My Musing ~ Stiff Penalty by Annelise Ryan

Stiff Penalty by Annelise Ryan is the sixth book in the “Mattie Winston” mystery series. Publisher: Kensington, February 2015 Deputy coroner Mattie Winston knows a thing or two about dead bodies. That’s why she’s on the case of Derrick Ames, a high school...

My Musing ~ Tattered Legacy by Shannon Baker

Tattered Legacy by Shannon Baker is the third book in the “Nora Abbott” mystery series. Publisher: Midnight Ink, March 2015 Nora Abbott risks her career at Loving Earth Trust on a film project to convince Congress to expand the Canyonlands National Park. But someone...

My Musing ~ Suspendered Sentence by Laura Bradford

Suspendered Sentence by Laura Bradford is the fourth book in the “Amish” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime, March 2015 The national bestselling author of Shunned and Dangerous returns to the Amish community of Heavenly, Pennsylvania, where shop owner...

My Musing ~ Kittens Can Kill by Clea Simon

Kittens Can Kill by Clea Simon is the 5th book in the “Pru Marlowe Pet Noir” mystery series. Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, March 2015 The dead don’t keep pets. So when animal behaviorist expert Pru Marlowe gets a call about a kitten, she doesn’t expect to find the...

My Musing ~ Flamenco, Flan, and Fatalities by Mary McHugh

Flamenco, Flan, and Fatalities by Mary McHugh is the second book in the “Happy Hoofers” mystery series. Publisher: Kensington, February 2015 Murder is nothing to tap at. . . The high-kicking Happy Hoofers–Tina, Janice, Pat, Mary Louise, and Gini–have been...

My Musing ~ License to Dill by Mary Ellen Hughes

License to Dill by Mary Ellen Hughes is the second book in the “Pickled and Preserved” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime, February 2015 Piper Lamb knows how to make fruits and vegetables keep for months. Unfortunately, it’s the people around her who are...