Cozy Mysteries and Children's Picture Books
As part of our five-year anniversary celebration, we are throwing it back to where everything started. The smart, sassy voice of Cassandra Sato, newly minted Vice-President for Student affairs at Morton College. If you are new to Cassandra and her friends, here’s a peek behind the scenes from her point of view. Welcome to the series!
Ever wondered what happens when you take a pinch of Hawaiian sunshine, mix it with Nebraska cornfields, and throw in a crime scene investigation just for fun? Well, you get Death by Dissertation, a concoction I brewed up during a month-long cram session known as National Novel Writing Month back in November 2014.
If you, like me, are a fan of the crazy twists and turns of Only Murders in the Building, then Eryn Scott’s Body in 3B is about to become your next must read. From the moment I laid eyes on the cover, I knew I was in for a treat—a mystery that promises suspense and a hearty dose of eccentricity, much like the TV show on Hulu.
Penance on the Prairies by R.L. Syme is like nothing we’ve read before. Imagine this: Vangie, a part-time pastor with a bit of a mysterious past, gets exiled to this tiny Montana town as a sort of punishment from her church superiors.
Aloha, friends! Cindy Sample’s Dying for a Daiquiri whisks us away to the Big Island of Hawaii, where the promise of a vacation for Laurel McKay attending her best friend’s destination wedding quickly unravels into a mystery.
If you’re like me, you read to escape reality and live vicariously through exciting adventures. Jennifer Alderson weaves a tale that will transport you from your cozy armchair straight to the heart of Rome – complete with murder, love triangles, and gelato (because what’s a trip to Italy without gelato?).
Her life turns upside down in one horrible no-good day. Empty Promises & Crowded Caskets follows Libby Foster, an investigative journalist who has to move back to her hometown in Maine to lay low from the mob. Her day goes from bad to worse when she discovers her boyfriend is a bum and she nearly gets plowed over by a ghost.
Raining Men and Corpses is a delightful mystery with a healthy dose of romance. When graduate student Raina Sun’s luck turns sour and her advisor is found murdered, she has no choice but to put on her thinking cap and go sleuthing.
You might think that Death 101 was an easy A for me.
After all, it’s my tenth book and fourth novel – piece of cake, right? Nothing could be further from the truth, and now I’m finally ready to heave a sigh of relief.
The moment Libby Ballard arrives in Dogwood Springs, Missouri, she knows it’s the perfect place to start her new job as a history museum director. But her excitement is short-lived when she finds that the previous director hasn’t left the building. Because she’s dead.
