The Ghost and the Stolen Tears by Cleo Coyle

October 03, 2022

Jack Shepard is back! Well, the rest of Cleo Coyle’s cast is, too, but the ghost of Jack Shepard, the private detective killed on the site of a Rhode Island bookstore, is the biggest draw for me in Coyle’s Haunted Bookshop mystery series. And, to be...

Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala

October 02, 2022

Agatha Award-winning author Mia P. Manansala takes readers back to Shady Palms, Illinois for a third mystery filled will family crisis and drama in Blackmail and Bibingka. As in Manansala’s previous mysteries, it’s also filled with Filipino foods, customs,...

Funeral Train by Laurie Loewenstein

October 01, 2022

When I reviewed Laurie Loewenstein’s Death of a Rainmaker in 2018, I considered it one of the best books I read that year, and it went on Library Journal’s Best Books list. Funeral Train, the sequel, is another atmospheric novel, although it doesn’t...

A Crime Classics Giveaway

September 30, 2022

This week, I’m giving away two story collections of crime classics. The first book is Gideon and the Young Toughs and Other Stories by John Creasey, writing as J.J. Marric. It’s the first time all the short stories featuring Scotland Yard Detective George...

What Are You Reading?

September 29, 2022

Good morning or afternoon! I’m in Williamsburg, VA for one more day with my Mom and a sister. We’re heading home on Friday. In the meantime, I’m going to leave today’s book discussion up to all of you. Thank you for stepping up. I probably...