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Light Parade by Shelley Coriell
Light Parade: A Detective Lottie King Holiday Mystery (Detective Lottie King Mysteries series) Author: Shelley Coriell 5 out of 5 stars Retired Detective Lottie King is enjoying her time helping her granddaughter’s Girl Power Troop get ready to be in the town’s Fantasy of Lights Parade. After running to her car for a sewing kit,…
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The Christmas Coroner by Paul Austin Ardoin
Christmas Coroner (Fenway Stevenson Mysteries series) Author: Paul Austin Ardoin 3.5 out of 5 stars Coroner Fenway Stevenson and Sheriff Craig McVie investigate the murder of Victoria Versini. A food blogger and critic from LA, Victoria was in town to co-host the town’s Christmas parade. Instead, someone shoots her three days before Christmas. As Fenway…
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Death in December by Shonah Stevens
Death in December (A Jayne Belmont Mystery) Author: Shonah Stevens 3.5 out of 5 stars When a teacher who had been accused of molesting a student is found dead, it’s assumed to be a suicide. However, the school’s headmaster, James Leibinger, suspects that it might have been murder. With the police uninterested in investigating further,…
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A Study in Stone by Michael Campling
A Study in Stone (The Devonshire Mysteries #1) Author: Michael Campling 5 out of 5 stars I originally did a review of the first version of this book. Mr Campling rewrote and expanded it into a full novel. He reached out to me and sent me a free copy, but everything in this review is…
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Wolves and Daggers by Melanie Karsak
Wolves and Daggers: A Red Riding Hood Retelling (The Red Cape Society #1) Author: Melanie Karsak 4.5 out of 5 stars The Red Cape Society protects England from the hidden supernatural world. Two of their best agents are Quinn Briarwood and Clemeny Louvel. When the werewolf packs of London begin acting unusual and start abducting…
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Zero by Krysten Harlow
Zero (Prequel to Chronicles of Lethia series) Author: Krysten Harlow 5 out of 5 stars As the sun rises on the partially destroyed city of Zhefrith, seven wizards, including the light archwizard Rayner, prepare to battle the dark archwizard, Zero. While Rayner and Zero battle, the other wizards fight Zero’s followers outside of time. Who…
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Once a Killer by Murray Bailey
Once a Killer (A BlackJack Thriller #1) Author: Murray Bailey 4 out of 5 stars It’s 1953 and Charles Balcombe used to be an investigator with the Royal Military Police. He’s also a serial killer named BlackJack. Now he’s living in Hong Kong, having taken up a new identity after a killing spree. He satisfies…
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Stakes and Spells by Lynn Morrison
Stakes and Spells (Stakes and Spells Mysteries #1) Author: Lynn Morrison 4.5 out of 5 stars Morticia Beaumont is a depressed vampire on a road trip to find something new and exciting. She stumbles upon two witches performing a ritual. Out of curiosity, she stays to watch and ends up trying to save the life…
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Nightmare Abbey by David Longhorn
Nightmare Abbey (Nightmare Series #1) Author: David Longhorn 4 out of 5 stars The cast of the show America’s Most Haunted are invited to Malpas Abbey in England by the Romola Foundation. The foundation studies paranormal phenomena and has come to believe that someone on the team is a real psychic. The foundation owns Malpas…
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Haunted: The Sparkly Badgers’ Anthology by Multiple Authors
Haunted: A Sparkly Badgers’ Anthology Multiple Authors 4.5 out of 5 stars Haunted is a collection of 13 short stories and 6 poems from 15 authors. They’re all spooky and suspenseful, and some even have a Halloween theme. Overall, there’s a good variety of plot and themes. Like I mentioned, they’re all spooky and suspenseful,…