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V.M. Burns: The Next Deadly Chapter

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Mystery Bookshop #10

In V. M Burns’ mystery bookshop series, Samantha Washington, who prefers to go by Sam, owns a bookstore in Michigan and is a recent publisher of her own cozy mystery. Thanks to the support from her grandmother, Nana Jo, and her friends from the Shady Acres Retirement Village. Sam has not only written about murder, but has solved a few as well, including one where the ever ornery and confrontational Sheriff Brad Pitt, or Stinky Pitt as they prefer to call him, ended up in her debt, much to his horror and embarrassment. Sam has also recently become engaged to her friend and former investigator Frank Patterson. It really does seem that Sam’s life is looking up, even with the murders she keeps helping to solve. read more

Danielle Arceneaux: Glory Daze

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Glory Broussard #2

This series, featuring an absolute genius creation of a main character is a delightful breath of fresh air. Glory Broussard, of LaFayette, Louisiana, is a divorcee of a certain age who suffers from arthritis, loves the Commodores (and really, who doesn’t?), and works part time as a bookie in her favorite coffee shop on Sunday afternoons.

She’s shocked when her ex’s new wife, Valerie, shows up at her “place of business” on a Sunday and asks her to track down Sterling, her former husband.  Even though she’s had as little to do with her successor as possible, she finds herself agreeing. read more