Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke

Mar 8, 2009 | My Musing

Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke is the tenth book in the “Hannah Swensen” mystery series.  Publisher: Kensington, March 2008 Summertime has finally arrived in Lake Eden, Minnesota, and Hannah Swensen, owner of The Cookie Jar bakery, is looking forward...

Here Today, Gone to Maui by Carol Snow

Mar 6, 2009 | My Musing

Here Today, Gone to Maui by Carol Sno.  Publisher: Berkley (Penguin), January 2009 When Jane Shea’s boyfriend, Jimmy, invites her to spend a week at a swanky resort in Maui, she’s thrilled-of course-but nervous, too. She worries about missing their flight....

Kiss The Bride by Amy Danicic

Mar 5, 2009 | My Musing

Kiss The Bride by Amy Danicic. Publisher: Zebra Book, 2002 This book features Victoria Scott, a daycare provider, who thinks she is jinxed.  Can a young woman who has been left at the altar not once, not twice but three times ever find happiness?  Victoria can’t...

Can’t Never Tell by Cathy Pickens

Mar 4, 2009 | My Musing

Can’t Never Tell by Cathy Pickens is the fifth book in the “Southern Fried” cozy mystery series. Publisher: Minotaur Books, February 2009 It’s another Fourth of July in Dacus, South Carolina and the carnival fright house isn’t impressing Avery’s...

Death Takes the Cake by Melinda Wells

Mar 2, 2009 | My Musing

Death Takes The Cake by Melinda Wells is the second book in the “Della Cooks” cozy mystery series.  Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin), February 2009 To help boost ratings for her show, Della Carmichael agrees to enter a televised cake competition sponsored by...

The Deepest Cut by Dianne Emley

Mar 1, 2009 | My Musing

The Deepest Cut by Dianne Emley is the third book in the “Nan Vining” thriller series. Publisher: Ballantine Books, February 2009 Back from the dead. That’s how it feels for Nan Vining–a Pasadena homicide cop, a struggling single mother, and a woman...