The final month of summer is finally upon us, and while school bells will soon begin to ring, there is still time to grab a handful of charming cozy mysteries to enjoy! And there is a great batch to choose from this month, and there are a number of debut series that promise to be really exciting! Here are a few that caught my attention: Hardbacks: ALL THE PRETTY HEARSES: A Bed and Breakfast Mystery By Mary Daheim William Morrow; $23.99 There’s no “fun” in “fund-raiser” for Judith McMonigle Flynn when she donates an overnight stay at Hillside Manor for the parish school’s annual auction and the winning bid goes to the persnickety Paine family. Then her husband Joe’s latest surveillance job ends abruptly when an insurance fraud suspect is blown away. Unfortunately the gun belongs to Joe, who finds himself in a jail cell while Judith tries to find what’s left of her mind—and the real killer. But Joe’s dilemma and the unbearable Paines aren’t Judith’s only problems. Her cantankerous mother, Gertrude, has agreed to let a wealthy parishioner stable a horse in her tool-shed apartment; Cousin Renie is trying to force-feed her loathsome Shrimp Dump recipe to the…

Three Graces #1 July 2011 On Sale: July 26, 2011 Featuring: Rand Braesford; Isabel Milton 400 pages ISBN: 0778312437 EAN: 9780778312437 Paperback $7.99  Add to Wish List Romance Historical Buy at Amazon.com Book 1 in a new Tudor series mixing romance with suspense By His Majesty’s Grace by Jennifer Blake The Three Graces of Graydon are well–born sisters bearing an ominous curse: any man betrothed to them without love is doomed to die. Much to her chagrin, Lady Isabel Milton has been given to Earl Rand Braesford—a reward from the Tudor king for his loyalty to the throne. The lusty nobleman quickly claims his husbandly rights, an experience Isabel scarcely hoped to enjoy so much. But youth and strength may not save Braesford from his bride’s infamous curse… Accused of a heinous crime with implications that reach all the way to King Henry himself, Braesford is imprisoned in the Tower, and Isabel is offered her salvation—but for a price. She has the power to seal his fate, have him sent to the executioner and be freed from her marriage bonds. Yet the more Isabel learns of Rand, the less convinced she is of his guilt, and she commits to discover…

Brother, Sister, Can You Spare a Job? In the wake of the collapse of Borders Books & Music many forget about the numerous people who rely on the company for a paycheck. There is a movement to help the Borders employees who find themselves unemployed. Half-Priced Books has issued a nationwide memo encouraging Borders employees to apply for employment at one of the Half-Priced Book locations found in sixteen states. The initial statement was posted on a blog called Help Ex-Borders Employees started by Colleen Lindsay, an employee at Penguin Group. Lindsay’s motivation for creating the blog was stated as: we try to look after our own.” JUST ONE CATCH August 2nd YOSSARIAN SLEPT HERE August 23 An American Classic Turns 50 — CATCH-22 This October we will be celebrating the 50th anniversary for the publication of CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller. Publishers had started to announce how they plan to celebrate the occasion. This week ONE CATCH: A biography of Joseph Heller by Tracy Daugherty will be released. It will be the first full biography on the author. Later this month Erica Heller will release YOSSARIAN SLEPT HERE, a memoir of her father and A 50th anniversary edition of CATCH-22…