Laura's Interests

Died in the Wool: A Whisky Business Mystery by Melinda Mullet About the Book Died in the Wool: A Whisky Business Mystery   Cozy Mystery 4th in Series   Alibi (June 18, 2019)   Print Length ~300 pages   Digital ASIN: B07GN17SQJ No good deed goes unpunished in the Whisky Business cozy mystery series as distillery owner Abigail Logan uncovers dark secrets—and murder—at a local charity. Photojournalist Abi Logan is finally ready to put her hectic career on hold and set down roots in the heart of the Scottish countryside. Studying the business and art of distilling whisky at Abbey Glen and volunteering at the Shepherd’s Rest women’s shelter in her spare time seem a surefire way to find the peace and stability she craves. It’s also the logical way to take her mind off her personal life. Abi’s business partner, Grant MacEwan, is facing a career-threatening disability, and as much as Abi longs to be there for him, he seems to prefer the comp...

A Feast of Serendib http://serendibkitchen.com/shop/ https://a-feast-of-serendib.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Dark roasted curry powder, a fine attention to the balance of salty-sour-sweet, wholesome red rice and toasted curry leaves, plenty of coconut milk and chili heat. These are the flavors of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka was a cross roads in the sea routes of the East. Three waves of colonization—Portuguese, Dutch and British—and the Chinese laborers who came with them, left their culinary imprint on Sri Lankan food. Sri Lankan cooking with its many vegetarian dishes gives testimony to the presence of a multi-ethnic and multi -religious population. Everyday classics like beef smoore and Jaffna crab curry are joined by luxurious feast dishes, such as nargisi kofta and green mango curry, once served to King Kasyapa in his 5th century sky palace of Sigiriya. Vegetable dishes include cashew curry, jackfruit curry, asparagus poriyal, tempered lentils, brocc...

Passport to Happiness An inspiring and escapist read –  Eat, Pray, Love  meets  Bridget Jones ! Will the trip of her dreams… Everly Carter is bored. With her job, with her single status and with the never ending line of rubbish men on Tinder.  Tired of going through the motions of seeming happy, Everly wants to be happy! So, in a spontaneous moment of bravery (perhaps spurred on by a few cocktails) Everly books a holiday.  Time away, alone, to find out what she really wants from life. Become the journey of her lifetime? Everly’s search for happiness takes her to picturesque Swiss villages and the sunsets of glamourous Bermuda.  But with every new stamp in her passport, Everly still feels as though something is missing… Could it be that true happiness is hard to find, until she finds herself? Purchase Links: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Passport-Happiness-Carrie-Stone-ebook/dp/B01J0VL67U https://www.amazon.com/Passport-H...

Strangled Eggs and Ham (A Country Store Mystery)   by Maddie Day   About the Book Strangled Eggs and Ham (A Country Store Mystery) Cozy Mystery 6th in Series Kensington (June 25, 2019) Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages ISBN-10: 1496711254 ISBN-13: 978-1496711250 Digital ASIN: B07HW1D15K Robbie Jordan’s rustic country store is growing in popularity. But when a dead body appears, it turns out that Robbie’s home-style cooking attracts hungry customers—and murder! While Robbie scrambles through breakfast orders for her expanding clientele at Pans ‘N Pancakes, tempers run as high as the sticky August heat in South Lick, Indiana. Real-estate developer Fiona Closs plans to build a towering luxury resort at one of the most scenic hilltops in Brown County, and not everyone can see the sunny side of the imposing proposition—including Robbie’s furious Aunt Adele, who doesn’t waste a minute concocting protests and road blockades. When tensions boil over and a voca...

A Crafter Hooks a Killer: A Handcrafted Mystery   by Holly Quinn   About the Book   A Crafter Hooks a Killer: A Handcrafted Mystery Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series   Crooked Lane Books (June 11, 2019) Hardcover 274 Pages   ISBN-10: 1643850121   ISBN-13: 978-1643850122   Digital ASIN: B07MGS1XDW Community Craft proprietor Sammy Kane suspects that a tantalizing thread links the deaths of her best friend and a bestselling author. But can she weave together the clues? Samantha “Sammy” Kane is settling into her new life in idyllic Heartsford, Wisconsin, running her late friend Kate Allen’s craft shop, Community Craft when one early June day, bestselling crochet author Jane Johnson visits Heartsford. Captivated by Community Craft, Jane devotes a chapter in her new book, Behind the Seams, to the store. Sammy is honored, though satisfaction quickly turns to shock when she finds Jane strangled to death—her cold hands clutching a co...

Belinda Blake and the Snake in the Grass (An Exotic Pet-Sitter Mystery)   by Heather Day Gilbert   About the Book Belinda Blake and the Snake in the Grass (An Exotic Pet-Sitter Mystery) Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Lyrical Underground (June 25, 2019) Paperback: 192 pages ISBN-10: 1516108841 ISBN-13: 978-1516108848 Digital ASIN: B07HVYQ9XZ When exotic pet-sitter Belinda Blake moves into a carriage house in tony Greenwich, Connecticut, she’s hoping to find some new clients. Instead she discovers a corpse in the garden—and a knack for solving murders . . . Pet-sitter Belinda Blake doesn’t rattle easily, but move-in day has been eventful, to say the least. The python in her care tried to slither to freedom—just as she met Stone Carrington V, her landlords’ disarmingly handsome son. With the constrictor back in its cage, she heads out to the garden, only to discover a designer shoe poking out of the boxwood hedge—attached to a woman’s dead body. T...

CHAPTER 1 WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO? WREN I slip onto the empty bar stool beside the lumberjack mountain man who looks like he tried to squeeze himself into a suit two sizes too small. He’s intimidatingly broad and thick, with long dark hair that’s been pulled up into a haphazard man bun thing. His beard is a hipster’s wet dream. His scowl, however, makes him about as approachable as a rabid porcupine. And yet, here I am, sidling up next to him. He glances at me, eyes bleary and not really tracking. He quickly focuses on his half-empty glass again. Based on the slump of his shoulders and the uncoordinated way he picks up his glass and tips it toward his mouth, I’m guessing he’s pretty hammered. I order a sparkling water with a dash of cranberry juice and a lime. What I could really use is a cup of lavender-mint tea and my bed, but instead, I’m sitting next to a drunk man in his thirties. My life is extra glamorous, obviously. And no, I’m not an escort, but at ...