sarah Erwin

Big Name Fan is a debut sapphic mystery by Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare that’s both tense and heartwarming. Fans of second-chance romances should also pick this up.
Bexley (Bex) Simon and Sam Farmer played detectives on the television show Craven’s Daughter that ended five years ago.

Mar 2025 15

Queer Mystery Coming Attractions: April 2025

2025 Articles, Books & Tales, Coming Attractions!, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Matt Lubbers-Moore

This missed title from March is a re-release from publisher ReQueered Tales and is termed misadventure which places it at the edges of the mystery-thriller-suspense genre. Set in the Mexican-American community of East LA, Trebor Healey's Faun is an urban fantasy, a new fairy tale about pagan earth spirit, lust and faith, Los Angeles, and history.

Mar 2025 15

The Wagtail Murder Club By Krista Davis: Review/Giveaway

2025 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze, Pets

by Cynthia Chow

As the owner of the Sugar Maple Inn in the pet-friendly town of Wagtail, Virginia, Holly Miller is accustomed to catering to the needs of all creatures furry and fuzzy. That makes her the perfect person to discover a poor abandoned lab puppy on the side of the road, locked in a crate with empty food and water bowls. Holly takes the puppy, apparently named “Squishy” according to the note left begging someone to care for him, back to the Inn where she meets a surprising group of guests.

Mar 2025 15

Go Ask Alice: The Evil Twin Who Did Her Own Sister In

2025 Articles, Hometown History, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sarah Peterson-Camacho

by Sarah Peterson-Camacho
“I killed her because I hated her. I thought of killing her before, but I never had the guts until now.” --Alice Elizabeth Richard, 14, 1950
It was as plain and straight-forward a motive as there ever could be, but no one paid it any mind. There just had to be more to it than that—after all, what would a teenage bobbysoxer know, even if she was the killer in question?

Mar 2025 8

Pair Of Irish Mysteries: Murder in an Irish Garden By Carlene O’Connor & Death of an Irish Druid By Catie Murphy

2025 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Sandra Murphy
& Cynthia Chow

Siobhan is studying for her detective sergeant exams which will put her on the same level as her garda husband, Macdara. In the meantime, he’s quizzing her with questions from the study guide and she’s frustrating him (and herself) by declaring the questions incomplete. The disagreement ends with Macdara sleeping on the couch, a punishment for the both of them but she’s determined not to give in until he apologizes.

Mar 2025 8

The Next Deadly Chapter By V.M. Burns: Review/Giveaway

2025 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

Now a published historical mystery author, Samantha Washington is excited to be presenting in a talk for ladies at the Pontolomas Senior Citizens Center. What is less welcome is the heckling coming from the misogynistic, condescending Oscar Pembrook, who disputes her historical details as well as the cozy mystery genre in general.

Mar 2025 8

A Long Time Gone By Joshua Moehling: Review/Giveaway/Interview

2025 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Linda Kay Hardie

Some thrillers are like those extravagant falling domino videos. Someone fastidiously sets up tiny details in an intricate pattern, then with a soft touch, collapses them artistically, releasing the tension in awe and wonderment. Others are dense and dark, baffling the reader throughout, until light dawns in the final chapter.

Mar 2025 8

Mystery Short Story: Proof Text

2025 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrific Tales

by Janet Alcorn

You’re gone. That’s why I’m out here driving this gosh darn Bobcat in this gosh darn wind to dig a gosh darn trench in this gosh darn field. The wind rises like a breath and works its way under the Bobcat, under my skirt. I hunch over the controls, press my skirt between my legs, and clamp them shut. Digging a trench is man’s work. Women are supposed to be, “discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands.”

Mar 2025 1

Seams Like the Perfect Crime By Lois Winston: Review/Giveaway

2025 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Claire A Murray

Anastasia Pollack is smart and compassionate, a combination which is sometimes contradictory. Those qualities tend to divert her attention and focus from family and work.