Join Angela and Marta for their discussion of popular cozy mystery novel, Mango, Mambo, and Murder (A Caribbean Kitchen Mystery Book One) by Raquel V. Reyes 🔎

ABOUT THE BOOK

Cuban-American cooking show star Miriam Quinones-Smith becomes a seasoned sleuth in Raquel Reyes's Caribbean Kitchen Mystery debut, a savory treat for fans of Joanne Fluke and Jenn McKinlay.

Food anthropologist Miriam Quinones-Smith's move from New York to Coral Shores, Miami, is traumatic enough without having to deal with her son's toddler tantrums and her husband's midlife crisis. Her best friend, Alma, adds some spice back into Miriam's life when she offers her a job as an on-air cooking expert on a Spanish-language morning TV show. But when the newly minted star attends a Women's Club luncheon, a socialite sitting at her table suddenly falls face-first into the chicken salad, never to nibble again.

When a second woman dies soon after, suspicions coalesce around a controversial Cuban herbalist, Dr. Fuentes--especially after the morning show's host collapses while interviewing him. But then, Detective Pullman learns that the socialite's death resulted from a drug overdose--and an anonymous tip fingers Alma as the pusher.

Pullman persuades Miriam to ply her culinary know-how and her understanding of Coral Shores's Caribbean culture to help find the killer and clear Alma's name. While her hubby dallies with his ex-girlfriend, Juliet, Miriam quizzes her neighbors for answers and researches all manner of herbs.

As the ingredients to the deadly scheme begin blending together, Miriam is on the verge of learning how and why the women died. But her snooping may turn out to be a recipe for her own murder.

GoodReads Page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56706291-mango-mambo-and-murder

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Do you love the Scottish Shire mystery series? The Cozy Mystery Book Club read book one in the series, Murder in a Scottish Shire, and loved it! Enjoy my conversation with the talented and prolific cozy author, Traci Hall.

In the Interview We Discuss:

🔎 How to Write as a Duo

🔎 Creating a Long Running Cozy Mystery Series

🔎 Finding Your Writing Tribe

🔎 Lack of a Love Life (in a Cozy Mystery)

🔎 Book Boyfriend Material

🔎 Movie-Inspiration (Creating Cozy Characters)

🔎 New Ideas

ABOUT TRACI HALL

My favorite part of writing is coming up with a story idea and then fleshing it out until there is a brand new world–-with characters that could be people you’d hang out with. Real issues, even in a fictional setting, need to resonate with the reader and I love mixing it all together. History with a romantic twist, add female guards and hot, sexy knights/nights :). An ancient curse? Even better! Or maybe you’d prefer sensual contemporary romance that takes place in a small town by the sea, where hearts are healed and love rekindled. Sand, sun and true love. Or how about the wild frontier of the Pacific Northwest? Gold mines, silver guns, emerald rivers. If young adult is more your style, I’ve got boys in trouble, girls in trouble, or a teenage scientific prodigy raised in a Wiccan environment who blames the full moon for her problems. When it comes right down to it, the characters are what drive the tale. They keep us up at night to read Just One More Page…

Fun Fact: Traci Hall also writes as Traci Wilton and Ellie Brannigan.

Traci's Website: https://www.tracihall.com/

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Have you read Murder, She Knit? Then you need to listen to my interview with the Knit & Nibble creator, Peggy Ehrhart. Learn about Peggy's cozy writing process, crafting the perfect victim, writing an ongoing cozy mystery series, and all sorts of knitting fun.

ABOUT PEGGY

Peggy Ehrhart is a former English professor with a doctorate in Medieval Literature. Her Maxx Maxwell mysteries, Sweet Man Is Gone (2008) and Got No Friend Anyhow (2011), were published by Five Star/Gale/Cengage and feature a blues-singer sleuth.

Peggy is currently writing the Knit & Nibble mysteries for Kensington Books. Her amateur sleuth, Pamela Paterson, is the founder and mainstay of the Arborville, New Jersey, knitting club, nicknamed Knit and Nibble. Knit & Nibble #11, A Dark and Stormy Knit, was an August 2024 release; An Irish Recipe for Murder appears in Kensington’s 2025 St. Patrick’s Day novella anthology, Irish Soda Bread Murder; and Last Wool and Testament is due out in May 2025.

Peggy's Website: https://peggyehrhart.com/

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I had a blast interviewing cozy mystery author, Devon Delaney. She is the author of the Cook-Off mystery series published by Kensington Cozies.

For more information about Devon, her books, and creative writing process, please listen to our chat 🔎

THE COOK-OFF MYSTERY SERIES:

📖 Book One: Expiration Date

📖 Book Two: Final Roasting Place

📖 Book Three: Guilty as Charred

📖 Book Four: Eat, Drink and Be Wary

📖 Book Five: Double Chocolate Cookie Murder

📖 Book Six: A Half-Baked Alibi

📖 Book Seven: Murder for Good Measure

📖 Book Eight: Serving Up Spite

📖 Book Nine: A Holiday for Homicide

ABOUT DEVON DELANEY

I entered my first recipe contest on a whim. My three kids were all napping and I had a moment to browse a magazine where I saw an ad calling for recipes showcasing a piece of bread for a cash prize. I won the contest. Suddenly, I was hooked on a new hobby. Mealtime became an exercise in recipe experimentation, to the point my son asked me if we could have "regular" chicken as a special treat. I'm still considering. Despite the hardship (ha!) on my family, success in cooking competitions has earned me multiple trips and valuable prizes over the past twenty years. Meeting fellow cooking competitors has enriched my life immeasurably. Throughout my culinary journey, writing has always been a passion. Combining the two hobbies was as destined as the pairing of sea salt and caramel, and just as addicting.​ Speaking of hobbies, take a look at my other favorite interests I pursue with passion. All serve to inspire and motivate me to write on!

Devon's Website: https://www.devonpdelaney.com

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I had the honor of interviewing the talented and prolific mystery author, Ann Cleeves.

ABOUT ANN CLEEVES

Ann is the author of the books behind ITV's VERA, now in it's third series, and the BBC's SHETLAND, which will be aired in December 2012. Ann's DI Vera Stanhope series of books is set in Northumberland and features the well loved detective along with her partner Joe Ashworth. Ann's Shetland series bring us DI Jimmy Perez, investigating in the mysterious, dark, and beautiful Shetland Islands...

Ann's Website: https://www.anncleeves.com/

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The Cozy Mystery Book Club's Website: https://thecozymysterybookclub.com/

Cozy Mystery Author, Sherry Harris, Discusses Writing Proposals, Creating a Nine Book Series, & Developing a Writing Process That Works For You!

ABOUT SHERRY HARRIS 🔎

Sherry Harris is the Agatha Award nominated author of the Sarah Winston Garage Sale mystery series and the Chloe Jackson Sea Glass Saloon mysteries.

She’s published short stories in Edgar Allan Cozy, The Beat of Black Wings: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell, Black Cat Weekly, and Three Strikes You’re—Dead. Sherry is a past president of Sisters in Crime and a member of Mystery Writers of America.

Sherry loves books, beaches, bars, and bargain hunting — not necessarily in that order. She is also a patent holding inventor.

Sherry and her husband are living in Northern Virginia until they figure out where they want to move to next.

Sherry's Website: https://sherryharrisauthor.com/

Angela's Website: https://angelamariahart.com/

The Cozy Mystery Book Club's Website: https://thecozymysterybookclub.com/

Join Angela and Colleen for a cozy conversation discussing A Matter of Hive and Death (An Oregon Honeycomb Mystery Book Two) by Nancy Coco 🐝

✅ Cute Cats

✅ Multiple Murders

✅ Plenty of Bee References

✅ Well-Written Mystery

✅ All Sorts of Coziness

ABOUT THE BOOK

When a bee wrangler is bludgeoned, Let It Bee honey shop owner Wren Johnson makes it her beeswax to solve the crime in Nancy Coco’s second Oregon Honeycomb Mystery… For the picturesque town of Oceanview on the Oregon Coast, May brings blossoming fruit trees and the annual UFO festival. As Aunt Eloise tries out alien costumes on their Havana brown cat Everett, Wren is off to meet with a bee wrangler, her go-to guy for local fruit tree honey. But when she arrives, Elias Brentwood is lying on the ground amidst destroyed hives and a swarm of angry bees. The bees didn’t kill him, a blow to the head did. As blue-eyed Officer Jim Hampton investigates and the town is invaded by its own swarm of conspiracy theorists and crackpots, Wren and Aunt Eloise decide the only way to catch the bee wrangler’s killer is to set up a sting…

Add the Book to Your GoodReads TBR: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58810295-a-matter-of-hive-and-death

Book One YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K01jkVveDPk&list=PL2ywVWROGcKu0hZmA6jGUK6kR8kGAhBb-&t=1s

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Join the cozy conversation and Christmas fun with Angela Maria Hart and Regina Williams as they share their love of Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings (Mrs. Claus Book One) by Liz Ireland.

Let's combine everything we love about cozy mysteries with the holiday season 🎄

It's the first Christmas in Santaland for April Claus--but it may also be her last unless she can uncover a villain with a killer Christmas wish. . . Love is full of surprises--though few compare to realizing that you're marrying the real-life Santa. April Claus dearly loves her new husband, Nick, but adjusting to life in the North Pole is not all sugarplums and candy canes. Especially when a cantankerous elf named Giblet Hollyberry is killed--felled by a black widow spider in his stocking--shortly after publicly arguing with Nick. Christmastown is hardly a hotbed of crime, aside from mishaps caused by too much eggnog, but April disagrees with Constable Crinkle's verdict of accidental death. As April sets out to find the culprit, it'll mean putting the future of Christmas on the line--and hoping her own name isn't on a lethal naughty list . . .

GoodReads Page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55110674-mrs-claus-and-the-santaland-slayings

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