SATURDAY SMORGASBORD: Publishers – St. Martin’s Press

Back in February I posted the first of my publisher spotlight posts about Crooked Lane Books. Then, in April, I did a spotlight on Kensington. This month I want to highlight St. Martin’s Press which is a division of Macmillan and includes the imprints of St. Martin’s Paperbacks (Nora Roberts books, Stephanie Plum mysteries, cozy mysteries),  Griffin (contemporary paperbacks – fiction, puzzles, etc.), Minotaur (crime fiction), Castle Point (nonfiction including gift books, cookbooks, activity and coloring books), and Wednesday Books (YA) among others.

Here are reviews for some of my favorite St. Martin’s Press/Griffin and St. Martin’s Press Paperback titles and series:

The Bakeshop Mystery series by Ellie Alexander
(and other cozy mystery series – Noodle Shop, Apron Shop, Cookie House, House-Flipper, Paw Enforcement,
Ten Rules for Faking It
The Love Scam
A Sweet Mess
The Christmas Town

Here are reviews for some of my favorite Minotaur titles and series:

Andy Carpenter series by David Rosenfelt
The K-Team series by David Rosenfelt
The Meg Langslow series by Donna Andrews
The Ancestry Detective series by S. C. Perkins
The Mercy Carr/Mercy and Elvis Mystery series by Paula Munier
The Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz
The Mace Reid K-9 Mystery series by Jeffrey B. Burton

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes
A Royal Affair
The Dog Dish of Doom

Here are reviews for some of my favorite Wednesday Books titles and series:

Amelia Unabridged
Tweet Cute
You Have a Match
Not Now, Not Ever

In Another Life
The Mall
You’d Be Mine
Only Mostly Devastated (♥♥♥♥½)

SATURDAY SMORGASBORD: Publishers – Kensington

Back in February I posted the first of my publisher spotlight posts about Crooked Lane Books. Today I want to highlight Kensington Publishing which also includes Lyrical Press (e-books), Dafina (fiction and nonfiction with a focus on race and identity), Zebra Books (romance), and other imprints.

According to their website, Kensington Publishing Corp started in 1974. They are proud to be an “independent” publisher, meaning they aren’t one of the “big” publishing houses. They are a “family” business and started out publishing historical fiction, but today their offerings run the full range of genres including cozy mysteries, thrillers, westerns, nonfiction, Amish fiction, contemporary romance, etc.

Here are reviews for some of my favorite Kensington titles and series:
The Scarred Earth Saga by G. A. Aiken
The Countess of Harleigh Mystery series by Dianne Freeman
The Rosalind Thorne Mystery Series by Darcie Wilde
The Amish Matchmaker Mystery Series by Amanda Flower
The Amish Candy Shop Mystery Series by Amanda Flower
The Poppy McAllister Mystery Series by Libby Klein
The Cider Shop Mystery series by Julie Ann Lindsey
The Savannah Reid Mystery series by G. A. McKevett
Bait and Witch
Piece by Piece
Portrait of a Sister

From Dafina:
The Cowboys of California series by Rebekah Weatherspoon

From Zebra Books:
The Amish Fairy Tales series by Sarah Price
The Petersheim Brothers series by Jennifer Beckstrand
The Amish Cookie Club series by Sarah Price

From Lyrical Press/Lyrical Underground:
The Trouble With Murder
Capturing the Earl
Paw and Order
Deadly News
Scone Cold Killer
Escape Claws

SATURDAY SMORGASBORD: Publishers – Crooked Lane Books

While I have some regularly scheduled posts for Saturday Smorgasbord every year, there are also months that are open. This year I want to use those open Saturdays to promote some of the publishers I go back to time and time again for fantastic reading material. This month I want to highlight Crooked Lane Books.

According to their website, Crooked Lane Books started in 2014 with a focus on crime fiction. In 2020 they added an emphasis on “book club fiction.” They are distributed by Penguin Random House. They have a HUGE slate of authors and publish a full range of mysteries, from cozies to police procedurals to thrillers. Most of my favorites, of course, are the cozies. Here are reviews for some of my favorite Crooked Lane titles and series:

A Grave Issue
To Catch a Witch
‘Twas the Knife Before Christmas
Read on Arrival
Magical Bookshop Mystery series
Dead on the Vine
Enchanted Bay Mystery series
Bookbinding Mystery series
Bookish Baker Mystery series
Faith Chapel Mystery series
Blue Ridge Library Mystery series