Sheryl C.D. Ickes

If you are ever in the market for some bookish fun that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, then iScream for Mysteries is for you! This year, fourteen authors participated in speed-dating with readers, hosted by The Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookshop in PA. Check it out!

Are you a cozy mystery fan who enjoys fantasy elements and witches in your books? Then I invite you to the town of Evenfall, where the Warren witches have been helping their neighbors for four hundred years without issues, until one woman dies and Brynn's aunt looks guilty. Check out the first in Auralee Wallace's series, In the Company of Witches, and her interview with me, On the Writing Block!

Are you interested in poetry from Emily Dickinson? Well, the Browning sisters are about to find out how dangerous the English language can be when a professor gets kidnapped after a poetry open mic night. Now it is up to them to uncover just what is going on! Check out the first chapter of Poetry Slammed inside my chat with fellow author Joy Ann Ribar.

Skull Duggery, another mystery in the "Gideon Oliver" series, is a great read by one of my favorite authors, Aaron Elkins. As the "Skeleton Detective" makes his way to Mexico with his wife, Julie, his plans for rest and relaxation are quickly squashed. But examining these piles of bones might have just placed his own life on the line! Check out my review.

If you like cozy mysteries that deal with baking, then you're in luck! Catherine Bruns has a new release in her Cookies and Chance Mystery series, called Death Whisk. Find out what happens when a cookie baker and her family are stuck at a local inn with the power out and a killer on the loose. Oh, and we have a sneak peak available for you to read inside this interview as well! Our mouths are watering already...

Carlisle, PA has been a place of history for some of our country's most important wars, such as the Revolutionary and Civil War. But did you know that in 1843, John Wise ascended on a balloon flight from the town square? Not only does young Margaret Everton witness the flight take place, but also a bank robbery in Sarah Ickes's latest release, The Sky-High Witness.

If you are one who enjoys reading cozy mysteries set outside of the United States, then I highly recommend The Curious Case of the Poisoned Professor by Lucy Connelly. When Dr. Gwen Griffith finds a tenured professor dead on her front steps in Wales, the hunt is on for the real killer with a great cast of supporting characters. Check out my review for the first in this new cozy mystery series!

Ireland has long been a country both alluring for its beauty and culture. But for Mercy McCarthy, it is the beginning to owning a bookshop with her sister, and learning a bit about their family's past. See what author Lucy Connelly said in my interview with her for the upcoming release of A Body at the Irish Book Club...the fifth installment in her Mercy McCarthy Series. Coming this April.

Ice sculptures can be interactive or not, current or not, and crystal clear or not. An Ice Art Fest can be all of the above and more!