Featured Cozy Mystery Author: Ellery Adams

Today begins a new feature: a new featured cozy mystery author every day! We love sharing new authors with readers, so get ready to discover some great cozy mystery authors.

Today we're featuring Ellery Adams. Ellery is a NYT best selling author. She was part of the founding team behind Lucy Arlington and now writes these series;

• The Book Retreat Mysteries
• Books by the Bay Mysteries
• The Charmed Pie Shoppe Mysteries

She also wrote the Hope Street Church Mysteries, Collectible Mysteries, Supper Club Mysteries, and contributed to the Cozy Chicks Cookbook!

Check out all her books at Amazon!

Looking to start on her series? If you love books about books I highly recommend Books by the Bay Mysteries and the Book Retreat Mysteries. Love a bit of witchy sense and a lot of cooking? Try the Charmed Pie Shoppe Mysteries!

Feature & Giveaway: Lethal Letters by Ellery Adams

If you follow us on Facebook you will know we announced last night that we're cleaning the shelves out! We have a stack of duplicate copies, books we've read and we want to clean the shelves. We will be giving away one book a day until they're gone!

Up first is Lethal Letters by Ellery Adams.

Restaurant owner and aspiring novelist Olivia Limoges is busy planning a delicious menu for Oyster Bay’s biggest soiree of the spring. But she’ll need to serve some justice as well after one resident gets eighty-sixed…

Everyone’s got their hands full in Oyster Bay, North Carolina. Aside from two upcoming weddings, there’s also the historical society’s annual fund-raiser: the Secret Garden Party and Candlelit Ball. Adding to the excitement, Olivia witnesses the discovery of a time capsule in the foundation of a local church. The historical society president hopes to display its contents at their party, but when the items are finally revealed to the public, Olivia notices one of them has vanished.

After a frightening find beneath the pier—the body of Ruthie Holcomb—Olivia is certain there’s a connection between the young woman’s death and the missing piece from the time capsule. With the help of her fellow Bayside Book Writers, Olivia sets out to uncover some clues and ensure a killer has no reason to celebrate…[summary via Amazon]

We have ONE copy of Lethal Letters to give away!

To enter:
1. Leave a comment below with your email address. Don't want to leave a email? Email cozymysterybookreviews@gmail.com with a subject line of "Lethal Letters" and we will enter you.
2. We're shipping this one US/Canada only!!
3. Giveaway closes on April 11, 2015 at midnight and we will contact the winner by email.

Book Review: Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams

Readers get ready to be transported to a magical estate where readers will get to immerse themselves in their love of books. This is exactly what readers have in store for them when they visit Storyton Hall. In her newest series Ellery Adams is transporting readers to a holiday estate, where visitors get to spend their days reading books in various themed rooms, or walking on the beautiful grounds. When resort manager, Jane Stewart,  hosts a themed week "Murder and Mayhem Week" she doesn't realize Storyton Hall will be the scene for an actual murder, as someone is intent on recovering a book at all costs!

Amongst all the genres I love mysteries the most. There is such a great variety for readers, from the classics of Agatha Christie to the modern cozy mystery. Murder in the Mystery Suite is a celebration of the mystery genre. From the reading rooms named after authors, to the murder, which centers around a lost manuscript from a great mystery author. Every page delighted in me, as I felt fully immersed in the mystery, and enjoyed the delightful name dropping of all the authors mentioned. 

I loved all the characters at Storyton Hall, and those in the town as well. There is more than meets the eye to Jane Stewart, and her delightful twins, as well as her Aunt and Uncle. They kept me on my toes and I wasn't able to guess who the murderer was, or other surprises along the way.

Alike to her other mysteries, Ellery Adams has subtly weaved magic within the pages, and left readers absolutely mesmerized with this new series. While not of the paranormal kind, it is the kind of magic that leaves readers absolutely hooked on each series, and this is one that I won't be forgetting in a hurry. I absolutely can't wait to see what Ellery Adams has in store for Jane Stewart in the next story. 

Check out Murder in the Mystery Suite at Amazon, available now. 

Book 2, Murder in the Paperback Parlor is available for pre-order, and releases on August 4, 2015.