Dr. Scarpetta is brought in to investigate the murder of a very powerful politicians daughter. She appears to be the victim of a serial killer that’s been operating in the area. Her boyfriend is also dead. This killer is killing… Read More ›
The Women’s Mystery Club
Book: Deadly Decisions (Bones #3) by Kathy Reichs
Emily Anne Toussaint is just a nine year old girl, who happens to get murdered on a street in Montreal. If that wasn’t bad enough a set of bones are found, well part of a set. It turns out to… Read More ›
Book: The Cat Who Turned On and Off by Lillian Jackson Braun
This time Qwill and Koko are not alone. They’ve got a new team mate Yum Yum. She’s a female Siamese. Qwill is now covering Junktown with a series of pieces. The inhabitants of the area are quite eccentric to say… Read More ›
Book: The Sinner [Rizzoli and Isles #3] by Tess Gerritsen
A savage attack at a convent leaves one nun dead and another in critical condition. When Maura does the autopsy of the murdered nun, she is quite shocked to learn she was pregnant. So how did she get pregnant? Was… Read More ›
Book: C is for Corpse [Kinsey Millhone #3] by Sue Grafton
Kinsey is hired by 23 year old Bobby Callahan to solve his attempted murder. Bobby is lucky to be alive. He was driving his Porsche over a bridge when someone rammed into him causing he and his car to fly… Read More ›
Book: Manhattans and Murder by Jessica Fletcher
Jessica takes a trip to Manhattan to promote her newest book. While strolling down the street she runs into a Santa Claus. However, she knows this man. He’s from Cabot Cove. This Santa happens to be one of the town’s… Read More ›
Book: Strawberry Shortcake Murder [Hannah Swensen #2] by Joanne Fluke
Hannah has been asked to be a judge in a four day bake off challenge. However, after day one Coach Boyd Watson turns up murdered. Is Hannah jinxed? When the coach’s wife becomes the prime suspect, Hannah jumps into to prove… Read More ›
Book: Two for the Dough [Stephanie Plum #2] by Janet Evanovich
Stephanie is back at the bounty hunting game. But this time she’s brought her Grandma with her. The funeral home will never be the same once Grandma Mazur starts attending viewings like they are movies. Hopefully, all the bodies remain… Read More ›
Book: Body of Evidence [Kay Scarpetta #2] by Patricia Cornwell
Dr. Kay Scarpetta has a new case. A famous writer was murdered in her own home. She writes letters to an “M.” As the mystery unravels Kay learns more and more about the deceased. As she gets closer to solving the… Read More ›
Book: Death Du Jour [Bones #2] by Kathy Reichs
Dr. Brennan is called up to dig up a deceased nun who is up for sainthood: Sister Elisabeth Nicolet. Her small coffin is buried in the recesses in an old decaying church. She also has to deal with burned bodies recovered… Read More ›
Book: The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern [The Cat Who, Book #2] by Lillian Jackson Braun
Jim Qwilleran gets assigned a new beat: interior design. He will be writing a weekly article for Gracious Abodes. He’ll also have a new photographer, Odd Bunsen. The first house he goes to for the magazine has a jade collection…. Read More ›
Book: The Apprentice [Rizzoli and Isles, Book #2] by Tess Gerritsen
Wealthy men’s wives are being kidnapped, brutalized and murdered during a hot Boston summer. Only one conclusion can be drawn. That it is the work of serial killer Warren Hoyt. Thankfully, he’s in jail after his prior escapes. Is this… Read More ›
Book: Naked Heat [Nikki Heat #2] by Richard Castle
I know many people watch the TV show and don’t want anything to do with these books, but I love these books. I can only describe Rook and Heat’s interactions as what we’d really like to see on the TV… Read More ›
Book: B is for Burglar [Kinsey Millhone #2] by Sue Grafton
When your client makes you immediately suspicious, do you take the case? Beverly Danziger hires Kinsey to find her missing sister, Elaine Boldt. She has some documents that she needs her sister to sign regarding an inheritance. Kinsey’s investigation turns… Read More ›
Book: Murder She Wrote: Gin and Daggers #1
This is the first book of this series. These are cozy mysteries. But just like in the tv show, wherever she goes someone seems to die. In this novel, she travels to London for a mystery writers convention. Her friend… Read More ›
Book: Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder [Hannah Swensen, Book#1]
This is the first book in this series. It is a cozy mystery, so it’s not overly graphic. Hannah Swenson is the main slueth in this book. She owns her own bakery called, “The Cookie Jar.” Her cat is Moishe…. Read More ›
Book: One for the Money [Stephanie Plum, Book #1] by Janet Evanovich
This is the first book in this series. We meet many characters: Stephanie Plum – She is out of work. Her car gets repossessed. She has to drive a powder blue Buick from the 50s. She tries to be a… Read More ›
Book: Postmortem [Kay Scarpetta #1] by Patricia Cornwell
I’m normally not very impressed with the first book of any series, but this one impressed me. Dr. Kay Scarpetta is the Chief Medical Examiner for Richmond, Virginia. There is a sadistic serial killer on the loose in her town. He’s attacking women late… Read More ›
Book: Heat Wave [Nikki Heat #1] by Richard Castle
This book is just what I needed after the season finale of Castle. I think it prevented me from having serious withdrawls. Nikki and Rook felt and sounded just like Beckett and Castle. A great murder case with loads of… Read More ›
Book: Deja Dead [Bones #1] by Kathy Reichs
Dead bodies buried in church yards? This isn’t your average serial killer. He doesn’t seem to have a type. He’s just a pervert. And he doesn’t like the fact that Temperance is working his cases and piecing them together. Prior… Read More ›