ARC Review: An Irish Bookshop Murder by Lucy Connelly

An Irish Bookshop Murder is book 1 in Lucy Connelly’s Mercy McCarthy Mystery series and it is a great start to a new series. Mercy and her sister, Lizzie, have moved to Shamrock cove,  a small town in Ireland, from their respective homes in New York and Texas, after inheriting a cottage and a bookshopContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: An Irish Bookshop Murder by Lucy Connelly”

ARC Review: The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish by Paula Brackston

The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish by Paula Brackston is a paranormal mystery/thriller set in England in 1881. Hecate is a single young woman, embarking on her first job as assistant librarian at the nearby cathedral. It isn’t very long before she realizes that she is able to see and communicate with ghosts inhabiting the cathedral.ContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish by Paula Brackston”

ARC Review: The Lady’s Last Mistake by Cara Devlin

The Lady’s Last Mistake is book 8 in Cara Devlin’s  A Bow Street Duchess Mystery series. Unlike the other books in the series, the main character in this book is not the duchess, but her former sister-in-law,  Lady Cassandra (Cassie) Sinclair. We have met her in previous books where she had some interactions with theContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: The Lady’s Last Mistake by Cara Devlin”

ARC Review: Middletide by Sarah Crouch

Middletide is the debut novel by author Sarah Crouch described as an atmospheric mystery reminiscent of Where the Crawdads Sing. When I read the synopsis for Middletide it sounded very interesting, so much so that I ordered a hard copy from the Book of the aMonth club even after receiving an ARC from  NetGalley. UnfortunatelyContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: Middletide by Sarah Crouch”

ARC Review: Fangs for the Memories by Jo-Ann Carson

Fangs for the Memories is book 3 in Jo-Ann Carson’s Fangsters series about a boarding school for delinquent vampires, and was a great entry in the series. The  author does a decent job of introducing previous characters so that a reader could read this as a standalone novel, but there is a bit of anContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: Fangs for the Memories by Jo-Ann Carson”