Happy Easter

March 31, 2024

Happy Easter to those who celebrate! I celebrate my family on Easter and I’ll spend part of the day with my sister’s family. Ham, lamb, and all the trimmings. For those of us who are not formally religious, Easter can still mean joy and love with family. I...

Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson

March 30, 2024

Although I was given Freya Sampson’s Nosy Neighbors to review as a mystery, there’s very little mystery in this enjoyable novel. It’s set in Chalcot, a small English village, the same setting as Sampson’s The Last Chance Library. I’d...

A Mixed Giveaway

March 29, 2024

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Riley S. from Fort Pierce, FL won In Sunshine or in Shadow. A Hide Tide Murder is going to Carli S. from NYC, NY. The books are going out in the mail today. I have a mystery and a historical novel to give away this...

What Are You Reading?

March 28, 2024

I went to my niece’s birthday dinner on Monday, and that was the highlight of the week – chicken cordon bleu and chocolate lava cake. Nothing special the rest of the week. And, for those os who participate weekly, Jeff Meyerson is on his way home from...

The Innocents by Bridget Walsh

March 27, 2024

Anyone who enjoyed Bridget Walsh’s first Variety Palace Mystery, The Tumbling Girl, will want to return to Victorian England for the second historical mystery, The Innocents. Readers really should pick up the first book before this one, though, with the return...