Perfect summer read even though it takes place during fall and winter holidays. Lucy is a politician‘s assistant and has been in politics all her life. Alice was permanently “damaged” in a tragic accident in their teens and has been Lucy‘s responsibility since. After Alice‘s death, Lucy is forced to return to the home town she hates in order to receive any inheritance. But, the process gives her many insights.

My favorite character is the ghost, Grace! The book starts out really slow, just beginning to pick up 1/4 way in. Lots of characters to love and to hate. The hotel has been restored to a luxury hotel and it aims for the coveted 5key award. Staff is trained to be warm and caring. It‘s fun to watch their growth.

I think this is my favorite right there with the 1st one. Audrey doesn‘t feel she can refuse the invitation to a family weekend when it comes straight from the Don, so she heads out with Rafael. Of course the dinner is ruined with a dead body showing up. To avoid a mafioso war, Audrey begins to investigate. Nearly being killed herself, she finds the murderer. Rafael and she also find a definition for their relationship.

An excellent read. I thought it was going to be a fluffy summer read but it pulls you deeply into the character‘s lives and holds you. Maggie and her daughters have been/are in some tough spots, but they are warrior women who know how to move on.

A fun, quick read And we get to meet Ginger from Kate P Adams‘s other series. Romeo and Juliet is to be staged at the Charleton House theater. But just days before the performance, the director is strangled. Kate, Joyce and Ginger join forces to figure out the truth.

I loved the ending! I had some difficulty working through this because of the controlling family relationships and the ones in my life. Alice and Andy meet one perfect summer in Barcelona where they both end up working in his uncle‘s cafe kitchen. Then it all falls apart. Are 2nd chances possible? Told from each of their points of view in current time and in the past.

Omg, you are going to like First Lie Wins. A little slow in the beginning and then it picks up speed with lots of spin. Pay attention to catch the clues. Loved it and can‘t say more without giving it away. 5⭐️

Stone gets tangled up with another woman (who promptly gets murdered). In the meantime, he was appointed as her Executor. Among her assets he discovers a priceless choker with an interesting history and which helps solve her murder mystery.

Much more than I expected from a summer read. Still devastated from her sister‘s death over a year ago, Mer heads to her cousin‘s wedding at the family “Farm”. She meets the groom‘s stepbrother and feels herself finally coming back to life. I don‘t often read a book in one day, but I just couldn‘t put it down. Lovable characters and fun and games.

Life practically came to a hault so I could finish. Intense with twists and fun puzzling through. Vera believes she‘s about to be canned when she receives an urgent call from her sister to come home because her stepmother‘s body has been found in a cave on their property. Then 3 more bodies. Vera searches for answers to protect her family and help authorities close the investigation.

Laughed and cried in the book. A look @ the wonder of every day life with all its grossness and beauty. Jess went into a horrific tailspin for 10 years after a tragic accident. She now returns to her home town employed by her parents and roommate to her twin brother and his mates. They hire her to help turn them into men so they can win the women of their hearts and, in the process, she returns to herself.

Once I got past the thick tension/creepiness building, I couldn‘t put the book down. A wealthy, famous couple hire a remote island setting for their wedding. Their secrets and those of their guests entertwine and the storm brings an explosion of emotion. Some twists and lots of creepiness. I should have saved this to read in October.

Laughing and frustration is at hand. Maddie is hospitalized and not herself, leaving Miss Julia as her Power of Attorney. If that wasn‘t hard enough, when Maddie dies in her sleep, Miss Julia finds she was also named Executor of a near penniless estate with thousands of dollars bequeathed. As she researches the value of furniture, a supposed heir turns up and the fun begins.

Pretty fast paced and Nick, the fox, was a bit more active. Getting an anonymous call about an injured animal, Audrey discovers another body and gets involved with the local mafioso family. I‘m enjoying this series and looking forward to the next book.

This book will stay with me. A glimpse into French resistance and forgeries of documentation during WWII, with betrayal and a heartbreaking love story. Eva escapes Paris with her mother after her father and joins the resistance as a forger. Told both in 1944 and in her present of 2005.

A very satisfying read from start to finish. I wasn‘t willing to wait till Christmas to continue with this series. Stephen, Black Swan‘s manager, calls Sophie in the middle of the night because he finds a skeleton in his basement. The same night the Christmas party planning committee has to abruptly leave because of “food poisoning”. Sophie starts chasing the clues for both these mysteries even while participating in all Christmas brings.

Creepy. Kate isn‘t altogether right in her head Sind her personal tragedy and her last major case, but her bosses ask her to come back to cover her Superintendent‘s friend‘s death. As murders mount up obviously connected to the 1st, Kate feels like she is being set up and attempts to get her personal life under control. Not all ends are tied up, so you can see that there will be another book in the series.

I enjoyed this. Maggie‘s boyfriend left her because she was depressing. She‘d just miscarried, her practice was closed because of criminal partners and she was being sued because she was unable to save a drunk teenager who had been in a deadly accident. She escapes to her father‘s mountain campground where she meets Cal, also trying to find himself after losing the love of his life.

A satisfying read. Jessica Fletcher is visiting New York during Fashion Week to support a friend and her designer son. A model drops dead at the end of his fashion show and later that day so does an ex girlfriend model. The police try to determine if the 2 deaths are related and Jessica, of course, helps.

Fast paced. Lindsay is called into a 4-person murder at a top hotel. A witness has disappeared and is Lindsay‘s husband involved? Two days later a plane is shot down. And a missing body holds the same name as her hotel victim. Now evidence is hinting at espionage.

In the beginning I felt like I was being set up as much as the character. Were these good guys or bad guys? Veridian is trying to show her art work without luck. Instead she is hired as an assistant at an art gallery, where she hears a rumor of a masterpiece being rediscovered. The steps she takes get her in a mess. Fun twists occur. I‘d say the story is more “tongue in cheek” than humorous.

Each series book is better; the characters are like old friends. Sophie takes less risks in and is more on the periphery of this murder. But, her inquisitive mind is still working through the situation. We get more of a glimpse at Joe‘s boss and her personality. We also get a bit of a tease on what Joyce will look like in her own series and now I can‘t wait to start that series too. An historical bicyclist is murdered on Charleton grounds.

Enjoyed this murder mystery. Delaney is on the search for her birth parents at the same time she is covering the murder trial for Betsy Grant, who she feels is innocent. She starts investigating more into the murder and hires friends to research her possible family.

Fun, quick read. Audrey is asked to come to the Island of Lipari and help with their stray problem. As she‘s making progress, she comes under the wrath of the local ver, who is murdered just a few hours after their confrontation. Of course Audrey is the lead suspect and must clear her name so the police will let her go home.

A page turner. Wealthy, powerful older men are being tortured and murdered. Eve believes these are revenge killings for sexual assaults of their own. She and her crew find the clues before the last 2 men die and capture the culprits, but the crimes are so violent they pull her back into childhood trauma.

Baldacci is always a good bet and I really enjoyed listening to this. Melvin Mars is on death row, last mile, for killing his parents… when another man confesses. However, Amos Decker thinks something is off about the confession and, yet, that Mars is still innocent. They both look into the past to find the truth. Trigger-racists.

YA mystery. A little too much high school boy thought process for me, but the characters ran true most of the time. I probably should have, but didn‘t see the final twist coming. Two high school surfers discover a dead body early in the morning and decide to solve the case on their own. Between a pick and a so so.

Fast paced quick read. There‘s a new inspector in town and he‘s removed the certificate of occupancy from both Audrey‘s home and her veterinarian clinic. The next day she finds his dead body in her clinic and, of course, is the lead suspect. She can‘t reopen the clinic till she clears her name….and things begin to heat up with the two men in her life.

Lots of action. Rhyme and Sach find their 2 cases are actually the same, involving someone committing murder by overriding the software in all kinds of mechanical devices. An interesting twist toward the end too.

An ARC read, to be released around 6/10/24 (fantasy/paranormal). As a crowned princess Julietta had a good life before her, but she wasn‘t sure she was cut out to lead. She preferred spending her time painting and adding beauty to the warring city. Then she met the man she condemned to the stockade, as he dies, and Tomas, the angel of death. Her life forever changes. Well, written and you feel yourself pulled into the madness.

Heart stopping! Cassie is in a mental hospital after her sister disappears from the movie set they‘re both in. Then more murders occur and someone is mentally terrorizing Cassie. The story is told from the opposing POV of Cassie and the police, with glimpses into the murderer‘s POV. Good luck in being able to pull yourself away.

An immersive read, basically a coming of age story despite the romance, family drama and humor. Tulsi has been trained all her life to be a spice healer by her ba and single mother, but she always wanted to travel….Then the internet hits their shop, bad press and her mother‘s past love. A very satisfying read.

I always love Kate P Adams books, but this is the best so far. After being up most of the night helping with a sleepover at Charleton House, Sophie finds another body. At. 1st she thought it was the beloved Charles Dickens player, but instead it was a much hated man, so the suspects are many.

Gripping! Alex is called in to monitor an adult put under 48 hour mental health observation because he was supposedly therapist of record. He wasn‘t. He had treated her son. However, shortly after he finds her a home, she is murdered and Alex is concerned about what might have happened to her son. His search turns up more murders, greed and theft.

Light cozy mystery read. I remembered this was the holiday for Kappes 2nd book in this series. Much better than the 1st. Since Violet won‘t go visit her mother for Mother‘s Day, Millie Mae herself comes to visit (with the intention of moving in). As they‘re investigating the possible health benefits of the local spring, Millie Mae stumbles across a dead body and is immediately the main suspect.

Quick, light paranormal cozy mystery. Marley is on a photo shoot when things begin to change. Is that a ghost photo bombing her pictures? That weekend Marley heads back to her hometown to celebrate Founder‘s Weekend and a family friend‘s presentation of an award. There her grandma clues her in on family secrets and Marley begins to investigate the disappearance of the hotel owner back in the ‘40s.

This is one of those books that linger in your mind even when you‘re away. Trisha is a hard, high powered surgeon who makes a snobby fool of herself when she meets DJ, a chef with magic hands that know how to play with your taste buds. Of course, fate will throw them together over and over. But, the story also explores family loyalty and how it might influence your decisions in life. Thank you @FeatherV !

A fun fast read. Hannah discovers the body of her best friend shortly after opening up the bookstore. She immediately sends for the police. As she tries to find out who could have killed her friend, she finds dark secrets in the lives of those around her, including involvement with German spies. Likable characters and I hope the cat will continue to be part of the series.

This was very dark and disturbing. Danny‘s friend Michael drives almost into the Duck Pond;he‘s shot and dying. He whispers one last word to Danny…inferno. Danny investigates what Michael was researching when he died, trying to make sense. About a 3.5⭐️, but that just may be the content for me and the discouragement in people, because the story was action paced.

This was a delightful read, although I wanted to strangle her husband most of the way. Lily lost her job and decided to move up her dream of moving to the country in France. Her husband said “no” and despite his promises, would never be willing to do it. Lily left anyway and her adventure began, with her hoping her husband would join her.

Craziness, as in people out of control. A Mormon elder is murdered at his church and all his secrets come out. Linda, the Bishop‘s wife and Curt, the Bishop, find his body. In the process of the duties to the church they become involved in finding the murderer. Lots of action and creepiness, but also a few moments of humor.

Gripping page turner! Ten years ago Lizzie‘s boyfriend was murdered at his graduation party and she found his body. Now his mother has commanded all Thomas‘s friends return for a memorial service. Only, hers is the 1st body to pile up this time. Lots of tension and a surprise twist at the end (which I‘d suspected early on and still didn‘t take away the creepiness).

So glad to get back to this series; I love the characters in this small Sicilian town trying to revitalize itself by $1 homes. However, I was ready to murder Mimi Catalano long before she was dead. Audrey discovers the body and then tries to resolve the mystery of the murder even as she looks for the owner of the stray dog at the murder location.

Well written, but depressing. Ben disappeared on their evening walk when Rachel allows him to run ahead to the park with their dog. The police, as usual, waste their time focusing on Rachel for a crime and then including other family members. They totally miss the real criminal and it‘s only Rachel who finally figures it out when it‘s almost too late for her son.

I think I loved the characters more than the story and would read more of the series to get to know them. Because the story of the really bad Gus is meant to go on, I felt a little as though I was left hanging at the end. Th#e story kept moving, though at a pretty good pace. Now in their 30s members of the local chess club return to town upon their buddies death. Their goal…clean up the town.

This may be the best book I‘ve read this year and was a delightful compelling surprise. Elizabeth Zott is a focused chemist of high intellect who falls in love with another equally brilliant scientist. At his death she finds herself pregnant and without a job. A story of a strong woman who has learned to survive and make true friends despite the cruelty around.

Perfect ending! I loved this love story (both of them). I‘m a sucker for found letters and the mystery behind them. Ravi and Jessie discover the love letters behind their university‘s love legend and fire mystery. They decide to write their term paper for their nonfiction class on the facts that created the legend. In the process, they too discover love.

Very enjoyable. The story of a composer and his love for his land and the love of his life. Very human and kept pulling me back to it.

Wow! What a start.

I love Kate P Adams and her characters. The victim was impaled by antlers at a wedding at Charleton House. Sophie‘s chef is one of the suspects, so she feels it‘s only right that she try to clear his name.