A Mold for Murder by Tim Myers (A Soapmaking Mystery #3)

A Mold For Murder by Tim Myers

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This was the third in the Soapmaking Series, and starts with Where's the Soap hosting a craft author for a book signing, and soap making celebration and display, but although the author is right behind Ben, when he goes to introduce her, she doesn't come out, much to Ben's dismay, he goes to the back to find her dead on the floor. This is bad for business, so you know that Ben is going to have to dig into the murder, if for no other reason than the sake of family.

Another great crafting mystery by Tim Myers! Now I need to get ahold of his Lighthouse murder series, because I have got to read some more by this author.




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Dead Men Don't Lye by Tim Meyers (A Soapmaking Mystery #1)

Dead Men Don't Lye by Tim Myers

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Tim Meyers is turning into one of my favorite authors. I was not sure that a gentlemen could write a good cozy mystery because of the crafting element. I mean, really, how many men have you seen in the crafting section of the store? but, Time Meyers has surprised me over and over. I loved his candle making series, and now I am working my way through his soap making series.

He has a wonder handle on the soap making business, and the craft itself. I love that part of the book. It appeals to the crafer in me and that is the min reason that I love the whole cozy mystery genre in the first place.

The other thing that appeals to me is the whole Perkins family clan. I mean we are talking a large family, in a time when large families are kinda out of fashion, yet there is Ben, the big brother that is expected to just take care of everyone in the family and to right all wrongs and banish all evil. Makes me want to be part of that family, to have a big brother like ben to take care of everything for me.

This book starts with the discover of a soap supplier, who just happened to be dating one of Ben's sister's dead on the back door. Ben's sometime girlfriend Molly, is on the police department, but Ben's over bearing Mom is determined that he meddle into the investigation to clear his sister.

Another wonderful book by Tim Meyers and another wonderful series.



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A Pour Way to Dye by Tim Meyers (A Soapmking Mystery #2)

A Pour Way to Dye by Tim Myers

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Tim Meyers has become one of my favorite authors, and to think, I wasn't sure to begin with that I would like a male cozy mystery writer.

I began with his Candlemaking series, and was amazed at how well written and how well he understood the candle making craft when writting that series.

Now I have moved on to his soap making series, and the Perkins family clan. I am again amazed at how well he understands the craft of soap making, and then there is the family clan, that I can just imagine being a part of in each book.

This series is also well written and just so easy to get into, to want to read and to be part of the book and to enjoy the craft of soap making. There are tips at the end of the book on making your own soap, and at this time of year, I think I might just have to try them.

As I finish this series, Tim Meyers has another series I am working on collecting so that I can read them, the Lighthouse Inn Mystery.



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Shattered Innocence by Robert Scott

Shattered Innocence by Robert Scott

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I, along with most of the civilized world was entralled with the story of the abduction and later release of Jaycee Dugard, who would have thought.

I read this book, and although it was not what I was expecting, it was a good book. This is more the story of Phil Garrido and the failures and mis-steps of various police and federal agencies than it is the story of Jaycee.

I found the failures to keep tabs on Phil interesting and disturbing at the same time. I enjoyed reading about his background and past, but I refuse to allow his past to be an excuse for what he did. I find it interesting, so many other people have troubled childhoods, but never do what he did.

This is a good book, but don't look for information about Jaycee or her life or how she survived. You won't find it here.



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Sealed with a Kill (A Decoupage Mystery, #3)

Sealed with a Kill by Lucy Lawrence

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Book Three of the decoupage mystery series is another excellent book set in the small village of Morse point.

On a walking tour of the lake, a number of visitors to Morse Point on a "Leaf Peepers" tour, lead by Brenna, find more  than just leaves, they discover a dead body.  At first Brenna thinks she will be able to walk away from it, but it turns out that the dead person is Tenley's father's business partner. Well, so much for leaving it alone and letting Chief Baker take care of this one.

Along with the investigating, we get to learn more about the characters in the book. We watch as Matt and Tenley continue to grow their relationship, and this time they are ready to stand up to Tenley's parents and not allow them to destory the relationship.

other relationships are also growing, the relationship between Nate and Brenna starts to change.

A great book, a great story and so exciting. Loved this whole series.



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Cut to the Corpse (A Decoupage Mystery, #2)

Cut to the Corpse by Lucy Lawrence

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Book two of the Decoupage Mystery finds all the same residents of Morse Point, including a few new members.

Jake Haywood and Tara Montgomery have just gotten engaged and somehow Brenna and Tenley have become friends of the bride-to-be. One night the girls head out for a bachorette party with some of Tara's friends, and although Tenley and Brenna go home early, the night gets wild. Brenna has to pick up Tara the next morning to met with tara's mom only to find Tara in bed with Jake's best friend Clue, and it gets even worse, Clue is dead.

Leave it to Brenna to stick her nose into the investigation and figure out the who and when and what.

The relationship between Brenna and Nate, and then Brenna and Dom are explored and see how they develop. Also, Matt and Tenley take the next step in their relationship, thanks to Brenna and actually go out on a date.

Of course it ends up being another well written and enjoyable book by the author. Ready to read the next.



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Stuck on Murder (A Decoupage Mystery, #1) by Lucy Lawrence

Stuck on Murder by Lucy Lawrence

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Author Jenn McKinlay, who writes the Cupcake Mystery Series and the Library Lovers Mystery series, is also the author of this, the Decoupage Mystery Series, although she writes it under the name of Lucy Lawrence. Since I had read the Cupcake Mystery Series and the Library Lovers, and enjoyed them very much, I looked for others by the same author.

Brenna Miller is a former big city gal, who has moved to the tiny village of Morse Point, where outsiders, no matter how long they have been there, are still not trusted. Nothing bad has happened in fifty years in Morse Point, until the Mayor is found in a trunk in the lake. There are those that want to blame Brenna, even though she had nothing to do with it, because she is an outsider, but even more want to blame her landlord, Nate Williams, who although he has been there for year is still an outsider.

Brenna has a hidden history that happened to her back in Boston, making her scared of an violence and untrusting of the police. We slowly learn this history in the book, and realize her fears and her motivation for investigating herself.

It is a well written book, and I enjoyed the story and the village of Morse Point. I look forward to reading books two and three to learn more about the town and the people. There are some real characters, and then there is a budding or smoldering romance between local Matt and Brenna's best friend Tenley, and Brenna's own attraction to her landlord, Nate Williams and Dom Cappicola, a former mob family man who is trying to take the family business legit.

So much to discover and enjoy.



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