Murder, She Encountered - A Review

Murder, She Encountered 

by

Peg Cochran

Peg Cochran has written the perfect cozy mystery:

• A good mystery
• Likable (most of them, anyhow; at least one is a murderer) and believable characters
• Dysfunctional families
• Historical setting 
• A light touch of romance

Elizabeth “Biz” Adams is the crime photographer for the New York Daily Trumpet. Ralph Kaminsky is the reporter to which she is assigned. Together, with Detective Sal Marino (Biz’s “boyfriend?”), they will need to identify and find the murderer of the unidentified young man pulled from one of the lakes at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.

Along with a fun jaunt through the fairgrounds and the subway system transporting visitors to and from the fair, we also get a glimpse of the historical events and settings of the era. This reviewer was particularly fascinated with the mention, albeit brief, of the SS. (sic) St. Louis’ arrival from Europe. Though the details are not discussed in the current book, a quick search of Google showed how similar the attitude of Americans in 1939 parallel those of many Americans in the 21st century, with similar results.

For the reader looking for a historical novel or just a good cozy mystery, Murder, She Encountered might just hit the spot.

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This review is based on a free electronic copy provided by the publisher for the purpose of creating this review. The opinions expressed are my own.

Lethal Lifestyles - A Review

Lethal Lifestyles

by

LynDee Walker

A Review

Newspaper Reporter, amateur sleuth Nichelle (aka Nicey) Clark is up to her neck in wine barrels. Sadly, so was Mitch Burke - only he was over his head in wine and very dead. And it gets worse, his body was found on the eve of the rehearsal dinner. It was going to be a strange wedding, at the very least and without Nicey’s help, there might not be a wedding at all.

The book was a fun-filled, cozy mystery. I just never figured out why it took me six weeks to get through a book that would normally have taken me 6 to 8 days to finish. It might have been the vacation (actually two) that my wife and I took in the midst of reading it; it might have been longer than it seemed as I worked my way through the Kindle book I was provided for review; or it may have just been a bit more boring that it seemed as I read it. And it may have been a combination of all three.  

Appropriate for the average cozy mystery reader or the public library - I hope others enjoy it as much as I did.

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This review is based on a free electronic copy provided by the publisher for the purpose of creating this review.  The opinions expressed are my own.