My Reading Itinerary Monday! – Week #40 – 2025

September 29, 2025October 4, 2025 Dollycas

Welcome to My Reading Itinerary Monday!

Where are your books taking you
this week?

I will be traveling to Utah, California, and Arkansas!

Here’s what I read and what I have planned for this week.

Escapes Completed

Crime Quiz: Cosy Mystery on a Cruise
by TJ Stanley
Release Date – September 9, 2025
Setting – Australia
The Great Escapes Tour stops here tomorrow!
Home Fries and Alibis
by Lena Gregory
Release Date – September 23, 2025
Setting – Florida
The Great Escapes Book Tour stops here for
Cozy Wednesday this week!

Shoot the Breeze (Detective Kate Rosetti Mystery)
by Gina LaManna
Release Date – March 27, 2020
Setting – Minnesota
I will post my review on Thursday!

Psychic In Suburbia: The Magical Midlife Misadventures of a Medium Mom
Release Date – September 23, 2025
Setting – Georgia
The Great Escapes Tour stops here on Friday!

Scheduled Escapes

Wives and Sisters
by Natalie R. Collins
Release Date – May 21, 2025
Setting – Utah
Amazon Purchase for my Literary Escape Challenge.

Murder at Blackwood Inn: A Haunted Dead and Breakfast Mystery
by Penny Warner
Release Date – September 23, 2025
Setting – California
I will feature this book on Cozy Wednesday next week!

The Pastor’s Wife : A totally gripping psychological thriller packed with twists
by LynDee Walker
Release Date – June 16, 2025
Setting – Arkansas
For Review

Possible Future Escapes

September 28 – October 4, 2025

Happy Reading!!

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I was hooked from the start! I recommend HOOK, LINE, AND MURDER to readers of cozy mysteries and domestic thrillers.
~Boys' Mom Reads!

Hook, Line, and Murder
(The Sweet Tooth Murder Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting - New York
Publisher ‏ :
‎ Wild Rose Press
Publication date ‏ :
‎ February 9, 2026

What does Meg, a retired kindergarten teacher, do when the killer of her husband and only child still walks free a year after dirt had covered their graves? Go rogue, of course!

When the detective responsible for Meg’s nightmares takes over the murder investigation of her former student, Meg hunts the killer down with help from her friends. Their cozy lunches at Sweet Buns Café turn into tactical meetings while these retired grade school teachers get themselves in trouble better suited to those in their twenties. And to put the icing on their cream scones, someone is after Meg. Is it the killer? Or has Meg uncovered secrets better left buried with her loved ones?

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5/3/2026

Delicious Italian food and the love of family make CASE OF THE CURVED STAIRCASE a fun, feel-good mystery.
~Cozy Up With Kathy

Case of the Curved Staircase:
A Macaroni on Wheels Mystery
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Settings -
Little Italy, San Diego, and San Diego Bay
Publisher ‏ : ‎ S.K. Derban
Publication date ‏ : ‎
August 27, 2025

The Little Italy entertainment continues in this second book of the Macaroni on Wheels series. Case of the Curved Staircase has more twists and turns than Terza can handle. And, Detective Nicholas Garza is not on the case. Say it isn't so, Nico!

Staircases can be fatal, especially on Halloween. After catering a surprise birthday party on the evening of October 30th, Terza returns to the scene of the celebration on the following morning. Instead of being greeted by the happy, party hosts, Terza discovers a dead body at the bottom of the curved staircase. Not again! And this time, Terza's amateur detective skills are landing her directly into personal danger. She would rather be using her chef's knife than having one pointed at her face!

As the feisty Italian caterer continues to fill her free time solving crime, she runs head first into a new detective. Unlike Nicholas Garza, the detective now in charge considers Terza a hinderance instead of a help. Fortunately, Jacob Radovan, the medical examiner, continues to be Terza's ally.

There is also an unexpected wedding in Case of the Curved Staircase. Readers of Uneven Exchange just might cheer out loud. The almost perfect weather in San Diego allows the bride and groom to take a carriage ride from the wedding venue to the reception ballroom. It's a fairytale come true.

Fans of cozy mysteries will revel in solving another murder along with Terza, and will continue to appreciate her zest for life. Readers will be spending more time with the animated Tiepolo family, and especially Terza's father. Ezio's Halloween costume is a moo-ving choice! The Tiepolo's celebrate their loving, family bond as they join together each Sunday. Food, family, and fun! Once again, you may consider this your personal invitation...

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2/28/2027

Murder and romance culminate in a sweet, happy ending in A Murder and Maggie MacGill.
~NOVELS ALIVE

A Murder and Maggie MacGill
Cozy Mystery
Stand Alone
Setting - Tennessee.
Publisher ‏ : ‎
Wild Rose Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎
August 27, 2025

When elementary art teacher Maggie MacGill finds the richest, most despised woman in town dead, then inherits her estate, life in the sweet mountain town of Wrenhaven, Tennessee, takes a greased ride downhill.

No one knows why Mrs. Grayson left her fortune to Maggie, but once her death begins to look like murder, and a series of unexplained pranks directed at the MacGill family turn nasty, Maggie must untangle a web of secrets and discover who has it in for her before it’s too late. Even if it means accepting help from the victim’s grandson, a man she’s loathed since high school but whose devastating grin and quick wit can still make her heart race.

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1/15/2026

What a fun, festive short story about a missing ring! . . . I was holding my breath as the characters scrambled to uncover what was lost!
~Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books

One Gold Ring
(Century Cottage Cozy Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
Novella related to the main Century Cottage Cozy Mysteries Series
Setting - Fenwater – a fictional small town in rural Canada.
Independently Published (November 1, 2025)

A busy shopping street, a cozy coffee klatch, a missing ring: Marge Kirkwood has no desire for anyone to gift five gold rings to her. She just needs to find one elegant gold ring sparkling with dainty diamonds and rubies: the one that was stolen due to her carelessness.

When Marge Kirkwood meets her friend Bruce Murray at the Honey Pot diner to reassure him about his choice of an engagement ring for her best friend Lois Stone, she couldn’t be happier for the couple. But a few moments of her inattention could scupper Bruce’s plans for a romantic Christmas proposal. A cunning thief seizes the opportunity Marge’s lapse affords to snatch Bruce’s family heirloom. Soon afterwards Lois arrives and joins Marge and Bruce in the search for the ring. Three heads may be better than one or two but Lois can’t find out that it’s her engagement ring they are hunting for.

And so the week before Christmas begins with dashing through the snow without a sleigh, tangy gingerbread muffins and cinnamon scented apple cider, clever calico cats, slippery snow-sheathed sidewalks, glittering gems set in gold, hazardous high-heeled boots, rushing thieves and bustling Christmas shoppers set against a cheerful holiday clad shopping street, sultry Christmas songs serenading shoppers in the market, the sweet scent of carnations, roses and baby’s breath bouquets in the florist’s window and a mantlepiece twinkling with shiny baubles and lights woven through holly in a comfy century cottage.

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2/10/2026

New from Nancy Cole Silverman!

A Spy in Saigon:
A Kat Lawson Mystery
Mystery
4th in Series
Setting - Vietnam
Publisher‏ : ‎
Level Best Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎
November 25, 2025

The truth will set you free – or it will kill you.

Kat Lawson’s new undercover assignment has turned deadly. A trip to Vietnam to write a travel feature for Journey International while making a drop to deliver cash and passports for a top-secret operation has gone awry. Kat has a choice to make and a target on her back. She can live with a secret, or she can reveal a truth that puts her in the crosshairs of an enemy sworn to kill her. With the lives of trafficked children at stake in a country where agents and double agents trade secrets, Kat must choose between the acceptance of a truth that will forever change her life or living a lie that will save the lives of others.

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1/31/2026

New from Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare
Trailbreaker
(Prairie Nightingale)
Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting - Wisconsin
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas & Mercer
Publication date ‏ :
‎ January 27, 2026

Suspicions that a serial killer is terrorizing a pristine tourist spot draw a single mom and budding private investigator into a twisting and deepening mystery of secrets and murder.

Single mom and newly minted private investigator Prairie Nightingale has opened the doors of her Green Bay, Wisconsin, agency and is ready for work. She and her crew aren’t quite prepared for their first client, though: Bernie Dubicki, a notorious online journalist and not-altogether-reliable provocateur, who claims the idyllic vacation destination of nearby Door County is home to a serial killer.

She’s pinpointed four seemingly unrelated deaths that haven’t raised suspicions for anyone else. But when a college student vanishes, Bernie’s sizable retainer convinces Prairie to help connect the dots. And trusted, flirty FBI agent Foster Rosemare thinks Bernie might be onto something. Prairie never expected her first investigation to be so big—like Dateline big—but she does have an inquiring mind and a knack for seeing things no one else can.

In this case she’ll have to look deep—not only into the secrets of strangers, but into Door County’s woods—to solve a mystery decades in the making.

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Coming February 24, 2026

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3/31/2026

I enthusiastically recommend Death on Dickens Island for other cozy mystery readers. It has a charming small town, an intrepid amateur detective, a ghostly relative (who helps with and adds to the mystery), and even a secret room!
~View from the Birdhouse

Death on Dickens Island:
A Books on the Beach Mystery
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting - On Dickens Island, a fictional island in the Long Island Sound between Long Island and CT.
Publisher ‏ : ‎
Crooked Lane Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎
October 21, 2025

A divorced sleuth in her thirties must bring peace back to her small town after a murder tears neighbors and family members apart in this series debut from Agatha Award nominee Allison Brook, perfect for fans of Cynthia Riggs and Eva Gates.

Delia Dickens has come home to Dickens Island, a small island in the Long Island Sound, after a twelve-year stint in Manhattan. She’s looking forward to helping her father revitalize the general store that the family owns as well as curating a small book nook. Most importantly, she wants to reunite with her fifteen-year-old son. But Dickens Island isn’t the peaceful town Delia remembers–and she might be in more danger here than she ever was in the big city.

Delia’s Aunt Reenie and Uncle Brad, both prominent community leaders, are at odds over the sale of a farm and its future use. This has created friction, not only in their marriage, but amongst the citizens of the town. When a young woman, new to the town council and friendly with Brad, is found murdered, everything escalates and reaches a new boiling point.

With Reenie and Brad both suspects in the case and at each other’s throats, the townspeople start to take sides. When the ghost of her grandmother visits her, Delia learns how past events have impacted the present, and it is up to her to expose the farm’s sordid secrets in order to catch a murderer and restore peace to her beloved island.

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2/15/2026

The newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series.

Murder, She Wrote:
The Body in the Trees
Cozy Mystery
62nd in Series
Setting - Maine
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley
Publication date ‏ : ‎
December 2, 2025

It's leaf-peeping season in Cabot Cove, but for someone, it's killing season!

A quartet of friends from Florida have come to Maine to experience a New England autumn, complete with hiking in the woods and fishing. When one of them goes missing, the town rallies to find the presumably lost but otherwise safe tourist. But when newspaper editor Dan Andrews is biking on the trail along a ridge, he looks down and sees a leg caught in the branches of a tree. Count on Jessica Fletcher to uncover the secret reason the victim came to town . . . and how it led to her murder.

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She also co-writes the Scrapbooking Mysteries with Laura Childs.

You can find all 63 books in the Murder She Wrote Series HERE.
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1/31/2026

This was such a fun mix of cozy holiday vibes and a classic whodunit. It felt like the perfect blend of cozy Christmas storytelling and suspenseful mystery.
~bibliophile_foodie

The Holiday Photo Murder:
A Robyn Cavanagh Mystery
Cozy Mystery
3rd in Series
Setting - New York
Independently Published
(November 11, 2025)

Portrait Photographer Robyn Cavanagh has had a busy fall season taking a record number of client photos for holiday cards. She’s ready for a quiet December to do her own Christmas preparations, but she has one more job to close the year. It’s the best gift of the season: taking photographs at wealthy Natalie Hoffmann’s holiday party.

Excited to be the official photographer at the party held at the publisher’s estate overlooking the majestic Hudson River, Robyn hopes the event will win her new clients. Everyone will want to forget the evening, however, after Natalie’s companion, Russell Nowak, is found dead in the garden.

Who among the guests wanted the successful businessman dead? While everyone counts down to Christmas, Robyn’s wish list is filled with suspects. She teams with her friend Will Vonderlin to catch the killer and restore her holiday spirit in time to enjoy the festive season.

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12/31/2025

The need to find the truth so that you can hopefully find peace, wrapped into a heck of a compelling mystery that I found incredibly hard to put down.
~Escapes With Dollycas Into A Good Book

The First to Die
Psychological Suspense
Setting - New Jersey
Publisher ‏ : ‎
Willow River Press
Publication date ‏ : ‎
November 18, 2025

Connie Tucker, a free-spirited beach bartender, has been estranged from her family in New Jersey ever since her actress mother, Simone, disappeared one night during a violent storm at the theatre where she was rehearsing. Uncontrollable and in a rage at the loss of her parent, fifteen-year-old Connie is exiled to California, due to her delinquent behavior, to live with an aunt she doesn’t know.

Fifteen years later, Simone’s murdered remains are discovered at a construction site and Connie returns to the east coast for the funeral—she owes it to her mother. The cold case unit will take over now and solve the crime. But then she discovers a message her mother left behind. It feels like a dispatch from the grave.

Connie must face her tortured past, the guilt of concealing a devastating secret, and the part she played in her mother's disappearance. Unearthing buried family history and childhood demons, she confronts the agonizing reality that she doesn’t know where she belongs, where to call home. Who to trust. When a second suspicious death occurs, Connie races to unravel the events of the night Simone disappeared. Her mother was the first to die…but not the last.

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1/31/2026

Rich characters, a solid plot, and fun magical beings make The Well-Kept Secret an entertaining read I wished would never end.
~Novels Alive

The Well-Kept Secret
(A Wishville Mystery)
Cozy Fantasy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting -
Wishville, Vermont
Publisher ‏ : ‎
Oliver Heber Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎
October 28, 2025

A Spring Festival. A Magical Murder. A Secret Buried Beneath the Well.

Wishville, Vermont looks like a storybook postcard—complete with forest festivals, quirky locals, and a centuries-old wishing well that allegedly grants one wish each season. But for Lyra Wells, the magic isn’t just folklore—it’s her full-time job. As the half-human, half-Dweller Guardian of the Well, Lyra must keep the peace between the mortal world and the magical realm of Elarion. That means overseeing every seasonal WishFest, keeping tourists entertained, and pretending her glowing cat sidekick isn’t judging everyone.

But when an all-too-nosy antique dealer is found mysteriously dead by the well—and a rare memory crystal is discovered at the scene—the fragile treaty between worlds begins to unravel, and the ethereal Dweller chief enforcer isn't happy. As the townsfolk whisper about curses and coincidences, something ancient stirs beneath the surface—and it’s not ready to stay hidden.

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Coming January 20, 2026
The Well-Laid Trap (A Wishville Mystery)
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2/28/2026

New from
Nancy Lynn Jarvis!

What Lucy Heard:
A PIP Inc. Mystery
Cozy Mystery
6th in Series
Setting - California
Publisher ‏ : ‎
Good Read Mysteries
Publication date ‏ : ‎
August 11, 2025

Pat Pirard, Santa Cruz Law Librarian newly turned private investigator, is asked to help with jury selection. She has one condition before she agrees: she must meet the suspect and believe he’s innocent. The accused’s story about how his fingerprints got on the murder weapon and why he was at the murder scene seems so outlandish that he convinces contrarian Pat he must be telling the truth. But as she listens to testimony during the trial she fears she’s been duped and is helping a killer get away with murder. Pat’s life turns into a race to solve the crime before the jury reaches a verdict.

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2/15/2026

Congratulations to Kara M. (Michigan). She has won an ARC of Murder from A-Z by VM Burns.

Congratulations to Ana K. (Oklahoma). She has won an ARC of Death in an Italian Cafe by Michael Falco.

Congratulations to Sherry C. (Indiana). She has won a Kindle copy of Inherit the Wool by Betty Hechtman.

Congratulations to Charlene S. (Colorado). She won a $5 Amazon Gift Card in the Tell Tale Treats By Jennifer J. Chow Giveaway.

Congratulations to Tammy C. (Kentucky). She has won an ARC of Murder in Westminster by Vanessa Riley.

Congratulations to Steph E. (Minneapolis). She has won an ARC of A Spirited Supper at Dundoon Castle by Darci Hannah.

Congratulations to Ann P. (Tennessee). She has won a $5 Amazon Gift Card in The Fair Weather Friend by Jessie Garcia Giveaway.

Congratulations to Dianne C. (Illinois). She has won a copy of Two Truths and a Murder by Colleen Cambridge.

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
February 23 – Books1987 – SPOTLIGHT
February 24 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
February 25 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – CHARACTER GUEST POST
February 26 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
February 26 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
February 27 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – AUTHOR GUEST POST
February 28 – Deal Sharing Aunt – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
March 1 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR GUEST POST
March 2 – Sarandipity’s – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
March 2 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 3 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – AUTHOR GUEST POST
March 4 – Sneaky the Library Cat’s Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
March 5 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
March 6 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
March 2 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
March 2 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
March 3 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
March 4 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
March 5 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
March 6 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
March 7 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
March 7 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 8 – Cozy Up With Kathy – CHARACTER GUEST POST
March 9 – Ruff Drafts – RECIPE
March 10 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – SPOTLIGHT
March 11 – Salty Inspirations – CHARACTER GUEST POST
March 12 – Sarandipity’s – AUTHOR GUEST POST
March 12 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 13 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – RECIPE – EXCERPT
March 14 – deal sharing aunt – RECIPE
March 14 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
March 15 – Rebecca M. Douglass, Author – REVIEW, AUTHOR GUEST POST

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
March 2 – deal sharing aunt – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
March 2 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
March 3 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
March 4 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 4 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 5 – Sarandipity’s – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
March 5 – Books1987 – SPOTLIGHT
March 6 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
March 7 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT
March 8 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
March 8 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – AUTHOR GUEST POST
March 9 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – CHARACTER GUEST POST
March 10 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW
March 11 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR GUEST POST
March 12 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW, RECIPE
March 13 – Elizabeth McKenna – Author – SPOTLIGHT
March 13 – StoreyBook Reviews – CHARACTER GUEST POST
March 14 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT
March 15 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – REVIEW
March 15 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
March 2 – Books1987 – SPOTLIGHT
March 3 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
March 4 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
March 4 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
March 5 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – REVIEW
March 5 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 6 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST
March 7 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT
March 7 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
March 8 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – SPOTLIGHT
March 9 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
March 10 – Sneaky the Library Cat’s Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
March 10 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – SPOTLIGHT
March 11 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
March 11 – Sarandipity’s – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
March 12 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 13 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR GUEST POST
March 14 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW
March 15 – StoreyBook Reviews – AUTHOR GUEST POST

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
March 5 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
March 5 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
March 6 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – CHARACTER GUEST POST
March 6 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
March 7 – Angel’s Book Nook – SPOTLIGHT
March 7 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT
March 8 – Deal Sharing Aunt – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
March 8 – Carla Loves To Read – REVIEW
March 9 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – SPOTLIGHT
March 9 – Sarandipity’s – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
March 10 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
March 10 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
March 11 – StoreyBook Reviews – SPOTLIGHT –
March 12 – Sarah Can’t Stop Reading Books – REVIEW
March 12 – Novels Alive – REVIEW
March 13 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
March 14 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT

TOUR PARTICIPANTS
February 23 – Jody’s Bookish Haven – SPOTLIGHT
February 24 – Books1987 – SPOTLIGHT
February 24 – Books, Ramblings, and Tea – SPOTLIGHT
February 25 – Boys’ Mom Reads! – SPOTLIGHT
February 25 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
February 26 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT
February 27 – Sneaky the Library Cat’s Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
February 27 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – SPOTLIGHT
February 28 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
February 28 – Baroness Book Trove – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
March 1 – Deal Sharing Aunt – SPOTLIGHT
March 1 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
March 2 – Reading Is My SuperPower – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
March 2 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
March 3 – Salty Inspirations – AUTHOR GUEST POST
March 3 – Sarandipity’s – SPOTLIGHT
March 4 – Ascroft, eh? – AUTHOR GUEST POST

NOW AVAILABLE!

Soft Serve Sleighing
(Coffee & Cream Café Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
5th in Series
Setting - New York
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gemma Halliday Publishing
(January 28, 2025)
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DLHPWDNT

From author Lena Gregory comes a delightfully delicious cozy mystery...

With most of Eastern Long Island closed down for a blizzard, Danika Delaney and her friends are holed up in her old fashioned malt shop, the Coffee & Cream Café, with ice cream and hot chocolate. However, their plans to wait out the storm in cozy company are interrupted when a popular YouTuber and her two companions show up at the door—they've been trapped by the storm, and Dani generously offers to serve them breakfast. But her generosity isn't rewarded in kind, as the reviewer then tries to extort money from Dani in exchange for a good review! When the storm finally clears, Dani is happy to have seen the last of them.

Or so she thought.

Dani and her friends decide to go sleigh riding the morning after the storm clears, but instead of a winter wonderland, they find the extorting YouTuber...dead! To make matters worse, Dani suddenly finds herself accused of the woman's murder. Intent on restoring her reputation, Dani sets out to prove she didn’t do it. This is one storm she's not sure she can weather...

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2/28/2025

Coming April 1 from
Cleo Coyle!

No Roast for the Weary
(A Coffeehouse Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
21st in Series
Setting - New York
Publisher ‏ : ‎
Berkley (April 1, 2025)

When the Village Blend opens a Writer's Block Lounge, a cold case crime turns up the heat on Clare and her crew in this gripping new entry in the beloved Coffeehouse Mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.

As much as master roaster Clare Cosi adores coffee, the landmark shop she manages won't survive if she doesn't sell enough of it. So when the Village Blend's customer traffic grinds to a halt, she turns to her staff for creative ideas, and the Writer's Block Lounge is born.

Madame, the eccentric octogenarian owner of the shop, is upset by this news. Years ago, a group of accomplished writers used the shop's second-floor lounge to inspire each other, but the group disbanded when something dark occurred. Though that history is shrouded in mystery, Clare presses forward...

Soon the Village Blend tables are filled with aspiring novelists, playwrights, and poets, all happy to be coaxed, cajoled, and caffeinated by her coffeehouse crew. Clare admires the stamina of these scribes, many of them toiling at night jobs—driving taxis, tending bar, ushering for Broadway—while penning projects during the day.

Then one of their fictions turns fatal when a shocking secret leads to a deadly end. Unless Clare can untangle this mystery, uncover the truth, and stop a desperate killer, she fears more of these weary writers may be marked for eternal rest. ~ Includes a knockout menu of recipes.

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5/31/2025

New from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.

The Ghost Goes to the Dogs
(Haunted Bookshop Mystery)
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
9th in Series
Setting - Rhode Island
Berkley (May 2, 2023)

A stray dog leads bookseller Penelope McClure and her gumshoe ghost on a chase for a cunning criminal in this brand-new entry in the "UTTERLY CHARMING" (Mystery Scene) Haunted Bookshop Mysteries from New York Times bestselling author Cleo Coyle.

Pet Mystery Week brings brisk business to Penelope's Rhode Island bookshop, but a real mystery comes barking at her door when a lost dog turns up in a panic. Pen and her son Spencer follow the furry fugitive to a wooded area where the dog's owner lies unconscious. Mrs. Cunningham is a warm-hearted widow who volunteers at the animal shelter and runs Buy the Book's pet lovers book club. Why would anyone shoot such a sweet soul?

The police believe it's an accident, a shot by a careless deer hunter, but Pen remains skeptical. To straighten out this doggone mess, she whistles for the ghost of PI Jack Shepard, an expert in hounding as well as haunting. Jack has a dog story of his own, a case from the 1940s that may help Pen sniff out clues to her present predicament. Yet even with Jack's hard-boiled help, Pen may not be able to stop the killer from striking again or letting this whole case go to the dogs...

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Recurring

Jessica Fletcher has dinner with her old pal Harry McGraw and gets pulled into a puzzling murder case.

Murder, She Wrote:
A Body in Boston
Cozy Mystery
61st in Series
Setting - Massachusetts
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley
(July 1, 2025)

Invited to deliver a lecture at the Boston Public Library, Jessica Fletcher excitedly makes plans to see local friends. Naturally, that includes dinner at Gilhooley’s with PI Harry McGraw. Harry excitedly talks about his latest client, the CEO of Cure All Pharmaceuticals, who’s received anonymous blackmail demands and wants Harry to identify the culprit.

Cookie, Gilhooley’s longtime bartender, also has something he wants to tell Jessica: he asked Harry to investigate his daughter Aileen’s boyfriend, who Cookie thinks is too slick by half, but now Harry is too wrapped up in this new case. While Jessica wonders how best to approach Aileen, the young woman stumbles into Gilhooley’s, covered in blood. She just discovered her boyfriend’s corpse -- and quickly becomes the chief suspect in his murder!

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Also by Terrie Farley Moran

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8/31/2025