Category Archives: Cozy Mystery

Book Review: A Spoonful of Gunpowder by Katherine H. Brown

Posted on October 1, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: Think steampunk meets Mary Poppins reimagined in a most delightful way! Anna-Marie Pauper prides herself on being perfectly practical in every way. Until one day, she isn’t. An orphan with an interest in tinkering finds herself grown into a … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: A Death at Neptune Cove (Jemima Jago Mystery #4) by Emma Jameson

Posted on September 29, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Description: A birthday beach party gone wrong, buried treasure and… a dead body? This might be Jemima Jago’s most baffling case yet! When Jem knocks on the door of an isolated cottage overlooking beautiful Neptune Cove, she’s hoping for help fixing … Continue reading →

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Book Beginnings on Friday and Book Blogger Hop: September 23, 2022

Posted on September 23, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted each week by Rose City Reader. It’s a chance to share the first sentence or so of the book you are reading this week. You can check out others’ book beginnings here. I’m also going to link … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Death Among the Diamonds by Fliss Chester

Posted on September 21, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

I’m delighted to help kick off the blog tour for Death Among the Diamonds by Fliss Chester! This is the first in her Cressida Fawcett series, and it is a treat. Synopsis: Everyone in 1920s London knows the Honourable Cressida … Continue reading →

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Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Six Sweets Under by Sarah Fox

Posted on September 21, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme that highlights books soon to be released, the ones we’re excited about but haven’t read yet. It’s hosted by Wishful Endings, and was formerly hosted by Breaking the Spine. Y’all can check out all of this week’s … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: Death Down the Aisle (Lady Eleanor Swift #11) by Verity Bright

Posted on September 3, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: The society wedding of the decade has everything: the blushing bride, beautiful flowers… and the groom arrested before he can walk down the aisle? Thank goodness Lady Swift is on the guest list! Lady Eleanor Swift isn’t normally one … Continue reading →

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Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Dressed to Drill by Kate Carlisle

Posted on August 31, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme that highlights books soon to be released, the ones we’re excited about but haven’t read yet. It’s hosted by Wishful Endings, and was formerly hosted by Breaking the Spine. Y’all can check out all of this week’s … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: The Murder Mystery (Beth Haldane #1) by Alice Castle

Posted on August 29, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for The Murder Mystery by Alice Castle! This is the first in Castle’s series featuring Beth Haldane, and I am hooked! Author:      Alice Castle Book:        The Murder Mystery … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Fish out of Water by Marc Jedel

Posted on August 25, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: A small-town homicide. A community swamped in secrets. Can married amateur sleuths bait and capture the killer before the truth slips away? Elizabeth Trout had escaped her rural Arkansas hometown. Compelled to sort through her deceased grandmother’s belongings, she … Continue reading →

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Book Review and Blog Tour: A Truth Most Treacherous (Cassie Gwynne #3) by Genevieve Essig

Posted on August 17, 2022 by theplainspokenpen@gmail.com

Synopsis: Cassie Gwynne—cat lover, bookworm and daring detective—takes on her most challenging case yet… Florida, 1884. It’s a new year and Cassie Gwynne is determined to be done with the unseemly business of murder. She’s made her resolution and she’s … Continue reading →

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