Bakery owner Winnie Johnson counted on an inheritance from an elderly customer to save her bakery from a huge rent raise. She’s stunned to find out, she didn’t inherit cash but an antique ambulance and a cat who doesn’t like her.
June is often time to get hitched, so let’s start with Wedding Bel Blues, the first in a new series by Maggie McConnon. Belfast McGrath has spent 15 years avoiding her brash Irish family.
Claire Weatherly owns a shop that sells Amish wares in Heavenly, Pennsylvania. She lives with her Aunt Diane, who runs the local B&B. Working closely with the Amish gives Claire an insight that many ‘English,’ non-Amish, do not have. When her assistant, Annie, reveals an Amish man was found dead in his barn, she says it was God’s will. Considering there’s a shovel next to the body, it seems it was someone else’s will as well.
This week we have some more fun March Penguin mysteries-Suspendered Sentence by Laura Bradford, Ladle to the Grave by Connie Archer, Murder She Wrote: Aloha Betrayed by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain, and Assault and Pepper: A Spice Shop Mystery by Leslie Budewitz. Details on how to win a copy of all 4 at the end of this post, along with a link to purchase the books.
In Heavenly, Pennsylvania, the Amish live in peace and harmony, or at least that’s the goal. Strife and problems can arise anywhere though. Claire Weatherly is English and not Amish. She owns Heavenly Treasures, a store that sells crafts made by the Amish. Unfortunately, the items that sell and are fastest to make are all small which means her sales totals are small too. She’s in danger of losing the store and is sick at heart about it. She hasn’t even told her Aunt Diane yet, owner of the local B&B for those seeking the Amish experience.
This week we have yet another group of new fun mystery novels to share and to give away. We have reviews of A Fete Worse than Death by Claudia Bishop, Agony of the Leaves by Laura Childs, Assaulted Pretzel by Laura Bradford, Cat Trick by Sofie Kelly, Bowled Over by Victoria Hamilton, and Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly. These books include a lot of recipes, teas, cats, Amish and kitchen collectibles. Details on how to win a copy of all of these books at the end of this post.
Here are four more fun mystery novels released this summer by Penguin! Corpse in the Crystal Ball by Kari Lee Townsend, Grace Among Thieves by Julie Hyzy, Hearse and Buggy by Laura Bradford, and Hot Button by Kylie Logan. Enjoy the reviews & enter to win all four--details at the end of this post. Check out another mystery review on KRL Lite-A review of Murder On The Half Shell By Lorna Barrett & enter for a chance to win that one too! Let KRL help supply your summer mystery reading fun.
