And Then There were 9

 The Murder Mystery Book Club Series by C. A. Larmer

And Then There were 9

4 Stars

And Then There Were None is my favorite Agatha Christie mystery after the Poirot stories. So when I ran across this book and it said it was an Agatha Christie Mystery Club series I immediately clicked. The author has since renamed the series.

The Book Club members aren't stranded on an island, but they are isolated and surrounded by a fire without a phone or immediate cell reception. With 4 new members. And a killer in their midst. 

I enjoyed the twists and turns and plan to read at least some of the other books as finances allow.

Tourist Trap Mystery Series

 Tourist Trap Mystery Series by Lynn Cahoon

4 Stars

Guidebook to Murder book 1

Warning this is a first person POV series. I know some do not like this. Hence the warning

This is a nice cozy mystery series. Nothing really supernatural here, except the psychic neighbor who drifts in and out with cryptic clues. Most of it is a straight forward cozy mystery.

The MC leaves the rat race and settles in a small California coastal town to run a coffee shop/bookstore. However the town's mayor has it out for her and the guy she wants seems to be married. Then she becomes a suspect in a murder. Not a very good start to her new life.

The romance is secondary to the mystery the way I like a mystery. And she doesn't turn into a damsel in distress that's helpless without a man either.

I've read the first 3 books so far. I plan to read the others as finances allow.

Paranormal museum mysteries

 The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Mysteries

Paranormal Museum Mysteries by Kirsten Weiss

3 Stars

Paranormal museum book 1

These are in first person, just to warn you, as I know some do not like that POV.

I enjoyed the few that I read but really didn't get into them. I read the first three to get a sample of them. They were okay but not really my taste. 

However the idea is good and kept me going through the books. As I said I did enjoy the storyline. 

In the first book, the MC was a successful business person who was fired because she refused to bribe someone for her company and had to return to her hometown. One of her best friends unloads the Museum on her. When that best friend and her are suspected of murder, the MC goes sleuthing and the Museum hides the clue needed to clear them both.   

It's not a bad little series. I liked the blurb for the first one so I gave it a chance and enjoyed it enough to order the next one. The MC's reoccurring 'nemesis' being a cop and showing up every time the MC got in trouble was a good part of the storyline for me. Kept a bit of tension for the plot. 

However there wasn't enough paranormal in this mystery series for me. At least not in the 3 I read. There were only hints of the paranormal. With paranormal in the title you expect some paranormal, not things that can be explained away or barely mentioned.