Northfall by Brian Lutterman A Pen Wilkinson Thriller Review by Sandy Penny, Sweet Mystery Books I love this series about a woman who is a paraplegic attorney, sometimes investigator, and in a wheelchair who can't resist a good mystery. She's a bit obsessive once she gets her teeth into an investigation. Refusing to take money for what she does, she pursues it until it is solved. This time, when a man in a wheelchair who lives on the streets is killed, and his mentally challenged girlfriend is left alone on the streets, she is drawn into the mystery that somehow connects to a missing b ..read more

  Catching the Wave - Coming Soon by Emily Selby ***** Five Star Review by Sandy Penny This was a fun and quirky modern cozy mystery with hackers and cryptocurrency and amateur sleuths just trying to protect their neighborhood. A mysterious call about too much electricity being used in a neighborhood vacant house starts an investigation that leads the authorities and neighbors on a merry chase with a high price tag. I like it. It was a romp.  ..read more

 Five Stars ***** A Frosty Little Murder by Beth Byers A Violet Carlyle Cozy Historical Mystery (The Violet Carlyle Mysteries Book 33 ***** Review by Sandy Penny The Dark Depths of Winter Getting away from dreary winter London is not what it's expected to be, but it's a great mystery with snow at Christmastime. We get to know Vi better and see where her depression originates and her compassion for those who don't have enough. Murder is unacceptable at any time, but especially at the holidays. Who stole Vi's very expensive ring that is held in the hand of the murder victim? It's a myst ..read more

Hurricane Irma by Kerry Costello Amazon Info and Purchase Page: https://amzn.to/2YU6rxi Five Stars 5.0 out of 5 starsWhat a Great Bunch of Mysteries Reviewed by Sandy Penny on October 16, 2021 This was a complicated set of mysteries all in the same book and all centering around the hurricane's destruction and revelation of many secrets, lies, and hidden objects. It was fast-paced, entertaining, and well-told. Loved the characters, the storylines, and the surprises that just keep coming.  This book has a little bit of everything and a lot of reading pleasure. I highly recommend ..read more

 Strangled by Simile by Kelley Kaye Chalkboard Outlines series, book #3 Review by Sandy Penny, author https://sweetmysterybooks.blogspot.com When Charlie Foreman, a not-so-well-liked coach, is murdered, Emma's Shakespeare-quoting friend, Leslie Parker, becomes a top suspect. Leslie and Charlie's ongoing prank war is legendary. Even though Emma is having her own set of medical issues, including vision changes, she's determined to suss out the killer and prove her friend innocent, much to the chagrin of Carl Niome, chief detective of the Pinewood Police Dept. When Emma starts getting thre ..read more

Deadfall by Brian Lutterman Review by Sandy Penny, SweetMysteries blog  ***** Four Stars  Pen Wilkenson is finally beginning to recover from her PTSD after almost dying multiple times as a high-profile paraplegic attorney. When the FBI asks her to go undercover as a paralegal for a weapons manufacturer following a murder at the company, she is ready to do something useful. With a new name and a downplayed personality, she easily fills the paralegal job. At first, it seems there is nothing to be learned at her new low-level job, but tidbits begin to play on her mind. When both the t ..read more

Retribution by CM Sutter by C. M. Sutter Female Psychic Police Detective: I love a little paranormal/psychic in my mysteries. This was a thriller that could really happen, that gave me shivers. When multiple attorneys/law enforcement officers are killed by meth overdoses with no clues on why or who, Kate is enlisted in helping solve the murders, and then her good friend/police detective Jesse McCord disappears, she has a suspicion that the same killer has him, and the clock is running before he is killed. When the killer captures her, but has to let her go because the police show up to ..read more

The Tesla Secret . Books 1-3 by Mike Wells Reviews by Sandy Penny, Sweet Mystery Books ***** 5 stars .  5.0 out of 5 stars . A Free Energy Frenzy . Book 1 I'm a fan of Mike Wells and a fan of Tesla, so when I saw that Mike had written a book centered around Tesla's missing notes on the Free Energy Machine, I was excited to find out what he would do with it. Of course, Mike writes cliffhangers, so I knew it would be fast-paced, dangerous for all the characters, and leave me wanting the next book. It did not disappoint. The main character is Stephen Sawyer, a professor who wrote a famous Tec ..read more

Lord James Harrington and The Solstice MysteryBy Lynn Florkiewicz Sandy Penny5.0 out of 5 starsCavendish Cult or Commune?July 5, 2019 When complaints about a new religious commune start circulating through the rumor mill in Cavendish, Lord James Harrington's mystery radar starts pinging. Combined with the seemingly accidental death of a man who was investigating the commune, the chase is on. With the Solstice musical performance and ball coming up, there should be plenty to distract him from focusing on the commune, but when the daughter of the man who died disappears and her mother begs ..read more

See No Moreby W. B. (Whitney) DineenWhat a Surprise! Five-Star Review by Sandy PennyWhat a Ride! This is not your standard thriller. It starts out like a lifetime movie and ends up Jason Bourne meets Men in Black. What would it be like if your world was suddenly turned upside down and nothing was what you thought it was? What if your father, who deserted you years ago, died and you were notified to go to his funeral? Would you go? Could you resist trying to get the answers that have eluded you and shaped your life? What if people started shooting at you and pursuing you everywhere, and sudden ..read more