January 5th's Book Beginnings and Friday 56

It's the first Friday of 2018.  Must be time to celebrate with Book Beginnings and Friday 56.

This week, I'm highlighting The Linking Rings by John Gaspard.


                                                          

This is the fourth in his Eli Marks series with features a magician as the detective.  And this book takes the core trio to London, as you can tell from the opening.

There were many attractions I had hoped to see on my first visit to London.  The inner workings of the city's jail system had not been one of them.
Especially on day one.

Since I read an electronic ARC, here's from 56% into the book.

"Well, that was a complete waste of my time, and theirs," Harry said, not for the first time in the past few minutes.

The book actually comes out on the 16th, and I will have a review up that day.  How do I know?  It's already scheduled.  I do hope you'll come back.

Movie Review: Jumanji - Welcome to the Jungle

Stars: 5 out of 5

Pros: Lots of laughs; Jack Black

Cons: A little bit of content; predictable

The Bottom Line:

Jumanji is back

In hilarious movie

Laugh, smile, and enjoy

“I Really Hate Those Drums!”

I’ve been a fan of the original Jumanji since I was in in the theater over 20 years ago.  (At some point, I really should review it.)  So when I saw the previews for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, I started getting excited because it looked like it was going to be a lot of fun.

After a brief prologue in 1996, we meet four teens in the present day.  They are your stereotypical teens, the nerd (Alex Wolff), the jock (Ser’Darius Blain), the self-absorbed popular girl (Madison Iseman), and the brainiac (Morgan Turner).  Over the course of one day, they all manage to land themselves in detention.  And hiding in the room they are sent to for detention is an old video game system with one game – Jumanji.  Not knowing any better, they pick characters from the game and start to play only to get sucked into the game.

And that’s where things start to get weird.  They are in the game as the characters they chose before getting sucked into the game, and their characters couldn’t be any more different from their true personalities.  So now, they need to embrace their new personalities and complete a quest to save the land of Jumanji from the evil Van Pelt (Bobby Cannavale).  Can they do it before they run out of lives?

The original movie took the premise of a jungle slowly taking over a town fairly seriously, going for adventure and drama with some comedy.  This movie goes for full blown comedy, and it succeeds.  How can it not with the premise?  After all, you’ve got Dwayne Johnson playing a nerd and Jack Black playing a teen girl with Kevin Hart as the former jock and Karen Gillan as the brainiac.  It is absolutely hilarious.

And praise for that goes to the actors.  I’m not normally a fan of Jack Black, but he completely makes the movie and nails his character.  He got the most laughs from me.  This isn’t a slight on the rest of the cast who also nail their characters.  Honestly, without actors willing to embrace their roles, this movie would have bombed, but instead it succeeds.  I laughed so hard multiple times throughout the film.

Now let’s be honest, this isn’t the most original movie story wise.  You know the plot, and you know the character arcs before you start watching it.  And yet, you won’t care.  It truly is that much fun.

The movie definitely earns its PG-13 rating based on a healthy sprinkling of “S” words and a couple of scenes involving Jack Black’s character learning about male anatomy.  Honestly, I think the film would have been just as strong without them, and it could have easily earned a PG rating as a result of cutting that stuff.

You don’t need to have seen the original Jumanji movie to understand anything here.  We get a couple of nods to the first film, but nothing that is important to the plot.

If you are looking to escape your life for a couple of hours, then Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is the perfect movie for you.  It’s tons of fun that is guaranteed to leave you smiling.

Life Update

If you were paying attention on Monday, you noticed that I cut back on my reading challenge goals for the year.  Not in the number of them I signed up for, but the level I signed up to read.  Unfortunately, there is a reason for that.

On December 15th, I was diagnosed with colon cancer.  There are still a lot of unknowns at the moment.  Tomorrow, I'm going in for two CT scans to see if it has spread beyond my colon.  On January 10th, I am going in for surgery.  After the surgery, we will have more concrete answers  as to what treatment will look like after that.

What does it mean for the blog?  I am not shutting it down.  However, posting will most likely be slower than normal over the next few months.  It also means that I am not accepting review requests for the time being.  I will complete those I have already agreed to, and I am concentrating on those books right now, so my book reviews in general will be down over the next few weeks as I start reading books way ahead of schedule.

I will keep you updated as I learn more myself.

Book Review: Dial M for Mousse by Laura Bradford (Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery #3)

Stars: 4 out of 5

Pros: Strong series regulars, lots of fun

Cons: Weak suspects

The Bottom Line:

More dessert rescues

Lead to another body

In fun third novel

Delivery for a Dead Retreat Owner

We are now on the third book in the Emergency Dessert Squad series, and I’m still completely hooked on the concept.  In the first book, Winnie Johnson was left an antique ambulance in an elderly friend’s will.  With a little ingenuity, she turned it into the selling point of her new business that delivers desserts to pick up someone’s spirits.  It’s such a fun concept, and the fun continues with Dial M for Mousse.

As this book opens, Winnie has just gotten a job delivering five different desserts to the people currently staying at the new retreat center outside of town.  These are creative people, including a poet, a magician, and a puppeteer among others.  She has a weekend to come up with the desserts, so she has some fun brainstorming the desserts and names with her friends.

The delivery is set for late morning on Monday when the guests are going to be in a meeting.  After leaving the desserts in their cabins, she pokes her head into the center’s main building only to find that the owners has just fallen down dead.  Only as she replays the scene later in her mind, she begins to suspect things were not as they first appeared.  Can she figure out what really happened?

One of the things I love about this series are the dessert titles.  Take the two we get at the back of the book – Your Jokes Make Me Snicker (Doodle) Cookies, and Now You See ‘Em, Now You Don-Uts.  I love a good pun, and these are fantastic.

That sense of fun carries over to the suspects in this book.  They are unique and add some humor to things.  Unfortunately, I don’t feel we spend enough time getting to know them, but that’s because the mystery is a little weak overall.  Don’t get me wrong, we do get some twists and surprises, as Winnie does her best to figure out what really happened that Monday morning.

However, the series regulars more than carry the book.  We have several good sub-plots with them, and I truly do care about these characters so I was pulled into those scenes.  I was glad with how several things turned out, in fact.

Dial M for Mousse truly is a lot of fun, which is no surprise to anyone who is a fan of this series.  And if that is you, but sure to pick up this book today.

NOTE: I received a copy of this book.

Giveaway!

Thanks to the publisher, I have one copy of this book to give away.  Because it is a physical book, the contest is limited to residence of the US.

Just leave me a comment with your e-mail address so I can get in touch with you if you win.  I will pick the winner Friday evening January 5^th (please note the earlier deadline), so please leave your comment before noon Pacific Time on 1/5.  You will have until midnight on 1/8 to get back to me, or I will choose a new winner on 1/9.

Reading Challenge: New Release Challenge 2018

Of course I'm back for the New Release Challenge for 2018.  There are so many books coming out this year I can't wait to read!  (un)Conventional Bookviews is our host for this fun challenge again this year.

This is one challenge where I am not cutting back on my level.  I'm going to stick with the New Release Pro level, which is 31-60 books.  That's a wide range, so I think I can land somewhere in there.

I'll list the books below as I finish them.

1. Dial M for Mousse by Laura Bradford
2. The Linking Rings by John Gaspard
3. Class Reunions are Murder by Libby Klein
4. Curses, Boiled Again! by Shari Randall
5. The Phantom of Oz by Cindy Brown
6. Biscuits and Slashed Browns by Maddie Day
7. Pressing the Issue by Daryl Wood Gerber
8. Hummus and Homicide by Tina Kashian
9. Color Me Murder by Krista Davis
10. I Know What You Bid Last Summer by Sherry Harris
11. Hellbent by Gregg Hurwitz
12. Claws for Concern by Miranda James
13. Death al Fresco by Leslie Karst
14. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley
15. The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen
16. Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke
17. The Uninvited Corpse by Debra Sennefelder
18. Cinco de Murder by Rebecca Adler
19. Wedding Cake Crumble by Jenn McKinlay
20. Worlds Apart by James Riley
21. Turning the Tide by Edith Maxwell
22. True Fiction by Lee Goldberg
23. Chesapeake Crime: Fur, Feathers, and Felonies
24. The Purloined Puzzle by Parnell Hall
25. Murder, She Wrote: A Date with Murder by Jessica Fletcher, et. al.
26. Waste of Space by Stuart Gibbs
27. Pairing a Deception by Nadine Nettmann
28. Hair of the Dog by Carlene O'Neil
29. The 17th Suspect by James Patterson
30. How to be a Perfect Christian by The Babylon Bee
31. Bear Witness to Murder by Meg Macy
32. Fiction Can Be Murder by Becky Clark
33. Claws for Alarm by Karen MacInerney
34. With a Little Bit of Blood by D. E. Ireland
35. Italian Iced by Kylie Logan
36. The Floating Light Bulb by John Gaspard
37. A Souffle of Suspicion by Daryl Wood Gerber
38. Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien
39. Death Over Easy by Maddie Day
40. Midnight Snacks are Murder by Libby Klein
41. Purrder She Wrote by Cate Conte
42. Death on the Menu by Lucy Burdette
43. Hollywood Ending by Kellye Garrett
44. A Dark and Twisting Path by Julia Buckley
45. Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
46. Against the Claw by Shari Randall
47. Stabbed in the Baklava by Tina Kashian
48. Wuthering Kites by Clover Tate
49. Rooted in Deceit by Wendy Tyson
50. Toucan Keep a Secret by Donna Andrews
51. Sunny Side Up by Daniel Stallings
52. Murder Flies the Coop by Jessica Ellicott
53. Til Death Do Us Party by Vickie Fee
54. The Spirit in Question by Cynthia Kuhn
55. Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron
56. Designed for Haunting by Sybil Johnson
57. Death of a Russian Doll by Barbara Early
58. Academic Curveball by James J. Cudney
59. I'm Your Venus by Diane Vallere
60. Six Cats a Slayin' by Miranda James
61. Dogged by Sandy Dengler
62. Yule Log Murder by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Barbara Ross
63. Killed on Blueberry Hill by Sharon Farrow
64. City of Secrets by Victoria Thompson
65. The Skeleton Makes a Friend by Leigh Perry
66. Spy School Goes South by Stuart Gibbs
67. Reason to Doubt by Nancy Cole Silverman
68. Killalot by Cindy Brown
67. Wreath Between the Lines by Daryl Wood Gerber
68. Just Plain Murder by Laura Bradford
69. The Coloring Crook by Krista Davis
70. Game of Scones by Mary Lee Ashford
71. Christmas Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke
72. Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge by Laura Levine
73. Ghosted by Leslie Margolis
74. Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day
75. Steamed Open by Barbara Ross
76. Lark! The Herald Angels Sing by Donna Andrews
77. Flashback by Shannon Messenger

Reading Challenge: Mount TBR and Beat the Backlist 2018

With all the books I already own that I haven't read, of course I'm back for Mount TBR in 2018.  I'm joining in the similarly themed Beat the Backlist this year as well.  The only difference between the two?  Mount TBR requires that you own the book as of December 31, 2017.  For Beat the Backlist, anything goes as long as it was published in 2017 or earlier - books bought this year, library books, etc.

Beat the Backlist allows you to set your own goal, so I will be using the same one for both.  That goal is 12 books, the Pikes Peak level of Mount TBR.  Yes, I'm going back to the lowest level again this year, but I'm trying to cut back on all my reading challenges this year.

For Beat the Backlist, I am on the Book Bards team!

I'll list the books below as I finish them.

1. The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais (Beat the Backlist only)
2. Too Big to Die by Sue Ann Jaffarian
3. As You Wish by Cary Elwes with Joe Layden
4. The Corpse with the Silver Tongue by Cathy Ace
5. The Haunted Library by Penny Warner
6. The Dark Talent by Brandon Sanderson
7. Cry Fowl by Sandy Dengler
8. Cardiac Arrest by Lisa Q. Mathews
9. Murder on Washington Square by Victoria Thompson
10. It's Your Party, Die If You Want To by Vickie Fee
11. The Silver Gun by L. A. Chandlar
12. "J" is for Judgment by Sue Grafton
13. The Art of Vanishing by Cynthia Kuhn
14. A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly
15. Fatal Fishes by Sandy Dengler
16. Without a Doubt by Nancy Cole Silverman
17. Murder on Moon Trek 1 by Diane Vallere
18. I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson
19. Fifty Shades of Greyhound by Sparkle Abbey
20. The Watchman by Robert Crais
21. In Cave Danger by Kate Dyer-Seeley
22. Murder on Mulberry Bend by Victoria Thompson
23. Back in the Habit by Alice Loweecey
24. "K" is for Killer by Sue Grafton
25. Marked Masters by Ritter Ames
26. One Fete in the Grave by Vickie Fee
27. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
28. The Death of an Ambitious Woman by Barbara Ross
29. That Touch of Ink by Diane Vallere
30. Pirate Vishnu by Gigi Pandian
31. Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
32. Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais
33. Room for Doubt by Nancy Cole Silverman
34. Lost Luggage by Wendall Thomas
35. "L" is for Lawless by Sue Grafton
36. The Girl with the Dachshund Tattoo by Sparkle Abbey
37. Murder on Marble Row by Victoria Thompson
38. City of Bones by Michael Connelly
39. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
40. Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly
41. Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay
42. The First Rule by Robert Crais
43. Veiled Threat by Alice Loweecey

Reading Challenge: Audiobook Challenge 2018

I'm still very much in love with audiobooks, so of course, I have to sign up for the Audiobook challenge again in 2018.  Once again, it is being hosted by Hot Listens and Caffeinated Reviewer.

Since I'm cutting back on everything this year, this is going to be no exception.  I'm going for Weekend Warrior, which is 5-10 audiobooks.

I'll list them below as I review them.

1. The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais
2. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley
3. "J" is for Judgment by Sue Grafton
4. A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly
5. The Watchman by Robert Crais
6. "K" is for Killer by Sue Grafton
7. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
8. Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
9. Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais
10. "L" is for Lawless by Sue Grafton
11. City of Bones by Michael Connelly
12. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
13. Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly
14. The First Rule by Robert Crais

Reading Challenge: Foodie Reads 2018

Yes, I'm back for Foodie Reads in 2018.  Was there any real doubt?  Based on a True Story is hosting again, but it is less of a challenge this year, and more of a collection of foodie read links.  In other words, anyone can join or just post their links as they want even without joining.  Since I'm trying to cut back on my reading challenge levels this year, that fits me perfectly.

I'll still list the foodie reads (culinary cozies) I read here as I read them.

1. Dial M for Mousse by Laura Bradford
2. Class Reunions are Murder by Libby Klein
3. Curses, Boiled Again! by Shari Randall
4. Biscuits and Slashed Browns by Maddie Day
5. Pressing the Issue by Daryl Wood Gerber
6. Hummus and Homicide by Tina Kashian
7. Death al Fresco by Leslie Karst
8. Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke
9. The Uninvited Corpse by Debra Semmefelder
10. Cinco de Murder by Rebecca Adler
11. Wedding Cake Crumble by Jenn McKinlay
12. Pairing a Deception by Nadine Nettmann
13. Hair of the Dog by Carlene O'Neil
14. I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson
15. Claws for Alarm by Karen MacInerney
16. Italian Iced by Kylie Logan
17. A Souffle of Suspicion by Daryl Wood Gerber
18. Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien
19. Death Over Easy by Maddie Day
20. Midnight Snacks are Murder by Libby Klein
21. Purrder She Wrote by Cate Conte
22. Death on the Menu by Lucy Burdette
23. Against the Claw by Shari Randall
24. Stabbed in the Baklava by Tina Kashian
25. Rooted in Deceit by Wendy Tyson
26. Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron
27. Yule Log Murder by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Barbara Ross
28. Killed on Blueberry Hill by Sharon Farrow
29. Wreath Between the Lines by Daryl Wood Gerber
30. Game of Scones by Mary Lee Ashford
31. Christmas Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke
32. Steamed Open by Barbara Ross

Reading Challenge: Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge 2018

Once again, I plan to join Books, Movies, and Reviews, Oh My! in the Cloak and Dagger Reading Challenge.  Yes, most of these books will qualify for the cozy mystery reading challenges, but I like to join since I do read some non-cozies as well.

This year, I'm going to go for the Inspector level, which is cutting back for me.  That is 26-35 books.

I'll list the books below as I finish them.

1. Dial M for Mousse by Laura Bradford
2. The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais
3. The Linking Rings by John Gaspard
4. Class Reunions are Murder by Libby Klein
5. Curses, Boiled Again! by Shari Randall
6. The Phantom of Oz by Cindy Brown
7. Too Big to Die by Sue Ann Jaffarian
8. Biscuits and Slashed Browns by Maddie Day
9. The Corpse with the Silver Tongue by Cathy Ace
10. Pressing the Issue by Daryl Wood Gerber
11. Hummus and Homicide by Tina Kashian
12. Color Me Murder by Krista Davis
13. I Know What You Bid Last Summer by Sherry Harris
14. Hellbent by Gregg Hurwitz
15. Claws for Concern by Miranda James
16. Cry Fowl by Sandy Dengler
17. Death al Fresco by Leslie Karst
18. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley
19. The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen
20. Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke
21. Cardiac Arrest by Lisa Q. Mathews
22. The Uninvited Corpse by Debra Sennefelder
23. Murder on Washington Square by Victoria Thompson
24. Cinco de Murder by Rebecca Adler
25. Wedding Cake Crumble by Jenn McKinlay
26. Turning the Tide by Edith Maxwell
27. It's Your Party, Die If You Want To by Vickie Fee
28. The Silver Gun by L. A. Chandlar
29. True Fiction by Lee Goldberg
30. "J" is for Judgment by Sue Grafton
31. Chesapeake Crime: Fur, Feathers, and Felonies
32. The Purloined Puzzle by Parnell Hall
33. Murder, She Wrote: A Date with Murder by Jessica Fletcher, et. al.
34. The Art of Vanishing by Cynthia Kuhn
35. A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly
36. Waste of Space by Stuart Gibbs
37. Pairing a Deception by Nadine Nettmann
38. Hair of the Dog by Carlene O'Neil
39. Fatal Fishes by Sandy Dengler
40. The 17th Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
41. Without a Doubt by Nancy Cole Silverman
42. Murder on Moon Trek 1 by Diane Vallere
43. I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson
44. Bear Witness to Murder by Meg Macy
45. Fifty Shades of Greyhound by Sparkle Abbey
46. The Watchman by Robert Crais
47. Fiction Can Be Murder by Becky Clark
48. In Cave Danger by Kate Dyer-Seeley
49. Claws for Alarm by Karen MacInerney
50. Murder on Mulberry Bend by Victoria Thompson
51. With a Little Bit of Blood by D. E. Ireland
52. Back in the Habit by Alice Loweecey
53. "K" is for Killer by Sue Grafton
54. Italian Iced by Kylie Logan
55. Marked Masters by Ritter Ames
56. The Floating Light Bulb by John Gaspard
57. One Fete in the Grave by Vickie Fee
58. A Souffle of Suspicion by Daryl Wood Gerber
59. The Death of an Ambitious Woman by Barbara Ross
60. Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien
61. That Touch of Ink by Diane Vallere
62. Pirate Vishnu by Gigi Pandian
63. Death Over Easy by Maddie Day
64. Midnight Snacks are Murder by Libby Klein
65. Purrder She Wrote by Cate Conte
66. Death on the Menu by Lucy Burdette
67. Hollywood Ending by Kellye Garrett
68. Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
69. A Dark and Twisting Path by Julia Buckley
70. Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
71. Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais
72. Room for Doubt by Nancy Cole Silverman
73. Against the Claw by Shari Randall
74. Lost Luggage by Wendall Thomas
75. Stabbed in the Baklava by Tina Kashian
76. Lost Legacy by Annette Dashofy
77. Wuthering Kites by Clover Tate
78. Rooted in Deceit by Wendy Tyson
79. "L" is for Lawless by Sue Grafton
80. Toucan Keep a Secret by Donna Andrews
81. The Girl with the Dachshund Tattoo by Sparkle Abbey
82. Sunny Side Up by Daniel Stallings
83. Murder on Marble Row by Victoria Thompson
84. Murder Flies the Coop by Jessica Ellicott
85. Til Death Do Us Party by Vickie Fee
86. The Spirit in Question by Cynthia Kuhn
87. Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron
88. Designed for Haunting by Sybil Johnson
89. Death of a Russian Doll by Barbara Early
90. Academic Curveball by James J. Cudney
91. I'm Your Venus by Diane Vallere
92. City of Bones by Michael Connelly
93. Six Cats a Slayin' by Miranda James
94. Dogged by Sandy Dengler
95. Yule Log Murder by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Barbara Ross
96. Killed on Blueberry Hill by Sharon Farrow
97. City of Secrets by Victoria Thompson
98. The Skeleton Makes a Friend by Leigh Perry
99. Spy School Goes South by Stuart Gibbs
100. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
101. Reason to Doubt by Nancy Cole Silverman
102. Killalot by Cindy Brown
103. Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly
104. Wreath Between the Lines by Daryl Wood Gerber
105. Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay
106. Just Plain Murder by Laura Bradford
107. The Coloring Crook by Krista Davis
108. Game of Scones by Mary Lee Ashford
109. Christmas Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke
110. Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge by Laura Levine
111. The First Rule by Robert Crais
112. Veiled Threat by Alice Loweecey
113. Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day
114. Steamed Open by Barbara Ross
115. Lark! The Herald Angels Sing by Donna Andrews

Reading Challenge: Cruisin' Through the Cozies and Craving for Cozies 2018

I have no plans to change my reading genres this year, so of course, I'm signing up for Cruisin' Through the Cozies and Craving for Cozies again in 2018.  I am scaling back my goals.  I might wind up beating them, but I can always increase my goals, right?

This year, Cruisin' is giving us the option of picking books in categories or just reading what we want.  I'm going the no category route.  I'm going for level 3, which means I will read 30 cozies of my choosing this year.

I'm sure it is no surprise that I am going for the Famished level in Craving as a result since that means I will read 11-30 cozies this year.

I'll be updating this post with the titles as I read them.

1. Dial M for Mousse by Laura Bradford
2. The Linking Rings by John Gaspard
3. Class Reunions are Murder by Libby Klein
4. Curses, Boiled Again! by Shari Randall
5. The Phantom of Oz by Cindy Brown
6. Too Big to Die by Sue Ann Jaffarian
7. Biscuits and Slashed Browns by Maddie Day
8. The Corpse with the Silver Tongue by Cathy Ace
9. Pressing the Issue by Daryl Wood Gerber
10. Hummus and Homicide by Tina Kashian
11. Color Me Murder by Krista Davis
12. I Know What You Bid Last Summer by Sherry Harris
13. Claws for Concern by Miranda James
14. Cry Fowl by Sandy Dengler
15. Death al Fresco by Leslie Karst
16. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley
17. The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen
18. Raspberry Danish Murder by Joanne Fluke
19. Cardiac Arrest by Lisa Q. Mathews
20. The Uninvited Corpse by Debra Sennefelder
21. Murder on Washington Square by Victoria Thompson
22. Cinco de Murder by Rebecca Adler
23. Wedding Cake Crumble by Jenn McKinlay
24. Turning the Tide by Edith Maxwell
25. It's Your Party, Die If You Want To by Vickie Fee
26. The Silver Gun by L. A. Chandlar
27. Chesapeake Crime: Fur, Feathers, and Felonies
28. The Purloined Puzzle by Parnell Hall
29. Murder, She Wrote: A Date with Murder by Jessica Fletcher, et. al.
30. The Art of Vanishing by Cynthia Kuhn
31. Pairing a Deception by Nadine Nettmann
32. Hair of the Dog by Carlene O'Neil
33. Fatal Fishes by Sandy Dengler
34. Without a Doubt by Nancy Cole Silverman
35. Murder on Moon Trek 1 by Diane Vallere
36. I Scream, You Scream by Wendy Lyn Watson
37. Bear Witness to Murder by Meg Macy
38. Fifty Shades of Greyhound by Sparkle Abbey
39. Fiction Can Be Murder by Becky Clark
40. In Cave Danger by Kate Dyer-Seeley
41. Claws for Alarm by Karen MacInerney
42. Murder on Mulberry Bend by Victoria Thompson
43. With a Little Bit of Blood by D. E. Ireland
44. Italian Iced by Kylie Logan
45. Marked Masters by Ritter Ames
46. The Floating Light Bulb by John Gaspard
47. One Fete in the Grave by Vickie Fee
48. A Souffle of Suspicion by Daryl Wood Gerber
49. The Death of an Ambitious Woman by Barbara Ross
50. Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien
51. That Touch of Ink by Diane Vallere
52. Pirate Vishnu by Gigi Pandian
53. Death Over Easy by Maddie Day
54. Midnight Snacks are Murder by Libby Klein
55. Purrder She Wrote by Cate Conte
56. Death on the Menu by Lucy Burdette
57. Hollywood Ending by Kellye Garrett
58. A Dark and Twisting Path by Julia Buckley
59. Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen
60. Against the Claw by Shari Randall
61. Stabbed in the Baklava by Tina Kashian
62. Lost Legacy by Annette Dashofy
63. Wuthering Kites by Clover Tate
64. Rooted in Deceit by Wendy Tyson
65. Toucan Keep a Secret by Donna Andrews
66. The Girl with the Dachshund Tattoo by Sparkle Abbey
67. Murder on Marble Row by Victoria Thompson
68. Murder Flies the Coop by Jessica Ellicott
69. Til Death Do Us Party by Vickie Fee
70. The Spirit in Question by Cynthia Kuhn
71. Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron
72. Designed for Haunting by Sybil Johnson
73. Death of a Russian Doll by Barbara Early
74. Academic Curveball by Jame J. Cudney
75. I'm Your Venus by Diane Vallere
76. Six Cats a Slayin' by Miranda James
77. Dogged by Sandy Dengler
78. Yule Log Murder by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Barbara Ross
79. Killed on Blueberry Hill by Sharon Farrow
80. City of Secrets by Victoria Thompson
81. The Skeleton Makes a Friend by Sharon Farrow
82. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
83. Reason to Doubt by Nancy Cole Silverman
84. Killalot by Cindy Brown
85. Wreath Between the Lines by Daryl Wood Gerber
86. Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay
87. Just Plain Murder by Laura Bradford
88. The Coloring Crook by Krista Davis
89. Game of Scones by Mary Lee Ashford
90. Christmas Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke
91. Death of a Neighborhood Scrooge by Laura Levine
92. Veiled Threat by Alice Loweecey
93. Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day
94. Steamed Open by Barbara Ross
95. Lark! The Herald Angels Sing by Donna Andrews