Wicked in Wonderland: Strawberry Éclair Murder (Paranormal in Manhattan Mystery: A Cozy Mystery) Paperback – December 24, 2017

Paranormal in ManhattanBy Lotta SmithI’ve been reading this series and filling in the one I missed initially, then the ones that are new. This is a series that is so much fun to marathon read, that I just have to share them as a group!I caught up on #3 Wicked Little Secret, which came out in October of 2016. In this one, the ghosts get nasty. One takes over Mandy, which she decides she doesn’t like at all! Another one attacks her with a bookcase, and Rick gets banged up saving her. The sleuthing duo solves the case by using their heads and find the stolen art not far from the starting point. Rick steals kisses throughout! They are such a cute couple and she still isn’t used to it.✭✭✭✭⭑Released in December of 2017, #11 Wicked in Wonderland: Strawberry Eclair Murder was a pretty good mystery as well as a good story, but I felt it fell apart a bit at the end. An artist of fairly set habits is stabbed in the back on her way home. Certain things are missing and certain things aren’t right about the circumstances of the body, but thereare no ghosts involved. Mandy and Rick have to work this case because Kathy is very upset about this death. So, who is Kathy? Well, her father is Hernandez, the head of the FBI’s NYC office where Rick and Mandy used to work. And her mother is the Chief at NYPD. When these two call in favors, it’s impossible to say no. At least it’s good eating.✭✭✭✭⭑#12 Dial W for Wicked was released recently in February of 2018. It is a wonderful addition to this series. It’s a new approach by the ghosts this time. Mandy is hearing them calling to her for help! And they are little girls who’ve been missing for a long time. Mandy and Rick need a lot of help from Jackie in this case, but they crack it. Mandy has a super dramatic moment in here when she takes a white handkerchief and wipes blood off a glass wall. Then uses it later to get a confession. What a scene! The ending is news readers have been waiting for, but I won’t reveal it. Read the book and see. This is definitely a 5 star story!✭✭✭✭✭Just released on April 10, 2018, #13 Wicked Egg to Crack, is my current read and is already shaping up to be a worthy addition to the series. Mandy’s supposed to be taking it easy, but the company needs her help on a case of a Faberge egg! I can already recommend it!

Ok. I feel a little like a creep but I would have killed her too. And even tho she had a catharsis at the end, she never really cared about the killer.I guess you don’t get to choose your cases. And this is supposed to be about the main Mandy and Rick... it was great to have Rick involved in a case again, but .... ugh. I’m still thinking the woman deserved to die and the killer deserved more of a happy ending.

This is the 11th book in this incredible series and it is just as much fun and fast paced as the previous books of this series! Mandy and Rick are preparing for a romantic Valentines Day when their boss FBI Chief Hernandez gives them a case they must solve. It seems Hernandez's daughter loved the new up and coming author, Eve Welllington, but unfortunately she is murdered. Rick, Mandy and their ghost guardian, Jackie, have crazy time on their hands trying to solve Eve's murder - especially since Eve doesn't believe she is a ghost and doesn't seem to remember anything helpful for the Husband and Wife duo although with digging into Eve's life they find a plethora of likely suspects. This is a humorous, fast paced mystery that has you reading and laughing to the end! I Love this entire series and anyone that likes a good cozy mystery with lots of humor and twists and turns and crazy characters will love this series like I do.

I like this series a lot. The prologue is usually the murder. And then Mandy interviews the ghost with Rick and Jackie by her side. I like that the drama comes from the victim and the suspects and not the relationship between Mandy and Rick. This story is about who killed the victim and how to prove it. It is well written and entertaining.

I got so bored reading this book, I put in down, so to speak, and went to a different reading device. That is not normal reading behavior for me.

Love this series. Each book is more enjoyable then the last. The humor, wit and banter between characters is amusing, delightful and entertaining. Highly recommend.

Not what I expected, and did not hold my interest. Would not really care to read more by this author.

The series has been going for a while and yet, it never gets old. Mandy does a great job balancing work, talking ghosts and her husband. They end up solving the murder of a popular author as a favor to the NYPD and it was very entertaining.

Frothy, a non demanding read.Characters are thin and the plot not too plotty. I'm not sure how believable it is too. Still I did finish it.As long as you want somthing light and you aren't too demanding, it could be ok.