Books & Tales

Dec 2024 14

Sleep in Heavenly Pizza By Mindy Quigley: Review/Giveaway/Recipe

2024 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Food Fun, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow
& Mindy Quigley


Despite Delilah O’Leary’s vow to never again cater an event offsite after a rather traumatizing murder, the money to provide a variety of noshes for Adrian and Daffi Hoffman’s Chrismukkah house party was just too good to resist. So that’s why Delilah & Son pizzeria is at one of the glitziest properties in Geneva Bay’s resort when one of the guests seems to go missing, only to be found later buried in the middle of the town’s snowman building contest.

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Dec 2024 14

Death at a Scottish Christmas By Lucy Connelly: Review/Giveaway/Interview

2024 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Tracy Condie

by Tracy Condie


It is Christmas time on Sea Isle, one of the Scottish Islands, and Doctor Emilia McRoy is off for the entire month. Em hasn’t had Christmas off in years much less an entire month. What is she going to do to keep busy? Thank goodness Mara, best friend and manager of the Pig & Whistle, has plenty for Em to do in the way of festivities. Jasper, friend and owner of a local bakery, says that December is an entire month of cultural events, and after all, Scots love a party.

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Dec 2024 11

In the Garden of Still Waters Chasm

2024 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Patricia Crisafulli


I could picture her so clearly—wavy gray hair worn long, a softly gathered skirt, face and hands tanned by being outside, and a calm expression that revealed a glint of steel in her nature. And so Lucinda Nanz, an important character in my mystery novel The Secrets of Still Waters Chasm came to be: gardener, herbalist, green witch. With every layer that revealed itself, I needed to dig deeper into Lucinda and the garden that defined her.

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Dec 2024 7

The Knife Before Christmas By Kate Carlisle: Review/Giveaway/Craft

2024 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow
& Kate Carlisle


The day after Thanksgiving heralds the start of the Christmas season for Lighthouse Cove, California, and the entire town kicks into high gear with an abundance of holiday festivals and business events. The historic Cliffs Hotel has built its reputation on over-the-top celebrations, and this year the Garrison family is hosting an old-fashioned carnival with its own antique carousel.

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