Miraz Jordan

Fire in Broken Water (The Pegasus Quincy Mystery Series Book 3) by Lakota Grace was a thoroughly good read from an author and in a setting I enjoy. 📚

feuding over water rights … suspected drug dealing, and a blackmailer … all lead Pegasus astray on her quest to find the killer

This was another gripping read from Tracy Clark: Runner (A Chicago Mystery Book 4). It's a great shame there are only 4 books in the series. It's a story worth telling. 📚

Chicago in the dead of winter can be brutal, especially when you’re scouring the frigid streets for a missing girl.

Took me a few starts but in the end I enjoyed Poodle Versus The Mob (Cottage Country Cozy Mysteries Book 2) by Anne Shillolo well enough. 📚

Zora Flynn, local newspaper publisher, and Rocco, her pampered poodle, are faced with a mini-crime wave. Not one but two victims have surfaced

I enjoyed reading Murder Among The Roses (Maybridge Murder Mysteries Book 1) by Liz Fielding. 📚

Abby is horrified to discover the bones of a baby buried under a rose bush. … And then, just two days later, Abby finds Howard himself. Lying dead in the very same rose garden.

In Murder Never Retires (DI Hillary Greene Book 12) by Faith Martin our favourite DI is back on the job but in a different role. 📚

20 years ago … Anna McRae was found beaten to death … with a rolling pin. She’d been having an affair with her brother-in-law … But the evidence never added up.

Another excellent mystery from Faith Martin — Murder at Work (DI Hillary Greene Book 11) 📚:

Michael Ivers was a gambler and a notorious womaniser … there is a long list of people who might have wanted him dead.

Hillary has just days left to solve her final case as a police officer.

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the novella Catnip & Brimstone by Jessica Nickelsen. 📚

Nine-year-old Beth and her tabby kitten Charley become BFFs … When Charley is catnapped by a strange man in a dark cloak, Beth does everything she can to get him back.

Started this book so long ago I’d forgotten what was going on. Picked it up and finished it with some enjoyment. The Country Inn Mystery (Jenny Starling Book 7) by Faith Martin. 📚

Jenny Starling is [cooking for] a Regency Extravaganza … Leading actress … turns up actually drowned in the pond…

I was really hooked in to the 5 books in Detective Hillary Greene Books 6–10 box set by Faith Martin. 📚

Book 10 suggested an unwelcome change but I see there are 20 books in the series in total. Whew.

Well-written with interesting characters and plots. I’m a fan!

I quite enjoyed reading What You Don’t See (A Cass Raines Mystery Book 3) by Tracy Clark. 📚

Vonda Allen … Everybody adores her. Except the people who work for her. And the person who’s sending her flowers with death threats. … Cass Raines … isn’t keen on playing babysitter to a celebrity

Courtesy of Anne Shillolo’s newsletter I downloaded her Murder At Aspen Creek prequel novella for free. It was a quick and enjoyable read — I’m already a fan of her Port Alma Murder Mysteries. I’ll be reading the new series too. 📚

I’m going to stop reading A Space Girl from Earth (The Kyroibi Trilogy Book 1) by Christina McMullen. I’m not the target audience and I’m more annoyed by it than interested. 📚

not only is Ellie an alien, but … the forbidden knowledge of a lost civilization is hidden deep within her genetic code.

The books in this series by Kris Bock are good reads: Someone Missing from Malapais Mountain (Book 4 in The Accidental Detective series). The mystery is interesting, the characters enjoyable. 📚

Another very enjoyable read from Kris Bock: Someone Cruel in Coyote Creek (The Accidental Detective Book 3) 📚

Kate … receives a message claiming Mayor Todd Paradise is taking bribes … Kate sets out to discover the truth, with help from her multi-generational … crew.

I was enthralled by the sample: this was an immediate buy and a fantastic read. You’re Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner. 📚

Themes of identity, friendships and finding a place in the world, all while being Deaf.

Highly recommended.

Jana DeLeon somehow manages to keep her Miss Fortune books fresh and interesting. Clue Krewe (Miss Fortune Mysteries Book 24) was another very enjoyable read and a great adventure with Fortune, Gertie and Ida, while not forgoing explosions and chaos. 📚

Once I was used to the noirish language I enjoyed the adventure of Tropical Punch (Bubbles in Space Book 1) by S.C. Jensen. 📚

Does she like her job? No. Is she good at it? Also no. She can’t afford to be too good. The last time … cost her a job, a limb, and almost her life.

I enjoyed the lightweight and mildly humorous sci-fi Independent Living (EarthCent Universe Book 1) by E. M. Foner. 📚

a group of retirees leaving Earth and a young woman in EarthCent’s new witness protection … are all going to live on Flower, an enormous alien colony vessel

There is so much about this book that makes it unlikely I would enjoy it — romance genre, sports, genius level maths…. I was riveted: Simply Connected: A Lesbian/Nonbinary Sports Romance by Alex Washoe. Leaves me with much to think about. 📚

Thanks to @Cheri for mentioning Racing Hearts by Alex Washoe. I kept reading even when other things demanded my attention. 📚

a grumpy/sunshine opposites attract romance.

Contents warnings for encounters with transphobia and bigotry and for depictions of mental health issues.

I really enjoyed this Australian light cozy mystery. A gentle fun read: Till Daph Do Us Part (Daphne Jones Mysteries) by Phillipa Nefri Clark. 📚

Daphne Jones has travelled … to officiate a wedding … a member of the bridal party ends up face down in the swimming pool.

I pretty much enjoyed The Unsound Theory (STAR Academy Book 1) by Emilia Zeeland. It’s a YA book — the main characters were in their late teens. Somewhat interesting ideas. Not sure I’ll read the rest of the series though. 📚

This was a simple read — an easily solved murder mystery, a bit of romance. Always on Duty: Companion Novella (A Klondike Mystery) by D. B. McNicol. 📚

The unusual mystery writer conceit in Secret Sleuth Box Set (Books 1–2) [dead link] by Patricia McLinn took a bit of getting used to, but the books were a good read. 📚

Enjoyed the hunt in Graves On The Fens (DI Nikki Galena Series Book 14) by Joy Ellis. 📚

It arrives in the morning. An old-fashioned airmail envelope addressed to Detective Nikki Galena. Inside, on a single sheet of blue airmail paper, are three words: You failed me.