Chesapeake Crimes: Magic is Murder

August 28, 2022

I enjoy a little paranormal in some of my mysteries, and I enjoy a good collection of mystery stories. Chesapeake Crimes: Magic is Murder, edited by Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, and Marcia Talley, is perfect for someone with my reading tastes. In fact, I can say that...

Murder in the Cathedral by Cora Harrison

August 27, 2022

Way back when I was in college, a history professor taught that we could discuss any historical event by covering the social, political, cultural, religious, and economic causes. No, a murder mystery doesn’t hinge on those causes. However, I appreciate Cora...

Winner & A Dog Days Giveaway

August 26, 2022

Congratulations to Lisa W. from Akron, IN who won the Hamptons Mystery Gift Package. The publisher is mailing it. This week, I’m giving away mysteries featuring dogs. Spencer Quinn’s Bark to the Future has one of the best narrators in mysteries, Chet the...

What Are You Reading?

August 25, 2022

It’s been a pretty good week here. I’m teaching the second of two Readers’ Advisory classes at work today, and I love to do that. I’ve watched a coupled webinars as publishers are talking about their winter releases. And, I went to a new...

Nail’s Crossing by Kris Lackey

August 24, 2022

Somewhere buried in Kris Lackey’s first Bill Maytubby and Hannah Bond mystery, Nail’s Crossing, is a plot. That plot is underneath so many chase scenes that I lost count, including one chase scene with Maytubby piloting an airplane. But, I did like...