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On Her Own Two Wheels by Stacy Xavier
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When Sleuthing Spells Trouble is soooooo goooooood! An entertaining, clever, and puzzling mystery keeps these wonderful characters and this reader on their toes.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/11/26/cozy-wednesday-featuring-when-sleu...

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The author packs those pages with international travel, intrigue, suspense, appealing characters with their own personal struggles, along with fascinating visitors from somewhere far, far, away.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/11/25/father-lost-child-found-chic-charl...

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A Wonderful Christmas Crime is another extraordinary holiday mystery from Jacqueline Frost. Mistletoe is an awesome place to spend the holidays, and its residents are truly special.

Sparklemn Sounds like fun! 🎄 2w
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O, Deadly Night | Vicki Delany
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O, Deadly Night is a delightfully merry addition to the Year-Round Christmas Mystery series with a little murder and mischief to shake up the holidays.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/11/12/cozy-wednesday-featuring-o-deadly-...

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The Forget-Me-Not Library is a delightful, heartwarming story that I enjoyed from the first page to the last. A Perfect Escape for those who enjoy Women‘s Fiction with a magic touch. Highly Recommend.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/11/11/the-forget-me-not-library-a-novel-...

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Deck the Halls With Homicide | Christina Romeril
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The Halls were Decked, and there was Homicide aplenty.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/11/05/cozy-wednesday-featuring-deck-the-...

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Missing at Christmas | Deena Alexander
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Courage. Danger. Faith. Deena Alexander delivers it all in this thrilling and chilly Inspirational Romantic Suspense novel.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/11/04/missing-at-christmas-love-inspired...

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Death at the Door | Olivia Blacke
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Death at the Door was a compelling read featuring a quirky sleuthing duo trying to do what‘s right.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/10/30/death-at-the-door-a-ruby-and-corde...

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A complex mystery with many moving parts, authentic characters that draw you into their stories . . .

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/10/28/death-on-dickens-island-a-books-on...

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Murder by the Millions | Daryl Wood Gerber
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Murder by the Millions is a marvelous mystery with a great theme and great characters, including a very clever cat. The story was totally entertaining and A Perfect Escape!

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/10/22/cozy-wednesday-featuring-murder-by...

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How to Talk to Your Dog About Murder is a delightfully entertaining cozy mystery. With relatable characters, a splendid whodunit, and a lovable hound dog, this is a fun read

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/10/15/cozy-wednesday-featuring-how-to-ta...

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High on hilarity and a curious mystery, Murder Two Doors Down was an entertaining read, filled with some truly quirky characters, especially our well-meaning protagonist.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/10/14/murder-two-doors-down-an-hoa-homic...

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I loved Murder at Blackwood Inn from beginning to end. The characters are cleverly created, the setting is perfectly haunting, and the mystery is light and entertaining.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/10/08/murder-at-blackwood-inn-a-haunted-...

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Home Fries and Alibis | Lena Gregory
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I love the way Ms. Gregory tells a story. Her wonderful characters draw you into every All-Day Breakfast Cafe Mystery, and the mystery takes hold until the very last page.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/10/01/cozy-wednesday-featuring-home-frie...

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Guess Again | Charlie Donlea
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Guess Again will have everyone second- and third-guessing again and again and hanging on tight to see what happens next.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/09/23/guess-again-by-charlie-donlea-revi...

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Murder Pays a Call | Nancy J Cohen
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Murder Pays a Call has set this series off to a marvelous start.

Read my full review here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/09/17/cozy-wednesday-featuring-murder-pa...

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No Rest for the Wicked | Rachel Louise Adams
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. . . a fast-paced, thrilling read, deftly plotted with well-developed characters. It is hard to believe this is Rachel Louise Adams‘ debut in the literary world.

Read my full review here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/09/16/no-rest-for-the-wicked-a-novel-by-...

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Sour Crime Donuts | Ginger Bolton
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Sour Crime Donuts is a complicated mystery with strong characters, sprinkled with humor and romance that every cozy mystery fan will love.

Read my full review here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/09/10/cozy-wednesday-featuring-sour-crim...

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Something Whiskered | Miranda James
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A new setting, new characters, and a well-plotted mystery were very entertaining. It was a heck of a honeymoon for the newlyweds and our favorite feline.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/09/09/something-whiskered-cat-in-the-sta...

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Death in the Countryside was an entertaining read. I found Ali and Nick to be very likable, and Wilson adorable.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/09/03/cozy-ish-wednesday-featuring-death...

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A Murder Most Fowl has set this series off to a Kluckin‘ Good start!

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/08/28/a-murder-most-fowl-a-food-truck-my...

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Murder at Arleigh | Alyssa Maxwell
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With engaging characters and a stirring mystery, it‘s a fantastic addition to this wonderful series.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/08/27/cozy-wednesday-featuring-murder-at...

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It‘s always entertaining when our favorite characters travel to interesting locales without their normal co-horts to help them solve the mysteries.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/08/26/laying-down-the-latte-a-bakeshop-m...

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I am adding Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library to my Best Reads of 2025. A must-read for mystery lovers and fans of Dame Agatha.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/08/21/mrs-christie-at-the-mystery-guild-...

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A Dish Best Served Dead | T. C. LoTempio
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. entertaining read with a protagonist who has guts but doesn‘t think things through before she acts. I continue to have hope that the good detective will reel her in, but to know Tiffany is to love Tiffany, even with all her dangerous antics.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/08/14/a-dish-best-served-dead-a-tiffany-...

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. . . filled with lovable characters whose lives you want to be invested in. Those characters are boxed in a puzzling mystery that tests them and the readers of the book

Read my full review here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/08/13/cozy-wednesday-featuring-picking-u...

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The charming characters draw you into their lives with ease for a delightful lighthearted foray of mystery, romance, humor, and magic.

Read my full review here:https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/08/12/seven-secret-spellcasters-kitchen-witch-mysteries-by-lynn-cahoon-review-lynncahoon-kensingtonbookswitch-mysteries-by-lynn-cahoon/

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A Ghostwriter‘s Guide to Murder is a compelling mystery filled with twists, turns, and red herrings.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/08/07/a-ghostwriters-guide-to-murder-a-n...

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Solid Gold Murder | Ellen Byron
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Ms. Bryon has plotted this mystery so perfectly with a variety of subplots woven in seamlessly to keep the story moving at a brisk pace. She also fills the story with humor as only she can.

Read my full review here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/08/06/cozy-wednesday-featuring-solid-gol...

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The Mango Murders is filled with characters that I love who continue to evolve in wonderful ways in each new story. Ms. Burdette has surrounded them with a complex mystery that surprised me in more ways than one.

Read my full review and enter the giveaway here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/08/05/the-mango-murders-a-key-west-food-...

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Charming characters, an intriguing mystery, plenty of sass and humor, and meals made with “a pinch of bacon grease and a pound of love” have set this series off to a nice start.

Read my full review here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/07/29/savvy-summers-and-the-sweet-potato...

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Icing on the Murder | Valerie Burns
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Icing on the Murder is an excellent addition to this fun series. I truthfully cannot get enough of these characters. Their devotion to help each other fills me with all the good feels.

Read my full review and enter the giveaway here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/07/23/cozy-wednesday-featuring-icing-on-...

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The World‘s Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant was an enjoyable read.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/07/22/the-worlds-greatest-detective-and-...

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A Cyclist‘s Guide to Villains & Vines is an entertaining, well-written cozy mystery with a protagonist who is passionate about her job, a crew that has her back, all set in a delightful locale.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/07/16/cozy-wednesday-featuring-a-cyclist...

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Rocky Road to Murder | Lena Gregory
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Rocky Road to Murder has everything I love about cozy mysteries: a tight-knit group of friends, a kooky family, a nice town, a perplexing mystery, and ICE CREAM!

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/07/15/rocky-road-to-murder-coffee-cream-...

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Murder, She Wrote: A Body in Boston | Terrie Farley Moran, Jessica Fletcher
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Murder, She Wrote: A Body in Boston is another excellent addition to this long-running series.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/07/09/cozy-wednesday-featuring-murder-sh...

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The Lake Escape | Jamie Day
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The Lake Escape takes readers on a wild ride as each character‘s journey intersects in numerous ways.

Read my full review here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/07/08/the-lake-escape-a-novel-by-jamie-d...

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There are engaging characters with ample room for growth, a great home base in Austin that brings the history of the characters, a puzzling mystery that keeps everyone on their toes, and you can‘t go wrong with a small-town bookstore and bakery as a place for people to gather

https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/07/02/cozy-wednesday-featuring-murder-on...

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The Secrets We Keep | Amy Lillard
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Ms. Lillard is an awesome storyteller. The Secrets We Keep is so much more than a mystery; it is an emotional story that will grab you and hold on tight.

Read my full review here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/07/01/the-secrets-we-keep-a-mystery-by-a...

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The Iris Code | Anita Dickason
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The Iris Code is a compelling read with a captivating cast. This may be my first Tracker mystery, but I hope it won‘t be my last.

Read my full review here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/06/24/the-iris-code-a-tracker-novel-by-a...

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Once Upon a Murder | Samantha Larsen
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Once Upon a Murder is a captivating and entertaining story filled with a smart and loyal protagonist, a motley cast of supporting characters all caught up in an intriguing mystery . . .

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/06/20/flashbackfriday-featuring-once-upo...

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My Father Always Finds Corpses is a complicated and compelling mystery, lighthearted and funny, but it tugs on your emotions

Read my full review here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/06/18/cozy-wednesday-featuring-my-father...

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Fatal Brouhaha | Emmeline Duncan
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Fatal Brouhaha is a delightful whodunit with caring characters, and a top-notch main plot twisted together with interesting subplots that held my attention from beginning to end.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/06/17/fatal-brouhaha-a-ground-rules-myst...

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The characters are strong, interesting, and are developing depth, so I am looking forward to seeing what Ms. Lewis has planned for them next.
Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/06/11/cozy-wednesday-featuring-grave-wor...

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He's to Die For | Erin Dunn
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He‘s to Die For is an entertaining rom-com-mystery that has something for everyone. It is hard to believe this is Erin Dunn‘s debut novel.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/06/06/hes-to-die-for-a-novel-by-erin-dun...

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Night of the Living Bread | Mary Lee Ashford
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Night of the Living Bread was a sweet read. So well-plotted, the story moves at a lively pace.
Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/06/04/cozy-wednesday-featuring-night-of-...

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Marvelous characters wrapped up in a terrifically plotted mystery made Shot Through the Book a wonderfully entertaining read!

Read my full review here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/05/29/shot-through-the-book-a-lighthouse...

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The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg is a fabulous addition to this fantastic, long-running series. 18 books so far, I just can‘t get enough! Each book becomes my new favorite.

Read my full review here - https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/05/28/cozy-wednesday-featuring-the-diva-...

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The book itself is a treasure and a wonderful addition to this series. Kudos! Ms. Esden! This story is a Perfect Escape!

Read my full review here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/05/22/whisper-of-treasure-and-lies-a-sca...

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Shudder Pulp | Vanessa Westermann
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Shudder Pulp is a chilling cozy mystery with a protagonist trying hard to puzzle through the clues. It tests both the characters and the reader.

Read my full review here: https://www.escapewithdollycas.com/2025/05/21/cozy-wednesday-featuring-shudder-p...