Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel

September 22, 2023

Well, two admissions here. We all know I didn’t take much time to read in the last week. The second admission is that I seldom read graphic novels because I have a hard time with the graphics and print. Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express: The...

What Are You Reading?

September 21, 2023

And, I’m now in Ohio! Mom and my sister, Christie, came down yesterday, and helped me unpack, just as they helped me pack last week. I appreciated every minute of their time, including their driving time. Now, though, they had just over two hours to get here...

Dark Ride by Lou Berney

September 20, 2023

It’s been five years since Lou Berney’s last novel, the multi-award-winning November Road. But, in Dark Ride, Berney’s themes are once again children in jeopardy and the unexpected anti-hero. Hardy “Hardly” Reed is a weed-smoking, lost...

The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

September 19, 2023

If you’ve been following the adventures of the seniors from The Thursday Murder Club, prepare yourself for tears ahead of time. Richard Osman’s The Last Devil to Die , while still a mystery with moments of humor, also has some poignant moments that are...

The Golden Gate by Amy Chua

September 18, 2023

Amy Chua manages to incorporate history, social conditions, racism, and mystery in her debut mystery, The Golden Gate. Set in 1944, Chua was inspired by a ghost story about the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, California, as well as Madame Chiang Kai-Shek’s...