Archive | Cozy Mystery

When a fairy named Apple Blossom is found dead in the Good Luck Fountain at Renaissance Faire Village, Jessie Morton makes a wish she lives to regret–that her husband, Chase Manhattan, is no longer the Village Bailiff. She doesn’t want him to look for the fairy’s killer and ruin their plans to go away for […]

Nine Reasons Why Chocolate is Better than Romance… By Penny Pike AKA Penny Warner Darcy Burnett, the amateur sleuth in my new mystery, DEATH OF A CHOCOLATE CHEATER, has had her share of unhappy romances. After breaking up with her cheating boyfriend.losing her position as a restaurant critic at the San Francisco Chronicle, and taking […]

5 Things I Won’t Leave Home Without by Kathy Aarons My critique partner recommended this as a blog topic and my first thought was, “But I have only three.” And then I got it: I’m supposed to go a little deeper than “my purse, my keys and my cell phone. So here goes: My family […]

Disaster Cat by Annie Knox We recently welcomed a new member to our household: a shelter cat named Tiberius. We weren’t in the market for another cat; we were happy with just two. But I went to PetCo to buy some litter, gave in to the impulse to look at the adoptable cats, and fell […]

Blog Interview with Pepper Pomeroy What new thing would you try? Scuba diving What would make you say no? Sky diving What do you get too much of? Chicago winter storms And not enough? Sunshine What fear have you conquered?Going into business for myself Not Quite Yet? Failure What are you getting better at? Sleuthing […]

When Krissy Hancock and her best friend Vicki decide to open a bookstore café in their new town of Pine Hills, they decide to call it “Death by Coffee,” after Krissy’s father’s most famous mystery novel. Little do they know how well the name fits… On their very first day of business, Brendon Lawyer huffily […]

Next time you visit the mystery section at your favorite bookstore, count the number of books that have cats on the covers. Although it might be easier to count the ones that don’t. There has been a cat on the cover of every one of my Bibliophile Mysteries.     And my Fixer-Upper Mysteries, too! […]

Views by Paige Shelton I’m writing from a new spot. In February my husband and I moved to Arizona from Utah. Everything is different, but the thing I knew would impact me the most is my office. I used to have a room to myself. It was one of the smaller bedrooms in our house […]

Brooklyn Wainwright is thrilled to be appearing on the San Francisco edition of the hit TV show This Old Attic as a rare-book expert and appraiser. Her first subject is a very valuable first-edition copy of the classic children’s story The Secret Garden, which is owned by a flower vendor named Vera. Once she hears […]

Guest Post by Linda Reilly It’s all about comfort . . . What does the expression “comfort food” mean to you? Is it the enticing whiff of a tray of chocolate chip cookies emerging from a warm oven? The aroma of homemade chicken soup simmering in the pot? Or could it be the heady scent […]

Guest Post by Carlene O’Neil Hi, I’m Penny Lively, owner of Joyeux Winery. Joyeux is a smaller winery in comparison to several of our neighbors, but enjoys a great reputation. As it happens, I’ve also managed to gain a reputation for my knack for finding bodies. I don’t know if knack is the right word…Connor […]

Q& A with Toni Holmes From the Baker’s Treat Gluten-Free Mystery Series What new thing would you try?  Barrel racing What would make you say no? Bull riding What do you get too much of? Family opinions And not enough? Sleep What fear have you conquered? Fitting in Not quite yet? Failure What are you […]