Chocolate Cream Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke, 357 pagesD

Not even Lake Eden’s nosiest residents suspected Hannah Swensen would go from idealistic newlywed to betrayed wife in a matter of weeks. But as a deadly mystery unfolds in town, the proof is in the pudding . . .
 
When The Cookie Jar becomes the setting of a star-studded TV special about movies filmed in Minnesota, Hannah hopes to shine the spotlight on her bakery—not the unsavory scandal swirling around her personal life. But that’s practically impossible with a disturbing visit from the shifty character she once believed was her one and only love, a group of bodyguards following her every move, and a murder victim in her bedroom. Now, swapping the crime scene in her condo for her mother Delores’s penthouse, Hannah and an old flame team up to solve a case that’s messier than an upended chocolate cream pie. As suspects emerge and secrets hit close to home, Hannah must serve a hefty helping of justice to an unnamed killer prowling around Lake Eden . . . before someone takes a slice out of her! 

Ticket to Ride by Ed Gorman, 357 pages

For small-town Iowa lawyer Sam McCain the year is 1965 is not a sweet one. His father is gravely ill. His elitist boss is just coming out of rehab. The brilliant lawyer he hoped to start a relationship with has gone back to her husband in Chicago. And the first young soldier from Black River Falls returns home from Vietnam in a coffin. Still, McCain tires to enjoy himself during the town's Labor Day weekend party, reuniting with several old friends-until two of them are murdered for what seems to be a motive buried in the past.

Grave Consequences by Dana Cameron, 357 pages

Archaeologist Emma Fielding is beginning to doubt the wisdom of spending her vacation in England helping friends excavate a twelfth-century abbey, especially when they uncover an all-too-modern skeleton in a nearby medieval graveyard. But it's the second discovery--of a murdered graduate student recently missing from the dig--that suggests to Emma that Marchester isn't exactly the quiet riverside town that it appears to be. There are dark passions and lethal secrets buried here, heinous crimes that shake the conflicted community to its core. And it's up to Emma, an outsider far from home, to delve into a past that too many people--including her friends--would do anything to hide.

The Royal Nanny by Karen Harper, 357 pages

I love historical fiction, or "faction" as some people call it, especially British history. So this look at the nanny to the royal family at the end of the 1800s was really interesting.

A Useful Woman by Darcie Wilde, 357 pages

A regency romance mystery in the style of Jane Austen. I was glad to get to read it for NightOwl Reviews.

The Bullet by Mary Louise Kelly, 357 pages

A woman goes in for a MRI and discovers that there's a bullet lodged in her neck. This discovery sets off a chain of events that will keep the reader on the edge of their seat. Very well done, I would like to read more by this author.

Prudence, The Custard Protocol by Gail Carriger, 357 pages

A fun continuation of the steampunk Regency romance series started with Soulless. It's interesting to see the children grownup and having their own adventures.