Sheryl C.D. Ickes

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!

Are you a reader who likes to follow book blogger sites? In Fatal Sign-Off, Arwen Lark is an online literary influencer who enjoys book club talks and good food. But when a nasty podcaster is poisoned at the local diner, Arwin finds many of her friends are potential suspects and takes on the investigation herself. Check out my author interview with Sarah E. Burr about the third in her Book Blogger Mysteries and catch a glimpse at the first chapter for FREE!

I was able to get back to reading Sue Henry in my latest book read, and found myself rejoining Jessie Arnold in Murder At Five Finger Light. Set in Alaska, on an island, Jessie is shocked when a dead body is discovered, their communications are cut off, and there is no way to return to the mainland. Will she finger out the culprit hiding amongst her friends before another one dies? Check out my review...

Are you a reader who fancies a little whimsy in your cozy mysteries? Mrs. Claus and the entire North Pole are getting ready to host a wedding when a bridesmaid's boyfriend dies from a poisoned corsage. Now she has to find out who the killer is in order to save the wedding of her friend Claire and Jake Frost, before there are even more heartbreaks for Valentine's Day. Take a sneak peak at the book through a link inside my interview with fellow author, Liz Ireland!

Are you into mysteries with a supernatural twist thrown into them? Author Olivia Blacke's Death at the Door features a young woman who is adjusting to her new life in Boston, and her apartment's ghostly roommate. Together, as they learn to cook and get along as friends, they might just end up solving a crime or two in the process.

I don't know about you, but cozy mysteries set in Ireland peek my interest on a bookshelf. After reading over the back blurb to Lucy Connelly's novel, An Irish Bookshop Murder, I instantly wanted to try it and did not regret it!

If you are looking for a mystery that has pets, an Amish community, deserts to the rescue, or a small town set in a valley, author Laura Bradford has it all! See what we talked about when she visited me On the Writing Block!