Miraz Jordan

I don't often buy reference books, but this seemed like a must-have: Fungi of Aotearoa: A Curious Forager's Field Guide by Liv Sisson. 📚

I realised I can read it in Kindle on my Mac to enjoy all the colour photos.

This was a gripping read: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave. 📚

Hannah’s husband just doesn’t come home from work after his boss is arrested for fraud. She sets out with his teenage daughter Bailey to figure out what’s going on.

Recommended by alex ink.

In The Case of the Unlucky Gardener (Connie McKinnon Sailing Detective Cosy Mysteries Book 1) by Tina Mclachlan Brassington the characters bat chunks of dialog to and fro.

I finally realised it was more like exchanges of email: chat chat chat; reply reply reply.

Anyway, I liked it well enough. 📚

The book Little Girl Lost (Georgiana Germaine Book 1) by Cheryl Bradshaw just didn't sit right by me. 📚

The detective had some mysterious tragedy in her past that was a driving force but whose shadowy nature was just annoying. Also I found the detective's way of working didn't seem right.

Things just aren't going well for Peg, in relationships or work in Peril in Silver Nightshade (The Pegasus Quincy Mystery Series Book 4) by Lakota Grace. 📚

Somehow she ends up dealing with Silver, a talented con artist who trusts no-one but herself. Then there's bad boy Wolf too…

Another in a series I enjoy — Goodbye Linden Square (A Port Alma Murder Mystery Book 7) by Anne Shillolo. 📚

The crimes keep piling up in Port Alma — dead bodies, a bomb on a boat, sniper fire, kidnapping — but are they all connected? And why?

A nice prequel short story to the Pegasus Quincy mystery series by Lakota Grace — Bad Day at Black Canyon: 📚

When Peg leaves for Arizona and her new job as a rookie sheriff's deputy, she discovers major roadblocks ahead, not to mention a gremlin or two.

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Bought back in September 2020; I must have read the first book then. Totally forgot what it was about. Read the second book this week and it ranks very high on the improbability scale. That aside, it was an OK read.

The Girl and the Ocean — Boxset by Alexandria Clarke. 📚

Reading Persons Unknown (Manon Bradshaw, Book 2) by Susie Steiner was how I imagine white water rafting would be. You dip a toe in the river not sure if you really want to engage, take a step, and then you're off, swept along irresistibly. What a read! 📚

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. 📚