Mia’s heart’s desire is about to come true. She and Shane are getting married. They’ll invite a few friends, family, and it will be a beautiful day. Except….
by Sarah Peterson-Camacho
Albert N. McVicar was most definitely dead.
With his 6’4”, 185-lb. frame doubled up like a pretzel inside the four-foot Saratoga steamer trunk, his “corpse was found curled up with wounds on his head,” writes true crime author J’aime Rubio. “His nose had been completely fractured…Blood that poured from his head and nose settled at the bottom corner of the trunk…”
John Smith, yep, that’s his real name, is a claims adjuster at an insurance company. He’s recently moved into jewelry and painting appraisals and losses. He doesn’t know much about those things but there’s an art appraiser, Carla, the company has used for years to help him along the way. He mostly stays in the background and agrees with her assessment.
A Nest of Vipers is book three in Harini Nagendra’s Bangalore Detectives Club mystery series and can easily be read as a standalone. (Although I’ll admit that I have already downloaded book one, The Bangalore Detective Club, from the library because I enjoyed this entry so much that I want to get caught up!)
The circus is in town, and natural introvert Hayden McCall has been invited for a night out to attend Seattle’s Mysterium’s new artistic circus performance. The show has been sold out for months, but Hayden and his best friend Hollister have been given tickets by their frenemy Sarah Lee.
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Author Joe Cosentino interviews audiobook performer Brian Cheney at the release of the audiobook of Drama King, the 18th/last Nicky and Noah mystery!
I once read that Agatha Christie didn’t believe in mixing romance and mystery, even though (little known fact) she wrote a handful of romances along with her many mysteries. Much has changed in cozy and amateur sleuth mysteries since Dame Agatha’s day. Many authors now dip their characters’ toes into the dating pool. Some even plunge them headlong into romantic rapids. Still others even dare to leave the bedroom door open a crack.
In recent weeks, I have been doing a number of talks and signings in support of the release of the newest installment of the award-winning Sheriff Ty Dawson crime thriller series, Knife River. And the question I encounter most frequently regards the origins of Ty Dawson and the fictional locale Meriwether County in which Dawson plies his trade as both a rancher and a sheriff. In fact, I often characterize the series as Longmire meets Yellowstone in the 1970s.
As the days grow longer and flowers bloom, June is perfect for diving into new cozy mysteries. Whether you're in a hammock, enjoying your garden, or relaxing with a cool drink, a good whodunit is the ideal companion for these early summer days.
