Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: Murder for Christmas by Francis Duncan

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Murder for Christmas: Francis Duncan: My husband has been the source of several of my mystery reads set during the holidays, this year and in the past, and here is another one he...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Little Women: Louisa May Alcott: Little Women was the book that came up for me to read in the last Classics Club spin. I was happy about that because I had just purchased t...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Absent One: Jussi Adler-Olsen: This is the last book I am reading this year for the European Reading Challenge . It is #2 in the Department Q series, set in Copenhagen, De...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong

Bitter Tea and Mystery: City of the Lost: Kelley Armstrong: I was drawn to this book for several reasons. It is set in a very cold, very isolated area and I like that kind of story. The author is Cana...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: The Way Some People Die by Ross Macdonald

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Way Some People Die: Ross Macdonald: This is the third Lew Archer book by Ross Macdonald. The private detective is trying to find a missing woman for her mother. The daughter, G...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: A Novena for Murder by Sister Carol Anne O'Marie

Bitter Tea and Mystery: A Novena for Murder: Sister Carol Anne O'Marie: This is a very cozy mystery starring a nun as amateur sleuth. Sister Mary Helen has retired at 75 and is sent to Mt. Saint Francis College f...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: Shooting at Loons by Margaret Maron

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Shooting at Loons: Margaret Maron: Earlier this month I revisited a series that I had tried in 2003 but never returned to. I found the third book in the series, Shooting at Lo...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters

Bitter Tea and Mystery: A Morbid Taste for Bones: Ellis Peters:  This is the first book in the Brother Cadfael mystery series, set in Medieval times, and I think this is the earliest time period I have re...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Bleak House: Charles Dickens: I feel ambivalent about this novel. I enjoyed reading much of it, but it was a difficult read, and seemed too long. It was first published i...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: The High Window by Raymond Chandler

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The High Window: Raymond Chandler: This was Raymond Chandler's third novel, and it is the third I have read. There is no particular reason to read them in order. I suppose...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: The Ivory Dagger by Patricia Wentworth

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Ivory Dagger: Patricia Wentworth: Although I read some books in the Miss Silver series by Patricia Wentworth when I was younger, in 2017 I returned to the series, first readi...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: The Accident by Chris Pavone

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Accident: Chris Pavone: Having loved Chris Pavone's first novel, The Expats , I was eager to try another of his books. I soon purchased the second book he wrot...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Collapsing Empire: John Scalzi: The Collapsing Empire , published in 2017, is the first book in a science fiction trilogy about an empire of worlds connected by travel via...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: Fearless Jones by Walter Mosley

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Fearless Jones: Walter Mosley: The star of this book (and the narrator) is Paris Minton, but there would not be much of a story without his friend Fearless Jones. They are...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumb

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter: Sharyn McCrumb: This is the second book in Sharyn McCrumb's Appalachian Ballad series. Both this story and the first one in the series feature Sheriff ...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: Coffin in Malta by Gwendoline Butler

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Coffin in Malta: Gwendoline Butler: Description from the book cover: The varied inhabitants of Valletta, Malta's ancient, beautiful, and usually calm capital, are all too...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: Rest in Pieces by Rita Mae Brown

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Rest in Pieces: Rita Mae Brown: This is the 2nd book in the Mrs. Murphy series. With a cat (Mrs. Murphy) and a dog (Tucker) as important characters (in addition to the h...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: October Men by Anthony Price

Bitter Tea and Mystery: October Men: Anthony Price: This is the fourth book in the David Audley series, a cold war espionage series set in the UK (and other countries, depending on the book) a...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: Snow Angels by James Thompson

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Snow Angels: James Thompson: This is the first novel in the Inspector Vaara series by James Thompson. With so much violence, it probably wasn't the book I should hav...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

Bitter Tea and Mystery: An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good: Helene Tursten: The five stories in this slim volume were written by Helene Tursten, the author of the Inspector Irene Huss series. But the stories bear ...