City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita

January 10, 2023

One reason I found the concept for Iris Yamashita’s debut mystery so intriguing is because I had seen the CBS Sunday Morning feature about Whittier, Alaska. Yamashita’s City Under One Roof is set in the fictional town of Point Mettier, Alaska, but her...

The Game is A Footnote by Vicki Delany

January 09, 2023

Tricky, tricky. Vicki Delany’s latest Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery takes an unexpected turn two thirds of the way through the book with the arrival of Gemma Doyle’s sister, Pippa. The Game is A Footnote went from a small local mystery of a haunted...

Courting Dragons by Jeri Westerson

January 08, 2023

Jeri Westerson, author of the Crispin Guest medieval noir mysteries, kicks off a new historical mystery series with Courting Dragons. Will Somers actually was the jester to Henry VIII through his reign, then jester to all of Henry’s children, including Elizabeth...

Of Mushrooms and Matrimony by Amy Patricia Meade

January 07, 2023

Amy Patricia Meade’s Tish Tarragon series is one that I started, then picked up again a few books into it. I’ve always been glad I did because the primary characters all settled in to ones I enjoyed meeting again. Of Mushrooms and Matrimony brings back to...

18 Years and Counting

January 06, 2023

Yes, I know it’s Friday, and if you go back one post, you’ll find the first giveaway of 2023. But, when I came upon the date on Facebook, I couldn’t ignore it. I started my blog 18 years ago today. Quite a long time for a blog, and, it’s not...