Santa, Sunrises, & Suspicions by Tonya Kappes

Hello my cozy friends,

Today I am reviewing “Santa, Sunrises, & Suspicions ” the 23rd instalment in the "Camper & Criminals “ Mystery series by Tonya Kappes.  I absolutely love this series, and can’t get enough of the Laundry Club Ladies and Happy Trails Campground.

Around here we say BLESS HER HEART and sometimes it's just not in a good way.

Take Neva Hudson for instance, bless her heart, she's the town gossip, not to mention someone who likes to toot her own horn.

Two toots too many 'cause bless her heart, someone has strangled Neva and left her for dead in of all places...the church's Christmas play.

Trust me when I say there's no shortage of suspects since her tongue lashed a few too many lies about people.

More importantly, my dear friend Dottie Swaggert has been on the tall tale end of Neva's lies and she's got the most motive. Thank goodness me, Mae West, and our group of friends, the Laundry Club Ladies have traded our Christmas play elf hats into sleuthing caps because Santa's bringing Dottie a big ole present of FREEDOM when we find the real killer.

’Tis the season for murder in the small town of Normal, Kentucky. When the town gossip is found strangled to death in a church, there’s no shortage of suspects.

In this instalment we have holiday drama with where to have Christmas dinner to family stuff.  But the best bits are the dottisms lol she cracks me up.  I highlighted quite a few this time, but my favourite was “there ain’t enough makeup to hide crazy”

The  mystery was good, with lots of suspects and a few red herrings.

I’m full of anticipation/excitement for Book 24 as I want to know more about what’s in store for Normal KY! 

I highly recommend you read this series from the beginning and enjoy the escapism as much as I do.

I requested and received an Advance Reader Copy of this book from the publisher. All thoughts and opinions are my OWN.

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Cozy Mystery New Releases - December

Hello my cozy friends,

Below is a list of the December Cozy Mystery New Releases I was able to find.  I have read several as arcs and you have lots to look forward to.

Dec 1st

· Murder in New Orleans by Denise Jaden (Mallory Beck Cozy Culinary Caper #8)

· Four Cat Night by Gin Jones (Crazy Cat Lady Chronicles #4)

· Murder in the Badlands by Rita Moreau (Ghost & the Camper Kooky #3)

· Dog’s Waiting Room by Neil S. Plakcy (Golden Retriever #13)


Dec. 3rd

· Pastries and Peril by Constance Barker (Mad Egg Diner #2)

· Compote and Murder by R.A. Wallace (Teaberry #2)


Dec. 7th

· City of Shadows (A Counterfeit Lady Novel Book 5) Kindle Edition by Victoria Thompson

· Dark Night: A Mystery (Alaska Wild Book 3) Kindle Edition by Paige Shelton

· Family Business: (A Lydia Chin/Bill Smith Mystery (Lydia Chin/Bill Smith Mysteries) by S. J. Rozan

· Renewed for Murder (A Blue Ridge Library Mystery) by Victoria Gilbert

· Bryant & May: London Bridge Is Falling Down: (A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery) by Christopher Fowler

· Absence of Mallets (A Fixer-Upper Mystery Book 9) by Kate Carlisle

· A Plus One for Murder (A Friend for Hire Mystery Book 1) by Laura Bradford

· Cold Brew Corpse: A Coffee Lover's Mystery by Tara Lush

· Stitched in Crime (A Craft Fair Knitters Mystery Book 2) by Emmie Caldwell

· How to Book a Murder by Cynthia Kuhn

· Pride, Prejudice and Peril (A Jane Austin Tea Society Mystery) by Katie Oliver

· From Ladle to Grave (A Tish Tarragon Mystery) by Amy Patricia Meade

· Murder at St. Anne’s (A Yorkshire Murder Mystery book 7) by J.R. Ellis

· The Midnight Hour by Elly Griffiths (Brighton #6)

· Deceit in High Heels by Gemma Halliday (High Heels #13)

· A Nose for Mischief by K.T. Lee (Riverbend K-9s)

· Murder at the Castle by M.B. Shaw (Iris Grey #2)

· Prose and Con by Wendy Corsi Staub (Lily Dale #4)

· Death Washes Ashore by Caleb Wygal (Myrtle Beach #2)

· Murder at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young (Helen Dexter)


Dec. 8th

· Murder at the Castle (A Belinda Penshurst Mystery book 2) by Lisa Cutts

· Murder at the Clock Tower (Golden Restoration 3) by Diana Orgain

· Playing Possum (Kristy Farrell 3) by Lois Schmitt


Dec. 9th

· A Cornish Christmas Murder by Fiona Leich

· A Mumbai Murder Mystery by Meeti Shroff-shah

· The Case of the Sugar Plum Shenanigans (Cheesehead Lodge) by Pamela Sue DuMond


Dec. 10th

· Death by Flamenco (Travel Can Be Murder #7) by Jennifer S. Alderson

· The Brief Luminous Flight of the Firefly by Ellen Byerrum


Dec. 11th

· Terror In Tuscany (World Traveler 5) by Carolyn L. Dean


Dec. 14th

· Jane Austen's Lost Letters (Josie Prescott Antiques Mysteries Book 14) by Jane K. Cleland

· Beauty and the Deceased by Debra Sennefelder


Dec. 15th

· Eyelet Witness (Bonnie & Clyde 4) by Julie Ann Lindsey

· Cereal Killer (Maternal Instincts 11) by Diana Orgain


Dec. 17th

· Patricia Fisher Ship’s Detective (Patricia Fisher) by Steve Higgs

· Pumpkin Spice & Deadly Heist (Nosy Paralegal) by Tanya R. Taylor

Dec. 21st

· Crime Strikes a Chord (The School of Hard Rocks Mysteries Book 2) by Christy Barritt


Dec. 18th

· Body in the Shop (Muddlebay 5) by Wendy Cartmell


Dec. 20th

· Sleigh Bell Tower (Braxton Campus 8) by James J. Cudney

· Tails by the Fireplace (Razzy Cat 7) by Courtney McFarlin


Dec. 21st

· Crime Strikes a Chord (School of Hard Rocks 2) by Christy Barritt

· Hardcover Homicide (St. Marin’s 9) by ACF Boookens


Dec. 23rd

· Spoonful of Murder (Killer Coffee Mystery 10) by Tonya Kappes


Dec. 24th

· Beagles Love Steak Secrets (Beagle Diner 2) by C.A. Phipps


Dec. 25th

· Murder Under A New Moon (A Mona Moon Mystery 8) by Abigail Keam

· Tik Tok Toe (Viral Vlogger 3) by Noah Alexander


Dec. 28th

· Jane Darrowfield and the Madwoman Next Door (A Jane Darrowfield Mystery Book 2) by Barbara Ross

· Death by the Finish Line (An Abby McCree Mystery Book 5) by Alexis Morgan

· A Deadly Endowment (A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery Book 7) by Alyssa Maxwell

· Witch Trial (A Full Moon Mystery Book 2) by Cate Conte

· Bake, Borrow, and Steal: A Bakeshop Mystery by Ellie Alexander

· A Memoir of Mystery by Danielle Collins (Florida Keys Bed & Breakfast 5)

· Murder in the Meditation by Kari Lee Townsend (Sunny Meadows 8)


Dec. 29th

· Baseball and Bad Guys by Bailey Booth (Spy Kitty in the City 4)


Dec. 30th

· The Perils of Paris by Ana T. Drew (Julie Cavallo 5)


Dec. 31st

· Bay Breeze by Anne Avery (Brandy Wyne #4)

· Eat Once, Die Twice by Ruth Baker (Ivy Creek #3)

· Murder at the Opera House by Dawn Brookes (Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe)

· Last Words and Ladybirds by Sherri Bryan (Bliss Bay #5)

· Berried by Clementine Moore (Ginger Burnet #4)

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Cozy Mystery New Releases - November

Hello my cozy friends,

As part of my admin duties in the Cozy Mystery Lovers Facebook group, I share new releases.  In 2022 I hope to share a monthly post with the releases I’m aware of at time of posting here on the blog. (if you’re an author and want to have your book listed PM me) 

The list was compiled by researching on the internet, via Netgalley, Publishers websites, Author pages and Book Blogger sites,.  One site Dru's Musings I was looking at her weekly new release posts not realizing she also has a monthly new release blog post till few hours later.  Thank you Dru Ann Love for your posts on upcoming releases as well as you're "A Day in the Life" blog posts.

Here are some for rest of November:

Nov. 15th
Beating the Wrap by Julie Anne Lindsey
Flo and Maude Save a Santa by Sarah Osborne

Nov. 16th
Doggone Deadly by Deborah Blake
Mrs. Jeffries and the Midwinter Murders by Emily Brightwell
Styled For Murder by Nancy J. Cohen
Poison in the Pudding by Kathi Daley
But Knot for Me by Betty Hechtman

Mystery Writers’ Cookbook – The Secret Ingredient
The Joy and Light Bus Company by Alexander McCall Smith

Nov.17th
You Can’t Candle the Truth by Sarah E. Burr

Nov. 18th
Cherry Lime Havoc by Leena Clover
Santa, Sunrises & Suspicions by Tonya Kappes
The Dinner Lady Detectives by Hannah Hendy

Nov. 23rd
Murder in Second Position by Lori Robbins

Nov. 29th
Death Among The Stars by Sharon Linnea

Nov. 30th
Murder at the Bake Sale by Lee Hollis
Claret and Present Danger by Sarah Fox

Marriage Can Be Mischief by Amanda Flower
Murder Yule Regret by Winnie Archer
Killer Words by V.M. Burns

Tales of Life and Daph by Phillipa Nefri Clark
Big Trouble in Little Greektown by Kate Collins
Christmas Candy Corpse by Rosemarie Ros
A Murder Like No Author by Amy Lillard
Bear A Wee Grudge by Meg Macy
Murder at the Lobstah Shack by Maddie Day
Petals and Poison by Jess Dylan

Mimi Lee Cracks the Code by Jennifer J. Chow
The Dead Cry Justice by Rosemary Simpson

Isabel Puddles Investigate by M.V. Byrne
A Counterfeit Suitor by Darcie Wilde

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