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Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch
A month ago, I reviewed Paula Munier's The Night Woods, and mentioned that the theme was related to The Odyssey. Here's a second mystery, with an even larger connection, Christina Lynch's unusual Pony Confidential. I'm not crazy when I say how good this mystery...
The Author’s Guide to Murder by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White
Three authors walk into a bar. That's how The Author's Guide to Murder really begins, although it's not the opening sentence of this clever satire of the writing community with its jokes, puns, send up of mystery and romance tropes, and, of course, murder. The...
The Gardener’s Plot by Deborah J. Benoit
Deborah J. Benoit's debut, The Gardener's Plot, is a Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award winner. Not only does it introduce an interesting amateur sleuth in the cozy, but it has a gorgeous cover. The story is set in the Berkshires, and...
Bill Crider, Maintaining His Legacy
When Bill Crider died in 2018, he left behind over sixty books published by New York publishers, and a collection of paperbacks that number over 10,000, most of them from his pulp collection. But, many of us are most familiar with his Sheriff Dan Rhodes series....
What I Ate In One Year by Stanley Tucci
Actor and writer Stanley Tucci talks about What I Ate In One Year (and related thoughts) in his latest book. Here are my related thoughts. I read and enjoyed his earlier book, Taste. However, if you're a fan of audiobooks, which I am not, I'd suggest you listen to...
Give Me an “R” Giveaway
This week, I'm giving away two mysteries whose authors' names begin with R. Although Marcie R Rendon is known for her Cash Blackbear series, Where They Last Saw Her is a standalone. It's a thought-provoking book. Quill has lived on the Red Pine reservation in...
