This week we’re pulling an all-nighter in a seedy diner. JD Wolfe is on the job watching for trouble. Unfortunately, so is the spirit that haunts her. Grab some coffee, …
This week we’re headed to Oregon with Sheriff Jax Turner and a new Misty Pines Mystery. He and his ex-wife have been through a lot, so a weekend to work …
This week we’re headed for the North Pole. A place you’ve always dreamed of, right? Well, this story just might curl up the toes of your little elf shoes as …
This week it’s all about Christmas in New Orleans. Gumbo, beignets, and the uncovering of an adoption mystery which leads to murder. Grab some sweet tea because we have a …
PART OF THE SOLUTION: A MYSTERY This week we’re headed back in time to 1978 to a cafe in Flanders, Massachusetts. We get to hang out with earth mamas, professors, …
THE HAUNTING OF EMILY GRACE This week we’re headed to a secluded island to work as a carpenter. The thing is the last couple of carpenters, things didn’t work out …
This week, we’re headed to the world of cozy noir. We have One the Gun, a private eye with a beautiful assistant, but there is something very deja vu about …
This week we’re traveling back in time with one of the excellent Will Rees mysteries, The Long Shadow of Murder. There has been a murder committed near the homes and …
This week we’re headed to Savannah Georgia to a quaint little Magic Candle Shop. In this paranormal cozy mystery Tabby Quigsley has her hands full as she is asked to …
This week we’re headed to Georgia to spend some time with Martha, who after a stint in a mental ward is still hearing voices in her head. Not good, but …
Halloween is right around the corner, and what a great way to wait for trick-or-treaters than with a book by your side! You might also want to check out this …
This week we’re headed to a crowded gathering in Alexandria, Virginia. Special Agent Gordon Stone, like everyone else, is listening to the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern district of Virginia, …
Here are a couple of mysteries to think about while you watch the leaves fall. I read advanced reader copies of both books and left my reviews below. All This …
This week we’re on the road in the mountains of Northern California in Walter Horsting’s spy thriller Mild Mannered Men: The Rain Will Wash Away the Blood. We are entering …
This week we’re on the road to a town in Pennsylvania named Little Hope. The perfect place for a woman just coming out of a trauma recovery center. Westley Smith …
Here are two books that are coming out this fall that you won’t want to miss. Both are on pre-order at Amazon at this time. Remain-Coming October 14 Paranormal Mystery …
This week we’re on the hunt for a serial killer. In the new thriller Whispers, Special Agent Kitts is doing her job to find the murderer but at the same …
GONE TO GROUND This week we’re headed to California where there is a construction project in progress, that is until a bunch of tortoises show up. They are on the …
No podcast today, but that doesn’t mean we can’t talk about books. Here are three books I’ve read this month. They aren’t all traditional mysteries, but they are all amazing. …
This week we are heading to Santa Barbara, California, post WWII. The world is ready to get going again, but bigotry, railroad strikes and murder get in the way in …
In Celebration of the recent paperback release of A COLD, COLD WORLD we’re paying tribute to the series starter. Sheriff Bet Rivers has taken over for her father as interim …
This week we’re headed on a cruise down the Mighty Mississippi. After all the adventures we’ve been on, we deserve a little vacation. But wait, there’s more. What’s this? A …
No podcast today, but don’t worry. I’ll be back at it next week. I’ve been busy working on the fifth book in The Swinging Sixties Mystery Series and am happy …
This week we’re headed to Washington on the trail of a computer whiz who might not be as smart as he thinks he is. TJ O’Connor’s latest novel starts his …
This week we’re hitting the nightlife in the Washington D.C. area, out with a couple of young guys who are pretty wasted. Wine, women and song is what’s on their …
Today we’re going back to the Brian Silverman’s St. Pierre Caribbean Mystery series to the second book, Calypso Blue. Our excerpt is not on the Caribbean island of St. Pierre, …
This week we’re headed to Santa Fe on sabbatical with a psychology professor and in the excerpt she’s headed to a party. Parties are where you make new friends, right? …
This week we’re headed to a sport’s bar in the Caribbean which sounds pretty good, but wait, there’s more. A woman falls off a cliff and the owner, former New …
This week we’re headed to a cabin in the woods. A basic place, nothing fancy and plenty of privacy. Which is good, until a mysterious stranger comes to the door …
This week we’re headed to a world unseen by most people. Crime, the CIA and Mexican cartels. Someone Had to Lie by Jack Luellen mixes true crime with fiction making …
Happy Spring! I love listening to all the birds in the morning and this week we’re going to the little town of Hawthorn Heights where bird watching could be hazardous …
Today we’re headed back in time to 1942. Let’s get our “noir” hats on and spend some time with PI Nicholas Bishop. Too much alcohol, some missing bullets and beautiful …
This week we’re heading to Atlanta, Georgia. Cynthia has just picked up the kids from Grandma’s house, and as their sugar highs crash into quiet exhaustion, she begins to notice …
This week we’re headed back in time to 1965, Camden, Texas. This is the fourth book in my Swinging Sixties Mystery Series. Dot is on the case with her boyfriend …
This week we’re headed to Decatur, Illinois in the year 1986. But wait, there’s more. We’re stepping into the world of Fast Freddie’s Gentleman’s Club where there is something not …
This week we’re headed to the land of divorce. I’ve never been divorced but have had several friends make the legal break and in those times I learned about people …
This week we’re heading to a cabin in the woods. Sounds nice, right? Not when that cabin is the home of a white supremists and the police are surrounding it …
Today we’re headed to small town of Westfield, New Jersey for the delightful cozy mystery, Seams Like the Perfect Crime. Full of quirky characters, this town has a Revolutionary War …
This week we are going way off the beaten path with some Biblical fiction in You Will Be Peter by Jerry Lathan. This is the extraordinary story of a young …
This week we’re traveling back in time to 2021. Remember the pandemic? We’re near the end of it, having lunch in Toronto with two businessmen. Tom has the hot company …
Today we’re headed to Santa Barbara with Detective Sgt. Kate Flynn. She is at a grisly murder scene, and the first contact she has to speak with is a monk. …
This week we’re headed to Hollywood to work on the costume crew for the next great superhero movie (if there is such a thing). Final Cut is a wonderful backstage …
This week we’re headed to Chicago to spend some time with retiree David Blazen. He witnessed a murder even though that’s not what the police are saying. I’m excited to …
Listen to an excerpt from Till Dirt Do Us Part on the Books to the Ceiling Podcast Below. I know you’ve been getting those Burpee catalogs in the mail this …
Today we’re headed to a party in New York City. There’s a thief working the crowd, but what she doesn’t know, is she’s met her match in The Feline. Buckle …
Listen to this post on the Books to the Ceiling Podcast Today we’re headed to Hong Kong with Inspector Lok, in Charles Philipp Martin’s Rented Grave. Ever have a …
Listen to a narrated excerpt featured on Books to the Ceiling Podcast Below This week we are heading to upstate New York to an upscale neighborhood, but not in the …
This week we’re headed to Pecan Bayou, Texas for the second book in my Pecan Bayou Mystery Series. Overdue for Murder revolves around an author talk at Betsy Livingston’s public …
This week we’re heading to Sally’s Smasher, a bar in the Ozarks, but this isn’t an episode of Bar Rescue, but a terrific whodunit with a puzzle-solving bar owner. Let …
This week we’re looking at a newly purchased house, that hasn’t been changed since the 1950s. Not since “the tragedy”. R.J. Koreto is back on Books to the Ceiling with …
A HUSH AT MIDNIGHT This week we’re headed to East Texas to visit a mentor of Chef Laura Harris. Good stuff. Texas, sweet tea, conversation, but there’s so much more …
Listen to the Books to the Ceiling Podcast Below or Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify This week we’re headed to England to Bramsford Manor, with the spirit of …
Listen to The Dead Detective Casefiles on the Books to the Ceiling Podcast Below or Listen on Spotify This week we’re headed to a very different side of life, …
Listen to a Narrated Excerpt from the Books to the Ceiling Podcast Below orListen on Spotify We have an explosive thriller this week as we travel to Slovenia with Jaq …
Listen to a narrated excerpt below or Listen on Spotify This week we are spending time with Claire who is almost sure someone is watching her. She …
This week we are heading to Colorado to the world of the artist, Gabby Wolfe. She’s starting a new job creating illustrations for a famous children’s author. She has an …
Listen to a Narrated Excerpt Below Or Listen on Spotify Growl! This week we’re headed to an animal sanctuary to see all those cute cuddly creatures. Well, most of them …
Listen to the Books to the Ceiling Podcast Below or Listen on Spotify Arghhh, we are so close to “Talk like a Pirate” day! Why not celebrate early with The …
Listen to a narrated excerpt on the Books to the Ceiling Podcast Below orListen on Spotify Today we are taking a long, soul-searching ride with a woman formally from the …
Listen to the Books to the Ceiling Podcast Below or Listen to the Books to the Ceiling Podcast on Spotify. We are time traveling to a lavish party in 1926 …
This week we’re going to a poetry reading, but before you think this is going to be an evening of polite clapping and excellent use of iambic pentameter- this is …
Listen to the Books to the Ceiling Below OrListen on Spotify We have a ride-along today with the Hickory Falls Sheriff’s Department on Christmas day in 2015. You would think …
Listen to Killer Weed on the Books to the Ceiling Podcast below or Listen on Spotify Our mystery today heads us to the world of lawyers and clients in Austin, …
Listen to a narrated excerpt on the Books to the Ceiling Podcast Brrr. It looks like snow! Okay, not really, but that’s the beauty of reading. Have you ever …
Well, you know I’m partial to Texas and this week we are heading to a small-town Texas farmers market with Jackie Layton’s Clover Covered Corpse. Her sleuth is a flower …
Listen to the Books to the Ceiling Podcast below or Listen on Spotify ELEPHANT SAFARI So far this summer we’ve been all over the United States, but this week we’re …
Listen to the Books to the Ceiling Podcast Below or Listen to the Books to the Ceiling Podcast on Spotify Let’s head out to Los Angeles today to hang out …
Listen to a narrated excerpt below or Listen on Spotify We are time-traveling today to New York in the 1950s. So, let’s put on our shades and hop into …
Listen to the podcast below or Listen to the podcast on Spotify This podcast contains a school shooting. Have you ever wanted to escape your life? Maybe just for a …
Listen to the podcast below or Listen to the podcast on Spotify We’re going to need a lot of gas in our time machine today as we travel all …
Listen to the podcast below Or Listen to the Podcast on Spotify We are traveling back in time today to 1963, where we will spend some time with an eleven-year-old …
Listen to the podcast below. Or listen to the podcast on Spotify This week we’re headed to Denver, Colorado for one of the most intriguing hitman scenes I’ve ever …
Today we’re heading to North Carolina with some swoon-worthy romantic suspense. All mystery fans need some romance with their suspense from time to time, am I right? Let’s take a …
Listen to the Podcast Below. Listen to a Narrated Excerpt of Murder Under a Honey Moon on Spotify This week we’re taking a cruise aboard the RMS Majesty Ocean Liner …
Listen to a narrated excerpt from Murder in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Wouldn’t you just love a stress-free day navigating the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains? I know I …
Hey there all you mystery lovers! It’s TIME for another great mystery puzzle to solve. In Clocked Out Josie Posie is investigating the death of a watch designer, the …
Listen to a Narrated Excerpt of Fit for MurderAlright, mystery lovers, time to get shape up. All those cozy cups of tea and delicious home-baked muffins are taking their toll! …
Listen to a Narrated Excerpt of Crime and Parchment We’re heading to Maryland today to find out about an ancient Celtic manuscript. Daphne Silver brings us a mystery in Rose …
I think it’s time we have a frank and honest discussion about AI. It’s a little scary, but that’s also a great thing to add to a cozy mystery. Today …
This week we are going to New York City to spend some time at Channel 10 with Clare Carlson, a broadcaster in desperate need of a story, and boy …
Listen to a Narrated Excerpt I am happy to announce that the third book in The Swinging Sixties Mystery Series is out and available on Amazon! This book truly was …
There are so many things in this week’s featured novel that ring my Christmas bell. A dog who can tell if you’re lying, the beautiful city of Charleston and …
Listen to a Narrated Excerpt on the Books to the Ceiling Podcast Ever find out you’re related to someone you didn’t know about? That could be a good thing or …
Is it June? It must be, because this week we have a limited-edition collection of 25 wedding stories! Some of them are cozy mysteries and others are crime fiction, so …
Listen to a narrated excerpt from RSVP to Murder. We are traveling to 1934 today, so get your best hat, because we’re going to a Christmas party in the Adirondacks! …
Listen to a Narrated Excerpt of Deadly Tides We’re headed to Oregon this week where an man is trying to get his life back together, you know, bright new day, …
Listen to a narrated excerpt from Killing Johnny Miracle. This week our mystery is a thriller. One in which a woman is fed up with her husband, but instead of …
Listen to a narrated excerpt from Death of a Fox. Ever visit someone unexpectedly and find they are not all that thrilled to see you? Hmmm, makes me think …
Listen to an excerpt from The Water Tower You know that moment, just before you graduate from high school? All of your focus is on the life ahead of you. …
Listen to a narrated excerpt of Killer in a Winter Wonderland Just as we light up those pumpkins, it’s time to start our Christmas TBR stack. I like to …
In Inferno on Fifth a fire breaks out in a New York Hotel in 1899. Follow the clues in this well-written historical mystery.
Homicide at High Noon is on Books to the Ceiling: There are funds missing from the bank account of the Calico Ghost Town which is bad enough, but then the banker (complete with twirly mustache) is found dead.
Thicker Than Water is on Books to the Ceiling! Pennsylvania State Trooper Jim Duncan responds to a call regarding a missing autistic young man. When the boy is quickly found, Jim thinks the case is closed…until the young man insists the police need to help a “sleeping blue lady” and leads them to a dead woman in an abandoned shack, clad in only her underwear. Meanwhile, defense attorney Sally Castle is searching for a troubled young woman who wandered into her office wanting protection from an unnamed man…and disappeared before Sally could obtain any details. Sally is bothered by the incident and unnerved when she discovers that Jim’s dead body and her missing potential client are the same person.
Design Flaws: After his father dies, Grayson Dyle observes his mother hiding an envelope in the casket that reveals that he and his brother Dean were adopted. https://wp.me/pnaIT-23Z
When twenty-five-year-old Danika Delaney, black sheep of the Delaney clan, returns home to Long Island to take over Jimmie’s, her eccentric uncle’s old fashioned malt shop on eastern Long Island, she’s not exactly thrilled. But things start to look up when her uncle tells her she can do whatever she’d like with the shop, and it seems she might realize her dream of a small trendy café. That is, until she discovers the body of her ex-boyfriend’s estranged wife in a melted puddle of rocky road in the malt shop basement. With her two sidekicks, her sister and a good childhood friend, in tow, Dani searches for–or stumbles upon—one clue after another. But as she narrows down the suspect list, she realizes if she’s not careful she may end up in a puddle of her own…
Murder of a Good Man is on Books to the Ceiling! An old hotel may be the key to getting Nora off the hook for murder. She’s going to need to solve the mystery quickly to avoid arrest, or worse: becoming the killer’s next victim.
Listen to a narrated excerpt of Devil Within Coming from Texas, I can tell you the local news is often about the border. Today we have Devil Within, A Nathan …
This week on Books to the Ceiling! #Tag Me for Murder. When murder trends too close to home, social media influencer Coco Cline will have to swipe through a sea of trolls to tag a killer.
Secrets Don’t Sink is on Books to the Ceiling! When Audrey O’Connell’s former boyfriend is found floating dead in the marina her investigation reveals his conspiracy theories about Chattertowne and corruption within its leadership.
Deadly Depths is on Books to the Ceiling. The death by bizarre means of his mentor, Professor Barrington Holmes, draws Mathew Shane into the quest of five archeologists, known to each other as “The Monkey’s Paws”, for an obscure object of unprecedented historic and financial value.
In Cold Pursuit River Ryland meets a serial killer and turns to prayer, her only rescue. #thriller #podcast
Till She Was Done is on Books to the Ceiling. Twenty years after graduation Landen Creek High bullies are being systematically shot to death in the town of Landen Creek, Oregon.
In Death in a Bygone Hue Jill Madison returns to her hometown to become executive director of a new art center, but she never dreams unexpected secrets from the past will put her life in danger.
An anonymous tip led journalist Rachel Davenport to a ramshackle cabin, where she helped an abducted teen escape.
In No Time To Breathe, journalist and kickboxer Lisa Jamison finds her friend, Ricky, dead at the back of his gym.
The recovery of a rare medieval prayer book from an eccentric collector living in rural France goes wrong. Carmen ends up in the crosshairs of a murderer!
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After losing her job as an investigative reporter for The Phoenix Gazette, Kat Lawson has a new gig. The FBI has asked her to work undercover as a reporter for Travel International to cover Munich, Germany’s festive holiday scene—an excuse to get close to Hans von Hausmann, a very charismatic and popular museum curator suspected of hiding a cache of stolen masterpieces believed to be part of the World’s Largest Art Heist. The job comes with lots of perks: airfare, travel expenses, the opportunity to see the world…and for a seasoned reporter like Kat, nothing she can’t handle. But, when a trusted source is found dead, Kat realizes the tables have been turned. Armed with evidence that will expose a cache of artwork stolen from museums and the homes of wealthy Jews during the 2nd World War, Kat must find a way to avoid being caught by the German Polizie, who have enough evidence to charge her with murder, and those who want her dead to keep their hidden treasures forever secret. The hunter has become the hunted; now, Kat has a target on her back.
On Books to the Ceiling this week: The Murderous Type. Crime writer turned amateur sleuth, Jen, has taken over the running of the local bookstore when the local police chief is poisoned. #podcast
Former high school guidance counselor, Brenna Flynn, returns home to Bayview City after the sudden death of her husband. Sent on an interview for a cooking reality show, she aces it and gets the job of production assistant.
On her second day at work, Brenna discovers a body in the studio. She soon learns she’s the police’s primary suspect.
In Marigolds, Mischief and Murder, Gwen stumbles on the dead body of a high school friend, everything else in her life suddenly takes a backseat. Especially when Chris becomes the main suspect in the murder, and it seems only Gwen believes in his innocence.
This week we’re heading into wartime. 1943 to be exact. In The Truth We Hide, Betty Ahern is a soon-to-be PI and things aren’t looking to good for her client. There are plenty of twist and turns in this one, so after you get your lines drawn on your stockings we’ll head to the case.
The Girls Dressed for Murder is on Books to the Ceiling! In 1958 a dress boutique is marred by murder and Izzy Walsh must solve the crime. #historicalmystery #podcast
The life of a cat groomer isn’t just pampering purring felines, it’s murder.
Mobile Cat Groomer Molly Stewart loves her job. Until she finds the dead body of one of her pet parents stabbed with a garden implement in his back yard.
A haunting legend. An ominous curse. A search for a secret buried deep within the castle walls. Hear the excerpt from The Vanishing at Castle Moreau. https://wp.me/pnaIT-1Vv
Jhonni Laurent is the first female sheriff of Field’ s Crossing, Indiana— and now she has her first murder case
Two days after a blizzard hits Field’ s Crossing, Indiana, Sheriff Jhonni Laurent discovers the frozen body of a high school senior under a fifteen-foot pile of snow and ice. Murder is rare in farm country, and this death marks the beginning of Jhonni’ s first homicide case.
Let’s head to Hawaii to solve a mystery from Harlequin. R. Barri Flowers brings us Danger on Maui where a writer and detective get together to solve a murder. Get your flip flops and sunscreen on as we head into this week’s mystery. https://wp.me/pnaIT-1U
Did you know there was an assassination attempt on Teddy Roosevelt in 1906? Find out more in Path to Peril on Books to the Ceiling blog and podcast today!
Listen to this blog as a podcast. It’s Spring, so let’s talk about cute little fairies! Daryl Wood Gerber brings us A Flicker of a Doubt today. It’s a cozy …
If I Had a Hammer is on Books to the Ceiling! Find out more about this 1963 mystery, the second book in The Swinging Sixties Series.
Fact or Fiction: As the leaves begin to change colors and the weather starts turning cooler in the historic city in the heart of Western Maryland, Parker City Police Detectives Ben Winters and Tommy Mason are called to Saint Paul’s where the recently installed Father Roland Taylor, who has become very popular in the community, has been found dead in his office at the church.
Neighbors to Die for is on Books to the Ceiling! Nothing like a homeowner’s association to inspire a murder mystery😉 https://wp.me/pnaIT-1RD
When a frantic client calls, worried about her dog, Andi Grace is happy to drop by the woman’s home and check in on her beloved pet. She’s initially concerned when she discovers the dog’s not in the house, but she’s out-and-out shocked to discover that the woman’s husband is—strangled to death in his office chair.
10-33 Assist PC tells the story of an ambitious young cop with a knack for following hunches on the verge of cracking an international prostitution ring. Find it on Books to the Ceiling today. #excerpt #podcast #policeprocedural
With If I Had a Hammer coming out on March 14, we go back to The Twist and Shout Murder, the first book in The Swinging Sixties Mystery Series. #podcast
I dreamed of Manderley again. One of my favorite lines in literature from the classic, Rebecca, and a part of The Greenleaf Murders. If you love the idea of restoring old houses, and I mean old, then today we have an excellent mystery for you by R.J. Koreto! Best of all, the house that will be restored was a part of the Gilded Age. I love historic home tours, so add a little mystery and this is my idea of a perfect afternoon!
The latest from Colleen Coble–Dark of Night. As Annie grapples with how to heal the gulf between her and her would-be sister and make room in her daughter’s life for Jon, she’s professionally distracted by the case of yet another missing hiker in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Snuffed Out by Valona Jones is the first mystery in A Magic Candle Shop Mystery Series. Would you light a candle for a migraine?
In Death on the Emerald Isle, Jessica Fletcher heads to Ireland to deliver some paintings, but discovers herself in the midst of a murder.
Of Mushrooms and Matrimony: Tish Tarragon is catering for a wedding, but the weekend goes from sweet to sour when a guest at the venue is poisoned. #giveaway #podcast
I love to write stories about Christmas, so was excited to write Oh Holy Fright as a part of my Pecan Bayou Series. The characters of this little town in Texas feel like family to me, so why not go for a little visit around the holidays!
Murder in Third Position takes us into the world of The Nutcracker with cranky choreographers, aging dancers and a rickety set design.
Death of a Snow Ghost: Jamie Forest, ex-New Yorker, is on her way to her cabin to prepare for her first Thanksgiving in Minnesota when she sees through the swirl of snow a ghostly apparition. It turns out not to be a ghost, but a young woman in labor.
The world of beauty and murder? Sounds like a great new cozy mystery! Murder at First Blush is on Books to the Ceiling. https://wp.me/pnaIT-1LQ
Listen to this blog post as a podcast. One of the things I love about historical mysteries is the famous people they meet along the way. In Chaos …
What if your library was haunted? Just another reason to keep your books too long! Enjoy cozy mystery Dewey Decimated at Books to the Ceiling. #podcast #paranormal #cozy mystery
Hollywood has come to Fern Valley, and the one stoplight town may never be the same. Everyone wants to get in on the act. #CozyMystery #Podcast
Lost Little Girl: Nashville PI Jackson Gamble takes on a case that on the surface seems simple enough. All he has to do is find and return home a fourteen-year old girl named Gabrielle Hawkins who has disappeared from home. Gamble’s experience tells him the girl is just another runaway, but her mother insists she has been kidnapped. The search for Gabrielle sets Gamble on a path that leads him through the city’s underbelly of sex for hire, pornography, snake-handling religious fundamentalists, and ultimately a serial killer of teenaged girls.
Old Sins: When the discovery of a girl’s body on a rocky shore reawakens Maria’s devastating childhood memory of finding a dead baby floating in a stream, her days become haunted by this child’s death. As teenage girls disappear, villagers are terrified that sex-traffickers are targeting their community.
Everyone had a favorite teacher from high school. Remember yours? Now imagine if that same person called you in the middle of the night to tell you that he or she has committed a murder. What would you do? That’s what Jessie Martin has to decide in The Midnight Call by Jodé Millman. #podcast #blog #giveaway
We’re getting close to Halloween, so let’s take a ride with a group of jazz musicians about to play a creepy looking place in the year 1925. A Halloween mystery! Listen to the podcast.
I will show them success! Thirty-year-old artist Jill Madison repeats this mantra when she returns to her small hometown to restart her life. She no sooner accepts a job managing a community art center than a burglar makes off with an irreplaceable sculpture and workers find a ghastly surprise in the basement.
In Fallout, an SUV crashes into the school where Samantha teaches, and her entire world is upended. Learn more about this Christian mystery at Books to the Ceiling. #podcast @partnersincr1me
Ever think about becoming a private investigator? Gambling with Murder has a pretty funny P.I. team of Corrie and Veera and in today’s excerpt they’re looking for treasure in a Los Angeles warehouse. #excerpt #podcast
The Killer Sermon is on Books to the Ceiling. What happens when a pro-life FBI agent and pro-choice reporter get to together to solve a murder? #blog #podcast
Sanctuary takes us to the underbelly of New Orleans with law professor Emma Thornton who tries to help a young woman accused of a crime she didn’t commit. Throw in a cult leader and the nearly impossible job of figuring out who to trust and you have today’s mystery. #podcast
Nice Place to Die is a mystery with a policeman at the center of the story. DS Ryan McBride is investigating a murder in Belfast, but he has a secret.
Got your time traveling bags packed? This week we are heading to Regency England for a classic locked room mystery, Death at the Manor. Not only that, but there’s a ghost.👻 https://wp.me/pnaIT-1FB
Listen to this blog as a podcast. When life gets tough, time to run your aunt’s bakery. Actually, when life gets tough, time to visit any bakery, anywhere, anytime! Today …
Listen to this blog post as a podcast. I love this one! It’s a mystery that involves authors in a competition. It sets up like 10 Little Indians as each …
Depths of Deceit is on Books to the Ceiling Today and is full of secrets. From a missing sister to a rival PI Jamie Rush is on the job in her second book in the series.
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, move over! We have Cam Reddick the owner of Peachy Kleen Cleaning on the job and of all places, he’s cleaning a funeral home. Wonder if he’ll find any dead bodies? More about the book below and a fantastic giveaway of 10 paperback copies.
The Friday Night Mystery Club is visiting Books to the Ceiling this week! Good books, good food, good fun. Joanna Campbell Slan’s latest!
Listen to this blog as a podcast. Looking for a cozy mystery that takes place in the summertime? My third book in the Pecan Bayou Series, Doggone Dead, showcases a …
Wolf Bog is visiting Books to the Ceiling today! Ever find anything mysterious while hiking? Find out more! #giveaway #mystery
Double Dipped is on Books to the Ceiling today! Retta returns to Moon Lake, her summer haven, to find things have changed and not for the better. #mystery #beachread
A dead man with a loaf of bread set carefully on his bloody chest. Why? Reverend Candace Miller and Journalist Brian Wilder set out to solve the mystery in None Without Sin. Visit Books to the Ceiling for more. #giveaway #mystery
Books to the Ceiling has a visitor! Sam Barnes, the main character of the Cape Cod Foodie Series is here to tells us about her new book Murder is No Picnic and her adorable dog Diogi. (D-O-G) Love that! #giveaway #Fourth
Listen to this blog post as a podcast. Today’s book is Bayou Book Thief by Agatha Award winning author, Ellen Byron. First of all, I love vintage cookbooks and have …
Listen to this blog post! Hot enough for you? Today we’re off to the air-conditioned museum for a fictional visit to a globe-hopping mystery. Works of art are being destroyed …
Let’s go on vacation with Jessica Fletcher! That’s right, she’s heading to the beach, but of course, you and I both know there will be a mystery to solve. Believe it or not, this is number 55 in the Murder She Wrote Series! Have you read them all? Read my review of the latest Jessica!
Ever have to depend on someone you weren’t sure you could trust? What if it involves matters of life and death? Kerry Peresta’s new book, The Rising, raises that very question.
Dead Man’s Leap is our showcase book today on Books to the Ceiling. Tina deBelleguarde brings us the second book in the Batavia-on-the-Hudson Series.
Read an excerpt of Murder, Sweet Murder by Eleanor Kuhns. This historical mystery by Severn House brings us to the year 1801. #Giveaway
Ready for a great mystery? I love mysteries that feature reporters and Lori Duffy Foster has created that world for us in the second book in the Lisa Jamison Mystery Series, Never Broken. Read my review and learn more about this great book.
Judy L. Murray visits to talk about her Agatha nominated mystery, Murder in the Master.
Today we look at Marie Benedict’s latest book, Her Hidden Genius in honor of Women’s History Month! This is the fascinating story of a Rosalind Franklin, a wicked smart scientist in the middle of a boy’s club in 1952. It makes you wonder how many other breakthroughs came from the work of women but the credit went to men? #Review
Murder at the CDC This one fascinated me, not only because it is about a governmental agency on our minds a lot in the last two years, but it’s a …
Do you own a record player? I bought one for my daughter for Christmas and now she is collecting “classics” which are actually albums I had on my shelf in the 70s. I never knew I was listening to classical music at the time! I love the idea of a mystery series in a record store and J.C. Kenney has brought it to us with main character, Darcy Gaughan, who also stopped by to answer a few questions. Read more about Record Store Reckoning, Darcy and J.C.
Read my review of The Hidden Saint by Mark Levenson.
Oh boy, we’ve got a good one. Don’t you love a mystery where something is hidden in the wall? What could it be? A black cat? Money? A BODY? I love those house flipper shows where they find a document or an old shoe in the wall. Sometimes you should take things out and sometimes, it’s best to leave them there! Be sure to read my interview with Ann as she tells the fascinating inspiration for this story. Don’t forget to scroll down and enter the giveaway!
Review Roundup for The Twist and Shout Murder: t was a great trip around the internet visiting some wonderful book blogs. I’m feeling blessed and grateful for these readers. I’ve been writing for many years, and this is by far the best round of reviews I’ve ever received. Thank you to Lori from Escape With a Good Book Tours for making this such an easy way to let people know about my book. Here are some of the reviews that have come in so far either from the tour or from Net Galley.
Detective Rory Naysmith is grand marshal of the 4th of July parade! What could go wrong? Read more about Terry Korth Fischer’s new release, GONE BEFORE. #review
It’s launch day for The Twist and Shout Murder, the first book in my Swinging Sixties Mystery Series! Here are some of the early reviews that have come in through Net Galley.
The Twist and Shout Murder is now available for preorder on Amazon. Most girls in 1962 were told to learn to type. Dot Morgan learned how to solve a murder. @levelbestbooks #historicalmystery
I’ll take mine straight up with a dash of murder! Cathi Stoler has a new Murder on The Rocks Mystery out. Straight Up is Cheers with a bit of FBI mixed into the story. It’s a great combination with a main character whose trying to keep it all together with a serial killer on the loose. Read my review of Straight Up!
There’s a little chill in the air in Cabot Cove and Jessica Fletcher is hot on the trail of another murderer. Don’t you just love it? If you’re missing America’s favorite small fictional town as well as Seth Hazlitt and Mort Metzger, stop in for a cup of clam chowder and read more about Debonair in Death. Be sure to enter the giveaway!
Time to get your Halloween on! Death Rang the Bell is a great new book in the Blackwell and Watson Time Travel Mystery Series.
And because we’re reading Christmas books this weekend, here’s another one by a favorite author of mine, Rhys Bowen. Wouldn’t you just love to be in an English country house that backs right up to the royal family’s estate…at Christmas? Not only that, but you have the world’s most unloved royal, David, here with his American girlfriend, Wallis Simpson, and they’ve decided to stay with your house party? Did I mention this is a murder mystery? Grab a cup of tea because her Royal Spyness is on the case.
Just when is it a good time to start reading Christmas mysteries? Now of course! Check out the Mistletoe Cake Murder (All-Day Breakfast Cafe Mystery). Not only is it Christmas but there’s a wedding! Read an excerpt and don’t forget to enter the giveaway!
Crafting is supposed to a way to relieve stress and relax, but not if you’re Anastasia Pollack. She’s off again, solving a murder and sharing crafting tips in her tenth book Stitch, Bake, Die! #giveaway @Anasleuth
Here we have it! A Covid-19 mystery! When Al Martin, the editor of a satiric newspaper reportedly dies of COVID-19, the local consensus is: good riddance. Read more at Books to the Ceiling. #mystery @pinesdeb
You’re given a precious family heirloom and then it breaks! Not good for when you have those holiday get-togethers. This is what happens to Grace Penner, and then, of course, we have a handsome detective and … murder. Read on to find out more about The Memory Bell. We have an excerpt and a giveaway of a $50 Amazon Gift Card!
Chiweenie fans out there, good news! You’re dog breed has a new mystery♥ Okay the dog may not be the central focus of the story, but I just had to write the word Chiweenie. Too fun. The husband and wife team, J.C. Eaton, give us Railroaded 4 Murder, a mystery with model trains, dancing girls and murder. Learn more about this fun cozy and be sure to enter the giveaway!
Have you ever wondered about the first woman to die in the electric chair? The Murderess Must Die is a fascinating story with a fictional true-crime feeling to it.
Would you take the whole family on your honeymoon to Scotland? Scone of Contention is a cozy set in one of Scotland’s creepier settings. Read more at Books to the Ceiling.
Now that my husband and I are getting up in years, I have tried to convince him that we need to buy a camper and visit all those places we’ve been too busy to see. He hates the idea, so I was tickled pink to find a mystery that centers around a group of older people who visit cities and historical areas in their RVs. Murder on Honky-Tonk Row takes place in Nashville and if the “camping with friends” thing doesn’t get you, Rita Moreau throws in a crazy ghost named Irma who loves to dress for the occasion. Read more about Murder on Honky-Tonk Row below including my review. Don’t forget to enter Rita’s giveaway!
Wouldn’t you just love to inherit an old inn on the Outer Banks of North Carolina? Murder at the Sea Captain’s Inn is full of psychic clues through books, the lifelong bond of twins, and of course, a murder. This isn’t just any inn, but one with a secret study and plenty of mystery. I don’t know if I’d be up for making those bed-and-breakfast muffins every morning, but I could get used to the view.
It’s time to head to that fictional cabin on the lake we all have! Holly Danvers takes us there with Murder at the Lakeside Library. Doesn’t just the thought of spending your summer in an Adirondack chair deep into a good book, just fill you with peace? Relax, enjoy, listen to the loons.
There are plenty of mysteries out there that are dark and somber, but seriously how many stories have you read about the endangered lives of begonias? The Begonia Killer is a hilarious mystery about that weird neighbor you’re just not sure of. You know the guy. Today we have an excerpt and a giveaway for The Begonia Killer.
I’m so excited I have Daryl Wood Gerber on the blog today telling us about featuring real places in her stories. Her latest mystery, A Glimmer of a Clue is set in Carmel, California. I’ll be honest, I’ve always made stuff up (my mother would agree on that one) so didn’t have to worry about getting street names right. If you were writing a book, would you write about a real town or would make up your own fictional world?
Strangled by a Simile is on Books to the Ceiling, so sit up straight and listen to this teacher as she talks about solving crimes! #giveaway
Murder, She Wrote fans! I have the latest Jessica on my blog today and even better an interview with the one and only Jessica Fletcher. I love, love, love this series and in Killing in a Koi Pond Jessica even talks about Malice Domestic a wonderful conference for mystery writers and their readers that takes place every year in Bethseda, Maryland. I’ve been there many times, yet, I’ve never seen Jessica! Go figure.
Well, it’s Friday which means you need to find a great book before you take that long drive or spend a lazy afternoon basking in the warmth of the sun. …
We have a new author to check out with her book Death by Donut. This is her fifth book in the series and it sounds delicious! I just hope when I go my obituary doesn’t read she died while stuffing her face with a donut. Enter Rebecca’s giveaway, but first let’s take a minute and learn more about the book and its author.
Do you have a sibling you’d do just about anything for? As we get older, sometimes we find our siblings are the few people left on earth who really get us. They were there through the ups and downs of childhood so they know you. As an Army brat, I can tell you, every time we moved, for the first three weeks in a new posting my brothers were my best friends. Then we made other friends and all bets were off! In Do it for Daisy we have a brother who would do anything for his sister. I mean anything. #giveaway
Don’t you just love looking at those old pulp covers? There’s always a sexy girl and sometimes a sketchy looking guy on them. They make you want to take a stormy afternoon and read pure escapism. The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait let’s us take a visit into the world of the artists who created them and the models who posed for them! I reviewed this one and don’t forget to enter the giveaway.
Today on Books to the Ceiling we have some psychological suspense, The Deadening. Olivia doesn’t know who she really is–kind of like passing out after eating that entire plate of brownies. Seriously, though this is good one. Be sure to read the prologue and the excerpt–it will get you thinking. Don’t forget to scroll down for the giveaway😊💰
Let’s take this weekend and head to Venice, Italy, a city of art and romance. Rhys Bowen takes us there with beautiful detail in The Venice Sketchbook. #review #TheVeniceSketchbook #NetGalley
Ever watch those miracle cures on tv and think–hmmm? I wonder if it works? In The Drowning Kind there is a magical pool of water that smells terrible but cures people of all their ills. #TheDrowningKind #NetGalley
Surviving Savannah is about the retrieving clues from a sunken steamship and research into the passengers that were on it. This story has two layers, past and present. #SurvivingSavannah #NetGalley
I love to watch true-crime television, but have you ever wondered what one of those shows does to friends and family members who had nothing to do with the crime, …
Don’t you just love getting to see a real live author at a book signing? Well, that’s what’s happening in Murder by Page One. But wait, where’s the author? I can tell you all the editing gurus who’ve counseled me have told me I have to place the murder by Chapter Three, but this sounds much more interesting! Don’t miss the excerpt below–it’ll get you!
The 1906 earthquake in San Francisco changed lives and leveled the city. The daughter of a bordello owner fights to survive in Vera. #BookReview
If you had lost your groom-to-be would you still go on a trip the two of you had planned? Even if it is slightly dangerous for one person? That’s what …
It’s a true crime Saturday! The Purple Nightgown comes from the awesome True Colors Series. Read my review. #netgalley #barbour
Had enough of winter? Let’s go to Winterset, Nebraska, a cold midwestern town with a bit of a crime problem. You’ll meet a detective that you’ll come to love and …
At the end of a dreary February, lets dig into a historical romance by Mally Becker. Mally’s from Level Best Books, my new publishing family that I’m so happy to …
A group of women who have committed crimes like stealing are put on the ship Rajah and will be given a new life in Australia in the year 1841. In this debut novel, Hope Adams gives us a fascinating look at the prisoners and the reasons they committed their crimes and then takes it one step further when there is a murder onboard. #DangerousWomen
Read about my latest story, “Unfiltered” in Mardi Gras Mysteries.
V.M. Burns has her sixth installment out in the Mystery Bookshop series. Her characters go on a mystery tour in London, England. I want to go! Don’t you? Seeing as the only travel we’re doing is from our reading chairs, let’s check out A Tourist’s Guide to Murder. #giveaway #Kensington
Belle Gunness was a prolific serial killer who could rethink everything she was doing making herself the victim. In the Garden of Spite is a fascinating book about her men, her crimes, and the loving family that protected her. Book Review #IntheGardenofSpite #NetGalley
Today we have The Broken Spine, a book about a rule-breaking librarian. Be still my heart! Let’s save all those discarded books because you are literally throwing away an adventure …
Time for that weekly crime story, but how about a little romance along the way? Crime Scene Connection is a fast paced, someone’s out to get her thriller and a handsome man who is sent to protect her! Read my review of the latest offering of Love Inspired Suspense.
Today we have Lida Sideris here with her latest, Slightly Murderous Intent. I highly recommend the excerpt she sent for us to read, posted below. Ever not get your meal …
I love a snuggly Christmas mystery to read during the holiday season. What better friend to have come calling than Jessica Fletcher in her latest adventure, Murder in Season. She’s brought along Seth Hazlett and Mort Metzger and of course, somebody up and died.
Read an excerpt from A Christmas Carol Murder and enter the giveaway. Travel back in history with a young Charles Dickens.
Cozy mystery readers find cats in their stories, cats on the covers, cats solving murders while coughing up fur balls, but today is DOG DAY FRIDAY! I have four wonderful authors here to talk about their latest installment in the Mutt Mysteries Series: To Fetch a Villain!.
Time for the wedding, but wait! The groom is missing and their’s murder afoot in River Holloway’s busy world. Maggie Toussaint is back with her second Seafood Caper mystery, Spawning Suspicion, and she shared an excerpt with us as well as a chance to win in her giveaway! @maggietoussaint
For all of us who have been sneaking off to watch those early Hallmark Christmas movies, Hollyberry Homicide is the book for you. About Hollyberry Homicide Hollyberry Homicide (A …
One by One is a gripping mystery about a group of young entrepreneurs who have created the latest “gotta have it” app. They’re the glamorous influencers that can change the world. They also have a few secrets and an avalanche warning or two.
Can you be true to someone you love and still keep a little secret from them? That’s what happens in Love and a Little White Lie. This is a Christian romance from award-winning author Tammy L. Gray and it not only explores life in a megachurch, but the relationships and problems that happen between the employees. #Netgalley #BethanyHouse
I love the sound of this historical mystery! Eleanor Kuhns has included a first chapter excerpt. A Circle Of Dead Girls In the spring of 1800, a traveling …
I’m loving that the Halloween cozy mysteries are starting to come out and today we have one by Ellen Byron. Read my review below of Murder in the Bayou Boneyard. #murderinthebayouboneyard #netgalley
D.E. Haggerty is here today to talk about how she came up with her clever title, Trick or Thief, and she brought a giveaway with her. Be sure to scroll down and find the prize guy. He’s bringing on the treats!😉
Have you ever heard about the many theories of who Jack the Ripper actually was? Some thought it was a member of the royal family but it was never proven. The True Colors Series which fictionalizes true crime with a Christian perspective visits this topic with a royal lady Pinkerton detective and Texan in The Black Midnight.
Not only is it Cozy Prizes Friday but Maggie Toussaint, the author of All Done With it has brought along Mama Lacey, who is Baxley Powell’s (Dreamwalker) mother. Talk about a difficult parenting challenge. Do you let them wander around other worlds or make them do their homework first?
When I chose to review Rhys Bowen’s latest installment of the Royal Spyness Series I was excited she wrote it in the likeness of Rebecca. If you like mystery in an old English house next to the cliffs (really scary, exceptionally sharp cliffs) I think you’re going to love The Last Mrs. Summers.
t’s a Cozy Prizes Friday! Let’s get together at the country house this weekend? What do you say? That’s what’s happening in the Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Murder. I love this series because Diane Freeman beautifully blends the best of regency and the best of cozy! There’s a giveaway below so be sure and look for the prize guy. I am delighted to Diane visiting us today with a guest post from Diane telling us all about her newest mystery.
Read my review of The Green Dress, a true crime from the True Colors Series. Why are so many people from the same household dying?
So, you dump your fiancé. What’s the worst that could happen? Lady Amy Lovell could answer that one for you! Today we have a historical mystery that centers around a …
Read my review of Murder She Wrote: The Murder of Twelve #Berkley
Read my review of Mousse and Murder, a story of murder at the Bearclaw Diner in Alaska. #mousseandmurder
Read my review of Pumpkin Spice Peril-the 12th book in A Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series. #PumpkinSpicePeril #NetGalley
Maggie Toussaint has a new series out and it’s all about seafood! Yum! And Murder! Yikes! Check out Seas the Day. About Seas the Day Caterer River Holloway cooks like …
One thing about maintaining social distance is that you can get as close as you want with all of the wonderful characters the world of fiction offers. Today I’m reviewing …
Today, I am excited to present Dominic Fazio, the front desk clerk at The Tunie Hotel and paranormal investigator extraordinaire. He is a character from Die Die Blackbird, the third …
You have to know nothing good will come of a giant corporation named Plastisource in a little town, but that’s not all that’s going on in this cozy mystery. This …
I read and really like A Field Guide to Homicide, mostly because it was about writers. Sometimes I feel like being a writer is akin to being the mother of …
Time to head to snowy Maine to the wee town of Moosetookalook. I say “wee” because the mystery centers around the Scottish Emporium where you can find kilts in all …
This week we are traveling back in time Regency England where Lady Lucy has found she is expecting her second child in Death Comes to the Nursery. What to do? …
Believe it or not, I don’t always read cozy mysteries. I love historical mysteries and women’s fiction. I found this one on Net Galley and just loved it! I put …
As we get closer to Christmas, I wanted to share some of my Christmas mystery, Oh Holy Fright. I love creating characters for my little town, and one of my favorites is …
Let’s get on the bus with Nana Jo and the residents of Shady Acres and go do some gambling! V.M. Burns is back with another great Mystery Bookshop Mystery! …
How about a weekend trip to London by train in 1929! This week we’re going historical with a little intrigue and an overabundance of rhubarb. That’s right. Rhubarb. I’ve included …
As a creative person, I thought of getting a little trailer and going from book show to book show. In Murder Can Mess Up Your Masterpiece, Rose Pressey shows how …
Halloween is officially over so let’s talk Christmas. I feel like Hallmark where it seems to be Christmas all year long. We are starting out the season with a new …
Did you know there is an audiobook version of my very first novel, A Dash of Murder? This is the beginning of Betsy, Leo, Zach, Aunt Maggie, Danny and Judd. …
I love Fall! Time for festivals and in the case of the Fatal Cajun Festival plenty of Cajun food and pralines. Scroll down to read my review of Fatal Cajun …
Two things I love–libraries and stories about hauntings! We’ve got a winner with this one. Evelyn the ghost has some new information coming out about her death in Buried in …
Woo hoo hoo! Time for a Fall cozy full of mulberry and evil spirits! Love it and love this cover! So get your pumpkin spice on and check out Mulberry …
< Getting together for the holidays with old friends can be fun…and stressful especially if there is a murder involved. Yes! It’s a Christmas mystery! I love these yuletide stories! …
This week it’s time to go back to school with Charlie Harris in his latest Cat in the Stacks mystery. He’s auditing a medieval history class, (oo-wee, so fun) which …
Today we have a new quilting mystery from Mary Marks. Pick up a copy and “piece” together the clues! (Quilting Humor) About the Book Knot on Her Life (A …
Would you help your ex if he or she was accused of murder? That’s what Dodie O’Dell decides to do in Suzanne Trauth’s latest mystery, No More Time. There was …
We will be having a Harvey moment this week. Left Fur Dead features a rabbit who finds bodies. I like it! We have a a little about the book, …
We have some cozy royalty visiting us today! Rita Mae Brown is bringing us her 28th book in her Mrs. Murphy Mystery Series. Time to add some crime-solving cats …
I can’t let May come to an end without saying thank you to V.M. Burns for including my book Buzzkill in her article “The Irrepressible Allure of the Wedding Cozy” …
With the passing of Donald Bain, I worried there would be no more Murder She Wrote books. I am slowly making my way through the series but didn’t want them …
Okay, this one isn’t an Agatha Nominee…yet… but it is the latest by Victoria Thompson, nominated for Murder on Union Square this year. I didn’t get all of the Agatha …
Let’s talk about goat yoga. (Never thought I’d be saying that!) Not really sure if this means the goats are doing the yoga or people are acting like goats doing …
With the advent of the new Project Runway, I think it’s only fitting to have a cozy mystery centered around the world of fashion, don’t you? This book has some …
Today we have a little mystery and a little romance from writer Linda Hope Lee with her cozy mystery Murder Between the Pages. Linda, a former school librarian has written …
We have a Texas girl on the blog today! Ever look up your family history and find a few skeletons in the closet? That’s what happens in Murder Once Removed …
Don’t you love strolling through a bookstore? The smell of the books, the invitation to new worlds and excitement on every shelf? Let’s take a run over to Samantha Washington’s …
Okay, first you have a cozy mystery sleuth named Merry Winters and a dog named Ebenezer. Hmmm, sensing a trend here. I’ll make a true confession–I love reading Christmas mysteries …
Listen to A Sneeze to Die For on the Books to the Ceiling Podcast. I am happy to announce that Nora, Tuck and all the folks in Piney Woods, Texas …
This one is a special shout out to all the literary agents out there, (including mine) from J.C. Kenney. Be sure to check out my review of …
Welcome to our first book spotlight in 2019! Here it is January and time to slog back to school, but wait there is something strange afoot on campus. Academic Curveball …
So what happens when a former teen star who played a detective now tries to do some sleuthing on her own? That’s what Larissa Reinhart tries to answer in her …