Coyote

 A Carlotta Carlyle mystery by Linda Barnes. Book 3. 1990. A Female Detective story that tells the story of a serial killer and the plight of undocumented immigrants from El Salvador.

Two Wicked Desserts

 A Kitchen Witch Mystery by Lynn Cahoon. 2021 Book 2 has charming atmosphere with a little romance. Mia Malone is dragged into another homicide when a strange man is murdered in her back yard. She rounds up all the help she can get to find the answers to this homicide. Her grandmother moves in, bringing along a suspicious character, Cindy, who just happens to know the deceased. Can Mia find the killer before someone else is killed?

Easeful Death

 A Bill Slider Mystery By Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. 2025. Well done police procedural. I've read them all and I always enjoy reading a new one, even with the darker themes. The characters are enjoyable and the humorous banter never lets me down, even if I don't get all the English lingo. What's not to love?

Now or Never

 Thirty-One on the Run by Janet Evanovich. 2024. A Good one and her apartment doesn't get firebombed. Stephanie Plum Had  to decide between Ranger and Morelli as she is engaged to both at the same time and she doesn't know if she's pregnant.

Cup of Holiday Fear

 A Bakeshop Mystery, no. 10 by Ellie Alexander. 2019. The Bookshop.mysteries are "Delicious" -RT Book reviews. "Marvelous" -Fresh Fiction. "Charming" -Kirkus Reviews. Filled with the descriptions of a busy holiday  madhouse at Torte, a bakeshop in Ashland, Oregon, this is a fun cozy mystery for the Christmas Season. It was a fast read that left me interested in more of this series. I would say that this is more cozy than mystery.