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Cozy Wednesday featuring Shudder Pulp: A Charley Scott Mystery by Vanessa Westermann #Review / #Giveaway – Great Escapes Book Tour @vanessawestermann @VanessaWestermannAuthor

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Shudder Pulp: A Charley Scott Mystery
by Vanessa Westerman

About Shudder Pulp


Shudder Pulp: A Charley Scott Mystery
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – Canada’s Cottage Country (Ontario)
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cormorant Books (May 3, 2025)
Paperback  :  368 pages
ISBN 978-1770867741
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0F336CQDS
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Leaves are turning red in cottage country, and Charley Scott is putting on an immersive Halloween pulp art installation based on a local lake monster legend. But life imitates art when Laura, a mercenary newcomer with a controversial agenda for the dam, claims she was attacked by a lake monster she accuses Charley of raising.

Hours later, Laura is found dead by dry drowning.

Accident, murder, or a lethal encounter with a mythical beast? Tension mounts as snaking tracks, an animal carcass, and a witch’s ladder are found near the lake, but could there truly be supernatural forces at work?

Charley teams up with chocolatier Matt Thorn to investigate, but it’ll take more than seafoam toffee to bait this trap. To find the truth, Charley will have to risk it all to look the monster in the eye.

Dollycas’s Thoughts

Drawing from local lore, artist Charley Scott is creating an immersive Halloween pulp art project featuring a lake monster. But is it just a local legend? Laura Bouchard arrives at the gallery’s door, soaking wet and angry. She believes Charley’s art brought forth the lake monster that assaulted her. It wasn’t long before Laura was found dead. Her death was by dry drowning. Charley is taken aback.

Is there really a lake monster? Was it responsible for Laura’s death? Or was it an accident? Or did someone murder the woman who was trying to shake up the town of Oakcrest?

Charley needs to know, and chocolatier Matt Thorn is on board to help. Will they get to the truth? Or will the monster get to them first?

The complex characters created by Ms. Westermann continue to evolve in this second installment. Relationships get stronger, as does Charley.

These characters are involved in a very well-plotted, complicated mystery. Deep-rooted secrets build tension that ramps up throughout the story. Layers are peeled back, slowly building interest and intrigue as everyone appears to have something to hide and nothing is as it seems. Personally, I suspected everyone. The subplots twisted within the mystery are just as complicated and dark. You have to pay close attention if you want to follow the right path. I found myself going back and rereading parts at times. Doing this brought the guilty party more into focus. Ms. Westermann’s descriptions take you right into each scene, some are intense. The reveal was eerie and had my heart pounding.

Shudder Pulp is a chilling cozy mystery with a protagonist trying hard to puzzle through the clues. It tests both the characters and the reader.

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Thank you to the author for providing me with an ARC.

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About Vanessa Westermann 

An avid reader of mysteries, Vanessa Westermann is a former Arthur Ellis Awards judge, holds an M.A. in English Literature and a Bachelor of Education, and has taught creative writing. Cover Art, first of the Charley Scott Mysteries, was published to great acclaim in 2022. At the heart of all of Westermann’s stories are strong female protagonists inspired by the heroines in her own life. She currently lives in Ontario.

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A Stone Cold Murder (Reluctantly Psychic Murder Mystery) by Kris Bock #Review #Giveaway – Great Escapes Book Tour @thetulegroup

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A Stone Cold Murder (Reluctantly Psychic Murder Mystery)
by Kris Bock

About Stone Cold Murder


A Stone Cold Murder (Reluctantly Psychic Murder Mystery)
Cozy Psychic Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – New Mexico
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tule Publishing (April 28, 2025)
Print length ‏ : ‎ 218 pages
Digital ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DT291NVL
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She hates her gift – but it just might save her…

Geologist Petra Cloch can touch an object and sense the emotions of the people who’ve held it. It’s a miserable way to live. She studied rocks because they rarely ‘talk’ to her and she’s dodged friendships so she won’t need to explain her gift or feel like a voyeur. But when she takes a job as the rock and mineral curator at an unusual western history museum and picks up a jagged crystal in her new office, flashes of rage, fear and death hit hard.

Everyone says her predecessor died in a car crash, but what if he was murdered? Under normal circumstances, Petra would never become involved, but what if the previous curator died because of something he did on the job? She could be next. Petra knows she’ll need evidence, not her psychic sense she hides. Can she trust her chatty colleagues who invite her to lunch and to join a book club? And what about the far too watchful Sheriff who keeps showing up unexpectedly…

Dollycas’s Thoughts

Geologist Petra Cloch has come to Bonneville, New Mexico, for her new job as the geological curator at the Bandit Museum on Route 66. No one there knows about her special gift. When she touches an object, she can get vivid images about the object’s history and the last person to touch it. She can touch an object like a watch or a ring while the person is wearing it, and get the same images. She doesn’t know why she has this ability, or even all its capabilities, but it has adversely affected her life since she was a small child. So, for now, it is best to keep it a secret.

The previous rock and mineral curator had died in a car accident, but when Petra picks up a fluorite crystal from a shelf in her new office, the powerful images she sees lead her to believe the man was murdered. Was he killed for something he did in the museum? Or did something in his personal life bring about his murder? Being new in town, she doesn’t know whom she can trust. Could someone at the museum be involved? What about the Sheriff who keeps showing up to flirt with her? Could her landlady have had a reason to want her former tenant dead? This special gift she has may help her to get to the truth, or it may get her killed. Maybe it was really just an accident . . .

Petra Cloch is a unique protagonist with psychometry, a form of extrasensory perception characterized by the claimed ability to glean accurate knowledge of an object’s history by making physical contact with that object. It has not served her well over the years, and she hoped she could get a new start in Bonneville.  She keeps to herself and dotes on her 10 animals: cats, ferrets, guinea pigs, and rats, all named after minerals and gemstones. The author did a wonderful job explaining Petra’s gift and included ways it shook up her life. I became invested in her life easily. Her inner dialogues touched my heart, she isolated herself to protect herself.

Bonneville is a small town with about 2000 residents, and Ms. Bock has surrounded Petra with a well-crafted, quirky cast of characters. The eclectic museum is family-owned by the Babbitt family, Peyton, Gloria, and their son Kit. It is filled with Wild West memorabilia, an alien wing, including myths about Roswell, gems and minerals, and numerous other items that Peyton finds. Liberty and Haven work at the museum and introduce Petra to the members of their “book club”. The town is also served by both a police department and a sheriff’s department, bringing more people into Petra’s life.

Ms. Bock penned a complex mystery with many layers. With Petra taking over not only the deceased’s office but his rental home as well, she is immersed in the mystery of his death. She knows there is more to his story, but can she find the truth? I appreciated the pace that was set for this story. Time was allowed to introduce the characters while Petra debated how to move forward. This draws readers in, then the twists start to happen. A wanted man, an important object or two in the museum, a crazy filing system, an unexpected visitor, a new friend with a gift of their own, all come together as Petra follows clue after clue and learns something surprising about her gift. This culminates in an exciting chase and takedown that will have readers on the edge of their seats.

A Stone Cold Murder is an excellent start for this series. Petra Cloch is a character that will stick with you.  The author’s detailed depictions will put you right on the scene of everything that happens. Petra has come a long way within these pages, but the progress is still new. I am excited to see her journey continue. Death at Rock Bottom will be released on July 30. I have saved a spot on my calendar.

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About Kris Bock

Kris Bock writes mystery, suspense, and romance, often with Southwestern landscapes. In the Accidental Detective humorous mystery series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turning fifty. This humorous series starts with Something Shady at Sunshine Haven, which made Barnes & Noble’s list of “Handpicked Favorites You’ll Love!” Kris’s romantic suspense novels include stories of treasure hunting, archaeology, and intrigue. Readers have called these novels “Smart romance with an Indiana Jones feel.”

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by Kris Bock

Quirky characters in an unconventional museum pulled me into this captivating mystery. I loved this series debut and can’t wait to return to the Banditt Museum!
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The author’s writing is easy to read, and I was so engaged with the story that I read it from start to finish one evening. I recommend A STONE COLD MURDER to cozy mystery readers, especially those interested in psychic elements, museum settings, rocks, and minerals.
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Written in Stone: A Scottish Bookshop Mystery by Paige Shelton #Review @MinotaurBooks @AuthorPaige

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Written in Stone: A Scottish Bookshop Mystery
Cozy Mystery
10th in Series
Setting – Scotland
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Minotaur Books (April 1, 2025)
Hardcover Print length ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1250336619
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250336613
Kindle ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D1P392DF
Audiobook ASIN B0F1Z6NL51
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Written in Stone, the tenth installment in the Scottish Bookshop series by Paige Shelton, set in a specialty bookstore in Edinburgh called The Cracked Spine.

When Delaney wins a special Hidden Door Festival invitation to artist Ryory Bennigan’s studio, she isn’t sure quite what to expect. What she finds is an elusive fellow obsessed with the Picts—complete with his own versions of their blue tattoos and vibrant red hair—recreating the stones they left behind. She also meets a visiting paleontologist, Dr. Adam Pace, from the University of Kansas attempting to sell an artifact that might just explain what the Picts’ language really sounded like.

Or at least that’s what he claimed the artifact was for. Before the deal can close and Ryory can get a closer look at it, Dr. Pace is found dead.

With the police dragging their feet in the investigation, Delaney takes it upon herself to dig into Dr. Pace’s past. Her research goes murky as she quickly discovers Pace’s shady background—selling fake dinosaur bones and running into some 3D-printing trouble back in Kansas. Could his past have come back to bite him in Edinburgh? And what does his questionable background mean for the mysterious Pictish artifact he was trying to sell to Ryory? Delaney will have to dust off her magnifying glass to uncover the truth behind this case… or risk becoming a pile of bones herself.

Dollycas Thoughts

Reclusive artist Ryory Bennigan is inviting people to visit his studio with a special Hidden Door Festival invitation, and Delaney Nichols has won a chance to visit and meet the man. She learns the man is fixated on the Picts, creating his own versions of their ” blue tattoos and vibrant red hair”.  There is also a paleontologist, Dr. Adam Pace, from the University of Kansas, visiting Edinburgh. He claims he has an artifact that shows what the language of the Picts sounds like. He is trying to sell it to the highest bidder, Ryory Bennigan.

Before Dr. Pace can seal the deal, he is killed shortly after meeting with Delany.  She doesn’t think the police’s investigation is progressing fast enough, so she decides to do some investigating too. She finds Dr. Pace has a dodgy past. It appears a 3D printer was his best friend back in Kansas. He was making fake artifacts and selling them as genuine.

Could he have sold a fake to the wrong person? Was the Picts artifact he was trying to sell to Ryory real or fake? Can Delaney get to the truth and find Dr. Pace’s killer? Or will she be their next victim?

I always enjoy my virtual trips to Edinburgh and The Cracked Spine to visit Delaney, Tom, Rosie, Hamlet, Edwin, and Hector. They are well-developed characters that continue to grow within each story. Delaney has such a curious nature about everything and everyone she encounters. She and Tom are the perfect couple, and I love it when they can spend true time together like they did in this story. I also liked that Edwin was more present in this story. He does give Delaney a perfect gift.

Ms. Shelton penned an intriguing mystery. With the University of Kansas connection between Delaney and the victim, Dr. Pace, even Detective Winters realized she could help his case. She does discover some troubling things that raise even more questions. I was entertained following along with her for every twist and turn. Suspects moved up and down my personal list. Secrets and scandals were uncovered, leading up to a surprising and suspenseful reveal.

When I started reading this book, I had never heard of the Picts. The author weaves information about the ancient group that inhabited Scotland from 79 to 843 CE and their traditions and culture with the current-day activities. It is a very interesting theme for this book.

Written in Stone is a marvelous addition to this series. A brave protagonist who can think on her feet and a well-thought-out and plotted mystery kept the pages turning rapidly. Delaney has really found herself and her place in Edinburgh.

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About The Author

PAIGE SHELTON had a nomadic childhood, as her father’s job as a football coach took her family to seven different towns before she was even twelve years old. After college at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, she moved to Salt Lake City. She thought she’d only stay a couple years, but instead she fell in love with the mountains and a great guy who became her husband. After many decades in Utah, she and her family moved to Arizona.  She is the New York Times Bestselling author of the Scottish Bookshop Mystery series, the Alaska Wild series, the Dangerous Type mystery series, Farmers’ Market Mysteries, and the Country Cooking School Mysteries. She’s lived in lots of places but currently resides in Arizona. Find out more at www.paigeshelton.com

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Murder Runs in the Family: A Seven Ponds Mystery by Tamara Berry #Review @PPPress

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Murder Runs in the Family: A Seven Ponds Mystery
Cozy Mystery/Amateur Sleuths
1st in Series
Setting – Arizona
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Poisoned Pen Press (April 29, 2025)
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1464221170
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1464221170
Kindle ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0D8R5HDJ2
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Amber thought she had troubles before her grandma was arrested for murder…

Former PI-in-training Amber Winslow has decided to flee her life in the dead of night, carrying nothing but the clothes on her back. Down on her luck and with no other choice, she heads to the sunny state of Arizona to the luxury accommodations of her grandmother’s retirement community. Never mind that Amber’s never actually met her estranged and eccentric Grandma Jade.

As soon as she sneaks her things into Seven Ponds (a place she technically doesn’t qualify for and definitely can’t afford), she’s shocked to learn that George Vincent, a.k.a. the Admiral, was found dead the very night of her arrival. What’s even more shocking is that no one seems particularly distraught over the news of the Admiral’s death or the disappearance of his prize pet tortoise. All anyone can talk about is a missing Vincent family heirloom, and they’re quick to blame Jade for both the Admiral’s murder and the theft of the priceless ring.

Amber doesn’t want to admit the woman she’s just met—and who accepted her without question—could be behind the Admiral’s death, and she’s determined to clear her grandmother’s name no matter the cost.

Dollycas’s Thoughts

Amber Winslow has never met her Grandma Jade, but when she decides to leave her PI boyfriend in the middle of the night with her meager belongings, she heads to her grandmother’s retirement community in Arizona. Her grandmother welcomes her with open arms, knowing a surprising amount of information about her life and her PI-in-training status.

She barely gets settled in her grandma’s guest room when she learns about a resident man’s death. George Vincent (The Admiral) was a friend of her grandmother’s and a member of a close-knit group that produces a cold case podcast. Amber also learns that the Admiral’s pet 98-year-old tortoise has been missing for a few weeks. While no one appears to be overly upset by the man’s death or the missing tortoise, several people are demanding to know what happened to a high-value Vincent family heirloom.

Then Amber gets a huge shock when her Grandma Jade is arrested for theft and murder. Even though she doesn’t know her grandmother well, she knows she needs to use her PI skills to prove her grandmother had nothing to do with the man’s death or his missing heirloom.

In this new series from Tamara Berry, we meet an eclectic cast of characters led by protagonist Amber Winslow, a 30ish woman with a dysfunctional relationship with her mother and siblings. She was training to be a private investigator, but her boss/boyfriend, Bones, wasn’t on the same page regarding her job and progress. That sent Amber off to find her maternal grandmother. A woman whom Amber’s mother had cut from all their lives. Her mother has issues, but that’s for another book.

Amber’s Grandma Jade is a hoot. She is very comfortable in her skin, just check out the portrait in the guest bedroom.  She has a positive attitude about almost everything and is the force behind the Death Comes Calling podcast. She has quite a group of seniors to work with. The Admiral researched cold cases to feature. Julio works as a security guard, keeps the books for the podcast, and is the resident bookie. Raffi plays the part of the lead character on the podcast. Peggy Lee has many techy talents and spends time at the reception desk. Camille does promotion and distribution for the podcast. Lincoln works to keep all the friends fed and makes some amazing croissants. We also meet the director of the facility, Geerta Blom, and Nurse Nancy. All the characters are well-crafted for this first book in a series, with plenty of room for readers to get to know them better.

Amber solved her first solo case quickly when she found the Admiral’s tortoise, but the last thing she needed was a posse of senior citizens as she worked to free her grandma from jail. But that was just what she got. She also didn’t need her ex, but Bones showed up in Draycott, Arizona, wanting to help and win her back. What ensues are some crazy antics, twists, turns, a strange discovery, and a surprising realization.

Ms. Berry’s intriguing mystery has friendship and family themes along with a behind-the-scenes look at the Seven Ponds retirement community. It is also laced with quite a bit of sarcastic humor courtesy of our main character.

What I really loved was the prominent role of 98-year-old Tatiana the tortoise. After Amber found the pint-sized tortoise, she named him and took him everywhere. First, she walked him very slowly like a dog. Then she fashioned a sling like you would use for a baby and carried him everywhere. Sadly, he wasn’t eating, and the whole senior posse, Bones, and another resident there recovering from surgery, were concerned. The little guy touched my heart, too.

Murder Runs in the Family is a terrific start for this series. It’s an entertaining story with a Gen Z protagonist trying to find where she belongs, a fun group of senior amateur sleuths trying to live their best lives, and a lovable tortoise set in a retirement community with Nasty Nurse Nancy lurking around every corner. A lively, lighthearted read with an unexpected ending. An Enjoyable Escape! Bring on Book 2!

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About the Author
Tamara Berry is the author of the Eleanor Wilde cozy mystery series and, as Lucy Gilmore, the Forever Home contemporary romance series. Also a freelance writer and editor, she has a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and a serious penchant for Nancy Drew novels. She lives in Bigfoot country (aka Eastern Washington) with her family and their menagerie. Find her online at www.tamaraberry.com.

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