ARC Review: The Library Game by Gigi Pandian

The Library Game is book 4 in Gigi Pandian’s Secret Staircase Mystery Series, but it’s easily read as a standalone novel. Tempest Raj and her family’s company, Secret Staircase Construction, have been hired to convert historic home, Gray House, into a mystery library. Although the renovations are still in progress, the owner is hosting anContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: The Library Game by Gigi Pandian”

ARC Review: The Socialite’s Guide to Sleuthing and Secrets by S. K. Gordon

The Socialite’s Guide to Sleuthing and Secrets is book 3 in  S.K. Gordon’s Pinnacle Hotel Mystery series but as someone who was not familiar with the series, I can confidently say that it’s easily read as a standalone. The story is written in first person from the point of view of Evelyn Murphy, the daughterContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: The Socialite’s Guide to Sleuthing and Secrets by S. K. Gordon”

ARC Review: Death at the Village Chess Club by Debbie Young

Death at the Village Chess Club is book 2 in the Cotswold Curiosity Shop Mystery series by Debbie Young, but is easily read as a standalone. Deaths at the Village Chess Club is written in first person from the point of view of Alice, a woman who is rebuilding her life after her husband leavesContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: Death at the Village Chess Club by Debbie Young”

ARC Review: A Beauty Queen’s Guide to Murder and Mayhem by Kristen Bird

A Beauty Queen’s Guide to Murder and Mayhem is the first book in Kristen Bird’s A Dakota Green Mystery series. Dakota Green is taken off guard when she finds out that before her mother’s death, her mother arranged for Dakota to compete in a local beauty pageant. Her mother’s  hope was that Dakota would winContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: A Beauty Queen’s Guide to Murder and Mayhem by Kristen Bird”

ARC Review: The Body at the Roman Baths by Kate Hardy

The Body at the Roman Baths is book 5 in Kate Hardy’s A Georgina Drake Mystery series. This was the first book I had read in the series and I found it to be easily read as a standalone, although I am interested enough in the characters to go back and read other books inContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: The Body at the Roman Baths by Kate Hardy”