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Book Review: Death Comes to Dartmoor by Vivian Conroy
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Book Review: Death Comes to Dartmoor by Vivian Conroy

Posted on April 3, 2021 by R. Jean Bell

I actually ended up reading Death Comes to Dartmoor twice, because my health got in the way when I initially read it with an intent…

Book Review: A Crafter Hooks a Killer by Holly Quinn
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Book Review: A Crafter Hooks a Killer by Holly Quinn

Posted on June 21, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

Cozy mysteries like A Crafter Hooks a Killer have been a staple of my reading diet for a number of years. Both my mother and…

Book Review: A Plain Vanilla Murder by Susan Wittig Albert
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Book Review: A Plain Vanilla Murder by Susan Wittig Albert

Posted on June 13, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

I selected A Plain Vanilla Murder from NetGalley because I had read some earlier books in the series. With its interesting tidbits on herbs and…

Book Review: Murder from Scratch by Leslie Karst
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Book Review: Murder from Scratch by Leslie Karst

Posted on May 26, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

Murder from Scratch is a good, solid cozy mystery with some likable characters. It gives me a chapter to get comfortable with the main character…

Book Review: Something Read, Something Dead by Eva Gates
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Book Review: Something Read, Something Dead by Eva Gates

Posted on March 14, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

Something Read, Something Dead has a very enjoyable main character and a great voice. I got sucked into it immediately with total suspension of disbelief.…

Book Review: The Mist Rises over Notchey Creek by Liz Andrews
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Book Review: The Mist Rises over Notchey Creek by Liz Andrews

Posted on March 11, 2019March 14, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

This book didn’t start out great for me as personally I strongly dislike seeing the death itself unless the main character is present. However, this…

Book Review: Murder at Larkfield Barn by Betty Rowlands
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Book Review: Murder at Larkfield Barn by Betty Rowlands

Posted on January 25, 2019 by R. Jean Bell

When I write these longer reviews, I generally take some notes immediately after reading then mull things over for a day or two to see…

Book Review: The Winter Mystery by Faith Martin
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Book Review: The Winter Mystery by Faith Martin

Posted on December 28, 2018 by R. Jean Bell

Some reviews are harder to write than others. I like to be as fair as I can be but also honest. Personal taste is a…

Book Review: Batter Off Dead by Maymee Bell
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Book Review: Batter Off Dead by Maymee Bell

Posted on December 10, 2018 by R. Jean Bell

Sadly I wasn’t able to enjoy this book as much as some of my previous NetGalley selections. I read mysteries because I enjoy a mental…

Book Review: The Bark of the Town by Stella St. Claire
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Book Review: The Bark of the Town by Stella St. Claire

Posted on December 7, 2018 by R. Jean Bell

The Bark of the Town is a cozy mystery by Stella St. Claire that was released in early November. I read an ARC from NetGalley…

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R. Jean Bell grew up in the United States but has spent the last twenty years in Denmark. A voracious reader since age three, she averages a book a day. She spends her time writing fiction and poetry, doing hobby photography, and being with her husband, horses, and dogs.

Her work appears in Cast of Wonders, ParABnormal Magazine, and more. She additionally took second place in the 2019 BSFS poetry competiton.

She recently joined the first reader team at Apex Magazine.

The bex bee image and the bex-with-book image used with book reviews were both created by the extremely talented Matytan.

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