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Best Cozy Culinary Mysteries

Killer Takeout (Key West Food Critic)
It’s Fantasy Fest at Key West, and food critic Hayley Snow is ready to celebrate. What more could a reader ask for?”— New York Times bestselling author Lorna Barrett. “The victim may not be coming back for seconds, but readers certainly will!”— New York Times Bestselling Author Julie Hyzy. “Lucy Burdette is skilled at creating interesting characters who are very real and familiar.”—The Mystery Reader Clinical psychologist Roberta Isleib, aka Lucy Burdette , is the author of the Key West Food Critic Mysteries.
Reviews
"She beautifully describes Key West in the entire series and it makes the reader really feel they are in the middle of the action as each mystery progresses!"
"Wanting to avoid all the people Hayley researches takeout restaurants for an article for Key Zest magazine where she works as a food critic."
"Hayley Snow is back again in this fun series set in Key West."
"Haley is a social hurricane, knows everyone on her island, and goes through the hurricane, the wedding, and solves the case."
"Pleasant mystery with interesting characters."
"Haley is a busy gal — her mother and Sam’s wedding, magazine politics, lots of food, a hurricane, and murder."
"What’s a book series set in Florida without the obligatory hurricane, even in ever-resilient Key West?"
"Very good story line, and as always our heroin and her gang of family and friends set out to solve the murder/mystery."
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The Christmas Letter: A Cozy Mystery (A Tess and Tilly Cozy Mystery Book 1)
If you love small towns, endearing relationships, food, animals, and a touch of murder, you will love this new mystery series by Kathi Daley, author of the popular Zoe Donovan Cozy Mystery Series.
Reviews
"Set in a small town in Montana and featuring the local mailman (Tess) and her dog (Tillie). So with each book not only do you get the mystery but you get a clearer picture of the characters and their motivation. She will pull you in and make you care about the characters, her plots are timely and just to restate her stories are clean reads."
"The setting is perfect for a Christmas mystery: it is snowing outside, there are festive decorations on Main Street, every light post has a green wreath with a red bow, and there are red and white lights strung across the main thoroughfare. As always, Mrs. Daley’s writing flows smoothly, and her setting and relatable characters make for an extremely enjoyable and quick read."
"Set in the small town of White Eagle, Montana, the main character, Tess and her dog, Tilly, are known by the area residents as their mail person."
"And the way the ending left another ongoing story while finishing up the main mystery."
"Great."
"The book was ok."
"I recommend this book if you are looking for a good cozy mystery."
"Enjoyed the new series."
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Long Isle Iced Tea (The Magic & Mixology Mystery Series Book 4)
When Ainsley and her team at MAGIC, Inc. beg Lily for her help, she agrees, taking on a load of problems that pile up faster than she can say Abracadabra . A new revolution in black magic stumps the island’s burgeoning Mixologist, while a haunted house, a surprise birthday party, and rising familial troubles back on The Isle compete for her already-limited time and attention.
Reviews
"She is alerted to the disappearance of several islanders and Mimsey tells her something upsetting. Her imagination must work overtime and I can't wait to read what is next in store for Lily and her friends and family (and a certain hot Ranger)."
"Her potions can do anything from curing the odd ache- heart,limb,loves , turning you pink, or into your costumed self of innermost desire ( strictly for a party purpose)-pirate, fairy,dolphin anyone? With one simple wish, the clearly defined new life Lily has carved for herself is thrown into chaos, and the twists of the Isle continue to reveal themselves."
"From Lily’s relationship with Ranger X to investigating the haunted house to her fighting The Faction, this book just blew me away!"
"Being a Mixologist, Lily can help bring more fun to any party...if she gets it right.When some of the people from the Islanders start disappearing, Lily needs to up her game."
"She meets her father for the first time and she finds out more about herself and her family history as some things have still remained a mystery."
"This is the 4th book in this wonderful series and it is the best one yet."
"This series becomes better & better with each book!"
"I know somewhat predictable but fun light interesting characters you want to hear about."
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Best Cozy Animal Mysteries

Every Breath You Take (An Under Suspicion Novel)
New York Times Bestseller “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke are back with their fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Under Suspicion series; Every Breath You Take follows television producer’s Laurie Moran investigation of the unsolved Met Gala murder—in which a wealthy widow was pushed to her death from the famous museum’s rooftop. Laurie Moran could not ignore the satisfied expression on her nine-year-old son’s face as he watched the waiter place her breakfast on their table. “Well thank you so much,” Laurie said, pleased, even as she reflected on the fact that Timmy’s use of the word cool was another sign that he was growing up. Timmy had been to Sarabeth’s restaurant for breakfast at least twenty times, but never approved of Laurie’s choice of the eggs benedict with salmon. If Laurie had to handpick a rival for her son’s affections, she couldn’t have chosen a better role model than her father, Leo Farley. “Hate to tell you this, kiddo,” Leo said crisply, “but you can’t keep eating pancakes with chocolate and powdered sugar on them for the rest of your life. Thirty years from now, you’ll understand why your mom’s eating fish, and I’m pretending to enjoy this turkey bacon that tastes like paper.”. Laurie was the producer of Under Suspicion, a series of true crime–based television “news specials” focusing on cold cases. The show’s title reflected its format of working directly with the people who were unofficial suspects in the investigations. “We’ll have roast chicken?” She constantly felt guilty for not preparing more healthy meals for her son. “I was starting to wonder if you were coming in.” It was Ryan Nichols, calling out to her from his office as she passed his door. He had been hired as the host of her television show a mere three months earlier, and she still had no idea what he was doing at the studio full-time.
Reviews
"Laurie Moran’s new on-air legal expert for her TV show Under Suspicion, Ryan Nichols, has suggested they next examine the cold case of the wealthy widow Virginia Wakeling being pushed from the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art some three years ago."
"Mary Higgins Clark is one of my favorite authors and she doesn't disappoint with the latest Under Suspicion novel."
"These are an updated, intriguing version of Mary Higgins Clark books."
"I have been a Mary Highins Clark fan since book 1 and will always eagerly await her next one."
"As always, interesting characters and storylines make the book difficult to put down."
"This book definitely had a way of making you want to keep reading at the end of each chapter, however, the ending fell flat."
"Great story."
"I have read all of these novels and this was the least exciting..."
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Best Cozy Craft & Hobby Mysteries

Alias Grace: A Novel
Now a 6-part Netflix original mini-series: in Alias Grace , the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale takes readers into the life of one of the most notorious women of the nineteenth century. "A stunning novel full of sly wit, compassion and insight, boasting writing that is lyrical, assured, evocative of time and place, and seductive in its power to engage us." "Atwood provides the elements of a walloping good read: suspense, mystery, titillation, and a fully crafted but never ponderous historical milieu."
Reviews
"Having really enjoyed The Handmaid's Tale, I was very excited to read Alias Grace and to see that it is a new series on Netflix. Grace Marks is a prisoner, having been found guilty of the grisly murder of her employer and his housekeeper. She is said to have committed the murders of Nancy Montgomery and Thomas Kinnear with her coworker, James McDermott, who is a surly and jealous man. Years later, a young psychiatrist is brought in by a group trying to prove her innocence to try to help her remember more about the crime."
"The fictionalized account allows readers to draw their own conclusions; which might sound trite, but is interesting for the many fans who enjoy the genre."
"Nevertheless, I felt that the promise of some kind of disclosure, or revelation, was dangled in front of the reader throughout the book, but in the end there is no real conclusion."
"Read this for one of my bookclubs."
"Her reinventions of the characters' dreams, fantasies, and immersion in sensory detail are both poetic and disturbing: Grace's red fabric peonies that grow on her prison walls and in her dreams of the multiple deaths she has witnessed; Dr Jordan's childhood furtive probing into the white underthings of the servant girls that return as symbols in his adult dreams."
"Margaret takes a long time to get to the point."
"The story of the murders itself is as riveting as any good Gothic mystery rife with gender and class conflicts, seances and smelling salts, but the writing is never stodgy or fusty."
"I liked the characterization of Grace."
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