Meredith is a small business owner of a multi-media studio in a small Maryland town. A jack-of-all-trades, she obtained a bachelor’s degree in Integrated Arts after studying as a double-major in Theatre Production and History. She’s a fourth generation independent business owner (her grandparents for 3 generations before her owned Antique shops). In many ways, Meredith grew up in the setting of a cozy mystery complete with cats, small dogs, Victorian homes, tea parties, and colorful characters, however, thankfully, no murders. An arts advocate, and life-long reader and lover of books, Meredith has turned her eye to book reviewing to give back to the so many authors who’ve inspired her creativity.
Cyanide and Sensibility Series: A Jane Austen Tea Society Mystery Book #3 Author: Katie Oliver Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Page Count: 320 My Rating: Book Summary Murder is on the menu and Phaedra Brighton is called on to serve up justice in the latest Jane Austen Tea Society Mystery. While Phaedra Brighton might not have…
A Curious Beginning Series: A Veronica Speedwell Mystery Book #1 Author: Deanna Raybourn Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Page Count: 337 My Rating: Book Summary The New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries returns once more to Victorian England and introduces intrepid adventuress Veronica Speedwell… London, 1887. After burying her spinster aunt, orphaned…
Date with Death Series: The Dales Detective Series Book #1 Author: Julia Chapman Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperbacks Page Count: 371 My Rating: Book Summary Meet two sleuths from a sleepy Yorkshire village as they investigate murders and discover the secrets behind the twitching curtains. Date with Death is the first cosy crime novel in Julia Chapman’s Dales…
A Murderous Persuasion Series: A Jane Austen Tea Society Mystery Book #2 Author: Katie Oliver Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Page Count: 302 My Rating: Book Summary Phaedra Brighton is on the case when an innocent murder-mystery weekend turns into the real deal, in the newest Jane Austen Tea Society Mystery. Phaedra Brighton has her life…
Pride, Prejudice, and Peril Series: A Jane Austen Tea Society Mystery Book #1 Author: Katie Oliver Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Page Count: 320 My Rating: Book Summary Jane Austen meets reality TV and murder in this quirky cozy mystery—the first in a new series! Phaedra Brighton is perfectly content with her life of lecturing college…
A Batter of Life and Death Series: A Bakeshop Mystery Book #2 Author: Ellie Alexander Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperbacks Page Count: 304 My Rating: Book Summary Welcome to Torte – a small-town family bakeshop where the coffee is hot, the muffins are fresh, and the cakes are definitely to die for… It’s autumn in Ashland,…
Loom and Doom Series: A Weaving Mystery Book #4 Last Book! Author: Carol Ann Martin Publisher: Obsidian (Penguin) Page Count: 272 My Rating: Book Summary Della and her friend Jenny are remodeling Dream Weaver, turning their shared business space into two separate shops. But after the work is completed, building inspector Howard Swanson refuses to…
Town in a Wild Moose Chase Series: A Candy Holliday Mystery Book #3 Author: B. B. Haywood Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime Page Count: 336 My Rating: Book Summary Cape Willington’s annual Winter Moose Fest is in full swing when the sightings of a mysterious white moose-and rumors of a dead body found in the woods-send…
Last Writes Series: Jaine Austen Mystery Book #2 Author: Laura Levine Publisher: Kensington Books Page Count: 244 My Rating: Book Summary Wisecracking pen-for-hire Jaine Austen is back–and she’s about to discover that working on the set of a Hollywood sitcom is no laughing matter. Jaine still hasn’t found a good man–or a way to keep…
Veiled in Death Series: Wedding Planner Mystery Book #6 Author: Stephanie Blackmoore Publisher: Kensington Books Page Count: 204 My Rating: Book Summary Wedding planner Mallory Shepard doesn’t have time to organize her own nuptials–because right now she’s engaged in solving a murder… When Mallory discovers some old lace at a Port Quincy antique shop, she…