Thursday, April 13, 2023


Whenever I'm asked what my favorite book or series is, I honestly can't pick just one. Here are a few of my all time favorites in no certain order. 
And stress the word "few". I have so many more!

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SWEET NOTHINGS VINTAGE LINGERIE MYSTERIES

by
Meg London 
aka Peg Cochran


Sweet Nothings has it all: silk ribbon, Venetian lace, the best bra fitter in town…

and two unsolved murders.

Emma Taylor thought she knew what to expect when she abandoned life as a big-city fashionista to help her aunt, Arabella, breathe new style into Sweet Nothings, her waning lingerie boutique. As Emma settles back in to Paris, Tennessee—a world where pie is served with a parable and a pitcher of sweet tea is the cure for most of life’s ills—her escape seems smooth as silk.

But when the town acquires a touch of unneeded je ne sais quoi with the arrival of Emma’s philandering ex, an unseemly murder turns her world inside out. As the police’s top suspect, Emma is going to need more than fishnets to snare the real killer. And when she and Arabella refuse to let death threats wrapped in knifed nighties stall Sweet Nothings’ vintage lingerie fashion show, it becomes increasingly clear that any garter may hide a gun and that bullet bras might have to live up to their name…




GOOD BUY GIRLS MYSTERIES

by 
Josie Belle
aka Jenn McKinlay


Maggie Gerber-one of the founding members of the Good Buy Birls- loves her quiet life in St. Stanley, Virginia. But all that changes when Sam Collins, her old flame, moves back to town as the new sheriff. On top of that, Claire Freemont, a librarian and the newest member of the Good Buy Girls, starts acting utterly strange.

When Maggie goes to visit her the next day at the library, she finds the body of a very dead man. Turns out the man is someone from Claire's past. As the handsome new sheriff zeroes in on Claire, it's up to Maggie and the rest of the Good Buy Girls to use their bargain-hunting skills to hunt a killer-while making sure they don't pay too much in the process...





PICKLED AND PRESERVED MYSTERIES

by
Mary Ellen Hughes


After her dreams of romance are crushed, Piper Lamb decides to pursue her dream of opening her own shop of pickles and preserves, called Piper’s Picklings, in the idyllic small town of Cloverdale. But she isn’t in town long before she encounters a barrelful of trouble…
 
The Cloverdale fair offers Piper a sweet opportunity to promote her business. With her new assistant, Amy, she sets up a booth centered around an eye-catching display of the ever-popular dills in an old-fashioned barrel of brine.
 
But things soon turn sour when fairgoers witness a fight between Amy’s boyfriend, Nate, and town council blowhard—and bagpipe player—Alan Rosemont. When Rosemont is found floating in Piper’s barrel, Nate becomes the prime murder suspect. With Amy’s boyfriend in a pretty pickle, there’s no time to dillydally. But as Piper searches for the real killer, she needs to be careful to preserve her own life…or she may end up a pickled Piper herself.

INCLUDES RECIPES


These are all older series, but among some of the first I read.
They don't even scratch the surface of many of the great series I love.

Your turn! 
In the comments, share with us some of your favorite series.
I can't wait to see!


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1 comment:

  1. Thanks, Lisa. I’ve read some of these. I’ve always enjoyed Krista Davis’ Paws and Claws mysteries. I, also, very much enjoyed Leann Sweeney’s Cats in Trouble series. I miss Joyce and Jim Lavene and was enjoying their Retired Witches mysteries (and I usually don’t read cozy mysteries with witches).
    Happy Thursday!
    Pat T

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