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Magic Box Murder by JC Kenney is the third book in the Darcy Gaughan cozy mystery series. If readers are like me and are new to this series, this entry reads easily as a standalone, although I already loaded book one onto my Kindle so I can get caught up.
Nothing can get a bibliophile more excited than a book-themed conference, where attendees can learn more about innovations in their field while mingling with other like-minded book addicts. That is why Briar Creek Library Director Lindsey Norris is thrilled to be attending the Annual Archivists Convention in Chicago, especially since her husband Mike “Sully” Sullivan joins her when not visiting his old Navy buddies.
Beth Rivers is in a witness protection of her own devising in Benedict, Alaska, one of the smallest and most remote places anyone could think of as a new home. It’s nearing summer and folks are coming into town, socializing more, and tourists are back. She’s in hiding from the man who kidnapped her. He’s never been found but she knows his mission is to kill her.
DM Me for Murder is book three in Sarah E. Burr’s Trending Topics cozy mystery series, although readers just discovering this fun series can easily read this installment as a standalone.
Richard Ainsworth, an Englishman transplanted to a small village in France and the owner of a well-rated B&B, gets entangled in a murder mystery in Death and Fromage.
It’s St. Patrick’s Day in Beacon Harbor, and Beacon Bakeshop owner Lindsey Bakewell is baking up a storm of green-tinted Guinness and Baileys infused treats. She’s also thrilled that her boyfriend Rory O’Connor’s uncle and cousin are arriving from Ireland to open their Blarney Stone Irish gift shop and will even be leading the town’s annual Leprechaun Parade.
Former professional chef Tiffany Austin only recently assumed full-time status as food writer for Southern Style magazine, so she didn’t expect that her proposal for a home cooked pizza contest would come to fruition. But Branson, Georgia’s first Bon-Appetempting Pizza Bake-Off is about to take off, with a $10,000 prize as an incentive for the competing home cooks.
This week we are reviewing 2 mystery novels, and a book with 3 mystery novellas that all have an Irish twist in honor of St. Patrick's Day--Murder at an Irish Chipper by Carlene O’Connor, Death by Irish Whiskey by Catie Murphy, and Irish Milkshake Murder by Carlene O’Connor, Peggy Ehrhart, and Liz Ireland.
Nothing says springtime like flowers. In honor of the “budding” season, KRL chatted with three authors whose cozy mysteries offer up a bouquet of fun flower features.
