Miraz Jordan

Another very good read from a favourite author — Echoes on the Fens (Detective Nikki Galena Mysteries Book 15) by Joy Ellis. 📚

I really like these characters and how they go about things.

Three days. Three murders. No leads

I came across an older book I hadn't read from an author whose work I enjoy. This was a really good read: Alias by Cari Hunter. 📚

A car lies crashed below a Welsh mountain road. One of the young women inside it is dead, the other badly injured, with no memory of who she is or what just happened. All she has is a bus pass showing her photograph and a name she doesn’t recognise.

Heavy on the religious minutiae, it was interesting that Sister Joan was able to ferret out wrongdoing in spite of the enormous limitations of a very contained life. I may not read more.

A Vow of Silence (Sister Joan Murder Mystery Book 1) by Veronica Black. 📚

There are whispers of virgin sacrifice and suicide, and the mother prioress certainly wears pink nail varnish. And who is the young man hiding in the bracken?

This book grew on me as I read more, but it didn't entirely grab me. Blindsided (Grace Smith Mystery Book 2)by Liz Evans. 📚

When Grace Smith, a down-on-her-luck private investigator with an unimpressive track record, gets a call from an elderly man about a missing person, she’s not expecting much.

I really enjoy this series, in part for the very ordinary and likeable characters who work at the supermarket in small town Kingsleigh. The Missing Heirloom Mystery (The Supermarket Mysteries Book 5) by Rachel Ward. 📚

Several mysteries here and I suspected one perpetrator, but not the motive.

This series has such excellent writing — Cast the First Stone (Sister Agnes Mysteries Book 7) by Alison Joseph. 📚

For example, this sentence in the middle of an intense and difficult discussion:

How brilliant: the silence muffled the traffic noise, not vice versa.

I think I'm done with this series: The Bea Abbot Agency Mysteries Books 11–15 by Veronica Heley. 📚

Book 12 in particular was a bit silly and repetitive. The others lacked the occasional writing sparkle that previous books had.

The stories have grown stale.

A tricky mystery to unravel, and an enjoyable read: Knight On Edge (Jorja Knight Mystery Series Book 7) by Alice Bienia. 📚

When a distraught woman hires her to confirm suspicions of her husband’s infidelity, Jorja welcomes the seemingly routine job. But from the moment she accepts the assignment, something feels off, and soon, her instincts prove right.

This was another reread from 2009 and was a bit all over the place. Maybe the fan fiction aspect explains that somewhat. Tropical Convergence: Book 7 in The Dar & Kerry Series by Melissa Good. 📚

There's trouble on the horizon for ILS when a rival challenges them head on, and their best weapons, Dar and Kerry, are distracted by life instead of focusing on the business.

I warmed up to and enjoyed Terrors of the High Seas: Book 6 in The Dar & Kerry Series by Melissa Good. I bought it back in 2011 so this was a reread. 📚

This is essentially a fanfic for the Xena TV series, a show I used to really enjoy.

Expect a high over-the-top quotient.

It took me a long time to get into this book — I put it down several times to read others — but towards the end I kept reading late to learn the outcome. Lest Bridges Burn (DS Liz Moorland. Major Crimes. Book 2) by Phillipa Nefri Clark. 📚

May well not read more, unless the price drops.

Reading a Sister Agnes book is like luxuriating in a hot bath. I highlighted several sections in Shadow of Death (Sister Agnes Mysteries Book 6) by Alison Joseph because they delighted me. 📚

Another good read in a series I enjoy: The Man Who Kept Secrets (The Shee McQueen Mystery Thriller Series Book 8)by Amy Vansant. 📚

When former patients start dying in strangely symbolic ways, Dr. Skinner hires Shee McQueen and her band of freelance mercenaries to solve their troubles before the hospital loses its coveted reputation.

I've very much enjoyed D. L. Keur's other series so was interested to try Night Trouble (The King & Midnight K-9 Mysteries Book 1). I'll definitely be reading more. The odd editorial quirk / typo but a really good read with great characters and an interesting plot. 📚

I finished Marsh Madness by Jana DeLeon, the latest in a long series of Miss Fortune books. 📚

when a group of friends decide to meet up at a B and B ahead of their ten-year reunion, old grudges resurface, and one of them ends up dead.

It was enjoyable enough but the "Gertie mishaps" gags are a bit tired now. I think the shine is gone.

It seems people around Special Agent Nikki Hunt keep getting knocked off. Lost Angels (Nikki Hunt Book 3) by Stacy Green. 📚

It all gets a bit personal and her team wonder if she should still be leading the hunt.

Good read.

Nikki is devastated to see the victim is her childhood friend …

I didn't warm to A Cotswold Killing (The Cotswold Cozy Mysteries Book 1) by Rebecca Tope. 📚

The village people were weird, the main character not specially endearing, the story a bit flat. Then, early on, there was troublesome behaviour towards an animal, and I can't abide that. Abandoned.

Another good read: A Hymn of Death (Sister Agnes Mysteries Book 5) by Alison Joseph. 📚

I didn't find the plot quite as interesting, but the author's wordsmithing skill more than made up for it.

This seems conclusively the last in the series, but I thought that with books 3, 4 and 5 …

I keep highlighting excellent turns of phrase in the book I'm currently reading: A Hymn of Death (Sister Agnes Mysteries Book 5) by Alison Joseph. The author has a way with verbs … 📚

I found One Perfect Grave (Nikki Hunt Book 2) by Stacy Green to be a good read. 📚

When the remains of two bodies are found in an open grave along a desolate highway … Special Agent Nikki Hunt knows exactly who they are … the missing boy she’s desperately been trying to find for the last two days. The other body is his mother Dana, who had been Nikki’s lead suspect.

Only US$0.99 today. I'm excited to buy another in this series by Alison Joseph. If you're interested, jump in. A Hymn of Death (Sister Agnes Mysteries Book 5). 📚

I'm on the Joffe Books mailing list and pick up many titles I enjoy (and some I don't) at 99 cents.

The more books in this series I read the more I enjoy them. False Idols (Sister Agnes Mysteries Book 4) by Alison Joseph was another great read. 📚

It seems more that several interesting lives intertwine, rather than a dedicated investigation. Then facts emerge that lead to a solution. Good stuff!

I was initially uncertain about The Girls in the Snow (Nikki Hunt Book 1) by Stacy Green, but the book grew on me and in the end I quite enjoyed it. 📚

Nikki Hunt's current case takes her back to where she grew up, and where her parents were murdered. That complicates things for her …

Another good read by Anne Shillolo: Goodbye Quinn's Landing (A Port Alma Murder Mystery Book 9). 📚

DC Holly Towns sees a bigger picture than the rest of the team have realised, but the pieces gradually come to light and fit together. Port Alma ends up a safer place to live.

Havoc (Eva "Lightning Dance" Duran Book 2) by Deborah J Ledford. 📚

Guns and kids are never a good mix. Add in bullying and a bank robbery, and a bit of well-meaning naivety, and Lightning Dance has quite a tangle to unravel.

More excellent insights into a native american culture in New Mexico.