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Erika Kehlet (21 KP) rated The Final Tap (Living History Museum, #2) in Books

Feb 21, 2018  
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The Final Tap (Living History Museum, #2)
Amanda Flower | 2016
8
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Well, I've found yet another cozy mystery series to add to my must-buy list! I really enjoyed the setting - a working historical farm - and learned everything I could want to know about maple syrup production. Not in a clinical way, but as interesting bits of information presented during the story.

Our heroine Kelsey has her hands full trying to run the farm, raise her kindergarten-age son, and solve a murder before the police can pin it on one of her young employees. There was an interesting cast of characters, and that homey, small-town feel that I love in a good cozy.

While previous events are mentioned, it's not necessary to have read book 1 to know what's going on.

NOTE: I received a free copy in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2269 KP) rated Death of a Cozy Writer (St. Just Mystery #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Death of a Cozy Writer (St. Just Mystery #1)
G.M. Malliet | 2009
8
7.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
When a best selling mystery writer invites his children to his English manor, murder makes an appearance. I enjoyed the good, but I really felt like the main character was a bit too cardboard. The other characters certainly made up for it.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-death-of-cozy-writer-by-g-m.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2269 KP) rated Shooting Gallery (An Art Lover's Mystery, #2) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Shooting Gallery (An Art Lover's Mystery, #2)
Hailey Lind | 2006
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
While attending a showing for a sculptor, Annie Kincaid discovers a body swinging from a tree. To make things more puzzling, her own mother seems to have a connection to the dead person. This is a wild cozy caper with plenty of twists and great characters.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-shooting-gallery-by-hailey.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2269 KP) rated Snow White Red-Handed (Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery, #1) in Books

Mar 9, 2018  
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Snow White Red-Handed (Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery, #1)
Maia Chance | 2014
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Prue and Ophelia take on jobs as maids to the Coops, Americans who are traveling to their castle in Germany’s black forest. Almost as soon as they’ve arrived, a cottage is discovered on the property that looks like a dwarf cottage, and fairytale experts are brought in. The next day, Mr. Coop is poisoned with an apple. What have Prue and Ophelia gotten themselves into?

I love fairytales and fairytale reimaginings, so I had to give this cozy mystery series a try. It was so much fun. The story was fast paced, and the fairytale aspect provided a nice twist to the cozy formula. The characters were sharp as well, and the author made perfect use of a multiple viewpoint story. Can’t wait for the sequel.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2015/06/book-review-snow-white-red-handed-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
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Erika Kehlet (21 KP) rated Egg Drop Dead (Crackleberry Club, #7) in Books

Feb 21, 2018  
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Egg Drop Dead (Crackleberry Club, #7)
Laura Childs | 2016
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Egg Drop Dead is the 7th Cackleberry Club mystery and I will definitely be going back to catch up with this series. Suzanne, Toni, and Petra were such affable, believable women, that mid-way through the book I felt as though they were people I really knew, and not just characters in a story. Add to that a well-paced mystery and you have a really enjoyable cozy.
  
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Sue (5 KP) rated Vlad-Handing (Silver Hills Cozy Mysteries, #5) in Books

Apr 23, 2018  
Vlad-Handing (Silver Hills Cozy Mysteries, #5)
Vlad-Handing (Silver Hills Cozy Mysteries, #5)
Sam Cheever | 2018 | Mystery
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Vlad-Handing is book 5 in the Silver Hills Cozy Mystery series. It is set in a singles/retirement residency (think 55 and older) filled with an eccentric cast of characters. This time around, Flo and Agnes find themselves trying to prove that manager Vlad Newsome, who many consider a reprehensible creature of the night, is innocent of murder. The only problem is that these ladies are a not 100% sure that Vlad isn’t the murderer.

Flo and Agnes are two ladies that you would love to call your friends. They are laugh out loud funny adding comedy to a terrific cozy mystery that will have you in stitches until the end. I highly suggest starting out with book 1 Dose Vidanya and reading the books in order. While these books can be read stand alone, the cast of characters build as each book in the series continues.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.