Tamara Berry

Jan 2023 28

King River Life Staff Favorite Books of 2022

2023 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Fantasy & Fangs, Lorie Lewis Ham, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy, Terrance V. Mc Arthur

by Cynthia Chow, Terrance McArthur, Lorie Lewis Ham,
& Sandra Murphy

It's that time of year again, a time to look back at the books we reviewed here at KRL over the past year and share with you some of our favorites! We reviewed a LOT of books here on KRL and KRL News and Reviews. All but one of our main reviewers shares in this post their top 5-10ish favorite books they reviewed in 2022. Katherine Costa wanted to include favorite authors and TV shows that she has reviewed, so hers went up in a separate post over on KRL News and Reviews this week-you can find it here!

Dec 2022 31

End of Year Mystery Catch Up!

2022 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Cynthia Chow & Sandra Murphy

This week we have reviews and giveaways of some more mysteries for the new year-Murder on the Class Trip: A Maya and Sandra Mystery by Lee Hollis, On Spine of Death: A By the Book Mystery by Tamara Berry, and The Secret of the Lost Pearls: A Useful Woman Mystery by Darcie Wilde.

Oct 2022 29

November Coming Attractions: Books to Digest After Thanksgiving Edition

2022 Articles, Coming Attractions!, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sunny Frazier

by Sunny Frazier

Lauren Elliot is Steeped in Secrets in her new Crystals & CuriosiTEAS series. After a divorce, Shay Meyers is back in her hometown of Bray Harbor on California’s Monterey Peninsula. Shay is an empath and she’s inherited a tea and psychic shop full of Irish lore, Celtic symbols, and a dead body on the greenhouse roof.

Jun 2022 18

Buried in a Good Book By Tamara Berry: Review/Giveaway

2022 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Still recovering from a recent divorce and overdue on her next manuscript, thriller writer Tess Harrow has retreated to Winthrop, Washington, in the hopes that the off-the-grid change will allow her to complete her new novel. Less thrilled with the move from Seattle is Tess’s fourteen-year-old daughter Gertrude, a far-too-mature teenager who finds the lack of Wi-Fi as irritating as the explosion that has fish parts raining all around them.

Jan 2022 1

Mysteries For Your New Year’s Reading

2022 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Sandra Murphy
& Cynthia Chow

This week we have a fun group of mysteries for your New Year's Reading-A Brush with Murder: A Paint by Murder Mystery by Bailee Abbott, Digging Up Trouble: A Sweet Fiction Bookshop Mystery by Kitt Crowe, and Hypnosis is for Hacks: An Eleanor Wilde Mystery by Tamara Berry.

Feb 2020 1

A Fun Pair of Mysteries For Your February Reading

2020 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Fantasy & Fangs, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

This week we have a review of 2 fun mysteries for your February reading-one magical and one a spin off-Coached to Death: The Life Coach Mystery by Victoria Laurie and Potions are for Pushovers: An Eleanor Wilde Mystery by Tamara Berry.

Oct 2018 27

Séances are for Suckers By Tamara Berry: Review/Giveaway/Interview

2018 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Fantasy & Fangs, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

Just like it says on her business card, Ellie Wilde’s Eleanor’s Cleansing Service rids homes of whatever is haunting her clients. If that happens to be rats in the attic or mischievous teenagers playing pranks, at the end of the day everyone is still satisfied. It, of course, helps that Ellie dresses for the part and enhances her efforts with a cold-air blasting portable air conditioner and 21st century technology.