Dear Fellow Reader,

Do you often read books that you have no idea why you picked up this book?  I will get notices from the Library that I have a book to pick up and when I get it I am completely lost as to why I wanted that book.

Well, it has happened again.

I picked up today’s book and when I figured out what it was, all I could think was that I wasn’t paying attention to what I was doing. This book was given to me in exchange for my unbiased review.

Cozy Case Files, Volume 18 is the first few chapters of 11 different cozy mysteries. All the cozies are spring 2023 releases. I would think that the concept was to help you find a book that is of interest to you from the group. I don’t think this concept worked for me. Yes, I went through and read all of it. There were several that seemed interesting but not enough to get me to go and hunt down the book. When you go from one to another that quickly, they all just get lumped together.

Now, this “book” is available free as an eBook at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Kobo so if you are looking for a new cozy to read, this could be the way for you to look at the newest. Not a bad idea but if you are like me, you need to stop and get the books as you go rather than read them all and then think about going back. There were three books in the compendium that I had read and reviewed. Those three are as follows:

Hard Dough Homicide (https://cecooney.com/2023/06/27/hard-dough-homicide-a-spice-isle-bakery-mystery-by-olivia-matthews/)

Ashes to Ashes, Crust to Crust (https://cecooney.com/2023/06/13/ashes-to-ashes-crust-to-crust-by-mindy-quigley/)

The Last Drop of Hemlock by Katharine Schellman (https://cecooney.com/2023/07/10/the-last-drop-of-hemlock-by-katharine-schellman/)

So, if you are a cozy fan, I suggest that you pick up the free eBook and check out some new authors and their latest books.

Thanks for reading!