Kathryn at Book Date is taking over the It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? meme from Sheila at Book Journey. If you’d like to participate, just post about what you’ve been reading and link-up by clicking the button at the top of the post. Then, be sure to hop around and see what everyone else is reading.
Bread of the Dead by Ann Myers
A Santa Fe Cafe Mystery #1
Published September 29th 2015 by William Morrow
Trick or treat—and murder—are on the menu in this first in a new culinary mystery series
Life couldn’t be sweeter for Tres Amigas Café chef Rita Lafitte, decorating sugar skulls and taste-testing rich, buttery pan de muerto in anticipation of Santa Fe’s Day of the Dead bread-baking contest. That is, until her friendly landlord, Victor, is found dead next door.
Although the police deem Victor’s death a suicide, Rita knows something is amiss. To uncover the truth, she teams up with her octogenarian boss, Flori, the town’s most celebrated snoop.
The duo begins to sift through long-buried secrets and to take full measure of duplicitous neighbors, but the clock is ticking and their list of suspects is growing ever longer. Just as the clues get hotter than a New Mexican chili, one of their main suspects winds up dead. Rita fears that the killer is dishing out seconds—and her order might be up.
Nowhere to Hide by Lindsay McKenna
Delos #1
Published October 13th 2015 by Blue Turtle Publishing
Lia Cassidy left the Army scarred physically and emotionally after a vicious attack by two fellow soldiers. She turns to helping others, working at a Delos Home School Charity in Costa Rica that aids abused women and children. But when the deadly drug lord, La Arana, attacks the school, Lia finds herself on the run for her life. The only person she can trust is the ex-SEAL sent to protect her.
Cav Jordan is strong, honorable and gorgeous…and intrigued by Lia. He knows she has suffered pain in her past, and he is determined to break through her barriers and earn her trust. But as Cav slowly chips away at the walls Lia has built, ghosts from her past threaten to destroy their fragile relationship.
The Corpse with the Diamond Hand by Cathy Ace
Cait Morgan #6
Published October 13th 2015 by Touchwood Editions
The sixth instalment in the Cait Morgan mystery series, a classic whodunit featuring an eccentric and funny female sleuth set on a Hawaiian cruise ship.
Cait and Bud have set sail on a romantic and worry-free Hawaiian honeymoon cruise, but when a man drops dead at their card table, Cait can’t help but lend her expertise. The sudden death appears to have been from natural causes, but Cait suspects something sinister, and with only two days left at sea—and thousands of possible suspects—she and Bud join the head of security in an investigation. However, the unique circumstances of an at-sea investigation mean their involvement cannot be official, and Cait must lean on her charm to conduct her own covert interviews.
The case of The Corpse with the Diamond Hand will have you marvelling at Cait’s cleverness as she brings yet another murderer to justice.
So…It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? Let me know in the comments. 🙂
You have some good books there. I love cozy mysteries, will add these to my long list.
Bread of the Dead looks like a very good read for around Halloween. I think I’ve read one Lindsey McKenna book and this one sounds great – love Seals or ex Seals!
Cait Morgan sounds like a fun protagonist! I think it’s so fun to toss mysteries in unlikely locations.
Looks like a good week.
The Corpse with The Diamond Hand looks interesting.
Hope you are having a good week this week.
Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
My It’s Monday, What Are You Reading
Thank you for stopping by, Elizabeth. My week is full of mystery, suspense, and action. 🙂