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Aunt Dimity: Vampire Hunter (Aunt Dimity)

16 reviews
Nancy Atherton

Viking Adult, 2008

I love this Series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nancy Atherton is a wonderful author. I have read all of books! Sometimes I wish I could be with and help her solve the mysteries. You have to love a lady who loves her bunny and talks to a ghost, her "Aunt Dimity"! I always enjoy reading Ms. Atherton's books! More please!!!! I just read here that the next installment of Aunt Dimity is called, "Aunt Dimity Slays the dragon". Great news for us ...

Quick and Cozy Afghans

14 reviews

Leisure Arts, 1995

Love it! My only afghan / crochet book.
I'm a casual crocheter. I love this book! It's got a great instruction section at the back and lots of variety in the afghans. I like that there's a full color of each item and the instructions right next to it. No searching to find what you need. You can lay the book open and see the instructions and the picture at the same time. This is my only crochet book. I actually use the patterns ...

Corpse Pose (Mantra for Murder Mysteries, No. 1)

10 reviews
Diana Killian

Berkley, 2008

FUN BOOK!!
I really enjoyed this book. I adored the characters, and found the setting a little different and fun. I figured out who the culprit was, kind of early on, but that didn't take away the fun, or even once in a while, something would happen that would make me think I was wrong, so that was fun too!! I look forward to more books in this series, the way the author left the ending, I have to guess ...

Suspicious Minds (Squeaky Clean Series, Book 2)

13 reviews
Christy Barritt

Kregel Publications, 2008

A Genuine Belly Laugh
Are you tired of thinking about rising gas prices, the falling stock market, and the static real estate trend? Moments after you begin to read Suspicious Minds you will find yourself transported to another place - a hilarious one. I read this book while my husband was asleep in another room and literally had to clamp a hand over my mouth to drown the laughter. The tongue-in-cheek Elvis quips are ...

Grave Apparel: A Crime of Fashion Mystery

11 reviews
Ellen Byerrum

Signet, 2007

Chick Lit ...? Sure, but something more, too
If any book is positioned at Ground Zero for contemporary Chick Lit, this one is. The canny author, who is a member of a group of authors calling themselves "The Mystery Chicks," for Pete's sake, has hit just about all the points. "Grave Apparel" is a breezy-spirited book about Lacey Smithsonian, the attractive young woman with the glamorous wardrobe, the glamorous job, the (conventionally) ...

Hex Marks the Spot (Bewitching Mysteries, No. 3)

16 reviews
Madelyn Alt

Berkley, 2007

more please!
a great read...mixes seers from different traditions gracefully. i hope to see many more. star santa cruz ca

The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix P)

14 reviews
Susan Wittig Albert

Berkley, 2007

Continues to enchant
If the village of Near Sawrey put out its weekly newspaper about the fortnight during which this story takes place, some of the headlines would read: "Major Christopher Kittredge returns to Raven Hall with his Lovely New Bride" and "Rat Explosion at Hill Top Farm Threatens Village" and "Village Plans May Day Celebration" and perhaps "Stay Clear of the Cuckoo Brow Wood on May Eve." The society ...

Whiskey and Tonic: A Whiskey Mattimoe Mystery (Whiskey Mattimoe Mysteries)

11 reviews
Nina Wright

MIDNIGHT INK, 2007

whiskey & tonic
The third installment of the Whiskey Mattimoe series is every bit as fast paced as the first two. These books seem to move along quickly & enjoyably. Whiskey easily pulls in the reader & is hard to dislike. This time, I enjoyed the mystery more than the first two. The plot centers on a cursed house, so there was somewhat of a supernatural twist that I enjoyed. I am waiting anxiously for "Whiskey ...

Fool on the Hill: A Tess Camillo Mystery

11 reviews
Morgan Hunt

Alyson Books, 2008

fans will appreciate this enjoyable whodunit
Between being a breast cancer survivor and the serpentine murder attempt on her life (see STICKY FINGERS), Tess Camillo knows she has come a long way baby. The San Diego resident vows to live her life to the fullest and not let her fears get in her way. Tess and her roommate Lana Maki attend the Gabrielle Leatheross concert; though they are more interested in hearing the opening act, 1980s ...

Silenced By Syrah: A Wine Lover's Mystery

15 reviews
Michele Scott

Berkley, 2007

This Book Sparkles
Sensual bath treatments, facials, massages . . . mouth-watering Italian food. The atmosphere is fabulous. The book takes place in California grape-growing country, with a winery, an elegant hotel, an Italian restaurant, and a spa. The book also has recipes for that wonderful Italian food. Nikki finds a body and she is determined to find out who the killer is. The adventures she goes on in ...

Murder In Metropolis (Metropolis Mystery Series)

10 reviews, 2008

EXCELLENT!
Sheriff Joe Dalton has a problem, namely finding the murderer of his best friend Jack Hatfield, whose decapitated body was hung neatly over the landmark Superman statue in front of the courthouse. Things like this don't happen in his town and certainly not to one of his old schoolmates. This case was personal and if it took him his entire life he would find out who did it; the quest beings. I ...

Who Left that Body in the Rain? (Thoroughly Southern Mystery)

10 reviews
Patricia Sprinkle

Signet, 2002

Good Mystery
I had a hard time deciding whether I should give it 5 stars or 4 stars, because it took me a long time to get into this book and get interested in the characters. I didn't really care for the setting. To me, it wasn't really cozy enough. The writing was good. The clues/twists/surprises were clever. The more pages I read, the better it got. When I got to the last 100 pages, I couldn't put it ...

Organize Your Corpses (A Charlotte Adams Mystery)

8 reviews
Mary Jane Maffini

Berkley, 2007

A new series kicks off with a couple of unexpected and entertaining twists
Mary Jane Maffini is a well-establish writer of mysteries in Canadian settings. This book, the first of a new series, and set in a small American town, appears to be her novelistic attempt to escape what is sometimes called "the beaver pile" up here in the Frozen North. On the basis of this outing, I think Ms. Maffini has made a successful transition--and good luck to her! Ms. Maffini is no ...

Died in the Wool (Torie O'Shea Mysteries)

8 reviews
Rett MacPherson

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007

History, genealogy, quilts and mystery -- in one tidy package
Torie O'Shea, the resident historian of New Kassel, Missouri, learns that the old Kendall house is up for sale. According to local myth, three Kendall siblings committed suicide on that property in the 1920s. Torie would like to buy the house and preserve it for historical purposes; and at the same time, she wants to find out what REALLY happened to Rupert, Whalen, and Glory Anne Kendall. ...

Creature Comforts: Cozy Knits for Wee Ones

8 reviews
Amy Bahrt

Sixth&Spring Books, 2005

Basics Made Beautiful
This book is wonderful. It offers very basic patterns for sweaters, hats, booties, then offers the variations in design and color patterns. I now have knitted many of the patterns in this book (even adding my own variations) and the patterns are amazingly accurate, well written, and explained simply and understandably. Anyone who is looking for a book that gives simple pattern instructions, ...

Mrs. Jeffries and the Feast of St. Stephen (Mrs. Jeffries)

8 reviews
Emily Brightwell

Berkley Hardcover, 2007

23rd in a series--and a most delightful cozy
Yuletide preparations abound in Victorian London. One celebration is the party Stephen Whitfield is hosting for a few select guests. How rude-the host didn't make it through dinner. He fell forward into his soup, dead. Now six guests are suspects, including a sister-in-law, boyhood friends, and a romantic interest, but who would want to kill Stephen? Each with their own special connections, ...

Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (Molly Murphy Mysteries)

8 reviews
Rhys Bowen

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

Lots of Cases Means Plenty of Action
December 1902 finds Molly back from her ill-fated trip to Ireland and trying to juggle multiple cases at once. First, there's the prospective husband she's been hired to tail to make sure he is above board. Then she is hired to protect aging actress Blanch Lovejoy from the ghost haunting the theater where her comeback Broadway play is supposed to debut. Next, she's hired to find out what ...

A Hoe Lot of Trouble: A Nina Quinn Mystery (Nina Quinn Mysteries)

8 reviews
Heather Webber

Avon, 2004

This Great Debut Mystery is a Hoe Lot of Fun
"A Hoe Lot of Trouble" introduces us to a wonderfully funny new mystery series starring Nina Quinn, professional landscaper. Nina owns a landscaping firm called "Taken by Surprise" which specializes in surprise garden makeovers that are completed in one day. (Think Home and Garden TV). In this opening installment, Nina is in the process of divorcing her philandering husband Kevin Quinn, a ...

Miracle Myx

8 reviews
Dave Diotalevi

Kunati Inc., 2008

A Lyrical Mystery
"I learned that nothing is yours until it's yours, and that you make it yours by taking it, protecting it and hiding it," says Myx Amens, a uniquely talented 14-year-old foster kid living in Miracle, Massachusetts. In Dave Diotalevi's debut novel, Miracle Myx, we encounter 42 hours in the life of Myx as he investigates a series of murders. There's a seminal chapter in this twisty mystery of ...

Deadly Vintage: A Molly Doyle Mystery

8 reviews
Elaine Flinn

Perseverance Press, 2007

Better than the rip-off
Elaine Flinn's Doyle series is outstanding, and far, far better on every level than the Jane Cleland series that ripped off almost everything from this great series. Read the original and the best!

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