New Releases For The Week Of August 14th, 2022–Part 2

When Click and Scatter are hired for a divorce case, they wonder why their services are needed when they’re supernatural detectives. Since the case involves a self-proclaimed wizard, perhaps there are unnatural forces at work to break up the couple. But a dead spouse turns this case into a homicide and the crew aren’t sure what they’re up against.

Certain vanishings within the city remind Click of her sister’s disappearance years ago when she was changed into an evil witch. Are the same events happening again, only on a larger scale? (Amazon)

Editions Available: Kindle

A Mother’s Visit, A Brutal Killer. And a Long Time Held Secret…The Teapot Tempest Mystery: A Tansy & Hank Pet Psychic Cozy Mystery
Tansy has an eerie feeling that things could go wrong when her mother unexpectedly shows up in town to visit her own close friend who runs a cafe and museum.

“The store door flies open with a gust of wind. We whip our heads around, watching as a customer loses her grip on the door. It bangs against the wall. Thankfully, the glass remains intact. At my feet, I hear Hank emit a low growl. Swallowing hard, I know that he never growls. Not even at Nathan. The woman pulls her hood off, meeting my eyes. Oh crap, it’s my mother.

“What are you doing here?”

Eden’s eyes raise. It’s not common for me to greet our customers with a bitter tone.

“Can’t a mom visit her daughter?”

She is determined to stay cool and strong…and survive the visit from her mother. But then, the friend ends up murdered, and Tansy’s mother becomes the initial suspect. Now Tansy finds herself in a difficult situation and must take action fast.

Will she have enough time to discover the real killer’s plans?

Miranda Rose Barker masterfully writes a story filled with humor and addictive suspense inside The Teapot Tempest Mystery:A Tansy & Hank Pet Psychic Cozy Mystery. (Amazon)

Editions Available: Kindle

Ingrid Torfa finds herself on the road with two of her closest friends, Kara and Nilda Mikkelsen. Not a hiking and camping trip for pleasure, but a mission of the utmost importance.
The Thors disappeared months ago along with their mentor Frór. On a mission to protect Villmark, the village on the North Shore of Lake Superior where they still live like Vikings, hidden from the modern world, the Thors traveled far into the north of this magical realm. Dangers lurk there, things not seen in the modern world in centuries, if ever.
Now Ingrid and her friends are desperate to find out what happened to the Thors. Strange folk haunt the northern roads. The three seek an old ally, but find instead another murder, one with ties to Villmark itself.
And if Ingrid doesn’t find the killer first, all of Villmark stands in jeopardy. (Amazon)

Editions Available: Kindle

Five friends went into the woods. Only four came back.

If something ails you, Charlie Kingsley likely has a tea to fix it.

So, when Charlie witnesses a young woman faint on the side of the road, she has no choice but to offer her services. (Along with a cup of her famous tea, of course.)

In no time at all, the young woman is back to normal, which is good news, as she’s about to go camping with her friends.

Charlie thinks that will be the last of it … so imagine her surprise when she gets a phone call that one of the friends is missing.

Is the friend simply lost? Or did something more disturbing happen?

Luckily, Charlie is not only on the case, but fueled with tea, as this will prove to be one of her most puzzling crimes to date.

Meet Charlie. Better known as “Aunt Charlie” from the award-winning Secrets of Redemption series. She’s back, making teas and solving cases in this funny, twisty, cozy mystery series set in the 1990s in Redemption, Wisconsin.

While this book can be read as a standalone, you may find it more enjoyable to read them in order, which is:

The Murder Before Christmas
Ice Cold Murder
Murder Next Door
Murder Among Friends

The Murder of Sleepy Hollow
(Amazon)

Editions Available: Kindle, Paperback

Which of Walter’s lies wandered too close to the truth?

When Veronica Wakefield-Brice finds a body hanging from a tree in the ravine behind her stately mansion, the matriarch is thoroughly put out. The victim was a teller of tall tales, and though his death appears to be a suicide, it’s odd that he’s missing his shoes. Too odd for Elliot Marks and the St. Ives Book Club who find themselves matching wits with a unexpected killer.

Set in the tiny hamlet of St. Ives, Ontario, a murder mystery book club discovers they have a taste and talent for solving unsolved crimes. Led by the brilliant and eccentric Elliot Marks, five active retirees and two young reporters unearth secrets that certain residents of the cosy village would prefer remained buried. (Amazon)

Editions Available: Kindle, Paperback

He chases crooks. She researches the past. When a financier is found hanged, can they solve his death?
Vancouver, 1897. Detective Jack Winston investigates a body at a popular landmark and realizes the man’s business is as hollow as the tree near where he was found.

Vancouver, 2017. Archivist Riley Finch throws herself into a new project at the museum while preparing for her sister’s wedding and steering their mother from a suspicious investment deal.

With more suspects than answers, Jack again turns to Riley for help through the journal that connects the time-crossed duo.

Can the pair unravel another mystery?
The Hanging at the Hollow Tree is the second book in the Journal Through Time historical mystery series. If you like time-bending mysteries, you’ll love this twisting tale. (Amazon)

Editions Available: Kindle, Paperback