February Favorites

Beth is Dead by Katie Bernet (Sarah Barley Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 6 January 2026).

The Restoration Garden by Sara Blaydes (Lake Union Publishing, 1 November 2025).

Found in a Bookshop (Lost for Words)  by Stephanie Butland.  (Headline Books, 27 April 2023).                                   

                                                             

   

This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page (Berkley, 3 February 2026).

Most Ardently Yours by Freya Sampson (Sourcebooks Landmark, 7 July 2026).

That Last Carolina Summer by Karen White (Park Row Books, 22 July 2025).

(Cross-posted to my Substack.)

Mystery Monday - My 2025 favorites

For Duck's Sake (Meg Lanslow #37) by Donna Andrews ((St. Martin's Press, 2025).

Just Another Dead Author (Berit Gardner #2) by Katrina Bivald (Poisoned Pen Press, 2025).

From Cradle to Grave (Her Royal Spyness #19) by Rhys Bowen (Penguin Group, 2025).

Beach Reads and Deadly Deeds by Alison Brennan (MIRA Books, 2025).

Death of a Forest Fairy (Hungarian Tea House #4) by Julia Buckley (Julia Buckley, 2025).

The Wexford Carole (Imogen Durant #2) by Janice MacDonald (Ravenstone Press, 2025).

The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by Jo Nichols (St. Martin's Press, 2025).

The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson (Penguin Group, 2025).