This summer at BookTrib, we're celebrating women’s fiction titles that are fun and frothy, including uplit, rom-com and other stories that make you forget all your troubles for a while.
Women's Fiction Writers AssociationJuly 23, 2025
It might be unusual to review two novels by the same author at the same time but The Great Hippopotamus Hotel and The Conditions of Unconditional Love were published within the short span of four months — with both read within five days and too good not to laud together.…
Linda HitchcockNovember 18, 2024
Nothing grabs your attention like the smell of a good, home-cooked meal. Except, perhaps, a captivating mystery book. But why not have both? Food, cooking and cuisine are at the center of numerous mystery books. Whether food is the killer, clues are hidden in the recipes, or a chef becomes…
Megan BeauregardNovember 7, 2022
Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either…
Blaine DesantisDecember 6, 2023
Peach Tea Smash, Tea Shop Mystery #28 by Laura Childs (Berkley) Dear Reader, When tea maven Theodosia Browning attends a Mad Hatter Masquerade on the grounds of an old grist mill, she never dreamed she’d be pulled into a murder. But under the glow of a neon Cheshire Cat, Harlan…
AuthorBuzzAugust 5, 2024
Truth to tell — I was about to embark on my first cozy mystery. You know, that subgenre of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated lightly, and the crime occurs in a small, intimate community. The detectives are almost always amateurs and are frequently women.…
Jim AlkonMay 19, 2020
If ever there was a book begging for a sequel, it’s One Dead, Two to Go, and if One Dead is your introduction to author Elena Hartwell and her work, you’re in luck. This is the first in a trio of murder mysteries (now in paperback!) starring the refreshing and…
Sherri DaleyMarch 19, 2024
Killer in a Winter Wonderland (Level Best Books) follows an intrepid small business owner and part-time sleuth as she balances the exigencies and emotion of the holiday season, while attempting to unravel a murder in an otherwise charming community on the eastern coast of Maryland. Award winning author Wendy Sand…
Michael FerryJanuary 19, 2024
Grounds for Murder (Crooked Lane Books), a sunny and upbeat murder caper by the gifted Tara Lush, is just what you need for these icy post-holiday months. Sure to brighten anyone’s day, the novel combines a slew of the most highly entertaining elements of a fun read and packs them…
Judy MorenoJanuary 6, 2021
Who would want to murder a florist? Especially the florist in charge of floral offerings to Amen-Ra, supreme deity of all Egypt? Award-winning author N.L. Holmes launches her latest fantasy novel Flowers of Evil (Wayback Press) with this question, devising twists and turns that make us suspect just about every…
Anne Eliot FeldmanJuly 31, 2023
The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp was published in 2020 in the original German as Mord (Murder) in Sunset Hall, written by former resident of Munich and Berlin Leonie Swann who now resides in the presumably corpse strewn English countryside. This brilliant writer uses a pseudonym for her genre defying…
Linda HitchcockOctober 23, 2023
What pairs better with a murder mystery than some fine Italian dining? It may seem like an unlikely combo, but Wendy Sand Eckel’s new book, Mystery at Windswept Farm (Level Best Books), will have you eagerly turning pages not only to see who the culprit is but also to savor…
Paige VigliaroloSeptember 27, 2022
M.C. Beaton, being written with R.W. Green, has recently released two fun-filled, thrilling cozies to keep readers warm during these cold winter months and to transport them to the quaint British Isles. In M.C. Beaton’s thirty-third Agatha Raisin murder mystery, “The Devil’s Delight,” (Minotaur) Agatha Raisin proves she will do…
Jodé MillmanFebruary 13, 2023
Coffee, music, and murder. Olivia Blacke's first book in the Record Shop Mysteries, Vinyl Resting Place (St. Martin’s), is a thrilling and lighthearted mystery that keeps you engrossed page after page. If you are looking for a cozy mystery to warm up your winter days, look no further! Join the…
Kelsey HallDecember 21, 2022
The Milk Tart Murders is Sally Andrew’s fourth mystery featuring the delightful Tannie Maria. Set in Ladismith in the Klein Karoo (where Andrew herself lives), Maria works with Jessie and Hattie for the Klein Karoo Gazette writing a love advice and recipe column. She lives outside town with her hens and…
Michael SearsJuly 8, 2022
The intrepid Dulcinea Chambers, winsome director of the Maine Museum of Art, encounters the bright light of summer and the darkness of murder in the first installment of Kerry J. Charles’ Dulcie Chambers Museum Mysteries series, An Exhibit of Madness (Edmund+Octavia Publishing). Dr. Chambers, a Portland native, has just presided…
Claudia KeenanSeptember 10, 2021
