My Musing ~ Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander

Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander is the first book in the new “Bakeshop” mystery series. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, December 2014 Welcome to Torte—a friendly, small-town family bake shop where the treats are so good that, sometimes, it’s criminal. After...

My Musing ~ The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer by Krista Davis

The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer by Krista Davis is the second book in the “Paws and Claws” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime, December 2014 Wagtail, Virginia, the top pet-friendly getaway in the United States, is gearing up for a howling good Halloween—until a...

Christmas with Kiki Lowenstein by Joanna Campbell Slan

“Thank you so much for taking the kids to see Santa. It was so kind of you and Louis. The kids were really looking forward to it,” I said to Thelma Detweiler, mother of my fiancé, Detective Chad Detweiler. “You’re entirely welcome. Could we talk in private?” Thelma...

Christmas Eve with Zoe Donovan by Kathi Daley

December 24 Hi, my name is Zoe Donovan. I’m a newly engaged animal rescue worker. It’s Christmas Eve, and as I do every year, I’ve carved out a little time just for me. The snow is falling gently on the busy sidewalk as holiday shoppers scurry from one brightly lit...

Words from Pepe Sullivan by Waverly Curtis

I have been trying to persuade Geri that we should open a detective agency called Sullivan and Sullivan. Of course, that first Sullivan would stand for me, Pepe Sullivan. I adopted that last name when I was adopted by Geri at the start of the year. I was one of a...