Spouse on Haunted Hill by E.J. Copperman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Alison's ex follows their daughter to New Jersey and they figure out that he's running away from some trouble. Alison is not thrilled to have him locally, and tells him he has to leave in two days. With mobster-types looking for the swine, Paul the ghost working on some electric experiment, and a policewoman who refuses to entered the haunted house, Alison has hands full. Then one of the mobster-types ends up dead, and all hell breaks loose.

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Book Clubbed by Lorna Barrett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce is killed when a bookshelf falls on top of her. Tricia and Angelica rent out her old storage place, and soon find that Betsy was a hoarder. Then the autopsy report comes back, and the sisters find themselves searching for a killer.

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Mocha, She Wrote by Ellie Alexander
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Andy gets picked to compete in the West Coast Barista Cup, but one of the judges is found dead with Andy's drink in hand. Of course, Lance and Jules set out to find the killer. The list of suspects was not too long, and I did guess whodonit, but it was still fun.

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Booked for Death by Victoria Gilbert
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Charlotte inherits a book-themed B&B from her aunt Isabella, who used to be a social butterfly. She keeps the Inn's theme going by hosting book clubs and events themed around an author. While holding a week around Josephine Tey's books, One of her guests is killed. He was rude, boastful, and a womanizer, so there are plenty of suspects, from his wife and daughter, to the son of a man he scammed. Very good mystery, and I will continue the series.

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Town in a Maple Madness by B.B. Haywood
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

There is a maple tree sap thief stealing from a couple of the local farms, just before the Maple Madness festival kicks off. Candy thinks it's a teenage prank, but then the body of a local handyman is fished out of the river, she wonders if the two are related. Fellow farmer Neil and his dog have disappeared also, along with an ancient knife which could have been used to kill the victim. At first it was a little confusing, but it did keep me guessing till the end.

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Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse by Harper Lin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

New to me series. I enjoyed the setting, but I felt I didn't really 'get to know' the characters. There were also so few possible suspects, that the killer had been towards the top of my list for a while. There are a couple of recipes in the back. I will try the next one in the series, but if it's not better, I won't continue with the rest.

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Jane Austen's Lost Letters by Jane K. Cleland
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Josie receives a package from a woman who knew her father. Apparently, he had given it to her to pass on to Josie, but she does not understand it took the woman 20 years to bring it. The woman runs off after refusing to explain anything. Inside the package Josie finds a note from her father, and what appears to be 2 letters of Jane Austen. She tries to find the woman with no luck. Then, one of the guests in her antiques show is found dead and that ups the ante.
This was the first book of this series I read, and I had a hard time telling the regulars from the 'guests' to make my list of suspects, but I guessed the killer midway through the book. And I learned more about antiques than I needed. I may read more of the series, but they are not on top of my list.

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