And the Winner Is...

 There is a winner for the Mystery Giveaway, 

but first a little mystery chat.

On Wednesday I made a quick trip to Riverside Park to see the goats who will be having a working vacation there this summer. Despite the heat it was a lot of fun and I enjoyed taking lots of goat photographs. For the last two days I've had goats on my mind and it got me to thinking, "Is there a mystery (or series) that involves goats?" I thought it was pretty unlikely, but to my surprise, please meet...  Murder, She Goat

I haven't read it, but if you're a cozy fan, looking for a farm theme, this looks like a fun read. It's a two book series, with good reviews on Amazon.  

The winner of two mystery novels is Jeanie at Marmelade Gypsy. I'll be sending The Beckett Factor and Murder at the Masque. There will be another winner at Welcome to Buttercupland, and I'll be doing the post there in the next little while. 

Congratulations to Jeanie and keep cool wishes to all of Coffee Light. It's a great time to find a cool spot, get an icy drink and do some reading. What's at the top of your To-Read list? 

As ever, thanks for visiting and happy reading! 

It's a Pop-Up Summer Reading Giveaway

 

Two of these books will be wending their way to a Coffee Light reader this week! 

This week's mystery is: Will it be you? 

I know I've sadly neglected this sweet blog, and a big apology. I'm hoping to blog more regularly this summer and in an effort to kick off summer reading with a splash I'm doing a giveaway to readers of both Coffee Light and my alternate blog, Buttercup Counts Her Blessings. 

I was gifted a collection of fun mystery novels and I know I won't get to reading all of them. In the interest of perking up Saturday (Sunday and Monday) nights around the country I'm going to do not one, but two, blog giveaways for two mystery novels each. One will be here in Coffee Light, and one is posted in Buttercupland. There will be one winner chosen from each blog.  Leaving a comment on both blogs increases your chances of winning. So please stop by at Buttercupland  and leave that sweet blog a little mystery love. 

There's some good summer mystery reading here with The Terrible Tide, set in New Brunswick, Amends for Murder, a Peggy O'Neill mystery, Murder at the Masque, a Victorian mystery and The Becket Factor, the first book in a series that takes place in Canterbury Cathedral.

Entering is easy-peasy. Just leave a comment about which book sounds most interesting to you. This is a quick giveaway and there's just 72 hours to enter. Entries close at 11:59 PM on Tuesday and I'll announce both winners on Wednesday, June 30. 

I hope everyone is having a good summer. New York City is returning to its usually livelier pace and while it's taking a little (or more than a little!) getting used to, I'm grateful for all that's going on. 

Take good care and happy and healthy reading! 

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

The Library at Trinity College, Dublin

One day I hope to make a return visit to Ireland. But until then I'll enjoy sweet memories, including, perhaps, my favorite library anywhere, this beautiful reading room at the Trinity College. 

A birthday shout out to our blogger buddy, Respice, Prospice. May the road rise to meet you for many years to come. Happy and healthy wishes, my friend. 

Happy St. Patrick's Day and happy reading!

Three Hours in Paris

 

I was reading through what seems like hundreds of email this morning and came upon one from Soho Press, one of my favorite publishing houses. Since I'm always on the lookout for new mystery titles I decided to actually read this email and not automatically hit the delete button. I discovered that one of my favorite mystery writers, Cara Black, was doing a live virtual event tonight discussing Three Hours in Paris. The three hours in question concern a very brief visit to Paris that Hitler made in June of 1940, the purpose of which has been lost to history. 

Three Hours in Paris was first published in April, 2020, when most of us had so much on our minds and didn't keep up very well with new books. The paperback edition comes out at the end of March and I will be looking for it. I've so enjoyed Cara Black's mysteries set in Paris and this mystery/thriller set in one of my favorite historical times is going to the top of my almost infinite To Be Read pile. Here's the link to RSVP for tonight's discussion. It's at 7:00 Pacific time, which translates to 10:00 Eastern time. It's past my bedtime these days, but it's Saturday night.

It's hard to believe that this is my first post to Coffee Light in 2021. I'm not sure where 2020 went, but I'm glad it's gone. It's almost spring, the gas lines for my building have been fixed -- sixteen months without a working stove -- and I'm all vaccinated, plus a month. I've been walking, cooking (Yay!), doing some Zooming and reading. I've also been blogging away on my general blog, Buttercup Counts Her Blessings,  which helped keep me sane more times than I can count last year. I hope you're all doing well. 

As ever, thanks for visiting and keep reading! 

I Discovered Vera Stanhope

 

I'm not sure where I've been for the last twenty years. Ann Cleeves published the first Vera Stanhope mystery, The Crow Trap, in 1999. The television shows based on this series began in 2011, and I missed all of them. I did read a number of books in the Shetland series, as well as seeing some of the television episodes and I am an enormous fan of Jimmy Perez, the police inspector who is the main character. I've also read The Long Call, which was published last year. It introduces Detective Matthew Venn, and it is well worth a separate post of its own. But somehow I missed my introduction to Vera Stanhope. 

Thanks to my friends at Net Galley, I received a copy of the Darkest Evening and literally read most of Saturday and then finished the book on Sunday. I can't remember when I've read a book virtually non-stop and didn't commit the crime of skipping to the end. In The Darkest Evening Vera returns to her extended family's estate and the countryside surrounding it. A young woman is found dead in the snow and as the investigation of her murder proceeds we meet most of the village and discover many not-so-well hidden secrets.   

I particularly enjoyed getting to know Vera Stanhope and learning her story. Vera is an eccentric workaholic Detective Inspector and we come to understand how Vera entered police work and the source of her personality. I am now totally engaged in the series and look forward to catching up on the books that I've missed. I generally wouldn't start with the most recent in a series, but better late than never. I'm very pleased to share The Darkest Evening today, which is its publication day in the United States. 

If you're interested in learning more about Ann Cleeves, please visit the link for The Long Call above. It links to a very interesting interview with Lori Rader-Day in the Chicago Review of Books. 

I appreciate the comments over the last few months asking about my welfare and I hope I've properly responded to all of them. I've been well -- thankfully -- and cozy, especially during the worst months of March through May. Honestly, I've been lonely, like so many others, and all the Zooms and virtual tours on the internet don't make up for spending time with friends and family.  I hope you're all well, cozy and reading.

As ever, thanks for visiting and wishing you many happy hours of mysteries.     

What I'm Reading on My Winter Vacation

Not surprisingly, Ian Rankin

I'm off tomorrow on a quick winter vacation and, of course, I've got a mystery novel with me. Somehow I missed Ian Rankin's In a House of Lies when it came out in 2018, but luckily found it when I was looking for books to take with me on the library website. It's not my only book, but it's the one that I plan to read on the plane tomorrow. 

 How do you find new books to read? Do you browse the library shelves? I do! I still enjoy spending time looking at the array of books at my local branch library. It's one of my favorite things to do. Until very recently I didn't know that the "open stacks" library system wasn't part of libraries until the beginning of the Twentieth century. Before that it was necessary to know what book you wanted and to request it from the librarian. 

I also find read reviews online, browse my terrific local independent bookstore and read the NY Times book review. What are your favorite ways to find new books?  

Another favorite way to find new books is to chat with friends. Dear book-loving friends, what are you reading these days? 

As ever, thanks for visiting and happy reading!

In Memory of Mary Higgins Clark

It may have been the simplest obituary in today's New York Times. It was succinct, with simply a name, dates of birth and death and the details of the wake and funeral. It was a little lost among the longer obituaries that had a number of paragraphs and a photo.

This was the woman known in life as "The Queen of Suspense," Mary Higgins Clark. Beginning in 1975 with the publication of her first suspense novel, "Where Are the Children," she published over 50 suspense books that sold an amazing cumulative total of over 100 million books. All were bestsellers and all are still in print.  

Mary Higgins Clark left the world and us, her readers, with a legacy of decades of reading pleasure, for which I am most grateful. But it's the final sentence of her obituary that may tell those of us who never met her, her true legacy. We are asked to "perform an act of kindness for someone in need." If the millions of us who read one of Mary Higgins Clark's novels performed just one kind deed in her memory, that kindness would light the world.

My prayers are with Mary Higgins Clark's family and with her family of readers throughout the world.  Is anyone else a fan of her writing?

What is your favorite Mary Higgins Clark novel? I'm going with her first and still my favorite, "Where are the Children?"

As ever, thanks for visiting and happy reading!

What I Did Over My Summer Vacation

I went to Deadly Ink!

 

Though I've been away from Coffee Light for quite awhile I'm very pleased to be back. I've been doing a lot of reading and a lot of mystery reading and I hope to start doing some writing about mysteries again, too.  

 

One of my big inspirations to get going again was the Deadly Ink conference in New Jersey last weekend. I had the great good fortune to meet at least a dozen mystery writers. There were writers of cozy mysteries, writers about crime and urban grit and writers of mysteries set in historic eras or with science fiction themes far into the future. I enjoyed the panels, the presentations and most of all, an entire weekend devoted to writing and mystery novels. It's a small conference, so there was a great opportunity to talk to many of the participants. I was anxious attending without knowing anyone there, but by the second day I felt very much at home. 

 

Right now I'm finishing The Lost Man by Jane Harper, set in the Australian Outback. It will be the next book featured here. After that it's a fun, cozy read with Murder, She Knit, by Peggy Ehrhart. I met Peggy at Deadly Ink and intrigued by her Knit and Nibble Mystery series. It's not noir, but it looks like a lot of fun. 

 

What have you been reading over the summer? Hope there is a mystery or two on your list.

 

Thanks for visiting and happy reading!   

And the Winner Is...

The winner of this advance copy of The Big Empty is Lavender Dreams. 

 

I wish I had four copies to share and I appreciate every entry and every visitor.  

 

It's been a beautiful day in New York City and I spent time with my college roommate, went to the gym and took a long and lovely walk. Now it's reading time. There's a post later in the week featuring the Mystery of the Week and I've still got a few chapters to finish. 

 

Best wishes and happy reading!  

This Week's Mystery is No Mystery

It's the first giveaway for Coffee Light readers,

a copy of The Big Empty

 

A few weeks ago I featured The Big Empty as the first Mystery of the Week for Coffee Light. I enjoyed it a lot and thought our band of mystery readers would like the opportunity to read it, too. One Coffee Light reader will receive an advance reader copy, thanks to my buddies at Soho Press.

It's an easy entry. Please be a follower of Coffee Light and leave a comment with your favorite mystery novel. To receive an extra entry, dear blogger buddies, a shout out on your blog would be great. If you're not a blogger, you can earn an extra entry by Facebook/Instagram/Google+ mention. Just let me know in a comment if you posted for an extra entry. The giveaway will be open until Sunday, September 2 and on Monday, September 3 I will do a blog post with the winner's name.

In the interim I'm getting ready for next week's Mystery of the Week and finishing Elly Griffiths' The Chalk Pit. It's a favorite series and I'm enjoying it very much.

I feel that the last days of August are the last days of summer, though I do know that summer doesn't technically end for a few more weeks. But school started for years on the Wednesday after Labor Day and the last week of August was the last week of summer. Old habits still linger and I'm savoring shorts, no socks, t-shirts and of course, iced coffee light. What are you savoring this week?

Thanks for visiting and happy reading!



Mystery of the Week: The Zig Zag Girl

Anyone can tell by the scarcity of posts that I went through a long reading block earlier in the year. I read a few books -- and lots of magazines, newspapers and blogs -- but if I read a dozen books, it was a lot. It was definitely not my normal reading. But that turned around on July 1. I was at JFK airport waiting to board my flight to London and my habitual fear of not having enough to read on the plane came over me. I did have a number of unread books on my iPad, but what if nothing quite suited me?

I logged into the New York Public Library website and looked for Elly Griffiths, one of my favorite mystery writers. I downloaded an unread title in her Dr. Ruth Galloway series and noticed a few titles I wasn't familiar with. So I also downloaded a sample of today's Mystery of the Week, The Zig Zag Girl. I was so engaged in the sample that I also downloaded the entire book and the next book in the series, Smoke and Mirrors. I read both books when I was in England and they were the kick start to get me reading again.

The main characters are Max Mephisto, a vaudeville magician and Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens of  Brighton, England and the setting is Brighton in the years after World War II. The characters are quirky, engaging and the setting is a fascinating glimpse into the last years of vaudeville. There are murders -- this is a mystery series -- and there is magic and the unlikely duo, who served together in World War II, more than held my interest. I'm now so wrapped up in the series that I've got the next two ready to read. In case you are worried that these are light and cozy, no fear, they are not. While they are lighter than the darkest of Scandinavian mysteries, and there is fun in the show business settings, there are still times spent in the dark corners of post-war Brighton.

What's your Mystery of the Week? Always enjoy knowing what the Coffee Light readers are enjoying.

Thanks for visiting and happy reading!  

Mystery of the Week: The Big Empty

You will have to wait until December for The Big Empty, but it's worth the wait.

 

Greetings, mystery readers and friends! I know there are people who didn't think Coffee Light would be back in this decade -- and at times I was one of them -- but I've gotten my mystery writing inspiration back. I've also gotten my mystery reading inspiration going and I've finished four mysteries in the last month. I realized they're too good not to share and here's the first of what I hope will be a weekly recommendation for your mystery reading, The Big Empty by Stan Jones and Patricia Watts. 

 

I had the good fortune to attend BookExpo2018 and spend time with the gracious and erudite staff at Soho Press. They shared a number of titles with me and the Big Empty is the first of those that I've read. The detective is Nathan Active, police chief of Chukchi, Alaska. Chukchi is set in the world of bush planes and mountains, the Big Empty of Alaska. The story is well put together, the characters are detailed and interesting and the setting was a new world to me. The book will be published in December, but I had the good fortune to have an advanced copy. Don't despair at the time waiting for publication. The next few months are a great time to catch up on the first four books in the series.

 

Next week we're going back in time and to a different continent. Please be on the lookout for the next Mystery of the Week.

 

Happy reading!

 

Please note: I received a copy of the Big Empty in return for my thoughts. The opinions are all mine.

The Alphabet Now Ends at Y

I'm so sad to share sad news at what is considered a festive time of year, but Coffee Light and mystery fans throughout the world are mourning tonight. Our beloved Sue Grafton, author of the Kinsey Millhone mystery series died in California yesterday.

I've read every book in the series, excepting the latest one, Y is for Yesterday and I was hoping to begin it in the next week. I started with A is for Alibi, published in 1982 and thirty-five years later I was still reading. Over the decades Kinsey, a private investigator in the mythical southern California town of Santa Theresa, came to be a trusted acquaintance. When I came upon a new volume in the series I could trust I would find one of my favorite investigators embarking on a complex and interesting mystery adventure. This consistency of plot and character is what kept me and millions of other readers enthralled with Sue Grafton's writing.

 Sue Grafton never wanted a ghost writer for her work and now there will be no "Z." As her daughter, Jamie Clark wrote, "the alphabet now ends at Y."  Farewell, Kinsey and farewell, Sue Grafton. The world is a sadder place tonight.   

I Never Thought I'd Fall in Love Again...

But I'm in love and I'm not hiding it.

 

At 67 I believed that my falling in love days were over and done. But after finishing Rather Be the Devil, Ian Rankin's latest mystery novel, I realized that I was in love and had been in love for years. Of all the men and detectives, I'd fallen for John Rebus, the very human hero of these novels.

 

Yes, Rebus is "seeing someone," may start smoking again at any second, lives 3,000 miles away in Scotland and perhaps the biggest impediment to our relationship, is a fictional character. But in this latest novel, dark and brooding as ever, he is very real to me, and his intelligence and sense of fairness drew me to him in this book, as in every past novel. In Rather Be the Devil Rebus has just retired from the Edinburgh police force, but not surprisingly is drawn back into an unsolved murder case from the 1970s.

 

In an era where corruption and power are part of every day discussion Rather Be the Devil looks at these issues through the lens of a mystery novel. As someone who has crossed over to retirement, I enjoyed seeing these issues through Rebus' cynical and experienced lens and the twists of the plot and the characters kept me reading.   

 

My dear Rebus, I'm glad your retirement was brief. I bet I'm not the only reader who waits eagerly for your next adventure when you'll once again be a part of my life.   

The Dry

Most of the Northern Hemisphere is shutting down for the summer. It's the end of the school year, the beginning of vacation season and most of the dreams people are dreaming include sand, waves and drinks with little umbrellas. But here at Coffee Light, we're not like most of the world. We're back from our way too-long hiatus with one of the best (mystery) novels I've read in a long time. It's not cozy in any way and there are no drinks with little umbrellas.

Jane Harper's debut novel, The Dry, takes place in a small town in Australia, that has suffered a devastating drought. People's tempers are at the edge and when Luke Hadler and his family are found murdered on their farm, the assumption is that Luke had come to the edge and crossed over it. But like so much in Kiewarra, things are not what they seem.

Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk left Kiewarra twenty years past, but has returned at the request of Luke Hadler's father to look into the murders. Though Falk's specialty is financial misdoings, he returns and begins to not only investigate what happened to his closest boyhood friend and his family, but other secrets of the town.

The Dry is dark, somber, sad and captivating. Aaron Falk takes his place in my pantheon of favorite detectives, flawed and human and tremendously engaging. For those of us waiting for his next appearance, Force of Nature is scheduled for publication in Australia -- may need to schedule a trip there -- in September.

For mystery fans who like their stories noir The Dry is a definite must read. Grab an iced coffee and settle down on a shaded porch. You're in for a great read. 

 

I'm not sure what my schedule will be, but I guarantee you that I'll be back (more than once) this summer. Happy reading! 

 



 

Happy National Coffee Day

In order to celebrate National Coffee Day -- yes, there is a day to fete le café -- I'm leaving the land of noir and stopping by the cozy mysteries. I'm inspired to take this departure by Cleo Coyle's very fun and very quirky Coffeehouse Mystery series. The series takes place in a landmark coffeehouse in Greenwich Village. The series focuses around amateur sleuths in some of the wittiest titled -- and most fun -- mysteries on the shelves. The website is also delightful and you will find great recipes. In the interest in truth in blogging I need to add that I have yet to try the recipes in the interest of continuing to fit in my present wardrobe. They look that delicious.

I found one other title that also had a coffee focus. I haven't read it, it also looks like great fun. It's  Death by Coffee by Alex Erickson. It's the first in the Bookstore Café mystery series and I'm going to search for the other titles. I've developed an affection for the titles of cozy mystery novels. I love my dark and brooding noir mysteries, but the cozies definitely have more fun titles.

 A cat, coffee and a mystery! It doesn't get much better for fun reading.

 

Is anyone a fan of cozy mystery novels, as well as the more somber noir mysteries? What authors are your favorites?

Now I'm going to settle in for some reading on this first chilly night of autumn. Since this post of Coffee Noir talked about cozies I'm going to turn everything upside down and have a cup of mint tea. It's a wild night here in New York.

So many mystery novels and so little time! Thanks so much for visiting.
 

Can You Just Jump in?

Pardon me for composing a title that ends in a preposition, but that question seemed to be the clearest way to introduce this post's topic. Can you start reading a mystery series in the middle of the series? I had the good fortune to spend time yesterday with two former colleagues who happily remain friends. They are also mystery fans and as so often happened during my years working with reading friends, the topic turned to our latest reads. I mentioned  Cara Black's Murder on the Quai, which is number 16 in this very enjoyable series set in Paris. I offered to give my copy to my friend and she asked a good question, "Do I need to start at the beginning of the series, or can I just jump in?"

A lively discussion followed. We thought one could jump into Sue Grafton's Alphabet Series, but would caution against that for Ian Rankin's outstanding Scottish series. And, yes, a post on Ian Rankin is long, long overdue.

Also long overdue is a post on a mystery novel that begins one of my all-time favorite mystery series. I found C.J. Sansom's Dissolution in a bookstore in Notting Hill in 2005. I started reading in the bookstore and kept reading as I flew home across the Atlantic. I'm a fan of all things Tudor and besides being a complex and interesting mystery, it's an extraordinary historical novel. There are six books in the series which focuses on life in Tudor England. We meet the human, vulnerable and brilliant lawyer Matthew Shardlake, and follow him through the reign of Henry VIII. Each book builds on the one before and it would be a difficult series to jump into somewhere in the middle. The series is at most times dark, violent, sad, and yet always interesting.

When I first thought of writing a mystery novel blog I thought I would begin with a post on Dissolution. Like so many things in life I was sidetracked, but am happy to feature one of my favorite novels. If you're familiar with this series, you're a fortunate reader. If you're about to start reading it, you're in for a treat. The title refers to the Dissolution of the Monasteries, that took place under the reign of Henry VIII. 

So many books to read and so many books to write about and so, so little time! As ever, thanks for visiting and happy reading! 

Gone to Nantucket in My Mind

One might think I'd never go into a bookstore or library again. I've got shelves of unread books and probably an unequal number waiting on my iPad. I'm circling new books in the New York Times Book Review every week and it's highly unlikely I will run out of books to read in this lifetime, however long it may be. But like a moth to light, I'm drawn to anywhere there may be books. I love looking at the shelves, never knowing what treasure I may find.

During tonight's bookstore visit -- thankfully there's still one in walking distance -- I made my way to the mystery section. I thoroughly enjoyed Heart of Ice, set in Mackinac Island, and had summer resorts on my mind. I was drawn to Francine Mathews' Death in the Off-Season. This is the first volume in the series set on Nantucket Island, featuring police officer Meredith "Merry" Folger. I did a quick flip through the first chapter and read the copy on the back cover, and yes, added this series to my endless "to-read" list.

 I find books and mystery series everywhere. I'm always on the lookout for a new series and the thought of five, ten or twenty volumes with the same main characters -- if I'm especially fortunate -- is a great prize.  How do you find new mysteries? Reviews? Blogs? Word of mouth and recommendations from friends? Coffee Light would love to know.

It's hot, hot, hot in New York City this week. One of my favorite activities is to sit in a cool corner with an iced coffee and a good mystery. So many mysteries and so little time!

Thanks for visiting. Keep cool and keep reading! 

Mackinac Island Mysteries

Happy Fourth of July, dear mystery readers!

 

I had the good fortune to travel to Mackinac Island, MI last week. It's a small, but beautiful island set in Lake Huron and it was definitely a good visit. Some of the most fabulous scenery imaginable, good food, good company and a visit to a wonderful bookstore, The Island Bookstore. There are stores on Mackinaw Island and just across the ferry in Mackinaw City. I spent time with the staff discussing mysteries set in Mackinaw Island and found a trove of books I hope to read.

 

My take away book and fabulous plane reading was  Heart of Ice, by PJ Parrish. It's the latest in the Louis Kincaid series. It kept me reading throughout a long, long delay in Detroit Airport, which is one of my gauges of a book that holds my interest. Private detective Louis Kincaid returns to Mackinaw -- great description of the island -- and becomes entwined in a decades old murder. There are twists, turns and some dark family secrets. Yes, this is often the premise of a mystery novel, but Louis is an interesting and engaging character, totally believable. I also enjoyed getting to know the other characters and seeing life on the island for the year round residents. I enjoyed it very much and though the other volumes aren't set on Mackinaw I look forward to catching up with the entire series and spending more time with Louis Kincaid. 
 

 

Another series on my reading list is written by Peter Marabell. Mackinac Island is the setting for Murder at Cherokee Point and Murder on Lake Street. Devils are Here is set in Petoskey, across the Straits of Mackinaw and down the highway. Peter Marabell is a historian who "retired" to Mackinac, and in his retirement runs a business and writes mysteries. I'm looking forward to starting his series with Murder at Cherokee Point. Cherokee Point is fictional, but I'm sure it will keep my memories of Mackinac happily stirred. 

 

Many thanks to my new friends at The Island Bookstore for great recommendations, good conversation and many happy hours of reading past and to come.  Wishes for a wonderful Fourth and happy hours of reading. 

 

So many mysteries, so little time!  

 

It's No Mystery, I Love Paris

And I love Cara Black's mysteries that take place in Paris. No mystery, at all. 

 

 

 

I discovered Cara Black at this year's BookExpo America. I had the good fortune to encounter a copy of her soon to be published Murder on  the Quai. I started reading last week and I was hooked with the setting -- Paris -- and the main character, Aimee Leduc. This is very much a prequel and it tells the story of Aimee's life before becoming a detective. Of course it would be helpful if I had read the other books in the series, but as I've done so many times I am starting well past the beginning of the series.
 

On my most recent library trip I looked for other books in the series -- Murder on the Quai is number sixteen -- and found two more. I'm presently reading Murder in the Sentier and though I have other reading commitments, this one has jumped to the top of the list. I have to know what happens. Murder in the Sentier is the third in the series, but after this I'm going to be very organized and go back to the first volume, Murder in the Marais. Each title includes an area of Paris where the mystery focuses and describes the area in wonderful detail. If a trip to Paris isn't on your travel itinerary this year, I strongly suggest visiting vicariously via Cara Black's mysteries. That's exactly what I'll be doing this summer. 

 

Where will you be traveling in MysteryLand this summer?

 

 

So many mysteries and so little time! Here's to an iced coffee, a cozy chair and a mystery novel.