Cruisin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge discussion

I'm back for another year of level four!

1. Gilt Trip by Diane Vallere https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

Welcome back, Mark! Happy New Year!

Mark wrote: "I'm back for another year of level four!

1. Gilt Trip Gilt Trip by Diane Vallere https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c..."

How funny... I ended 2024 with a read called Gilt Trip. :o)

Looking forward to adding to my TBR from your "finished" list.

Thank you both! And great coincidence, Karen.

2. Rivers and Creaks by Marc Jedel https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

3. The Sinister Sitcom Caper by Sally Carpenter http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

4. Welcome Home to Murder by Rosalie Spielman http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.co...

5. Murder at Mallowan Hall by Colleen Cambridge https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

6. Framed for Murder by Marla A. White https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

7. Murder at Beechwood by Alyssa Maxwell https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

8. April Fool Dead by Carolyn Hart https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

9. Chocolate Can Be Deadly by Kim Davis https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

10. Kilned at the Ceramic Shop by Donna Clancy https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

11. The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

12. Something's Guava Give by Carrie Doyle https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

13. Silent as the Grave by Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

14. Snowy with a Chance of Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Barbara Early https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

15. Homicide in the Indian Hills by Erica Ruth Neubauer.
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16. Waters of Destruction by Leslie Karst https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

17. Ranch Dressing by Diane Vallere https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

18. Egg Drop Dead by Vivien Chien.
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19. Death on the Golden Mile by Caleb Wygal. https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

20. The Library Game by Gigi Pandian https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

21. Murder Runs in the Family by Tamara Berry https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

22. A Fashionably French Murder by Colleen Cambridge.
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23. #Throwback for Murder by Sarah E. Burr https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

24. A Killing in Costumes by Zac Bissonnette https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

25. Bait and Swiss by Korina Moss https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

26. The Tale of the Tenpenny Tontine by P.J. Fitzsimmons https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

27. Night of the Living Bread by Mary Lee Ashford. https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

28. There's No Murder Like Show Murder by. M. S. Greene
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29. Home Is Where the Murder Is by Rosalie Spielman https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

30. A Rogue's Company by Allison Montclair https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

Mark wrote: "26.
The Tale of the Tenpenny Tontine by P.J. Fitzsimmons https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c......"

I am so loving this series. I recently read book two and could not stop laughing. Between Aunty Boisjoly inspecting the curtains for moths and Vickers forgetting the tea service when serving tea--though extremely adept at remembering conversations and facts!--and Anty's interactions with the townspeople. this read was so much fun. I have no trouble seeing this as a British cozy mystery TV series a la Father Brown (though wittier!, like Jeeves and Wooster solve a crime--how fun would that be!)

Fitzsimmons is so good at the wordplay, but on top of that, we get a good mystery to solve right along Anty. Your review was spot on.

Thanks! I'm glad others are enjoying that series. It's a delight.

31. Murder Italian Style by Diane Vallere.
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32. Throne of Threats by Sarah E. Burr. https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

33. Thrown for a Scoop by Dana Mentink https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

34. Murder by Moonlight by Julie Mulhern https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

35. Mistaken Identity Crisis by James J. Cudney https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

36. Frightened to Depths by K.B. Jackson. https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

37. The Cunning Cruise Ship Caper by Sally Carpenter https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

38. Solid Gold Murder by Ellen Byron https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

39. Murder in the Tattoo Parlor,by Elizabeth Perona
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I was on vacation this last week, so here are a couple of books to catch me up:

40. Killer Kung Poa by Vivien Chien https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

41. Murder at Rough Point by Alyssa Maxwell https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

42. Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood. https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

And, just like that, you've hit this year's minimum! CONGRATULATIONS!!

Once again, I didn't even notice. :) Thanks!

43. Engaged to Die by Carolyn Hart https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

44. Resort to Murder by Annie McEwen https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...

45. Edam and Weep by Linda Reilly https://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.c...