Favorites of 2023, So Far

July 01, 2023

If you showed up here today looking for the August Treasures in My Closet post, you’ll have to wait one more day. I needed a little more time. But, because it’s July 1, it’s also time to talk about the best books I’ve read so far this year....

Winners and a Gothic Giveaway

June 30, 2023

Congratulations to the winners of Ellen Byron/Maria DiRico’s Four Parties and a Funeral. Ellen will send copies to Jane D. from Valparaiso, IN, Anita K. from Harrisburg, PA, and Kathryn Z. from Sacramento, CA. This week, I’m giving away two books with...

What Are You Reading?

June 29, 2023

I actually saved these couple sentences from a news report because I know it describes the weather so many of us are experiencing. If you’re in the Midwest or the East, we’re dealing with hazy days in which we’re supposed to stay inside if we can...

A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales

June 28, 2023

I had to laugh. Just when I finished Julia Seales’ debut mystery, A Most Agreeable Murder, two readers asked me to post a review about a book that they would not want to add to their TBR pile. While this book didn’t fit my sense of humor, I know there are...

A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder by Dianne Freeman

June 27, 2023

Dianne Freeman’s mysteries in the Countess of Harleigh series are always fun while also instructive in the behavior and expectations of society in Victorian England. She was wise in introducing Frances Hazelton, Countess of Harleigh, as the protagonist, an...