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Continue reading →: An Aria of Omens (Wisteria Tearoom Mysteries #3) by Patrice Greenwood (Review)
Wisteria Tearoom owner Ellen Rosings coaxes Detective Tony Aragón to go with her to the Santa Fe Opera, but the magnificent performance of Tosca ends in disaster. In bizarre counterpoint to the opera's plot, the leading man is murdered in his dressing room, and Tony must rush to secure the…
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Continue reading →: Monday 2nd July 2018
Breakfast – still too warm first thing! Lunch – cheese and Branston sandwich Dinner – deconstructed Woolton Pie Snack – bread and marmalade (but no butter!) Supper – cheese sandwich Drinks – Water (500 ml) x 7, tea with milk (400 ml) x 2 Ooph I don't like this…
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Continue reading →: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
Breakfast – err nope! Lunch – cheese and Branston sandwich Dinner – deconstructed Woolton Pie Snack – none Supper – cheese sandwich Drinks – Water (500 ml) x 3, tea with milk (400 ml) x 3 Sigh – not the best day really! Up late again, too much food/bread and…
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Continue reading →: Think Murder (Adina Donati, Accidental Sleuth #1) by Cassidy Salem (Review)
Adina Donati came to Washington D.C. to find excitement, not a dead body. When a friend is murdered, Adina is drawn into the middle of the police investigation. Tensions rise as the suspect list expands to include Adina, her friends, and colleagues at the prestigious think tank where she works.…
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Continue reading →: A Sprig of Blossomed Thorn (Wisteria Tearoom Mysteries #2) by Patrice Greenwood (Review)
Notorious for failed relationships. Ellen Rosings knows that's true of cops. Detective Tony Aragon has even said it about himself, or something like it. Despite her misgivings, she is drawn to him, but can he reach past a cop's cynicism to trust her? As summer surrounds her Wisteria Tearoom in…
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Continue reading →: Knot My Sister’s Keeper (A Quilting Mystery #6) by Mary Marks (Review)
In tracing her ancestry, quilter Martha Rose discovers a ritzy half-sister, a stash of family secrets, and a decades-old mystery that only she can unravel . . . Martha Rose is shocked to find she has a half-sister, especially one so different from her. Giselle Cole is wealthy, widowed, and…
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Continue reading →: Sunday 1st July 2018
Breakfast – none Lunch – quiche and salad greens Dinner – veggie burger, egg and bun Snack – cherries Supper – cheese sandwich Drinks – Water (500 ml) x 1, tea with milk (400 ml) x 5 Right even though I weighed in yesterday (being Saturday) I weighed…
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Continue reading →: Saturday 30th June 2018
Breakfast – none Lunch – crustless quiche and salad greens Dinner – burger and bun Snacks Supper – fried egg sarnie Drinks – Water (500 ml) x 2, tea with milk (400 ml) x 4, white wine Weight – 22 st 9.75 lb I was right about the…
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Continue reading →: Bamboozled (Mah Jongg Mysteries #2) by Barbara Barrett (Review and Character Interview)
Essential oils distributor Dorcas Wiley is the boss everyone loves to hate. So when she turns up dead, killed by her own trophy, disgruntled saleswoman Cathy Broderick is the obvious suspect in her murder. Despite opportunity, motive and incriminating evidence, Cathy declares her innocence and enlists her mah jongg pals—Sydney…
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Continue reading →: Knot What You Think (A Quilting Mystery #5) by Mary Marks (Review)
The newest member of Martha's close-knit quilting circle has an eye for couture. But when the designer's fingerprints are found blanketing a crime scene, Martha must prove that he didn't have a hand in homicide! Martha Rose is alarmed by the discovery of Dolleen Doyle's dead body, especially when evidence…
