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.
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…
This Pen for Hire Series: Jaine Austen Mystery Book #1 Author: Laura Levine Publisher: Kensington Books Page Count: 218 My Rating: Book Summary Smarmy personals ads. Daring declarations of love. Writer-for-hire Jaine Austen has penned them all. But when one of the love connections she made is broken up by murder, Jaine finds herself freelancing…
A Deadly Edition Series: Blue Ridge Library Mystery Book #5 Author: Victoria Gilbert Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Page Count: 368 My Rating: Book Summary The pursuit to acquire a rare illustrated book turns deadly, and on the eve of her upcoming wedding, library director Amy Webber is drawn into a web of treachery and betrayal…
On Borrowed Crime Series: A Jane Doe Book Club Mystery Book #1 Author: Kate Young Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Page Count: 304 My Rating: Book Summary A shoe-in read for fans of Ellery Adams and Kate Carlisle, On Borrowed Crime is the first in Kate Young’s new Georgia-set, sweet tea filled, Jane Doe Book Club…
Murder in the Bayou Boneyard Series: Cajun Country Mystery Book #1 Author: Ellen Byron Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Page Count: 304 My Rating: Book Summary Maggie Crozat, proprietor of a historic Cajun Country B&B, prefers to let the good times roll. But hard times rock her hostelry when a new cell phone app makes it…
Digging Up The Remains Series: A Garden Squad Mystery Book #3 Author: Julia Henry Publisher: Kensington Books Page Count: 304 My Rating: Book Summary A festive fall is in full swing in Goosebush, Massachusetts, but when a snoopy reporter is felled by foul play, it’s up to Lilly and her Garden Squad to spook out…