Dire Threads by Janet Bolin

Dire Threads by Janet Bolin is the first book in the new “Threadville” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime, June 2011 In the village of Threadville, Pennsylvania, beautiful textiles are the main attraction. But when a prominent town figure is...

Murderer Among Us by Marilyn Levinson

Murderer Among Us by Marilyn Levinsonn is the first book in the new “Twin Lakes” mystery series. Publisher: Wings ePress, June 2011 Newly retired Lydia Krause moves to the upscale, over-55 community of Twin Lakes, where she publicly exposes the community’s...

Sentenced To Death by Lorna Barrett

Sentenced To Death by Lorna Barrett is the 5th book in the “Booktown” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin), June 2011 As the owner of Stoneham, New Hampshire’s mystery bookstore Haven’t Got a Clue, Tricia Miles can figure out whodunit...

My Musing ~ Bingo Barge Murder by Jessie Chandler

Bingo Barge Murder by Jessie Chandler is the first book in the new “Shay O’Hanlon” mystery series. Publisher: Midnight Ink, May 2011 As co-owner of The Rabbit Hole, a quirky-cool Minneapolis coffee shop, Shay O’Hanlon finds life highly...

Mind Your Own Beeswax by Hannah Reed

Mind Your Own Beeswax by Hannah Reed is the second book in the “Queen Bee” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin), May 2011 Story Fischer has her hands full with her successful local market, her Queen Bee Honey business, and her new maybe boyfriend,...

Classified as Murder by Miranda James

Classified as Murder by Miranda James is the second book in the “Cat in the Stacks” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin), May 2011 Everyone in Athena, Mississippi, knows Charlie Harris, the good-natured librarian with a rescued Maine...