Turing Hopper is a great protagonist. Because she is an Artificial Intelligence Personality (AIP) who is sentient, she gets help from her friends Tim Pincoski and Maude Graham.

Their employee Ray Santiago is killed. They begin to investigate. Unfortunately they end up with more questions than answers. They soon discover that Ray wasn't exactly who he presented himself to be. Plus they can't find his laptop and are concerned that if it fell into the wrong hands, their entire computer security system could be breached. Many things begin to happen. And they discover that Ray was deeply involved in role playing games. They log in to play the computer game only to find it more sinister than they would expect him to be involved with. Then they become aware of the live-action role playing game that goes along with the computer game. It seems that Ray played that too, possibly even the night he was killed. Could this have anything to do with his murder?

Can they find the missing laptop and discover who killed Ray and why before someone else is killed or their computer system is breached?

This is a terrific series. What a unique protagonist. Ms. Andrews has written it so well that you truly believe a computer could do this. The way she uses Tim and Maude to assist her seems so natural. The many things that happen and the way the story twists and turns keeps your interest to the point of finding it hard to put down the book.

She also does a great job of telling the story without using a lot of unrecognizable technical jargon. Computer enthusiast or not, I believe you will enjoy this book.

This is the second in the series and I can't wait to read the third. I highly recommend this book and its predecessor You've Got Murder. They are a fast read with a story that will keep you guessing.

Hannah Swenson has found another body. This time Sheriff Grant has been murdered. Then her sister Andrea, who is eight months pregnant with her second child, calls to tell her that Bill, Andrea's husband, has been suspended. He is a Deputy and was running for Sheriff against Sheriff Grant. Mike, one of the men Hannah dates, put Bill on administrative leave until he could be cleared from the murder.

Andrea and Hannah decide to begin investigating to clear Bill so that he will get back to work. He is driving Andrea crazy at home. He keeps cleaning and organizing and ends up throwing a lot of Andrea's things away.

Hannah owns and runs with her partner Lisa the Cookie Jar. They are preparing for Halloween and Hannah doesn't know how she ever did it without Lisa. Lisa helps the investigation by letting Hannah be gone a lot. Also, Lisa and Hannah are trying to determine the missing surprise ingredient for Alma's Fudge Cupcakes. Unfortunately she died without telling anyone the surprise ingredient and her son Ted wants to add it to the recipe book Hannah is compiling from recipes of people from town. She is also running a cooking class that is trying out all the recipes to catch errors and decide which recipes should go into the book.

There is also the fact that not only does Hannah date Mike from the Sheriff's office, but she also dates Norman, a dentist. During most of the book Norman is out of town. The tension Hannah feels about not knowing which one she likes better really adds to this book.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it and all the other books in this series. The recipes are always great, too. Who doesn't like a mystery filled with food? Important Note: please check out the author's website: www.murdershebaked.com before trying the Fudge Cupcake recipe as there is a typo in the ingredients.

The small town she has created in this book is great. There are so many different characters but they interact so well. I felt as if I had really visited Lake Eden when I finished this book.

Hannah, her mother, and her sister Andrea are great characters. She has done a great job in creating them and the many mother/daughter and sister strifes. It is all so believable and enjoyable.

Hope you try this book and series, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Rebecca Moore finds a naked dead man in the glass beader in her classic automobile repair shop Vintage and Classics. To complicate matters more, the dead man was Graham Stuck, the owner of Capitol Chassis - the competition.

Rebecca inherited the shop from her Uncle Walt. He had hired ex-cons and Rebecca and not changed a thing. They were great. Unfortunately Frank Lewes, her head man, becomes the prime suspect in the eyes of Sheriff Bradley Zimmer. Then a DC detective, Mick Hagan, appears out of nowhere. Rebecca can't figure out what he's doing in Head Tide, Maryland. When he starts assisting the sheriff, she is even more baffled.

Her ex-lover, David, had recently killed himself. She had left her journalism job at the Post to run the V&C. When Hagan mentions David, she cannot figure out what his tie-in is. David had killed himself when she was uncovering investor corruption.

She goes to pay her condolences to Vera Stuck, the widow. She talks in circles and isn't too sure what she was trying to tell her.

Rebecca hires Joachim Delacroix to defend her and the ex-cons should they need it. He ends up helping her try to solve the murder. In the meantime, they are trying to get the sheriff to keep her shop open so they can get Hal Lindeman's Hisso and Todd Shelley's Bentley ready in six days to ship to Paris for the Paris-Peking race.

This is a great mystery set in a vintage car shop. I am not a car fan, but I found this to be a very entertaining and enjoyable read. It is also a fast read. She has a great start to what I hope to be a long series.

Rebecca is a well-written character. I like the tension between her and Mick. The ex-cons lend a real diversity to the story. I like the setting near DC as I know a lot of the areas that she mentions.

My only complaint was that it takes Rebecca too long to remember a key piece of evidence.

I highly recommend this book and look forward to reading many more in this series.

This was a fabulous first mystery. I read it in one day! I can't wait for another in this series!

Penelope Thornton-McClure has returned to Quindicott, Rhode Island, to become co-owner of Buy the Book bookstore with her Aunt Sadie. Penelope brought her seven year old son Spencer with her. Penelope's husband Calvin recently killed himself.

To help increase business, Penelope sets up an author appearance by Timothy Brennan, renowned author of the Detective Jack Shield story. Unfortunately Timothy chokes during his talk and dies.

The next morning when Penelope wakes with a hangover, she figures his death will be the end of Buy the Book. Boy was she wrong.

Apparently they sold every copy of his new book and all of his previous books as well. The next day more copies arrive. She doesn't know how they will sell them until they open and are mobbed once again.

Then the State Police determine he was killed and arrest Brennan's daughter, Diedre. She and her husband Kenneth had arrived with Brennan and Shelby Cabot from the publisher's the night of Brennan's talk.

About 50 years ago P.I. Jack Shepard had been shot in a bookstore in this same location. Apparently Brennan's Jack Shield character was built off of Jack Shepard.

Penelope starts conversing with Jack Shepard in her head. Most of the time she is trying to stop hearing him, but he is very persistent.

I like the interaction of Penelope and Jack, even though he's a ghost. This is such a well-written cozy. She has created likeable characters, including a ghost, but it isn't scary in the least. Matter of fact, I found it funny!

The interaction between the other characters is well written as well. I also like the setting of a small Rhode Island town. The bookstore setting gives it charm.

She has a real winner! I highly recommend this! You won't want to put it down.

I normally don't read medical thrillers, but this was a great book.

Chris Collins' father, Wayne, has just come back into her life after almost thirty years. He has come asking for a part of her liver. He is a recovering alcoholic in need of a liver transplant. Due to his alcoholism, he can't be moved up in the list if his need becomes greater. He has heard that a relative can give him a portion of their liver and that portion will regenerate in the donor and the portion given will grow into a full liver for him.

Chris is not sure what she thinks of her father's return, but she knows she can't give him a portion of her liver. Instead she is able to get him into a new program that will transplant a genetically altered pig's liver into a human.

The transplant goes very well. Then Wayne has a fever. There are so many precautions taken to prevent from infecting Wayne or anyone else, but still they keep a close eye on him. He gets well quickly and they figure all is well. Matter of fact, things seem to be going extremely well, better than expected.

When some nurses that took care of him die, they start looking into whether this could be related to the transplant. Then some more people die. They can't figure out how these people tie back to the transplant.

Chris feels responsible and works hard at investigating the various deaths, including looking into where their lives might have intersected.

The pace in this book is great. It keeps you wondering what will happen next. I found it difficult to put down.

The characters interact well and there is enough uncertainty that you can't easily figure out too soon what is going on. It is very well written.

I recommend this book.

Cassie Burdette is the new touring pro at Stony Creek Country Club on the Connecticut shoreline. The job description said she'd give lessons, schmooze with the members about the professional golf circuit and help out in the pro shop - in emergencies only. She'd hit some rough patches in the LPGA tour and her friend Laura had heard about this opening and pressed her to apply.

When Cassie arrives, she meets Scott Mallory, the club's pro and Richie, the assistant pro. She also meets Elizabeth Weigel, the president of the ladies' group. Cassie is asked to go to the board of directors meeting that night as Scott and Rich are committed to a Connecticut PGA Section dinner. Then she meets her suite mate, Megan Donovann

At the meeting, she meets many people. Brad Latham presents a proposal to pursue Audubon Sanctuary Certification at the club. This is not met with much agreement by the board. Then Elizabeth Weigel speaks to suggest the board revisit the club's policies regarding gender equality. None of the board is very supportive of her suggestions either.

The next day was the ladies' member-guest tournament. Cassie was stationed on the seventh tee. If a participant's tee shot reached the green, Cassie was to use their club to try to hit her own ball closer to the hole. If she couldn't do it, they got a sleeve of Lady Precept balls (hottest ball on tour). By mid afternoon, Cassie found herself still stuck at the seventh tee and she had an urgent need to pee. One foursome told her the next one had fallen a hole behind so she went behind some tall reeds to relieve herself. Then she discovers Brad Latham tangled in the underbrush. He was bloody. He had been beaten. He later dies on the way to the hospital.

Cassie wonders who would want him dead. True no one was supportive of his proposal at the board meeting, but could someone have killed him for that?

Many things start to happen. Then there is another death, this time of someone Cassie has gotten to know. She begins to really look into the members and who would have wanted these two people dead. She ends up putting herself and others in danger.

I am not a golf fan, but I loved this book. Cassie is a great character. She has a lot of spunk but yet she has weaknesses too. The many additional characters in this book are all well written and really add to the story. The setting is great too. Having so many different types of people coming together in the club setting, and have the controversies they do, make it hard to know who could have done it.

I look forward to reading more of her exploits in future books. I highly recommend this book.

The time is 1854. Louisa May Alcott is 22. Yes, this is the Louisa who later writes Little Women and goes on to become a famous author. In this book she does the sleuthing.

Her friend Dorothy Brownly Wortham is recently returned from her travels in Europe after her wedding to Preston. Louisa and her friend Sylvia Shattuck have been invited to Dorothy's for tea. Also in attendance are Dorothy's twin sisters Edith and Sarah, their brother Edgar, and their aunt Alfreda Thorney. Unfortunately the one person missing is Dorothy. After waiting for quite a while, she arrives. She says that tea was for tomorrow, not today. She won't say where she's been. She seems quite distraught and asks everyone to come back tomorrow for tea. She asks Louisa to arrive a little early so that they may talk.

Louisa is distressed and determined to arrive early to find out what is wrong with Dorothy.

The next day, Dorothy is once again missing. After everyone arrives, Constable Cobban of the Boston Watch and Police arrives to announce that Dorothy had drowned. Her dog Lily was found drowned with her.

Louisa and Sylvia attend the autopsy but it proves to be too much for Sylvia and they leave. Louisa is determined to find out how and why Dorothy was murdered. Yes, it was murder.

Louisa ends up putting herself in danger and bringing gossip upon her name in her quest to find the murderer.

While historical mysteries are not my favorite, I really enjoyed this book. It was fun having a famous author do the sleuthing. I thought I was well written and the characters were so well developed that I had trouble figuring out who did it. That always makes it a good mystery in my eyes.

I look forward to reading more books with Louisa doing the sleuthing. I recommend this book.

Harrison Black's great-aunt Belle has died and left him her candle shop, At Wick's End. He knows nothing about candlemaking. She also left him River's Edge, the building that At Wick's End and other shops and businesses reside in, as well as her apartment on the 2nd floor.

Harrison has held many dead-end jobs and is happy to stop selling computers to begin a new chapter in his life.

It appears that Belle accidentally fell off a ladder. Eve, Belle's assistant and friend, does not know why Belle would have been on a ladder. She says that Belle was afraid of heights. So, Harrison begins to wonder if foul play could be involved. Then her apartment is broken into before he can even move in.

Eve begins teaching Harrison all about candlemaking and running the shop. Good thing because he has a very important client come in wanting classes who will only work with the proprietor.

Harrison starts looking into why someone would have wanted a harmless old lady dead. Everyone becomes a suspect until he can get to know them and find out if they have an alibi or motive. And believe me, there are some real characters to investigate.

Many things begin to happen. Some of them are good, but many of them are upsetting and or bad. To attempt to prove his theory, he has to put himself in danger.

The characters are well written and the plot is very well developed with plenty of red herrings to keep you guessing.

This is a great new series by Mr. Myers. I have always enjoyed his lighthouse series. This is a great new addition to the cozy mystery genre.

I highly recommend this book and can't wait to read about more escaped into candlemaking and sleuthing with Harrison!

Jaine Austen runs a writing service out of her apartment, in Los Angeles, called This Pen for Hire. She writes resumes, letters, brochures and personal ads - lots of personal ads. She shares her apartment with her cat Prozac.

Now her friend Kandi Tobolowski has gotten her a job as "guest writer" with a script assignment on the comedy called Muffy 'n Me. Jaine wrote a segment called "Cinderella Muffy." The head writers Stan and Audrey Miller had liked it. So, here she was. Miracle Studios wasn't one of the more glamorous studios and the office she shared with Kandi was a closet-sized room. The window overlooked the transvestites on Santa Monica Boulevard.

The star of Muffy 'n Me is Vanessa Dennis. She is a lovely teenager, but Jaine soon found out that her personality was not so lovely.

One day on the set they accidentally walk in on actor Quinn Kirkland and Vanessa Duffy "boffing like crazed rabbits."

Later when Quinn dies, Kandi is considered to be the police's top suspect because she handed the donuts to him that were poisoned. No one else seemed to have had access to the donuts to put the poison on them.

Jaine begins to investigate because she believes her friend is innocent. In her investigation she discovers that there weren't many people on the set that wouldn't have wished Quinn dead, even Kandi.

Jaine is also getting emails from her parents. Her dad thinks her mom is having an affair. Jaine tries to help them figure thing out, but it is difficult. This does distract her from her investigation at times.

Before Jaine can prove who killed Quinn, she makes some enemies and puts herself in danger.

I think this is a fabulous book and series. The characters were so much fun. Having them all work on a low-level comedy helped keep the characters together and easier for Jaine to investigate.

I highly recommend this book. I don't think you'll be disappointed!

Jaine Austen runs a writing service out of her apartment, in Los Angeles, called This Pen for Hire. She writes resumes, letters, brochures and personal ads - lots of personal ads. She shares her apartment with her cat Prozac.

Jaine's neighbor Lance Ventable is constantly telling Jaine to be quiet. He must live with his ear on their adjoining wall. He even complains that Prozac is too loud!

Howard Murdoch hires her to write a love letter to Stacy Lawrence, the aerobics instructor at his gym. Much to Jaine's surprise, Stacy agrees to go out with Howard.

Then Stacy is found dead, bludgeoned to death with a Thigh-Master. Howard is arrested, but he says he didn't do it. Detective Rea feels they have the right person in jail. Jaine decides to look into it. She feels responsible because, if she hadn't written the letter, Stacy wouldn't have agreed to go out with him and Howard would be arrested.

In the course of her investigation, Jaine meets Cameron Bannick, a major hunk, who knew Stacy but had an iron clad alibi. She is very happy about this when they start dating. She can't believe her luck.

Jaine uncovers quite a few people who weren't too sad that Stacy was dead. Some even had possible motives to kill her. In the course of her investigation, the killer begins to catch on and in the end, Jaine finds herself in a lot of danger.

I truly enjoyed this book. Jaine is such a likeable character. She is very much a three-dimensional character.

The additional characters in the book are all well written and the plot is well crafted. I highly recommend this book and the series. The 2nd book Last Writes has been published and is another terrific book!