Just too many annoying features in this book. Stereotypic characters, too much detail, dumb dialogue. And my most hated thing, historical inaccuracies (books published in 1893 are not printed on vellum).

Surprising new series by this author!I've read a few books by Fiona Grace, from 2 of her other series. What these 3 series have in common is that the main character is a woman in her thirties. That she recently lost her boyfriend/fiance and moved to a different city. But, whereas the other 2 main characters move to another country and find a new job there, this woman gets a job offer which lands her a 5 hours drive away.What is also different, is the atmosphere of the book. What do you expect, w...

A relationship problem, a disapproving family, a dog providing charm and the occasional plot device, a foil who isn’t who you think she or he might be, a penchant for getting into trouble, and a law enforcement officer who is more interested than she or he seemingly should be would seem to be the perfect formula for a cozy mystery series. Throw in a touch of the supernatural, albeit with the intent of debunking it, and an exotic setting (I’ve only been to Salem, Massachusetts on one occasion and...

It's pretty hard to mess up a cozy, but I found this one mostly annoying. The copy editing wasn't the worst I've seen, but it was pretty bad. The writing was also not great. The first thing I learned in journalism class was show, don't tell. This author never learned that. She tells us over and over how smart Mia is and how great she is at solving mysteries. We see no evidence of this. She's rifling through a drawer belonging to one of her suspects and she comes across an item that's so obvious

An enjoyable read of a highly qualified young lady with principles. When bad things happen she turns to what she really wants to do. It ends up putting her into the middle of a murder investigation. With grace and determination she moves ahead with her life. We can see that she really has made the correct decisions for herself.

I adored this little gem of a cozy mystery! The main character, Mia Bold, is so appealing. She’s brave, sensible, intelligent, kindhearted, and very human. The rest of the novel’s cast are interesting, lifelike characters in their own right. From page one, you are whisked into Mia’s world, and before you know it, you are rooting for her to succeed. She’s a smalltime podcaster, with a “real” job as a lab technician, and she dreams of making it into the entertainment big leagues. But no one suppor...

On the worst day of her life Mia loses her job, her boyfriend and her home but just as it seems disaster is on the horizon she is offered a new job but it will entail moving from Philadelphia and her family to live and work in Salem, Massachusetts as co-host on a podcast. Effectively doing the same thing she was doing before in her spare time, debunking paranormal happenings. Leaping at the job and loving her new apartment which came with the job she finds her colleagues to be a mixed bunch whil...

Murder mystery, some comical characters, an interesting setting. I love Mia, her newest best friend Sylvie. Mia Bold, had the worst day of her life. She lost her job as a lab technician, was losing her apartment due to it being sold, and then she broke her engagement to Mark as he didn’t want to make the next step. Then she was suddenly offered a job in Salem to do a podcast about ghosts and goblins, do they really exist? She accepted the job, also an apartment rent free. So she moved to Salem.

Mia Bold stands up for her integrity when the big pharma wants to market a diabetes drug as a weight loss pill instead. She quits, loses her boyfriend, and her place to live all at the same time. Just then, a paranormal blogger calls her with a job to co host a series set in Salem. She will be the scientific debunker with the host who believes in the paranorma. When a murder takes place, and is blamed on the ghost, the Mia uses all her scientific skills to find the real killer. She gains friends...

Mia Bold is having a bad day. She finds out that her brother-in-law has sold the building she lives in and she has 2 weeks to find another place to live, then when talking to the owner of the pharmaceutical company she works for, she finds out what he plans on doing with the new diabetic drug they’ve been working on, and when she stands up to him, she gets fired. You’d think that would be enough for anyone, but not for Mia. While out to dinner with her fiancé, when she tells him about her day, h...

I think this was my first "cozy mystery," which I guess means murder lite? lol I've read plenty of Agatha Christie and Mary Higgins Clark and there's really nothing "cozy" about them. This story, however, takes place in Salem and has the vibe of a kitschy, gothy small town filled with shops with names like The Black Cat, and a whole cast of very colorful characters.Heroine Mia is a supernatural podcaster. She debunks paranormal phenomenon and is gaining in popularity. Unfortunately no one in her...

After quitting her job and going through a break up (the typical setup for a Fiona Grace Series), Mia Bold receives an offer to co-host a podcast in Salem. She is a scientist and enjoys debunking supernatural myths and is paired up with a "believer" in all things ghostly. While many aspects of the story were similar to Fiona Grace's other series (including an absentee father with attached mystery and an instant crush on one of the town's restauranteurs), I liked that this book revolved around sc...

A new-to-me author and a debut mystery - I think I am in the correct place at the correct time and I am really glad about that. Not having read any of her previous work, I am not in a position to compare, unlike other reviewers, which is a good thing and a bad thing, I think - good because I hope that I do not have a jaded palate and bad because I now have to use other writers' baseline as well as not being able to say how much or little her stories have improved. But I enjoyed this mystery. I l...

Have you ever walked out of a job on principle--I did it and went on to form my own bookkeeping business! Some companies are just too much to take after a while!! Well that is what Mia Bold did when she realized that the company she worked for was only after profits and did not care about the people the pharmaceuticals were being created for. Of course she also was told she had to leave her apartment and her boyfriend broke up with her--all on the same day!Mia's true passion was podcasting and a...

The first in a series about a young labtech who quits her job when her boss changes the direction of her current project, give all credit to her incompetent boss, and when she tells her fiance, he calls her stupid. But that same day she receives, out of the blue, an offer to be the voice of a blog about witches and ghosts in Salem, MA, investigating supposed hauntings. That introduces a whole bunch of other characters who are also involved in the blog as crew and talent. And then mysterious thin...

Salem to the Rescue A race to the end ,I opened this para cozey mystery on my kindle app and didn't close it. A woman on the cusp of a new adventure in life lieveing behind home, family, and all she once coveted. You ask will it all be for not or is it to be the beginning of the new chapter in an extraordinary new life change. The caracters are powerful, vibrant, hokey ,and challenging. But you won't be skeptic when you've finished reading the start to this new series , looks like we're in for a...