What I Have Read

By Angela Pepper 1. Death of a Dapper Snowman - 11/16/2019 2. Death of a Crafty Knitter - 9/20/2019 3. Death of a Batty Genius - 6/28/2020 4. Death of a Modern King - 6/27/2020 5. Death of a Double Dipper - not yet Set in Misty Falls, OR.  So I chose the books because of the title and then laughed so hard at some of the things that happened in the books. One book there are some fantastic quotes that I saved to www.goodreads.com and you can find there.  Stormy has moved back home to take care of her father, a retired police officer with a distinct Irish brogue. She buys a tourist business that sells knick-knacks and some property where she rents the property to others who need places to live. When a man is murdered and she finds him, she begins to work to find out who murdered him and uses her very good attention to detail to help her find out the truth. She also calls one officer Dimples and the other Tony Baloney. Then there is a female officer whose name is Wiggles. 

Hat Shop Mysteries by Jenn McKinlay 1. Cloche and Dagger - Finished 1/30/2019 2. Death of a Mad Hatter - Finished 11/5/2019 3. At the Drop of a Hat - 6/28/20 4. Copy Cap Murder - Finished 4/23/2019 5. Assault and Beret - Finished 2/19/2019 (set in France) 6. Buried to the Brim - Finished 6/26/2020 I have been reading these because I really like some of the other series from this author. She also writes the Library Lovers and Cupcake Bakery.  Scarlet (who likes to be called Ginger) has a noteworthy reaction to her married lover's party to celebrate his wedding anniversary. After that, she is brought home to London and the business left to her and her cousin, Vivian. When she stumbles across a dead body she has to prove that she had nothing to do with it. She makes friends with her gay neighbors - a dentist and a photographer. She and her cousin work well together to make their business a continued success.  I enjoy these stories and enjoy the fun puns that are thrown around and...

by Ellery Adams  Hope Street Church Mysteries #3 Original Title: "The Way of the Guilty" by Jennifer Stanley through St. Martin's Press She re-wrote them, changed the titles, and put them under her name.  Cooper is still attending church and Bible Study with her friends from Hope Street Church. They all gather around and help another friend deal with the loss of her hair and the treatment for cancer. While all this happens she also helps her sister find out who put a murdered man in the back of her sister's car. She also helps friends find their true passion and learns more about herself and how she feels about Nathan, while he finds out he truly feels about her.  I really enjoy these stories (the series) and am looking forward to the next book. I like the Bible Study that they are doing and will often look up those verses and mark them in my Bible. I like the information I learn along the way as well.  Just an FYI, if you read something and you aren't sure that i...

God's Work In Progress A Knit and Crochet Bible Study Personal Devotional by Terry Ann Porter I have been trying to make more time for God. Just taking a few moments to be quiet and listen. I used to knit more than I do now, but then I just can't seem to be quiet as much as I would like. Just as I get quiet someone comes along and turns on a tv or asks me questions or just wants me to pay attention to them. In order to be quiet, I need to go to be very late or get up very early and usually at that time I become very tired and don't accomplish very much. I did enjoy this and I am hoping that when things get back to normal - not the new normal - I will have that time to sit and knit or crochet or even just read and reflect.  If you knit or crochet, there is a nice pattern at the end of the book to make and also an area that can be filled out for the devotional. 

by Amanda Flowers     - lives in Ohio 1. Assaulted Caramel - Finished 3/30/2018 2. Lethal Licorice - Finished 4/12/2020 3. Premeditated Peppermint - Finished 6/3/2020 3.5 Criminally Cocoa - Finished 3/31/20 4. Toxic Toffee - Finished 6/24/2020 4.5 Botched Butterscotch - Finished -10/1/2020 5. Marshmallow Malice - Finished - 10/9/2020 5.5 Candy Cane Crime - Release date - 10/27/2020 6. Lemon Drop Dead - Release Date - 4/27/2021 Primarily set in Harvest, Ohio which is supposedly in Holmes County where you can find a large population of Amish and Mennonite people. One is set in New York City and another starts in NYC and moves back to Harvest.  These mysteries look at a young woman who was able to grow up knowing her Amish grandparents, even though her father had left the Amish to marry her mother. When she is old enough she trains to be one of the best Chocolatiers in hopes of one day returning to Harvest, OH to work with her grandparents. While she is working at a busy can...

Susan Elia MacNeal 1. "Mr. Churchill's Secretary" - not yet read - England 2. "Princess Elizabeth's Spy" - finished 6/7/20 - England 3. "His Majesty's Hope" - finished 5/26/20 - Germany 4. "The Prime Miniter's Secret Agent" - finished 6/23/20 - Scotland 5. "Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante" - finished 4/21/20 - USA 6. "The Queen's Accomplice" - finished 3/17/20 - England 7. "The Paris Spy" - finished 5/2/20 - France 8. "The Prisoner in the Castle" - Finished 5/10/20 - Scotland 9. "The King's Justice" - finished 6/12/20 - England I like mysteries primarily and historical fiction. This incorporated into one series. The series is set in WWII England, France, Germany, and the USA. Maggie Hope is English raised in America by her aunt after her mother supposedly died in a car accident and her father was unavailable. Her aunt is a very smart woman who teaches at a University. Maggi...

Published February 2017 #2 of the Dangerous Type Mystery Series Started on 6/22/20 finished 6/23/20 Clare is in her grandfather's shop when a movie star, Matt Bane, comes in to buy some note cards with his initials so that he can write thank you cards to people who have helped him. Her niece, Madison, is very taken with him and she has to come out and help with the purchase. Since the shop makes the notecards she lets him know when they will be ready. While they are conducting business his assistant and sister keep coming into the store demanding his attention. After he leaves and goes back to his hotel there is a commotion there and she follows her best friend, Jodi, to the hotel and sees the actor being arrested. She just doesn't' believe he would commit the heinous act of killing his own sister. She wheedles her way into the jail and visits him and learns some things about what happened and agrees to help him where she can - finding out if his attorney is coming and why ...