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...

Murder at Midnight by Katharine Schellman

September 17, 2023

September. Isn’t this when we all start thinking of Christmas mysteries? Maybe not, but I’m always ready for an Agatha Christie-style mystery set in an isolated location. Katharine Schellman’s Murder at Midnight just happens to fall during the...

Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manasala

September 16, 2023

Murder and Mamon is the fourth in Mia P. Manasala’s Tita Rosie’s Kitchen series. This one, though, is a little different from the other books, ones that introduce the Filipino-American food and culture. Although, there is still a good deal of food in this...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – Styx & Stone by James W. Ziskin

September 15, 2023

Due to technical problems, on my end, not on Rosemary Kaye’s, I’ll have to postpone the additional posts from the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Once I’m back online, I”ll get things figured out. As of today, I won’t have Internet...

What Are You Reading?

September 14, 2023

I finished a book! Of course, that’s because I still had two books to read for Library Journal. I pack and throw out papers, and then, when I can’t take it anymore, I quit for the day. Next Thursday, if everything goes right, I’ll be in my new place,...