en-US Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:58:35 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg ReadStatus9613882826 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:58:35 -0700 /review/show/7683424087 marita started reading The Cairo Brief by Fiona Veitch Smith
]]> Review7478533422 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:51:54 -0700 /review/show/7478533422 marita gave 4 stars to An Amateur Sleuth’s Guide to Murder (Hardcover) by Lynn Cahoon
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Cute new "fingers crossed" series from Lynn Cahoon. She is great at writing cozies.

I rounded up to 4 stars

What I liked was the very likable characters, who were endearing. Nice mystery. Short. Relateable. Very clean (I know many cozy readers don't like bad words or smut)

What I didn't like... I felt the author didn't capture how Young adults in their twenties live on electronic appliances and how they act... IE, fingers crossed behind back when lying, using notebooks, when many young adults use electronic organizers—small things like that. I mean, the author does clear up that Google searches and laptops were used, lol.

But the mystery was nice and the story was cute. Def will be a new series for me to continue. ]]> ReadStatus9613036639 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 07:18:41 -0700 /review/show/7590426779 marita started reading Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood
]]> Review7630261981 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:07:53 -0700 /review/show/7630261981 marita gave 4 stars to Last Dance in Salzburg (Miss Ashford Investigates #4) by Vivian Conroy
bookshelves: kindle
]]> Comment292240338 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:55:38 -0700 /topic/show/22477206-what-cozy-mystery-are-you-reading marita made a comment in the Cozy Mysteries group:

enjoy the new cahoon cozy ]]> ReadStatus9609118796 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:04:16 -0700 /review/show/7478533422 marita started reading An Amateur Sleuth’s Guide to Murder by Lynn Cahoon
]]> UserFollowing329376405 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:42:21 -0700 /user/show/4800708-dale-harcombe marita lazarus is now following Dale Harcombe ]]> Review7683486296 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:39:40 -0700 /review/show/7683486296 marita gave 4 stars to The Kill Fee (Poppy Denby Investigates, #2) by Fiona Veitch Smith
bookshelves: audible
Another fun historical mystery.

This series, albeit a short one by Fiona Veitch Smith, is well researched and well written. It reflects the time period without all the drama and seriousness of fiction and nonfiction works.

Poppy has turned out to be a great crime reporter, even though she officially covers the arts and social pages. I love Rolo and all the scrapes he gets into.

This book takes place around true events as it relates to the Romanovs and the exile of white Russians. The story is fiction, but the tumultuous history in Europe in the early 1900s is well embedded in the story.

]]> Review7683486296 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:39:40 -0700 /review/show/7683486296 marita gave 4 stars to The Kill Fee (Poppy Denby Investigates, #2) by Fiona Veitch Smith
bookshelves: audible
Another fun historical mystery.

This series, albeit a short one by Fiona Veitch Smith, is well researched and well written. It reflects the time period without all the drama and seriousness of fiction and nonfiction works.

Poppy has turned out to be a great crime reporter, even though she officially covers the arts and social pages. I love Rolo and all the scrapes he gets into.

This book takes place around true events as it relates to the Romanovs and the exile of white Russians. The story is fiction, but the tumultuous history in Europe in the early 1900s is well embedded in the story.

]]> ReadStatus9597574434 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:39:26 -0700 /review/show/7689422393 marita wants to read The Death Beat by Fiona Veitch Smith
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