Title Wave by Lorna Barrett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I really enjoy mysteries set in cruise ships and this one was no exception. Angie and Tricia take a book-themed cruise with several of the booksellers in town. One of the authors onboard is found dead, and it looks like a suicide. Tricia has her suspicions, though. The author was known for being mean and there are several people who would like her dead. Was it the unpaid assistant? The rude autograph collector? The editor with a secret grudge?
I thought it was kind of odd that the text kept switching from British to American words (lift/elevator; chips/crisps), but it was an Irish ship, so maybe they were trying to fit in with the crew.

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Birder, She Wrote by Donna Andrews
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Langslow clan are getting into beekeeping, while Grandma Cordelia is being followed by an annoying magazine reporter writing an article about her artist colony and other accomplishments. Meanwhile, both the beekeeping expert and the town's weird complainer are missing. One of them is found dead and the other wounded. The town's mayor asks Meg to run interference with the other complainers after a bunch of beehives are exterminated. It's all very confusing for a while. I wasn't sure of the killer, but there was so much going on. It was still a fun read.
I received an ARC copy in exchange of an honest opinion.

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Perfect Sax by Jerrilyn Farmer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

There are a few crimes going on in this book, and whether or not they were committed by the same person or if they are related is not clear until close to the end. The mystery kept twisting and turning every few pages and it was not easy to guess the killer (or the blackmailer, thief, vandals, etc.) I enjoyed it very much, and am surprised I never read this series, as I own most of them. I'm kicking them closer to the top of mt. TBR.

Madeline is catering a fancy fundraiser but gets stranded and by the time she finds a ride home, one of her catering help staff is found dead in her room. Was it a robbery gone wrong, or was someone after Madeline, since the waitress had the same build and hair color? Is the handsome guy who gave her a ride who he says he is? Who stole the saxophone that was the fundraiser star object? And many other riddles.

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Death on Tap by Ellie Alexander
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Sloan finds her husband in fragante delicto in his family pub. Sloan of course decides to leave the pub and find a job elsewhere. Garrett is trying to open a new brewery and needs help, so he hires her. The day after the soft opening, they find a body in one of the fermenting tanks, and Sloan's husband's lighter on the floor by it. Small town gossip soon abounds. The killer was on my list, but there were plenty of twists to keep me on my toes.

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Cinderella Six Feet Under by Maia Chance
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I remember enjoying the first one of the series, but I didn't remember the characters very well. It took me a few chapters to warm up to them, but I enjoyed the mystery. The killer was on my list, but not at the top. Ophelia and Prue arrive in Paris looking for Prue's mother, but she is gone. Prue's stepfamily is very strange, but when her half-sister is found dead, in a Cinderella type dress, and on a pumpkin patch, they will need to use all their wits to find the killer.

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