So, the name of my blog is Mysterious Romance Reviews. The blog got it's name because I love to read romances and mysteries. I've noticed that I've seriously neglected the mystery part of this blog. So, in order to rectify that, I'm starting a new series focused on the mystery series that I'm interested in reading and hopefully reviewing here.
Reagan’s
messy divorce has left her with nothing but a run-down Victorian and a
bunch of designer clothes. Strapped for cash, Reagan makes use of the
two things she has left, turning the first floor of her home into a
consignment shop and filling it with the remnants of her rich-wife
wardrobe.
Thanks to his cunning lawyer Walker Boone, her ex
got everything else, including the Lexus—not to mention a young blond
cupcake. When Reagan finds the cupcake dead in the Lexus, she’s
determined to beat Boone to finding the murderer. As it turns out, the
gossip fiends flooding Reagan’s shop will give her a lot more than just
their unwanted clothes—they have information more precious than a
vintage Louis Vuitton…
KILLER IN CRINOLINES (#2)
Berkley Prime Crime | May 2013
It’s August in Savannah, Georgia—hardly the season for a traditional
Southern wedding with hoopskirts and crinolines. One could die from the
heat—or from a cake knife in the back...
Reagan Summerside
should be devoting all her energy to her consignment shop the Prissy
Fox. But when her dear friend Chantilly Parker is arrested for murder,
Reagan vows to clear her name. The victim is Simon Ambrose, who’s found
lying in his own wedding cake with a knife in his back.
Chantilly
has motive (Simon broke her heart to marry wealthy Waynetta Waverly)
and opportunity (crashing the wedding in her UPS delivery truck). And
she has cake on her face, and the stolen bridesmaid dress the killer
wore is in her truck. But Chantilly would never wear crinoline to kill a
man!
With the help of her flamboyant auntie, KiKi, and vexing
but attractive attorney Walker Boone, Reagan is determined to save her
friend—before she’s forced to turn in her brown uniform for an orange
jumpsuit…
PEARLS AND POISON (#3)
Berkley Prime Crime | March 2014
It’s election time in Savannah, Georgia, and Judge Guillotine Gloria—aka
Reagan Summerside’s mom—is neck and neck in the polls with Kip “Scummy”
Seymour. But the already dirty campaign is about to get downright
filthy—with one candidate getting buried six feet under…With
her strong opinions and knack for getting into trouble, Reagan is not an
ideal volunteer for her mother’s alderman campaign. Plus, she’d rather
be running her consignment shop, the Prissy Fox, and eating doughnuts
with her dog, Bruce Willis. But when her mother’s opponent, Kip, is
found poisoned and her mother is pegged as a suspect, Reagan nominates
herself as lead murder investigator.
Reagan is intent on finding
Kip’s killer and clearing her mother’s good name, but she soon finds
herself on the bad side of Kip’s enemies-turned-suspects. This time, no
amount of costumes and makeup can keep her inconspicuous and out of
danger. Because the closer Reagan gets to the truth, the hotter things
get…
DEAD MAN WALKER (#3.5)
Berkley Prime Crime | E-book Novella | February 2015
It’s springtime in Savannah, the azaleas and magnolias are in bloom, and
Reagan Summerside’s consignment shop, the Prissy Fox, is bustling with
customers out to enjoy the beautiful weather. On a day like today, what
could go wrong?As a mortician beautician and housekeeper,
Mercedes is no stranger to corpses or messy bathrooms. But the last
thing she expects to find in a client’s bathtub is a dead body! Now
she’s a murder suspect and it seems like her life is going down the
drain. She turns to local lawyer Walker Boone to get her out of hot
water.
But Walker has his own surprising connections to the dead
man in the tub, and now he needs Reagan’s help to clear his own name—and
keep him alive…
DEMISE IN DENIM (#4)
Berkley Prime Crime | April 2015
It’s springtime in Savannah, Georgia, in the newest Consignment Shop Mystery from the national bestselling author of Pearls and Poison. The azaleas and magnolias are in bloom—and Walker Boone is on the run. . . When
Reagan Summerside turned the first floor of her old Victorian home into
a consignment shop, she never imagined she’d be harboring a fugitive in
her attic. But after a dead man is found in a bathtub and local lawyer
Walker Boone is accused of doing the dirty deed, she suddenly has a new
houseguest.
Having the lawyer who took her to the cleaners in her
divorce settlement—and who has been getting under her skin ever
since—in close proximity is enough to drive Reagan to distraction. For
the sake of her sanity—and Walker’s freedom—they need to put their heads
together to find out who is trying to get the lawyer out of the picture
. . .
I'm also interested in Duffy Brown's
Cycle Path Mysteries...
GEARED FOR THE GRAVE (#1)
Berkley Prime Crime | December 2015
Mackinac Island is a peaceful summer resort town where everyone
coasts through the streets on bicycles. But after someone sends a
prominent local on her final ride, it’s up to one resourceful visitor to
get things running again… Hoping to shift her chances of a
promotion in her favor, Evie Bloomfield heads to Mackinac Island to
assist her boss’s father. Rudy Randolph has broken his leg and operating
his bike shop, Rudy’s Rides, is too much to handle by himself. But
Evie’s good turn only leads to more trouble…
After Evie’s
arrival, wealthy resident Bunny Harrington dies in what looks like a
freak bike accident. Upon closer inspection, Bunny’s brakes were
tampered with, and now the prime suspect in her murder is also Bunny’s
number one enemy: Rudy. So if Evie hopes to stay on her boss’s good
side, she’ll need to steer Rudy clear of jail. Now she must quickly
solve this mystery so she can put the brakes on the real killer’s plan…
BREAKING FOR BODIES (#2)
Berkley Prime Crime | April 2016
Evie Bloomfield puts the pedal to the metal—in the latest Cycle Path mystery from the national bestselling author of Geared for the Grave.
Moving from Los Angeles to small, picturesque Mackinac Island to work
in a bike shop might seem crazy, but Evie knows it’s the best decision
she’s ever made. That’s not to say she’s gotten rid of all her stress;
after all, the upcoming Lilac Festival has everyone in town riding in
circles.
But things really go downhill when a ferry full of
tourists—including Evie’s friend Fiona’s former boss, the editor of a
sleazy rag in LA—arrives on the island. No one knows why Peephole Perry
came all the way to Mackinac, but things aren’t looking good for Fiona
when Peep is found dead. Now Evie has to gear up and get a grip on the
truth if she wants to clear her friend’s name...
And finally Kelly Lane's
Olive Grove Mysteries looks like a cute series!
ONE FOOT IN THE GROVE (#1)
Berkley Prime Crime | January 2016
In the sweet Southern town of Abundance, Georgia, home of the Knox
family’s olive farm, gossip isn’t the only thing that can kill you...
After leaving a man at the altar for the second time in her life, Eva
Knox decides to head home to her family’s plantation to regroup and soak
in some Southern charm. But hiding from her woes is a slipperier
proposition than Eva imagined. For one thing, most people in town still
haven’t forgiven her for leaving local boy Buck Tanner at the altar and
hightailing it up north eighteen years ago. For another, a death on her
family’s farm soon makes her the lead suspect in a murder case—and the
sheriff investigating is none other than Eva’s old flame Buck.
With the police putting the squeeze on her, it’s up to Eva and her
sisters, Pep and Daphne, to figure out who could have possibly left a
dead body in their olive grove. And they’ll have to catch the greasy
killer quickly—because it looks like Eva has been picked as the
murderer’s next victim...
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What are some of the mystery series you are currently reading or want to read? Let me know in the comments!
XOXO,
Teresa
